[1972 Code § 11-4.1; Ord. No. 296-74; Ord. No. 303-74]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Township or any of its agents, servants, employees or duly authorized contractors to provide garbage or refuse collection services within the Township without first registering with the West Orange Health Department. Registration shall take place on or before the first day of March of each year on registration forms supplied by the Department of Health in which the registrant shall list his/her name and address and all locations the company services in West Orange, residential and commercial. All registrations shall expire on the last day of February of each year. There will be no registration fee required. Any person or entity found guilty of violating this section shall be liable to the penalty in Chapter 1, Section 1-5.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport garbage, ashes,
rubbish, trash, condemned or spoiled animals or vegetable substances,
swill or any offensive or putrescible material or waste in the Township
except in vehicles inspected and approved by the Director of Health
and the Department of Health.
[1972 Code § 11-4.2; Ord. No. 102-67 § b]
All vehicles used for the transportation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, trash and those items mentioned in subsection 17-1.1 shall be constructed so that none of the contents may spill, leak or otherwise fall from the vehicle, except when unloaded at a duly authorized dumping ground. All vehicles shall be equipped with and shall carry during working hours adequate cleaning equipment.
[1972 Code § 11-4.3]
All licenses required under this section shall be issued following
application and approval by the Department of Health upon the payment
of $25 for each vehicle. Each vehicle shall have printed in letters
at least three inches in height on each side of the vehicle the name
and address of the owner and, if the vehicle is leased, the name of
the operator.
[1972 Code § 11-4.4]
All licenses shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of
each year and shall be renewed prior to January 1 of the year following
the expiration of each license. All licenses shall be subject to revocation
for failure to comply with this section in addition to penalties hereinafter
provided.
[1972 Code § 11-4.5]
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any dwelling,
market, restaurant or any other building where refuse may accumulate
shall provide and keep on the premises suitable receptacles for receiving
and holding garbage, ashes, rubbish and trash. Garbage shall be kept
only in watertight and tightly covered containers.
[1972 Code § 11-4.6; Ord. No. 243-72 § 1]
The following regulations shall be complied with:
a.
Every occupant, whether as owner, tenant or otherwise, of any building
or premises in the Township is required to place or cause to be placed
not earlier than 10:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day upon which
the appropriate Township contractor shall collect from the premises,
on the sidewalk area near the curbline of the street upon which the
premises abut, all ashes, garbage, rubbish and other refuse matter
required to be collected and removed by the Township's contractor
engaged for such purposes. Nothing in this section shall be deemed
to apply to any occupant of premises who shall cause the collection
or removal of such ashes, garbage, rubbish and other refuse matter
to be performed by means other than the Township contractor.
b.
All ashes, garbage, refuse and rubbish shall be placed and kept in
watertight containers provided with tightly-fitting covers and handles.
c.
Any owner, agent or other person in charge of any tenement or apartment
house containing six or more apartments shall provide a janitorial
service in order to comply with the provisions of this section.
d.
All refuse paper and branches of trees shall be securely tied in
bundles and all cardboard boxes shall be broken up and securely tied
in bundles not to exceed three square feet so that they are convenient
for handling, collection and removal by the Township contractor.
e.
No container from which garbage, rubbish or other refuse matter may
be collected or removed by the Township contractor shall exceed 60
pounds in weight including the contents. If more than one container
is used to place any rubbish, trash, refuse matter or garbage, including
ashes, on the street for collection, each container shall not exceed
60 pounds in weight or contain more than 30 gallons. Every container
herein referred to shall be removed from the street on the same day
of and after the collection and removal of its contents.
f.
