[Ord. No. O-11-28]
As used in this section:
[Added 4-17-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-25]
Large items of waste material that are nonmetal, including but
not limited to:
Appliances;
Furniture: sofas, tables, chairs, beds and other wood furniture
(even though there may be some incidental metal pieces attached to
the furniture, i.e., wooden chair/table with metal legs);
Lamps;
Suitcases, trunks, chests;
Linoleum and similar types of flooring;
Carpeting (cut and tied);
Tree parts cut into sections with a maximum height of four feet,
tree stumps cut into small sections and brush;
Mattresses covered in plastic.
Bulk waste will be collected on the same days as regular garbage
collection. There is a limit of four bulky items per pickup.
The following items are not included with this collection and
shall be disposed of on the semiannual Hudson County HHW Collection
Day:
[Added 4-17-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-25]
Waste, building material and rubble resulting from construction,
remodeling, repair and demolition operations on residential houses,
commercial buildings, pavements and other structures. The following
materials may be found in construction and demolition waste:
Treated and untreated wood scrap;
Wood pallets and large wooden items;
Concrete, asphalt, bricks, blocks and other masonry;
Plaster and wallboard;
Roofing materials;
Ferrous and nonferrous metal;
Nonasbestos building insulation;
Plastic scrap;
Dirt;
Glass (window and door); and
Other miscellaneous materials; but shall not include other solid
waste types.
Construction, renovation, and demolition waste will not be picked
up by the City of Bayonne or its agents. These items must be disposed
of by a private company.
It shall be permissible to dispose of the following types of
household waste/debris, notwithstanding that such waste/debris may
be considered C&D debris: toilets, plaster boards cut into a maximum
of four-foot-by-four-foot sections and tiles. A sticker obtained from
the Division of Solid Waste Management must be placed on these items
before disposal. These items must be disposed of in accordance with
the Division of Solid Waste Management and must be scheduled for pickup
through the Recycling Coordinator at 201-858-6070 or 201-858-6099
at least one business day prior to pickup day.
All computers, monitors, laptops, portable computers and
televisions. These items must be scheduled for pickup Monday to Friday
through the Recycling Coordinator at 201-858-6070 or 201-858-6099
at least one business day prior to pickup day. Please note that other
electronic devices (keyboards, mice, printers, microwaves, etc.) are
not included in E-waste.
[Added 4-17-2019 by Ord.
No. O-19-25]
Putrescible animal, vegetable and other organic waste resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or
any top, cap, or detachable tab of any bottle, jar, or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of sawmilling
or manufacturing.
As adopted by subsection 4-2.1, Definition, Chapter 4, Licensing and Business Regulations, shall mean and include any person, whether or not a resident of the City, traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares and merchandise, offering and exposing the same for sale or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers. The word "peddler" shall include the words "hawker," "huckster" and "vendor."
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches
or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
docks, grounds and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
As adopted by subsection 21-5.2, Permits and Licenses Required, Chapter 21, Health Regulations and defined by N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.3 an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption. The operation may be conducted in a mobile, stationary, temporary, or permanent facility or location; where consumption is on or off the premises; and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food. This operation includes but is not limited to any area, place, store or hall, fixed or mobile, public or private, in which food or drink is prepared for retail sale or service on the premises or elsewhere, restaurant or a catering operation if the operation provides food directly to a consumer or indirectly through a conveyance used to transport food to people or food ban or which relinquishes possession of food to a consumer directly or indirectly through a delivery service such as home delivery of grocery orders or restaurant takeout orders or delivery service that is provided by common carriers.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
Means and includes all discarded products made of steel,
aluminum or other materials, used for any purpose, excluding food
and/or beverage packaging, i.e., refrigerators, freezers, toaster
ovens, washers, dryers, furnaces, stoves, ranges, hot water heaters,
air conditioners, trash compactors, dishwashers, metal files, and
metal lockers. These items will be collected on Tuesdays.
[Added 4-17-2019 by Ord.
No. O-19-25]
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[1972 Code § 6-1.2; Ord. No. O-11-28]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard,
or otherwise place litter of any nature upon any public or private
property, other than in a litter receptacle.
