[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Gloucester City: Art. I, 12-7-1944; Art. II, 7-2-1953.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-7-1944]
It shall be unlawful for the occupant of any dwelling house,
store or other building to place or cause or suffer to be placed upon
any street, sidewalk, gutter, areaway or public place any ashes, rubbish,
offal or garbage except in compliance with the provisions of this
ordinance.
[Amended 4-5-1951]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All noncombustible material and shall include the residue
from the burning of coal or other fuel, floor sweepings, bottles,
broken glass, crockery, tin cans, scrap metal, furniture, earth, sand,
brick, brickbats, stone, plaster or similar substances that accumulate
incidental to building construction and trade wastes.
The refuse of animal or vegetable matter which has been intended
to be used for man or beast.
Includes combustible materials or debris and shall include
paper, cardboard, rags, mattresses, discarded wearing apparel, carpets,
rubber, grass cuttings, plant trimmings, leaves and scrap lumber.
[Amended 4-4-1963; 4-2-1992 by Ord. No. 14-1992; 12-2-1993 by Ord. No. 37-1993]
The occupant of any dwelling house, store or other building
shall place the materials described in this ordinance for collection
in an appropriate curbside location adjacent to such dwelling house,
store or other building, after separation, in appropriate separate
receptacles. The receptacles herein required, together with their
contents, shall be of such weight and design as to be conveniently
handled by one man, and the receptacles and contents shall not weigh
more than 50 pounds. All regularly scheduled curbside pickups are
subject to a limitation of 10 receptacles and/or bundles per pickup,
per property.
[Added 12-2-1993 by Ord.
No. 37-93]
The occupant of any dwelling house, store or other building
shall not place the receptacles required by this ordinance in the
appropriate curbside location for collection at any time prior to
7:00 p.m. the evening before regularly scheduled collection. Upon
the collection of garbage, the receptacles required by this ordinance
shall be removed from curbside before 7:00 p.m. the evening of regularly
scheduled collection.
[Amended 4-4-1963; 12-2-1993 by Ord. No. 37-1993]
A.
Offal and garbage shall be placed at a suitable curbside location
for collection in watertight metal or plastic containers with a lid
securely placed thereon during the entire year.
B.
Ashes and rubbish shall be placed at a suitable curbside location
for collection in metal or plastic containers which shall, during
the months of November to March inclusive, have a lid securely placed
thereon, unless said rubbish consists of grass cuttings, plant trimmings
or scrap lumber, in which case said rubbish may be placed for collection
if securely bundled in such manner as to permit easy handling.
[Added 8-19-2010 by Ord.
No. O14-2010]
A.
The fee for a recycling can shall be $12, which shall be collected
by the Department of Public Works of the City of Gloucester City.
A.
From and after the adoption of this ordinance, no person, persons,
corporation or corporations shall conduct the business of collecting
ashes, refuse, paper, rags, metals, garbage or other material from
the streets or sidewalks of the City of Gloucester City until he,
they or each of them, or each agent or employee of such corporation,
shall have obtained a license to conduct such business. Such license,
when issued, shall remain in force until the first day of January
succeeding the date of its issuance, and an annual fee of $0.50 shall
be paid therefor. Such licensee or his or its agents shall at all
times display upon his person a badge which shall be furnished to
him by the Superintendent of Streets at the time of the issuance of
such license. In addition to the badge which the licensee or agent
of such licensee is required to display upon his person, the licensee
or agent shall display the license number, plainly painted in letters
of not less than six inches in height, upon any vehicle which may
be used by him adjunctive to his business; provided, however, that
the requirements of this section are not applicable to the Street
Department of Gloucester City or its servants or agents.
[Amended 12-5-1974[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 1, § 1-6B(5)(a). For further provisions regarding the required license, see § 50-9, infra.
B.
No licensee or agent thereof shall break into any package of rubbish
or garbage that may be found upon the streets or sidewalks of the
City of Gloucester City; provided, however, this provision does not
prohibit the removal of such package or packages by the licensee or
agent thereof, but if the licensee or agent thereof shall remove such
package or packages from the streets or sidewalks of the City of Gloucester
City, the said licensee or agent thereof shall not redeposit such
package or packages upon said streets or sidewalks, nor shall be dispose
of such package or packages by placing same upon a public dump of
said city, unless the said package or packages have been first securely
wrapped and tied in the manner above provided.
Any person or persons or employee or agent of any corporation
who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, pay a fine not exceeding $500 or be imprisoned
in the County Jail of Camden County for not more than 90 days, and
the Judge of the Municipal Court of Gloucester City before whom any
such person or persons may be brought may impose such punishment by
fine or imprisonment as he may see fit, not exceeding the maximum
herein fixed.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 1945.
[Adopted 7-2-1953]
No person or persons, individual or corporate, except by the
written permission and license of the Common Council of Gloucester
City, shall, after the adoption of this ordinance, collect garbage
within the limits of the City of Gloucester City.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code. See Ch. 1, § 1-6B(5)(b). For other provisions regarding licensing and license fees, see § 50-5, supra.
Each and every person, individual or corporate, violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof,
forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $500 for each offense or be
imprisoned in the County Jail of Camden County for not more than 90
days, and the Judge of the Municipal Court of Gloucester City before
whom any such person or persons may be brought may impose such punishment
by fine or imprisonment as he may see fit, not exceeding the maximum
herein fixed.
