[R.O. 1951, Ch. 16, §§ 1, 4; amended by Ord. No. 1065, § 1; Ord. No. 1258, § 1; Ord. No. 1384, § 1; Ord. No. 1624, § 1; Ord. No. 3136, 3-15-1988, § 1; Ord.
No. 3140, 5-3-1988, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, 10-24-1989, § 1; Ord.
No. 3322, 6-23-1992, § 1; Ord. No. 3392, 5-17-1994, § 2; Ord.
No. 3881, 5-24-2005, § 1; Ord. No. 4119, 3-11-2009, § 1]
Recyclable aluminum beverage cans.
Equipment to supply additional heat by the combustion of
gas fuel for the purpose of attaining temperatures sufficiently high
to dry and ignite the waste material; to maintain ignition thereof;
and to promote complete combustion of combustible solids, vapors and
gases.
The residue from coal or other fuel which has been consumed,
but such term shall not include floor sweepings or any other waste
materials or rubbish.
Any device which prevents or controls the emission of any
air contaminant.
Structural material, shaped in parallel furrows and ridges
for rigidity, used to make packing and shipping containers.
Newspaper, glass beverage containers, aluminum cans, ferrous
scrap, leaves, white goods, tin cans, grass, construction and demolition
debris (concrete, brick, tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous metal, asphalt,
corrugated cardboard, where practical), corrugated cardboard, mixed
paper, Type 1 and 2 plastic containers.
Corrugated cardboard, high-grade office paper, glass beverage
containers, ferrous scrap, white goods, aluminum cans, mixed paper,
construction and demolition debris (concrete, brick, tree parts, nonferrous/ferrous
metal, asphalt, corrugated cardboard, where practical), Type 1 and
2 plastic containers.
An incinerator purchased, acquired or used before the effective date of Article III, Incinerators.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Large household appliances which are primarily composed of
ferrous metals, i.e., refrigerators, washers, dryers and stoves.
A screen-like device to prevent fly ash, sparks, embers or
other material from being expelled into the atmosphere.
All animal, vegetable, fruit or food wastes, in liquid or
solid forms, of any kind.
All products made from silica, sand or soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for the
packaging or bottling of various materials, and all other materials
commonly known as "glass," excluding, however, blue and flat glass
commonly known as "window glass."
Transparent or translucent jars, bottles and containers,
made from silica, sand or soda ash and limestone, which are primarily
used for the packaging and bottling of various materials and products,
but only those glass containers that are green (emerald), brown (amber)
or clear (flint). Glass containers of other colors are excluded, as
are implements made of glass which are not containers, such as mirrors,
window glass, light bulbs, ceramics and the like.
Computer paper, tab cards, white letterhead, ledger and nonglossy
copier paper.
Any device, apparatus, equipment or structure used for destroying,
reducing or salvaging by fire any material or substance, including,
but not limited to, refuse, rubbish, garbage, trade waste, debris
or scrap, or a facility for cremating human or animal remains.
Those herbaceous materials formed on trees and bushes that
are suitable for composting and mulching purpose.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or any top,
cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match, ash or any flaming or glowing material, or any garbage,
trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clipping, dirt or other lawn
or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper
containers or other packaging or construction material, but does not
include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other extraction
processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing. Materials
placed as part of other Township-approved programs, such as recyclable
pickup, leaf removal and garden debris removal, are not considered
part of this definition.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Containers, fabricated primarily of aluminum, steel, tin
or a combination thereof, which are primarily used for the packaging
or canning of various beverages and food products. Other implements
made of metal that are not cans shall be excluded.
Any housing structure of more than four units, including
condominiums and co-ops.
All garbage and refuse (not designated as recyclable) generated
by residents, commercial establishments, industrial establishments
and institutions within the Township.
Newsprint (the common, inexpensive machine-finished paper
made chiefly from wood pulp) as well as all other inserts, including,
but not limited to, glossy magazines, advertising brochures and coupons.
A blower operating in conjunction with streams of high-velocity
air issuing from nozzles in the furnace enclosure to provide turbulence
and oxygen to aid combustion or to provide cooling air.
Any material, except uncombined water, which exists in a
finely divided form as liquid particles or solid particles at standard
conditions.
The permission of the Department of Health.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Those plastic bottles which are comprised of polyethylene
terephthalate and are commonly used to package or contain soda, seltzer,
soft drinks and the like. Bottles made of other types of plastic or
other implements made of plastic are excluded.
A written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt
of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month
from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection
services within the Township.
Those materials which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste, which may be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
This includes the following materials, but may be modified or expanded
as further mandated by law: newspapers, corrugated cardboard, high-grade
paper, mixed paper, glass beverage containers, aluminum cans, ferrous
scrap, white goods, tin cans, leaves, grass and construction and demolition
debris.
