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City of Hoboken, NJ
Hudson County
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A. 
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B. 
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES
The residue from the burning of wood, coal or other combustible material.
CIGARETTE LITTER
Any cigarette, cigar or any portion thereof, whether lit or unlit, or any packaging related thereto, or any match or matchbook, or any flaming or glowing material, that has been discarded.
CITY
The City of Hoboken, in the County of Hudson.
DEMOLITION CONTAINER
A steel, watertight, roll-off container having a capacity of 15 to 60 cubic yards.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Public Works.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Department of Public Works.
DUMPSTER (SANITATION DUMPSTER)
A steel, watertight refuse container equipped with a tight-fitting lid, having a capacity of 3/4 to eight cubic yards.
FOOD PEDDLER
Any mobile purveyor of prepared food and drink as licensed by the Board of Health under the provisions of the Hoboken Municipal Code.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HAZARDOUS REFUSE
Refuse likely to cause injury or illness during storage, collection or disposal. The term "hazardous refuse" includes, without limitation, pathological and infectious refuse, combustibles and explosives, chemicals and any dead animal weighing more than one pound.
LITTER
Garbage, cigarette litter, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public area within the City of Hoboken owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, furniture, refrigerators, appliances, building material and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
SWILL
A semiliquid waste consisting of food scrap and liquids.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.