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the Township or any
of its agents, servants, employees or duly authorized contractors,
or other than any scavenger who has entered into an agreement with
the owner or lessee of any real property for the collection of garbage
or refuse, to tamper with or to take or to remove, or to convert to
its own use in any way, shape, manner or form, any of the contents
from any public or private receptacle containing any garbage, refuse,
rubbish, junk or any bundled newspapers, assorted glass, assorted
metal or refuse which has been placed or deposited along, about or
in the vicinity of any public highway, street, lane, driveway or alleyway,
for collection by the Township or its agents, servants or employees
or duly authorized contractors, or for collection by any scavenger
who has entered into an agreement with the owner or lessee of any
real property for the collection of garbage or refuse.
[1972 Code § 11-10.1; Ord. No.
339-74 § 1; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 856-86 § 1; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 1]
a.
The Township of West Orange recognizes that there is a growing problem
of solid waste disposal within the State of New Jersey and that the
conservation of recyclable materials is of primary public importance.
The Township further recognizes that separation of certain recyclable
materials from the stream of disposal solid waste within the Township
will serve the public interest and conserve material resources.
b.
It is the purpose of this section to establish rules and regulations
for the mandatory separation, recovery, collection and storing of
recyclable materials within the Township and to prescribe penalties
for the violation of these rules and regulations.
[1972 Code § 11-10.1; Ord. No.
406-76 § 1; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 688-83 § 1; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 2; Ord. No. 1972-04 §§ I, II; Ord. No. 2206-09 § II]
As used in this section:
Shall mean all disposable containers made and fabricated
primarily of aluminum and most commonly used to contain soda, beer
and other beverages.
Shall mean all places of business, (wholesale, retail, service,
food transportation and the like).
Shall mean all glass food and beverage containers, aluminum,
tin and bimetal food and beverage containers and plastic food and
beverage containers which contain a neck, which are kept separate
and apart from the Municipal solid waste stream, by the generator
thereof, for the purposes of collection, disposition and recycling.
Shall mean all disposable containers made and fabricated
primarily of corrugated cardboard or other paper products and most
commonly used to ship and deliver commercial materials, foods, appliances,
and the like.
Shall mean the Division of Waste Management of the Township
of West Orange.
Shall mean all structural steel or ferrous metal, cast iron
and steel components.
Shall mean and include all products made from silica or sand,
soda ash and limestone; the product being transparent or translucent
and being used for bottles, jars, beverage containers.
Shall include all government buildings, schools, colleges,
hospitals, clinics and the like.
Shall mean used batteries from automobiles, trucks and other
vehicles.
Shall mean and include all foliage from trees, shrubs or
plants but not twigs and branches.
Shall mean brown paper shopping bags, catalogs, chipboard,
colored paper, junk mail, magazines, telephone books and soft cover
books.
Shall mean and be deemed to include all garbage, rubbish
and waste normally collected by the Township of West Orange or its
authorized agents.
Shall mean all residential, commercial and institutional
solid waste generated within the boundaries of the Township of West
Orange.
Shall be deemed to include paper of the type commonly referred
to as newsprint and distributed at stated intervals, usually daily
or weekly, having printed thereon news and opinions and containing
advertisements and other matters of public interest and what is commonly
referred to as magazines, telephone books, paperback books and paper
bags.
Shall mean all marketable scrap or used paper generated by
the operation of commercial or business offices including, but not
limited to, what is commonly known as computer paper, stationery,
copy paper, envelopes, carbon paper and newspaper.
Shall include but not be limited to the owners, lessees,
or occupants of any residential, commercial or institutional premises
as defined herein.
Shall mean any process by which materials which would otherwise
become part of the Municipal solid waste stream are collected, separated
or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of
raw materials or products.
Shall mean any location designated by the Township as a site
to which a person may bring source separated recyclable materials
for collection or processing by the Township or its representative.
Shall include all single-family detached homes, condominiums,
townhouses, apartments, cooperative housing associations, senior citizen
homes, nursing homes and the like.
Shall mean any person whose business includes the collection,
pickup or transportation of any material which is a component of the
Municipal solid waste stream or any material designated by the Township
as a source separated recyclable material.
Shall mean the Solid Waste Management Act of the State of
New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 3:1E-1 et seq.)
