[Adopted 7-26-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-12]
The definitions of certain words used in this article are as
follows:
The residue from the burning of coal or coke and shall include
accumulations of dirt and such other noncombustible materials not
included in refuse or garbage or offal.
Includes kitchen waste, the refuse of animals or vegetable
matter, carrion, entrails of chicken, animals or fish and matter of
a similar nature.
One or more individual or individuals, male or female, partnership
or partnerships, corporation or corporations.
Includes combustible debris; that is, rags, mattresses, discarded
wearing apparel, furniture, carpets, rubber, broken glass, crockery.
It shall not include earth, sand or substances that accumulate incidental
to building construction, nor shall it include trade wastes, paper,
cardboard, grass clippings, plant trimmings, leaves, branches, bottles,
scrap materials, tin cans, or any other recyclable, hazardous or construction
material.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or cause or suffer to
be placed upon any vacant lot, street, alley, driveway, sidewalk,
areaway or public place any ashes, refuse, garbage or offal or to
disturb such material when properly placed except in compliance with
the provisions of this article.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring, cart, remove, transport,
or collect any ashes, refuse, garbage or offal, construction debris,
hazardous materials or bulk items from outside the Township into the
Township for the purpose of dumping or disposing thereof.
A.
Any person desiring ashes, refuse, garbage or offal to be removed
by the Township of Riverside, its agents, assigns or contractors,
shall provide suitable containers and place therein all ashes, refuse,
garbage or offal which shall accumulate in, on or about his/her said
property. Separate receptacles shall be provided for ashes, refuse
and garbage or offal.
B.
Ashes and refuse or ashes and garbage and offal or refuse and garbage
or offal shall not be mixed and placed in the same container or containers.
Receptacles in which ashes or refuse are placed shall be leakproof
and of such material and so constructed as to properly withstand the
use for which they are intended, without breaking or collapsing.
C.
The appropriate receptacle in which garbage or offal is placed shall
be watertight with a lid to properly fit said container so as to prevent
the garbage or offal from being distributed over the surface of the
adjacent ground or pavement.
D.
The receptacles herein required, together with their contents, shall
be of such weights and design as to be conveniently handled by one
man, and no receptacle and contents shall weigh more than 50 pounds.
E.
No person shall place more than 10 bags or five cans of ashes and
refuse, nor more than one bulk item not to exceed 250 pounds or measure
in excess of six feet by four feet, in front of or along the side
of his property for collection or removal in any one-week collection
period.
F.
Any such person shall place such receptacle or receptacles with its
contents upon the sidewalk adjacent to the curb in front of his/her
respective property on days and time when collection of such ashes,
refuse and garbage or offal are made. Said receptacle or receptacles
shall be placed no sooner than 4:00 p.m. of the day prior to such
scheduled collection(s) are made nor later than 7:00 a.m. of the day
such materials are collected and shall be removed no later than 12:00
p.m. of the day after such materials are collected. No such receptacle
and its contents shall be placed in front of any street, alley, lane,
road, highway or public place nor in front of nor along side of the
property occupied by another without the consent of such other occupant.
G.
No persons shall place recyclable materials, hazardous materials,
construction materials, or biodegradable materials out for solid waste
collection.
No ragpicker, scavenger or other persons shall break into, disturb,
untie or otherwise unbundle any container, bundle or package of paper,
ashes or refuse that has been placed on the sidewalk for collection,
nor shall any person disturb, remove, untie, unbundle or otherwise
scatter any ashes or refuse where such material has been placed for
collection or removal by the Township of Riverside, except:
No person shall cause or permit any cart, wagon, auto, truck,
motor vehicle or any other vehicle to be heaped up with manure, sand,
earth, ashes, refuse, garbage or offal or any other material so that
the contents or any part thereof may be scattered on the street, highway,
public lane or alley or any other public place in the Township of
Riverside.
No person shall throw, place or deposit any paper, circular,
ashes, refuse or garbage or offal or waste of any kind upon any street,
alley, lane, road or highway, nor in any inlet or catch basin in any
such street or highway, nor in any other public place in the Township
of Riverside, nor shall any such material be placed upon any lots
or pieces of ground without the consent of the owner thereof. Any
such material that shall fall or spill upon any street or highway
shall be swept or cleaned up immediately by the owner thereof or by
the person having such material in his possession.
No person shall collect, remove or gather ashes or refuse from
the streets, highways or alleys in the Township of Riverside unless
a contract to do so has been granted by the Township Committee. No
such collection shall be made on Sunday or other legal holidays nor
on any weekday between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Such permit
may be revoked or recalled by the Township Committee at any time after
issuance for the violation of any provision of this article or any
other rule or regulation of the Township of Riverside concerning the
same.
No person shall remove or gather garbage or offal from the streets,
highways or alleys or from any lot, yard, house or other building
in the Township of Riverside unless the same is deposited in a properly
closed, watertight vehicle or barrel. Such collection may be made
only after a contract or special license to do so has been granted
by the Township Committee. No such collection shall be made on Sunday
or other legal holidays, nor any weekday between the hours of 6:00
p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time. Such contract and/or license may be
revoked or recalled by the Township Committee at any time after issuance
for the violation of any provision of this article or of any other
rule or regulation of the Township of Riverside concerning the same.
