[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
Shall mean a combining of nonputrescible source-separated
recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
Shall mean an activity involving the sale of goods or services
carried out for profit.
Shall mean those materials designated within the Warren County
District Solid Waste Management Plan to be source separated for the
purpose of recycling. These materials include: glass, plastic, aluminum,
tin, paper and cardboard.
Shall mean a computer central processing unit and associated
hardware including keyboards, modems, printers, scanners and fax machines;
a cathode ray tube, a cathode ray tube device, a flat panel display
or similar video display device with a screen that is greater than
four inches measured diagonally and that contains one or more circuit
boards, including a television, and cell phones.
Shall mean any building, including but not limited to any
related structure, accessory building, and land appurtenant thereto,
and any part thereof, which contains ten or more units of dwelling
space or has sleeping facilities for 25 or more persons and is kept,
used, maintained, advertised as, or held out to be, a place where
sleeping or dwelling accommodations are available to transient or
permanent guests.
This definition shall also mean and include any hotel, motor
hotel, motel, or established guesthouse, which is commonly regarded
as a hotel, motor hotel, motel, or established guesthouse, as the
case may be, in the community in which it is located; provided, that
this definition shall not be construed to include any building or
structure defined as a multiple dwelling in this act, registered as
a multiple dwelling with the Commissioner of Community Affairs as
hereinafter provided, and occupied or intended to be occupied as such
nor shall this definition be construed to include a rooming house
or a boarding house as defined in the "Rooming and Boarding House
Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et al.) or, except as otherwise
set forth in P.L.1987, c.270 (C.55:13A-7.5, 55:13A-7.6, 55:13A-12.1,
55:13A-13.2), any retreat lodging facility, as defined in this section.
Shall mean any building or structure of complex of buildings
in which three or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered
for rental or lease for residential purposes (see N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13a.)
except hotels, motels, or other guest houses serving transient or
seasonal guests as those terms are defined under subsection (j) of
section 3 of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c.
76 (C.55: 13A-1 et seq.);
Shall mean the person or persons appointed by the municipal
governing body and who shall be authorized to enforce the provisions
of this chapter, and any rules and regulations which may be promulgated
hereunder.
Shall mean all solid waste generated at residential, commercial,
and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality
of Hardwick Township.
Shall mean those materials which would otherwise become solid
waste, and which may be collected, separated, or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Shall mean recyclable materials which are separated at the
point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for
the purposes of recycling.
Shall mean the process by which recyclable materials are
separated at the point of generation by the generator thereof from
solid waste for the purposes of recycling.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
a.Â
Mandatory source separation. It shall be mandatory for all persons
who are owners, tenants, or occupants of residential and nonresidential
premises, which shall include but not be limited to retail and other
commercial locations, as well as government, schools and other institutional
locations within the Municipality of Hardwick Township to separate
designated recyclable materials from all solid waste. Designated recyclable
materials shall be deposited separate and apart from other solid waste
generated by the owners, tenants, or occupants of such premises and
shall be placed separately at the curb in a manner and on such days
and times as may be hereinafter established by regulations promulgated
by the Hardwick Township.
b.Â
Exemptions. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.16(d), the governing body
of a municipality may exempt persons occupying commercial or institutional
premises within its municipal boundaries from the source separation
requirements of the ordinance which requires persons generating municipal
solid waste within its municipal boundaries to source separate from
the municipal solid waste stream, the specified recyclable materials
if those persons have otherwise provided for the recycling of all
designated recyclable materials. To be eligible for an exemption pursuant
to this chapter, a commercial or institutional generator of solid
waste shall file an application for exemption with the municipal recycling
coordinator on forms to be provided for this purpose. The form shall
include, at a minimum, the following information: the name of the
commercial or institutional entity; the street address location and
lot and block designation; the name, official title and phone number
of the person making application on behalf of the commercial or institutional
entity; the name, address, official contact person and telephone number
of the facility which provides the service of recycling those designated
recyclable materials, and a certification that the designated recyclable
materials will be recycled, and that, at least on an annual basis,
said recycling service provider shall provide written documentation
to the municipal recycling coordinator of the total number of tons
collected and recycled for each designated material.
[Ord. No. 2002-09 § 1]
The collection of recyclable material shall be in the manner
prescribed as follows:
a.Â
All containers containing recyclable materials shall be placed, prior
to collection, between the curb and the sidewalk, or in the absence
of curb and sidewalk, as near to the street as not to constitute a
danger, where such receptacles shall be readily accessible to the
collector without providing obstruction to pedestrians. The owner
or occupant of the premises shall keep all receptacles clean and in
safe handling condition. Receptacles or other items to be disposed
of shall be placed as noted above anytime after 6:00 p.m. of the day
immediately preceding the day of collection, but no later than 6:00
a.m. of the day of collection. After collection, any containers shall
be removed from the curbside by no later than 8:00 p.m. of the day
of collection.
b.Â
All receptacles or dumpsters shall be kept in a clean and safe manner
and containers shall be no more than 30 gallon. Newspapers, cardboard
and other paper must be flattened and bound with twine or string.