Shall mean the Township of West Orange.
Shall mean and include any lubricating oil drained or removed
from any motor or engine including but not limited to motor vehicles,
motorcycles, lawn mowers, snow blowers, machinery and the like.
Shall mean appliances, such as air conditioners, stoves,
washers, dryers, freezers, steel or cast iron plumbing fixtures, dishwashers,
refrigerators, water heaters, etc.
[1972 Code § 11-10.3; Ord. No.
406-76 §§ 2, 3; Ord.
No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No.
688-83 §§ II, III; Ord. No. 856-86 § 2; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 3; Ord. No. 1972-04 § IV]
A mandatory program within the Township, for the commingling
of certain recyclable materials, and the recycling of noncommingled
recyclable materials is hereby established.
[1972 Code § 11-10.4; Ord. No.
406-76 § 4; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 688-83 § IV; Ord. No. 856-86 § 3; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 4; Ord. No. 1326-95 § 2; Ord. No. 1972-04 § V; Ord. No. 2206-09 § II]
a.
All persons who are owners, lessees or occupants of residential premises
within the Township shall keep all commingled recyclable materials
separate from the Municipal solid waste stream. They shall also separate
newspapers, cardboard, paper, leaves, used motor oil generated at
such premises, white goods, ferrous scrap, lead acid batteries, and
mixed paper from the Municipal solid waste stream and dispose of such
materials in accordance with this section.
b.
Commingled recyclable materials, newspapers, cardboard, paper, leaves,
used motor oil, white goods, ferrous scrap, lead acid batteries, and
mixed paper shall be disposed of by the following methods:
1.
Commingled recyclable materials, newspaper, cardboard, paper, white
goods, ferrous scrap, lead acid batteries, and mixed paper may be
placed for collection by the Township or its representative on such
days, at such times and in such manner as shall be designated by the
Division under the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance
with the terms hereof.
2.
Commingled recyclable materials, newspaper, cardboard, paper, use
motor oil, white goods, ferrous scrap, lead acid batteries, and mixed
paper may be brought to certain locations designated by the Division
as recycling stations on such days, at such times and in such manner
as shall be designated by the Division under the rules and regulations
promulgated in accordance with the terms hereof.
3.
At the option and expense of all persons who are the owners, lessees
or occupants of residential premises within the Township, commingled
recyclable materials, newspaper, paper, white goods, ferrous scrap,
lead acid batteries, and mixed paper may be disposed of by any other
lawful means, including, but not limited to, contributions to charitable
recycling drives, provided, however, that in no event the same be
disposed of as part of the Township waste stream.
4.
During the period from October 1 through December 10 of each calendar
year leaves shall be placed for collection by the Township or its
representatives on such days, at such times and in such manner as
shall be designated by the Division under the rules and regulations
promulgated in accordance with the terms hereof.[1]
5.
In addition to designated recycling stations, gasoline service centers
within the Township shall also serve as collection centers for used
motor oil pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Division
and the State of New Jersey pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14A:3-11-1 et seq.
[1972 Code § 11-10.5; Ord. No.
339-74 § 1; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 688-83 § V; Ord. No. 856-86 § 4; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 5; Ord. No. 1972-04 § VI; Ord. No. 2206-09 § II; Ord. No. 2212-09 § II]
a.
All persons who are the owners, lessees or occupants of commercial
premises within the Township shall keep separate from the Municipal
solid waste stream, commingled recyclable materials, newspaper, cardboard,
old corrugated containers, all marketable grades of office paper,
used motor oil, leaves generated at such premises, white goods, ferrous
scrap, and lead acid batteries.
b.
It shall be the primary responsibility of the owner, lessee or occupant
of commercial premises to provide for the collection and disposal
of the recyclables set forth in paragraph a above, however, the Township
will provide and designate recycling stations where the owner, lessee
or occupant of commercial premises may bring recyclables pursuant
to rules and regulations promulgated by the Division.
c.
