[Ord. No. 53-2014]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY USE
A use, occupation or profession, including but not limited
to doctors, dentists, veterinarians, laboratories and retail or commercial
businesses, which is customarily carried on in a residential premises,
that generates medical waste, hazardous waste or waste other than
household putrescibles generated on or off residential premises.
AGENT
Any person authorized to act in behalf of the owner of any
real property, whether residential, commercial, industrial or a combination
thereof, and shall include but shall not be limited to managing agents
and a mortgagee, whether or not in possession.
PROHIBITED WASTE
Shall not be placed out for collection, but rather, shall be disposed of in some other safe and appropriate manner. Prohibited waste shall include waste which from time to time be so classified by the superintendent of operations. This shall include but not be limited to the following: all recyclable materials as defined in Chapter
141 of this Code, all hazardous waste materials, all medical waste, stone, brick, concrete, asphalt, construction debris from home addition or major renovation projects requiring building permits and waste from commercial projects and/or properties.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
All materials designated by the municipality to be source-separated from the solid waste stream for the purpose of recycling as contained in Chapter
141, Recycling. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.4, recyclable materials means materials which would otherwise become nonhazardous solid waste which can be separated, collected and processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Includes all Township single-family dwellings, multifamily
dwellings and/or high-rise apartment units, condominium units, townhouses
and cooperatives.
SOLID WASTE
Includes non-prohibited waste generated within a residential
dwelling.
The owner, tenant or occupant or agent of the owner, tenant or occupant of any residential premises shall provide and maintain therein for the use of the premises thereof proper receptacles, as described in §§
83-5,
83-6 and
83-7 hereof, for the storage of solid waste.
Multi-dwelling units utilizing dumpsters for the collection
of solid waste shall be provided for multi-dwelling units. Dumpsters
must be fully waterproofed, have tightly fitting plastic lids and,
after emptying, be cleaned and sanitized as needed by the management
association of said multi-dwelling.
Compaction systems may be utilized with the approval from the
Health Officer for commercial establishments and from the Superintendent
of Operations for residential and multi-dwelling units.
[Ord. No. 53-2014]
Any person or persons who shall violate or fail to comply with
any of the provisions of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than $500 and not exceeding $10,000.
Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation.