For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
CLEAN FILL
An uncontaminated non-water-soluble, nondecomposable, inert
solid, such as rock, soil, gravel concrete, glass and/or clay or ceramic
products.
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
Waste building materials and refuse resulting from construction,
remodeling and repair operations on houses, commercial buildings,
pavements and other structures but not including designated recyclable
materials.
DEMOLITION WASTE
Waste generated from the razing of buildings, factories and
other man-made structures, including streets, roads and fences but
not including designated recyclable materials.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food but not including
designated recyclable materials.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any regulated substance, toxic substance, hazardous substance,
hazardous waste, pollution, pollutant or contaminant, as defined or
referred to in the New Jersey Environmental Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:35A-1
et seq.; the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A.
58:10-23.11 et seq. ("Spill Act"); the New Jersey Air Pollution Control
Act, N.J.S.A. 26:2C-1 et seq.; the Hazardous Substances Discharge
Reports and Notices Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1K-15 et seq.; the Industrial
Site Recovery Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6 et seq ("ISRA"); New Jersey Underground
Storage of Hazardous Substances Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-21 et seq., (the
"UGST Act"); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601
et seq. ("CERCLA"); and the Water Pollution and Control Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq., together with any amendments thereto, regulations
promulgated thereunder and all substitutions thereof, as well as words
of similar purport or meaning referred to in any other federal, state,
county or municipal environmental statute, ordinance, code, rule or
regulation, including without limitation, radon, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls, urea formaldehyde and petroleum products and petroleum
based derivatives. Where a statute, ordinance, code, rule or regulation
defines any of these terms more broadly than another, the broader
definition shall control.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designated
or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall
include any yard, ground, walk, driveway, porch, steps or vestibule
belonging or pertinent to such dwelling, house, building or other
structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any or all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways in any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except bodily
waste), including garbage, ashes, street cleanings, nonrecyclable
household waste and similar materials normally deposited for municipal
garbage collection but not including designated recyclable materials.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid waste (commonly known as "heavy trash")
consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as
appliances, furniture, wood, shingles, glass, bedding and similar
materials normally deposited for municipal heavy trash collection
but not including designated recyclable materials.
SOLID WASTE
Construction waste, demolition waste, garbage, refuse or rubbish but not yard waste (as defined in §
248-14), hazardous waste or designated recyclable materials.
SUITABLE REFUSE CONTAINER
A watertight, not easily corrodible, rodent- and fly-proof
container with a suitable bail or handles and tight-fitting cover,
in which shall be placed all garbage which has been drained of all
excess liquids and the solids wrapped in paper or other material so
as to prevent the escape of liquids therefrom. The container shall
have a capacity of 36 gallons or less and shall weigh no more than
50 pounds. Suitable Refuse containers include garbage cans, trash
cans, recycling bins, crates, boxes, or other type of container used
to hold or contain garbage.
The Superintendent of Public Works or his duly authorized designees,
the ordinance enforcers of the Borough and the East Rutherford Police
Department are hereby designated and authorized as the enforcement
officers of this chapter.
Garbage, refuse, rubbish and permitted construction waste shall
be collected under the supervision of the Department of Public Works,
subject to the direction of the Mayor and Council, and no such material
shall be collected unless full compliance has been made with the provisions
of this chapter.