A vendor or vendors providing recycling services to any business,
institution, or industrial facility shall report on an annual basis
to the Recycling Coordinator the recycling activities at the premises,
including the amount of recycled material, by material type collected
and recycled. However, if the business, institution, or industrial
facility does not have a vendor other than the Township's vendor
no report is necessary as the Township's tonnage report will
include these recyclables. The Township's report will also include
any recyclable deposited at the Township's Environmental Center.
[1972 Code § 11-10.6; Ord. No.
339-74 § 1; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 688-83 § VI; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 6; Ord. No. 1972-04 § VII; Ord. No. 2206-09 § II; Ord. No. 2212-09 § II]
a.
All persons who are the owners, lessees or occupants of institutional
premises within the Township shall keep separate from the Municipal
solid waste stream, commingled recyclable materials, newspaper, old
corrugated containers, all marketable grades of office paper, used
motor oil, leaves generated at such premises, white goods, ferrous
scrap, and lead acid batteries.
b.
It shall be the primary responsibility of the owner, lessee or occupant
of institutional premises to provide for the collection and disposal
of the recyclables set forth in paragraph a above, however, the Township
will provide and designate recycling stations where the owner, lessee
or occupant of commercial premises may bring recyclables pursuant
to rules and regulations promulgated by the Division.
c.
A vendor or vendors providing recycling services to any business,
institution, or industrial facility shall report on an annual basis
to the Recycling Coordinator the recycling activities at the premises,
including the amount of recycled material, by material type collected
and recycled. However, if the business, institution, or industrial
facility does not have a vendor other than the Township's vendor
no report is necessary as the Township's tonnage report will
include these recyclables. The Township's report will also include
any recyclable deposited at the Township's Environmental Center.
[1972 Code § 11-10.7; Ord. No.
468-78 § 1; Ord. No. 561-80 § 1; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 7]
a.
All scavengers doing business within the Township shall obtain a
license from the Township permitting the scavenger to operate within
the Township. The license shall be issued by the Division on a yearly
basis as hereinafter set forth and any fee for the license shall be
set by the Township.
b.
No scavenger shall engage in the collection of any recyclables which
the Division has designated for curbside collection within the Township.
c.
No scavenger shall engage in collection activities at the site of
any recycling station designated by the Division.
d.
No scavenger may receive a license to operate within the Township
nor have the license renewed unless the scavenger registers with the
Division its name, anticipated collection schedule, targeted recyclables
to be collected, a description of its collection vehicles, and agrees
to provide the Division with semiannual and annual records of tonnage
marketed.
e.
A scavenger's license shall be renewable annually during the
month of January.
[1972 Code § 11-10.8; Ord. No.
1000-90 § 8; Ord. No.
1972-04 § VIII; Ord. No.
2206-09 § II]
a.
Any person who is the owner, lessee or occupant of residential premises
as defined herein may obtain from the Division an exemption from the
mandatory requirements to commingle provided that person is physically
handicapped or otherwise unable to perform commingling activities.
A written request for exemption shall be submitted to the Division
accompanied by some medical documentation of physical incapacity and
shall be renewed during the month of January.
b.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26A-11.5, any person who is the owner, lessee
or occupant of commercial or institutional premises may obtain from
the Division an exemption from mandatory requirement to commingle
but only on the ground that a designated recyclable is contaminated
and unfit for recycling. A written request for exemption shall be
submitted to the Division describing the reasons for the request,
the nature of the business and the type of contamination expected.
Exemption for a particular designated recyclable shall not relieve
any person from the duty to commingle and recycle other designated
recyclables.
[1972 Code § 1-10.9; Ord. No. 1000-90 § 9]
The Division is hereby authorized and directed to establish
and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations designed to effectuate
the purposes of this section, such rules and regulations to be effective
only upon approval by the Mayor and adoption by resolution of the
Township Council.
