The purpose of this article is to require dumpsters and other
refuse containers that are outdoors or exposed to stormwater to be
covered at all times and prohibit the spilling, dumping, leaking,
or otherwise discharge of liquids, semiliquids or solids from the
containers to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by
the Township of Edgewater Park or other public body and/or the waters
of the state, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. 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.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
As defined in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 but is summarized as a conveyance
or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal
streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels,
or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township of Edgewater
Park or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting
and conveying stormwater.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, political subdivision of this state and any state, interstate
or federal agency.
REFUSE CONTAINER
Any waste container that a person controls, whether owned,
leased, or operated, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage pails,
and plastic trash bags.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands
and bodies of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department and/or
the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Edgewater Park.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to penalties as set forth in Chapter
444, Stormwater Control, §
444-11, Violations and penalties, of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this
article is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence,
clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion
of this article to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any
cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this article.