[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Mount Olive 6-2-1988 by Ord. No. B-2-88 (Ch. 315 of the 1990
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A vehicle (usually a specially designed truck) used in collection.
A vehicle used to transport solid waste between one solid
waste facility and another; a transfer vehicle.
Any solid waste or combination of solid wastes, including
toxic, corrosive, irritating, sensitizing, radioactive, biologically
infectious, explosive or flammable solid waste, which poses a present
or potential threat to human health, living organisms or the environment,
provided that the solid waste is hazardous in accordance with the
standards and procedures set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26-8.[1]
Residential, commercial and institutional solid waste generated
within a community.
Any garbage, refuse, sludge or any other waste material,
excluding solid animal or vegetable wastes collected by swine producers
licensed by the State Department of Agriculture who collect, prepare
and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms; "solid waste" includes
litter, rubbish and debris.
A facility at which solid waste is transferred from collection
vehicles to haulage vehicles for transportation to a solid waste facility.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said section was repealed 10-21-1996.
No waste shall be accepted at a transfer station before 7:00
a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. weekdays or before 8:00 a.m. or after 12:00
noon on Saturdays. No transfer station shall accept any waste on Sundays
or legal holidays.
Accumulation of litter, garbage, rubbish or debris on the site
of any transfer station is expressly prohibited, except in such areas
where the transfer of solid waste from one vehicle to another is being
made and accumulation of such material is part of the process of transfer
of solid waste.
No driver or owner of any vehicle containing solid waste and
in route to or from a transfer station, including haulage and collection
vehicles, shall permit, suffer or allow any litter, garbage, rubbish
or debris to leave the vehicle and fall upon the ground. All loads
shall be secure, and all solid waste shall be covered while in transit.
No transfer station owner or operator shall allow, suffer or
permit any of the following:
A.Â
Conditions which result in the presence of any type of rodent.
B.Â
Conditions which result in odors associated with solid waste's
being detected beyond the boundaries of a transfer station site.
C.Â
Conditions which result in noise levels in excess of standards set
forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29 et seq.
A.Â
No solid waste shall be allowed to remain at the facility for more
than 24 hours.
B.Â
No solid waste shall remain on the tipping floor overnight. The tipping
floor of a transfer station shall be washed down at the end of the
day. All wastewater shall be directed to an on-site aboveground holding
tank. No wastewater shall be permitted to run off onto the ground.
C.Â
The tipping floor of a transfer station shall be cleaned and swept
at the end of operations for the day.
D.Â
No litter, garbage, rubbish or debris shall be permitted to remain
anywhere on site overnight, except in trailers which have been securely
covered.
No owner or operator of a transfer station shall accept for
transfer any hazardous waste, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.4. Upon
determining that a load contains hazardous waste, the owner or operator
shall, in addition to any other requirements imposed by law, notify
the Department of Health of the Township of Mount Olive by telephone
or in person.
The Health Officer and employees of the Health Department are
authorized to enforce this chapter.
[Amended 10-4-1990 by Ord. No. B-8-90]
Violations of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not
exceeding $500. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed
a separate and distinct offense.