[1972 Code § 11-10.10; Ord. No.
1000-90 § 10]
Any and all recyclables which are placed for collection by the
Township or its representative or delivered to a recycling station
pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section
shall become the property of the Township or its agents.
[1972 Code § 11-10.11; Ord. No.
1000-90 § 11; Ord. No.
2212-09 § II]
a.
Any person who violates any provision of this section or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant hereto shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. As an alternate penalty, a convicted person may be ordered to perform community service in the recycling program for a period not to exceed 90 days.
b.
Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense
and be punishable as such.
c.
The Code Enforcement Official, the Department of Health, the Recycling
Coordinator, the Property Maintenance Official, the Housing Officer
and the County Department of Health are hereby individually and severally
empowered to enforce the provisions of this section. 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.
[1972 Code § 11-11.1; Ord. No.
922-88 § 1]
a.
The Township recognizes that removing certain materials from the
Municipal solid waste stream will decrease the flow of solid waste
to sanitary landfill facilities, aid in the conservation and recovery
of valuable natural resources, significantly reduce the cost of operating
Municipal government and generally protect the health and welfare
of the residents of the Township.
b.
It is the purpose of this section to require all persons occupying
residential premises within the Township to source separate leaves
from the Municipal solid waste stream, during certain periods, for
separate collection by the Township and transportation to a leaf composting
facility as mandated by the Solid Waste Management Act.
[1972 Code § 11-11.2; Ord. No.
922-88 § 2; Ord. No. 2058-06 § 2]
As used in this section:
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 the Division of Waste Management of the Township
of West Orange.
Shall mean all residential solid waste generated within the
boundaries of the Township.
Shall mean and include any individual, corporation, unincorporated
association, partnership, condominium association or cooperative housing
association.
Shall mean and include the owner or occupant of a single
family detached residence, the owner of an apartment complex of any
kind and the Board of Managers or trustees of any condominium complex
or cooperative housing association.
Shall mean any process by which materials which would otherwise
become solid waste are collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.
Shall mean and include single family detached housing, apartment
complexes of any kind, condominium complexes and cooperative housing
association.
Shall mean and include all garbage and rubbish normally collected
from residents of the Township by regular collection.
Shall mean recyclable materials, including but not limited
to leaves, which are kept separate and apart from residential solid
waste by the generator thereof for the purposes of collection, disposition
and recycling.
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 "Solid Waste Management Act" of the State of New
Jersey. (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.).
Shall mean the Township of West Orange.
Shall mean leaves.
[1972 Code § 11-11.3; Ord. No.
922-88 § 3]
It shall be mandatory for all persons occupying residential
premises within the Township to source separate all leaves generated
at residential premises from the Municipal solid waste stream during
the period from September 1 through December 31 of each year.
[1972 Code § 11-11.4; Ord. No.
922-88 § 4]
All leaves source separated pursuant to this section shall be
collected by the Township or its representative for transportation
to a leaf composting facility unless the residential generator of
the leaves has its own composting facilities.
[1972 Code § 11-11.5; Ord. No.
922-88 § 5]
a.
The Township shall establish a program for the separation and collection
of leaves pursuant to this section and shall be responsible for publicizing
the program.
b.
The Division of Waste Management is hereby authorized and directed
to establish and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations as to
the manner, days and times for the collection of leaves in accordance
with the terms hereof, such rules and regulations to be effective
only upon approval by the Mayor and adoption by resolution of the
Township Council.
[1972 Code § 11-11.6; Ord. No.
922-88 § 6]
The Division shall, on its own initiative or on complaint of
any individual, take action pursuant to this section to assure compliance
therewith.
[1972 Code § 11-11.7; Ord. No.
922-88 § 7]
Any person violating any provision of this section or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be punishable according to the penalty in Section 1-5.
