[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean that the pet solid waste is removed at once, without
delay.
Shall mean any person who shall possess, maintain, house,
or harbor any pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or
not the owner of such pet.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean a domesticated animal (other than a disability
assistance animal) kept for amusement or companionship.
Shall mean waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet;
excrement.
Shall mean placement in a designated waste receptacle, or
other suitable container, and discarded in a refuse container that
is regularly emptied by the borough or some other refuse collector;
or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper
treatment and disposal.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly
dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property, public
or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while such
animal is being used for that purpose.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean any used or unconsumed substance or waste material
that has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic,
rubber, paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or
any top, cap, or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other
extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming, or manufacturing.
Shall mean a container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard, or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than in a litter receptacle, or having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
b.
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from
a vehicle or boat in violation of this section, the operator or owner,
or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have
violated this section.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean 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 Borough of Bogota or other public body, and is
designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to
the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Borough
of Bogota is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials
other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge of
pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
a.
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
b.
Uncontaminated ground water (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising ground waters).
c.
Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and non-contact cooling
water).
d.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
e.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges, and diverted stream flows.
f.
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
g.
Sidewalk, driveway, and street wash water.
h.
Flows from firefighting activities.
i.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
1.
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use for their
intended purposes; and
2.
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials
must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent
practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping).
Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly
discarded.
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean to give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or
scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting
or enticing wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal
taking of fish and/or game.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean all animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by Borough of Bogota, any wildlife, excluding confined
wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks, or rehabilitation
centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers).
[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean the placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket,
bag or other vessel, such as to prevent the yard waste from spilling
or blowing out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway,
viaduct, drive, or other way, which is an existing State, County,
or municipal roadway, and includes the land between the street lines,
whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders,
gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the
street lines.
Shall mean leaves and grass clippings.
[Ord. #1290, S1; Ord. #1315, S1]
Sweeping, raking, blowing, or otherwise placing of yard waste
that is not containerized at the curb or along the street is only
allowed between the day after the Federal Columbus Day holiday and
December 1 of each year, and only during the seven (7) days prior
to a scheduled and announced collection. Yard waste that is not containerized
at the curb shall not be placed closer than ten (10') feet from any
storm drain inlet. Placement of such yard waste at the curb or along
the street at any other time or in any other manner is a violation
of this section. If such placement of yard waste occurs, the party
responsible for placement of the yard waste must remove the yard waste
from the street or said party shall be deemed in violation of this
section.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations, shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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. The definitions below are the same as or
based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
Shall mean waste and wastewater from humans or household
operations.
Shall mean any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges
domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process wastewater, or
other industrial waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate
storm sewer system operated by the Borough of Bogota, unless that
discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier
A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES Permit Number NJ0141852).
Nonphysical connections may include, but are not limited to, leaks,
flows, or overflows into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
Shall mean nondomestic waste, including, but not limited
to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or
(c)).
Shall mean 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 Borough of Bogota or other public body, and is
designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Shall mean a permit issued by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
Shall mean water used to reduce temperature for the purpose
of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw
material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product.
Non-contact cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides
to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion
inhibitors.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any water which, during manufacturing or processing,
comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact cooling water.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to
the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Borough of Bogota any domestic sewage, non-contact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Ord. #1290, S1]
Any person who is convicted for violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to one or more of the following:
a fine of not more than one thousand two hundred fifty ($1,250.00)
dollars, imprisonment for any term not exceeding ninety (90) days,
and/or a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days,
unless a different penalty is stated in the Code section or ordinance.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
A separate offense or violation shall be deemed to be committed
on each day that a violation occurs or continues.
[Ord. #1290, S1]
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the employees
and officers of the police department, the department of public works,
and the board of health of the Borough of Bogota.
[Ord. #1392]
The purpose of this section is to require dumpsters and other
refuse containers that are outdoors or exposed to stormwater to be
covered at all times and prohibits the spilling, dumping, leaking,
or otherwise discharge of liquids, semi-liquids or solids from the
containers to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated
by the Borough of Bogota 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.
[Ord. #1392]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section 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.
Shall mean 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 Borough of Bogota or other public body, and is
designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater. NOTE: In
municipalities with combined sewer systems, add the following: "MS4s
do not include combined sewer systems, which are sewer systems that
are designed to carry sanitary sewage at all times and to collect
and transport stormwater from streets and other sources."
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean any waste container that a person controls whether
owned, leased, or operated, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage
pails, and plastic trash bags.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to
the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
Shall mean the ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams
and bodies of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
[Ord. #1392]
Any person who controls, whether owned, leased, or operated,
a refuse container or dumpster must ensure that such container or
dumpster is covered at all times and shall prevent refuse from spilling
out or overflowing.