Rubbish, rags, sweepings, small pieces of wood, excelsior,
rubber, leather and similar waste material that ordinarily accumulates
around the home, business or industry.
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial and institutional premises located within the boundaries
of the Township, twice per week.
Any housing structure with one to four units, including condominiums
and co-ops.
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family
residential dwelling or multiple dwelling or the owner of any commercial
or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries
of the Township who generated solid waste at those premises.
The Ringelmann Scale for Grading the Density of Smoke published
by the United States Bureau of Mines or any chart, recorder, indicator
or device for the measurement of smoke density which is approved by
the Department as the equivalent of said Ringelmann scale.
All loose and decayed material and dirt-like substances that
tend to decay or which accumulate from building, storing or cleaning.
Includes small gas-borne and airborne particles arising from
a process of combustion in sufficient number to be observable.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from domestic
and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials,
including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected
by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture
to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid
waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other
destination.
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing
of solid waste.
The storage, treatment, utilization, processing or final
disposal of solid waste.
The plants, structures and other real and personal property
acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or
operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of law, including
transfer stations, incinerators, resource-recovery facilities, sanitary
landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste,
and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and
rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient
for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner.
The edible part of any plant.
Auxiliary equipment designed for wet removal of pollutants
from the products of combustion.
Large household appliances which are primarily composed of
ferrous metals, i.e., refrigerators, washers, dryers and stoves.
[Ord. No. 1169; amended by Ord. No.
3230, 9-26-1989, § 1]
(a)Â
Generally. The owner, lessee, agent, occupant or other person who
manages or controls any building, except a single-family dwelling,
shall provide and maintain separate receptacles for the deposit of
ashes, garbage, refuse and liquid waste. The receptacles shall be
provided for the exclusive use of each building and shall be of sufficient
size and number to contain the waste accumulated in such building
during a period of 60 hours. The receptacles shall be made of metal
or plastic and constructed so as to hold their contents without leakage.
They shall be provided with tight-fitting covers. Ashes, garbage,
refuse and liquid waste shall be separated and placed in separate
receptacles. No receptacle shall be filled to a height higher than
four inches from the top nor weigh more than 50 pounds when filled.
The Health Officer may grant permission to use larger master garbage
and refuse containers.
(b)Â
One-family dwellings. The owner, occupant or lessee of every one-family
dwelling shall provide suitably covered metal or plastic containers
for the storage of refuse and garbage. Ashes shall be kept in a separate
container.
(c)Â
All establishments selling food for off-premises consumption shall
be required to install sufficient litter receptacles for the use of
their patrons. The owner, lessee, agent, occupant or other person
who manages or controls such establishment shall be responsible for
emptying and maintaining said litter receptacles. The design of said
receptacles shall be standard and subject to review and approval by
the Teaneck Health Department.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 16, § 3; amended by Ord. No. 1169, § 12]
The owner, lessee or occupant of every building occupied for or used for the purpose of transacting business or for residential purposes by more than two families shall have constructed, either within the building or as a separate structure on the premises, a masonry compartment for the purpose of storing containers containing the garbage and all other rubbish and waste material which accumulated on the premises between collections of garbage and rubbish, except that approved master garbage and refuse containers permitted pursuant to § 19-2 need not be stored in such a compartment. Such compartment shall be built large enough to contain the amount of garbage, rubbish and waste materials warranted by the size of the building and operation therein, and shall be constructed of such material as will avoid absorption of moisture and so arranged as to be easily cleaned and ventilated. A permit for the construction or alterations of such compartments shall be obtained from the Construction Official.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 2]
Newspapers, wrapping paper or other like paper or rubbish which
is likely to be blown or scattered about the streets shall be securely
bundled, tied or packed before being placed for collection. Such material
shall be kept and placed for collection in the same manner as receptacles.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 3]
No person shall use an open mesh basket or enclosed litter receptacle
placed on the streets by the Department of Public Works for deposit
of household or commercial refuse.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 4; amended by Ord. No. 3881, 5-24-2005, § 2]
No person shall litter, sweep, lay or throw or permit his employees
or any other person under his control to litter of any nature upon
any public or private property other than in a litter receptacle,
or having done so, to allow such litter to remain. However, clean
ashes, sand or material specifically manufactured to melt ice may
be placed upon ice which has formed upon any sidewalk or duly designated
parking area.
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Editor's Note: For state law as to authority of Township to
prevent dumping of ashes, etc., on streets, see N.J.S.A. § 40:67-1.