[Ord. No. 1326-95 § 1; Ord. No. 2058-06 § 3]
Leaves may be placed at the curbline or in the gutter of that
portion of the public street adjacent to the property from which the
leaves are being disposed of only during the Leaf Disposal Period
hereinafter set forth. Leaves shall not be placed closer than 10 feet
from any storm drain inlet.
[Ord. No. 1326-95 § 2; Ord. No. 2058-06 § 4]
The Leaf Disposal Period shall commence each calendar year on
October 1st and close on December 10th. The Township Engineer, upon
at least three weeks' notice to the public, may extend the date
on which the Leaf Disposal Period commences or closes. Sweeping, raking,
blowing or otherwise placing yard waste that is not containerized
at the curb and gutter or along the street is only allowed during
the seven days prior to a scheduled and announced collection. Placement
of leaves at the curb and gutter or along the street at any other
time or in any other manner is a violation of this section. If such
placement of leaves occurs, the party responsible for placement of
the leaves must remove them from the street or said party shall be
deemed in violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 1326-95 § 3]
a.
Enforcement of subsection 17-7.8 shall be the responsibility of the Township Engineer, Department of Public Works, Police Department and the Department of Planning and Development.
b.
Anyone observed violating subsection 17-7.8 shall receive a written warning to cease and desist from such conduct.
c.
If, after receiving a written warning to cease and desist, a violation of subsection 17-7.8 continues then the Township shall file a complaint in Municipal Court and conviction shall result in a fine of $50 plus the cost to Township for removing and disposing of the leaves. In addition the Township shall impose a lien against any real property owned by the violator within West Orange as security for the repayment of the costs and expenses, including legal expenses, of removing and disposing of the leaves and imposing the lien.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 1; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
As used in this section:
Shall mean Township owned property at 590 Mt. Pleasant Avenue;
Block 170, Lots 13, 15.03 and 17.
Shall mean branches less than four inches in diameter, brush,
hedges, hedge clippings, leaves, plants, shrubs, and tree wood four
inches or greater in diameter.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 2; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
No person engaged in business, or commercial enterprise involving
the disposition of vegetative waste, shall deliver, transport or dispose
of vegetative waste at the Township Recycling Center without having
first obtained a permit for that purpose, issued by the Department
of Public Works. The fee for such permit shall be $25.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 3; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
An annual fleet license for the motor vehicles to be used by
a business or commercial enterprise for disposal of vegetative waste
at the Township Recycling Center shall be issued by the Department
of Public Works on the payment of a fee of $100. Only motor vehicles
with a single rear axle can be licensed. No more than three motor
vehicles per business or commercial enterprise can be licensed. A
trailer being towed by a licensed motor vehicle need not be separately
licensed. Such licenses shall be issued for the calendar year beginning
on January 1 and expiring on December 31. For the 2004 calendar year,
the licenses issued shall be from April 1, 2004 through December 31,
2004.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 4; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
No permit or license shall be issued unless the applicant annually
signs and files with the Department of Public Works, an application
setting forth the name, address and principal business of the applicant;
the registration license number, color, size, type and make of any
motor vehicles proposed to be licensed; a list of West Orange property
owners and addresses from which the vegetative waste originates; and
the kinds of vegetative waste to be disposed of by the applicant.
No partial year licenses shall be issued.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 5; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
The annual license shall be permanently affixed to the motor
vehicle for which such annual license has been issued.
The license shall show the number of same, the name of licensee,
the registration license number of the truck and the period for which
the permit or license is issued. Licenses are not transferable.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 6; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
The licensee or permittee shall comply with the rules and regulations
established by the Director of Public Works for the operation of the
Township Recycling Center. The Township and the Director of Public
Works may close the Center to commercial disposal of all or specific
vegetative waste materials if disposal capacity is not available at
the Center or the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Rules and Regulations prohibit the acceptance of certain materials.
[Ord. No. 1352-95 § 7; Ord. No. 1948-04 § II]
a.
Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the Department
of Public Works, Police Department, Health Department, and the Recycling
Coordinator.
b.