Any person who owns, leases or otherwise uses a refuse container
or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster does not leak
or otherwise discharge liquids, semi-liquids or solids to the municipal
separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Borough of Bogota.
[Ord. #1392]
a.
Permitted temporary demolition containers;
b.
Litter receptacles (other than dumpsters or other bulk containers);
c.
Individual homeowner trash and recycling containers;
d.
Refuse containers at facilities authorized to discharge stormwater
under a valid NJPDES permit;
e.
Large bulky items (e.g., furniture, bound carpet and padding, white
goods placed curbside for pickup).
[Ord. #1392]
This section shall be enforced by the police department and/or
other municipal officials of the Borough of Bogota.
[Ord. #1392]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand
($1,000.00) dollars.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
The purpose of this section is to prevent stored salt and other
solid de-icing materials from being exposed to stormwater.
This section establishes requirements for the storage of salt
and other solid de-icing materials on properties not owned or operated
by the municipality (privately-owned), including residences, in the
Borough of Bogota, to protect the environment, public health, safety
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When consistent 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.
Means any granular or solid material such as melting salt
or any other granular solid that assists in the melting of snow.
Means a surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Means a permanent building or permanent structure that is
anchored to a permanent foundation with an impermeable floor, and
that is completely roofed and walled (new structures require a door
or other means of sealing the access way from wind driven rainfall).
A fabric frame structure is a permanent structure if it meets
the following specifications:
Concrete blocks, jersey barriers or other similar material shall
be placed around the interior of the structure to protect the side
walls during loading and unloading of de-icing materials;
The design shall prevent stormwater run-on and run through,
and the fabric cannot leak;
The structure shall be erected on an impermeable slab;
The structure cannot be open sided; and
The structure shall have a roll up door or other means of sealing
the access way from wind driven rainfall.
Means any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Means a person who resides on a residential property where
de-icing material is stored.
Means the point of entry into the storm sewer system.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
a.
Temporary outdoor storage of de-icing materials in accordance with
the requirements below is allowed between October 15th and April 15th:
1.
Loose materials shall be placed on a flat, impervious surface in
a manner that prevents stormwater run-through;
2.
Loose materials shall be placed at least 50 feet from surface water
bodies, storm drain inlets, ditches and/or other stormwater conveyance
channels;
3.
Loose materials shall be maintained in a cone-shaped storage pile.
If loading or unloading activities alter the cone-shape during daily
activities, tracked materials shall be swept back into the storage
pile, and the storage pile shall be reshaped into a cone after use;
4.
Loose materials shall be covered as follows:
(a)
The cover shall be waterproof, impermeable, and flexible;
(b)
The cover shall extend to the base of the pile(s);
(c)
The cover shall be free from holes or tears;
(d)
The cover shall be secured and weighed down around the perimeter
to prevent removal by wind; and
(e)
Weight shall be placed on the cover(s) in such a way that minimizes
the potential of exposure as materials shift and runoff flows down
to the base of the pile.
(1)
Sandbags lashed together with rope or cable and placed uniformly
over the flexible cover, or poly-cord nets provide a suitable method.
Items that can potentially hold water (e.g., old tires) shall not
be used;
5.
Containers must be sealed when not in use; and
6.
The site shall be free of all de-icing materials between April 16th
and October 14th.
b.
De-icing materials should be stored in a permanent structure if a
suitable storage structure is available. For storage of loose de-icing
materials in a permanent structure, such storage may be permanent,
and thus not restricted to October 15 -April 15.
c.
The property owner, or owner of the de-icing materials if different,
shall designate a person(s) responsible for operations at the site
where these materials are stored outdoors, and who shall document
that weekly inspections are conducted to ensure that the conditions
of this ordinance are met. Inspection records shall be kept on site
and made available to the municipality upon request.
1.
Residents who operate businesses from their homes that utilize de-icing
materials are required to perform weekly inspections.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
Residents may store de-icing materials outside in a solid-walled,
closed container that prevents precipitation from entering and exiting
the container, and which prevents the de-icing materials from leaking
or spilling out. Under these circumstances, weekly inspections are
not necessary, but repair or replacement of damaged or inadequate
containers shall occur within two weeks.
If containerized (in bags or buckets) de-icing materials are stored within a permanent structure, they are not subject to the storage and inspection requirements in subsection 22-10.3 above. Piles of de-icing materials are not exempt, even if stored in a permanent structure.
This section does not apply to facilities where the stormwater
discharges from de-icing material storage activities are regulated
under another NJPDES permit.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
This section shall be enforced by the Bureau of Code Enforcement
during the course of ordinary enforcement duties.
[Added 10-26-2023 by Ord.
No. 1603]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall have 72 hours to complete corrective action.
Repeat violations and/or failure to complete corrective action shall
result in a fine not to exceed $1,000.
