[Ord. No. 2009-02 § 1]
COMMINGLED
Shall mean a combining of nonputrescible source-separated
recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.
COMMERCIAL USE
Shall mean an activity involving the sale of goods or services
carried out for profit.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
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.
HOTEL
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.
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
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.);
MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATOR
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.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW) STREAM
Shall mean all solid waste generated at residential, commercial,
and institutional establishments within the boundaries of the municipality
of Hardwick Township.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
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.
SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Shall mean recyclable materials which are separated at the
point of generation by the generator thereof from solid waste for
the purposes of recycling.
SOURCE SEPARATION
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. 2002-09 § 1]
The collection of recyclable material shall be in the manner
prescribed as follows:
a. 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. 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. 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.