Any licensed business or commercial enterprise violating the rules
and regulations for the operation of the Township Recycling Center
shall receive a written warning to cease and desist from such conduct.
Any two written warnings to a licensed business or commercial enterprise
during the licensing period will result in revocation of the license
by the Director of the Department of Public Works.
c.
Disposal of vegetative waste at the Township Recycling Center by
a business or commercial enterprise without a license or permit will
result in the filing of a complaint in Municipal Court and conviction
shall result in a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000
for each violation.
[Ord. No. 1115-92 § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any condominium complex, townhouse complex, cooperative
housing complex, apartment complex and any single-family detached
residence fronting on a nondedicated private street, roadway or right-of-way.
[Ord. No. 1115-92 § 2]
a.
Any owner of a one family residential dwelling located within a private
residential area in the Township who individually or through an association
contracts with a private scavenger for garbage and refuse collection
service for the dwelling, because of the unavailability of the service
by the Township, may request individually or through the association
that the Township reimburse each owner or association in accordance
with the procedure set forth herein.
b.
Notwithstanding that garbage and refuse collection is available to
a private residential area, the residents thereof, through an association,
may obtain reimbursement in accordance with the procedure set forth
herein.
[Ord. No. 1115-92 § 3]
a.
The request for reimbursement shall be in writing, on the form provided
for this purpose available in the Township Clerk's office, and
shall be accompanied by copies of invoices or proof of payment for
these services.
b.
Upon receipt of the request, copies shall be forwarded by the Township
Clerk's office to the Business Administrator, Chief Financial
Officer, Township Engineer, Director of Health and Welfare, and the
Township Attorney for a review and a determination as to whether there
are any objections to granting this request from an administrative
standpoint. Additionally, the report from the Chief Financial Officer
and Township Health Director shall provide an estimate of the cost
that the Township would incur if they were to provide services pursuant
to the Township solid waste contract.
d.
After receipt of the various reports referred to in subsection b, the Township Council, by resolution, shall grant or deny the request or requests setting forth the reasons for its decision.
e.
If the request for reimbursement is granted, the resolution shall
authorize reimbursement of garbage and refuse collection costs in
an amount equal to the lesser of the actual cost to the applicant
or the cost to the Township if the Township were to provide the services.
[Ord. No. 1115-92 § 4]
a.
The Township Council shall provide for funding for this program in
the annual budget in accordance with the above provisions.
b.
Payments shall be made directly to the applicant.
c.
The requests herein referred to shall be made on a quarterly basis
on or before April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31, unless
a time extension is granted by the Business Administrator.
d.
Each applicant, as a condition for reimbursement, shall be required
to comply with all of the Township ordinances regarding recycling.
[1972 Code § 11-7]
All trash and garbage collected within or without the Township
and disposed of within the Township shall be disposed of by the sanitary
landfill or incinerator method, in accordance with the standards of
design, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfills and incinerators
contained in the State Sanitary Code.
[Ord. No. 2059-06 § 2]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein.
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. No. 2059-06 § 3]
The owner or occupant of any property, or any employee or contractor
of such owner or occupant engaged to provide lawn care or landscaping
services, shall not sweep, rake, blow or otherwise place yard waste,
unless the yard waste is containerized, in the street. If yard waste
that is not containerized is placed in the street, the party responsible
for placement of yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street
or said party shall be deemed in violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 2059-06 § 4]
Leaves placed at curbside or in the gutter by the owner or occupant of any property, or any employee or contractor of such owner or occupant engaged to provide lawn care or landscaping services in accordance with subsection 17-7.8, Disposal of Leaves at Curbside or in the Gutter and subsection 17-7.9, Leaf Disposal Period.
[Ord. No. 2059-06 § 5]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Director
of Public Works or his/her authorized designee, the Police Director
or his/her authorized designee and/or the Director of the Department
of Planning and Development or his/her authorized designee.