[Ord. No. 1156]
No person shall abandon on, dump on or tow to or cause to be
abandoned on, dumped on or towed to any property in the Township,
owned by the Township, any abandoned automobile, automobile parts
or other junk.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 7]
No person shall place any rags, damaged merchandise, barrels,
boxes, broken bales of merchandise or goods in any place where they
or particles therefrom may or will pass into any street or public
place.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 26, § 16]
No person shall throw or place or permit or aid in the throwing
or placing of any glass, tacks or other like sharp substances upon
any public street or public place.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 5]
No person shall burn in the open any rubbish or garbage or refuse,
including leaves, wood and building debris. This section shall not
be construed to prohibit outdoor cooking and the use of normal fuel
therefor.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 6]
No lime, ashes, dry sand, coal, hair, wastepaper, feathers or
other substance that is likely to be carried by the wind shall be
sieved, agitated or exposed, nor shall any carpet, mat, cloth, garment,
yarn, material or other substance be shaken, beaten, cleaned or secured
in any place where they or particles therefrom will pass into any
street, public place or occupied premises.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 8]
No owner or person in charge of any vehicle shall drop, spill
or scatter or permit to be dropped, spilled or scattered therefrom
any dirt, sand, gravel, clay, loam, stone, building rubbish, hay,
straw, shavings, sawdust or any other light materials of any sort,
ashes, trade, household or manufacturing wastes, rubbish, manure,
garbage or refuse or any offensive matter, in or upon any street or
public place in the Township.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 10]
Every person who has contracted or undertaken to remove any
diseased or dead animal, rubbish, garbage, dirt or any offensive matter
or who is engaged in such removal shall do so promptly. The operation
shall be conducted in a clean and sanitary manner and shall not create
any hazard to life or health. Any offensive matter shall not lie piled
up or partially raked together in any street or public place before
its removal, and the loading or unloading of such matter or its transportation
through any street, place or premises shall not consume an unusual
period of time.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 11]
Vehicles used for the carrying and transporting of any offensive
matter shall be kept in a sanitary condition. They shall be properly
covered at all times, except as otherwise required during the loading
and unloading operation. Such vehicles, when loaded, shall not be
allowed to stand or remain unnecessarily in front of or near any occupied
premises. When not in use, they shall be stored and kept in a manner
so as not to cause any nuisance.
[Ord. No. 1169, § 13; amended by Ord. No. 1500, § 2; Ord. No. 3214, 6-13-1989, § 1]
The owner, agent, lessee, occupant or other person who manages
or controls or is in charge of any building, lot or structure shall
be jointly and severally responsible for keeping and causing the sidewalk,
flagging, curbstone and gutter area and the public right-of-way abutting
the premises, building or structure free from obstructions and nuisances
of every kind and for keeping such sidewalks, flagging, curbstone,
gutter area and the public right-of-way abutting the premises, building
or structure, and the air shafts, areaways, backyards, courts, parking
lots, alleys or lot, clean and free from litter, debris, garbage,
refuse, rubbish, junk cars and other offensive matter or accumulations
of stagnant water from all of said areas and from the area between
the property line and a point extending 18 inches from the curb into
the street portion of the public right-of-way adjacent to the front
of the building, lot, structure or premises.
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Editor's Note: As to duty of abutting landowner to keep sidewalks
free of ice, snow, weeds, brush, etc., see Sec. 32-6 of this
Code.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 21, § 25; amended by Ord. No. 1242, § 2;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the Township from
which it is necessary and expedient to remove brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, including poison oak,
poison ivy and ragweed, filth, garbage, trash and debris for the preservation
of the public health, safety, general welfare or to eliminate a fire
hazard shall remove the same within 10 days after notice to do so
has been given to him by the Supervisor of Shade Trees, Health Officer
or Fire Chief. The notice shall be given by personal service upon
the owner or tenant or by registered mail addressed to his last known
address.
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Editor's Note: For state law authorizing Township to require
removal of weeds, brush, debris, etc., see N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 21, § 26]
Wherever the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove the nuisance or fire hazard in the manner and within the time provided in § 19-16, the Township Manager is authorized to provide for the removal of the same. In all cases where brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris are removed from any lands under this section, the Township Manager shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against such lands. The amounts so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
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Editor's Note: For similar state law, see N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.14.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 16, § 8; amended by Ord. No. 3214, 6-13-1989, § 2; Ord.
No. 3270, 6-26-1990, § 1;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person disposing of construction and/or demolition debris,
any form of unapproved fill material, ashes, garbage or refuse within
the Township shall only dispose of same at sites within the Township
designated from time to time as public dumps by the Township Engineer
or Township Manager.
[Ord. No. 3913, 10-6-2005, § 1; amended by 5-7-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019]
No person, company or corporation shall engage in the collection
of municipal solid waste or recyclables before 5:30 a.m. or after
8:00 p.m. in residential and multifamily zones or before 5:00 a.m.
and after 8:00 p.m. in commercial and industrial zones unless an emergency
has been declared by the Township Manager or their designee.