[Ord. No. 2002-09 § 1]
a.Â
The owners/occupants of single family and two family dwellings shall
be responsible for compliance with this chapter.
b.Â
For multifamily units, the management or owner is responsible for
setting up and maintaining the recycling system, including the designation
of a building/complex recycling coordinator who will oversee the recycling
system which includes the collection of recyclable materials.
c.Â
Violations and penalty notices will be directed to the owner, occupant,
or management, in those instances where the violator is not easily
identifiable. The management shall issue notification and collection
rules to new tenants when they arrive and every six months during
their occupancy.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
a.Â
All commercial, business, or industrial facilities shall be required
to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
b.Â
The arrangement for collection of designated recyclables hereunder
shall be the responsibility of the commercial, institutional or industrial
property owner or their designee, unless the municipality provides
for the collection of designated recyclable materials. All commercial,
institutional or industrial properties which provide outdoors litter
receptacles and disposal service for their contents shall also provide
receptacles for designated recyclable materials, for those materials
commonly deposited, in the location of the litter receptacle, and
shall provide for separate recycling service for their contents. Receptacles
for commingled materials must be dumpster type that can be lifted
by garbage truck.
c.Â
Annually, every business, institution, or industrial facility shall
report to the municipal recycling coordinator the recycling activities
undertaken at their premises, including the amount of recycled material,
by material type, collected and recycled and the vendor or vendors
providing recycling service. The forms to be used will be provided
by the municipal recycling coordinator.
d.Â
All food service establishments, as defined in the Health Code, shall,
in addition to compliance with all other recycling requirements, be
required to recycle grease and/or cooking oil created in the processing
of food or food products, and maintain such records as may be prescribed,
for inspection by any code enforcement officer.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
a.Â
Any application to the planning board of the municipality of Hardwick
Township, for subdivision or site plan approval for the construction
of multi-family dwellings of three or more units, single family developments
of 50 or more units or any commercial, institutional, or industrial
development for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land,
must include a recycling plan. This plan must contain, at a minimum,
the following:
1.Â
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid
waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development and
2.Â
Locations documented on the application's site plan that provide
for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants, and
occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient
location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing,
etc.) as may be determined by the municipal recycling coordinator.
3.Â
Provisions shall be made for the indoor, or enclosed outdoor, storage
and pickup of solid waste, to be approved by the municipal engineer.
b.Â
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the municipality
of Hardwick Township, the owner of any new multi-family housing or
commercial, institutional, or industrial development must supply a
copy of a duly executed contract with a hauling company for the purposes
of collection and recycling of source-separated recyclable materials,
in those instances where the municipality does not otherwise provide
this service.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
a.Â
It shall be unlawful for solid waste collectors to collect solid
waste that is mixed with, or contains visible signs of, designated
recyclable materials. It is also unlawful for solid waste collectors
to remove for disposal those bags or containers of solid waste which
visibly display a warning notice sticker or some other device indicating
that the load of solid waste contains designated recyclable materials.
b.Â
It shall be the responsibility of the resident or occupant to properly
segregate the uncollected waste for proper disposal or recycling.
Allowing such unseparated solid waste and recyclables to accumulate
will be considered a violation of this chapter and the local sanitary
code.
c.Â
Once placed in the location identified by this chapter, or any rules
or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, no person, other
than those authorized by the municipality, shall tamper with, collect,
remove, or otherwise handle designated recyclable materials.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
The municipal board of health, the recycling coordinator, the
zoning officer, the building inspector, or other code enforcement
officer, and the Warren County Department of Health are hereby individually
and severally empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
An inspection may consist of sorting through containers and opening
of solid waste bags to detect, by sound or sight, the presence of
any recyclable material.
[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
Any person, corporation, occupant, or entity that violates or
fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or any of the rules
and regulations promulgated hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine not less than two hundred fifty ($250.00)
dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, and may be
imprisoned for up to ninety (90) days, and sentenced to up to ninety
(90) days of community service. Each day for which a violation of
this chapter occurs shall be considered a separate offense.
Fines levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter shall be immediately deposited into the municipal recycling
trust fund (or equivalent). Monies in the municipal recycling trust
fund shall be used for the expenses of the municipal recycling program
including enforcement and education.