[1972 Code § 6-1.3; Ord. No. O-11-28; amended 4-17-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-25]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or dump along any
street or road, on or off any right-of-way or on private property,
any household or commercial solid waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicle
or vehicle parts, rubber tires, appliances or furniture in any place
not specifically designated for the purpose of solid waste storage
or disposal.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commingle recyclable materials
with solid waste for the purpose of solid waste or recycling materials
storage or disposal. It shall also be unlawful to commingle construction,
renovation, and demolition debris with solid waste and/or recyclable
materials for the purpose of solid waste or recyclable materials storage
or disposal.
c.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or receive gratuities
of any kind for any work or services provided by the City or its authorized
agent, for collection of any household or commercial solid waste,
recyclable material, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicle or vehicle parts,
rubber tires, appliances, furniture or for prohibited construction
and demolition material. This shall not apply to small tokens of goodwill
on special occasions as long as it does not result in favorable treatment
for the giver.
[1972 Code § 6-1.4; Ord. No. O-11-28]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter in any public place within the City or on private
property.
[1972 Code § 6-1.5; Ord. No. O-11-28]
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside the City or into the City for the purpose of dumping
or disposing thereof. No truck or other vehicle containing litter
which has been transported into the City shall be parked or allowed
to remain standing on any street in the City or on any public property
for a period in excess of two hours.
[1972 Code § 6-1.6; Ord. No. O-00-39 § 1; Ord. No. O-09-28 § 2; Ord. No. O-11-28]
Litter and trash receptacles and their servicing are required
at the following public places which exist in the City including:
sidewalks used by pedestrians in active retail commercially zoned
areas, such that at a minimum there shall be no single linear quarter-mile
without a receptacle; buildings held out for use by the public, including
schools, government buildings, and railroad and bus stations; parks;
drive-in restaurants; all retail food establishments must have outside
trash receptacles located immediately outside the food service operation;
all street vendor locations; self-service refreshment areas; construction
sites; gasoline service station islands; shopping centers; parking
lots; campgrounds and trailer parks; marinas, boat moorage and fueling
stations; boat launching areas; public and private piers operated
for public use; beaches and bathing areas; and at special events to
which the public is invited, including sporting events, parades, carnivals,
circuses, and festivals. The proprietors of these places or the sponsors
of these events shall be responsible for providing and servicing the
receptacles such that adequate containerization is available.
Litter receptacle shall mean a container suitable for the depositing
of litter and meeting such standards and specifications as the Health
Officer determines and as specified in paragraph a, Outside Receptacles,
and are sufficient to prevent scattering of litter and to promote
ease of collection. Litter and trash receptacles must be able to handle
garbage, refuse or recyclables and materials containing food residue.
This paragraph does not prohibit the use of plastic and wet strength
paper bags that may be used to line receptacles for storage inside
the food service operation or retail food establishment, or within
outside receptacles.
a.
Outside Receptacles.
1.
Receptacles and waste handling units for garbage, refuse or recyclables
and materials containing food residue used outside the food service
operation or retail food establishment must be durable, cleanable,
insect resistant and rodent resistant, leakproof, and nonabsorbent.
All litter and trash receptacles must be 32 gallons designed of either
heavy-duty plastic resistant to denting, bending and cracking, heavy-duty
steel, galvanized steel or steel mesh. Litter and trash receptacles
must be designed and constructed to have tight-fitting lids, doors,
or covers. The proprietors of all retail food services shall be responsible
for keeping the litter and trash receptacles hooked, chained or connected
to the premises of the food establishment.
b.
Cleaning Receptacles.
1.
Soiled litter or trash receptacles and waste handling units for garbage,
refuse or recyclables and materials containing food residue shall
be cleaned at a frequency necessary to prevent them from developing
a buildup of soil or becoming attractants for insects and rodents.
c.
Removal — Frequency.
1.
The proprietors of all retail food establishments shall be responsible
for providing and servicing the receptacles such that during the hours
that the retail food establishment is open for business, garbage,
refuse or recyclables and materials containing food residue shall
be removed from the premises at a frequency that will minimize the
development of objectionable odors and other conditions that attract
or harbor insects and rodents or cause a public health nuisance.
2.
The proprietors of all retail food establishments shall be responsible
for providing and servicing the receptacles such that at the end of
the food service's hours of operation, all outdoor litter and trash
receptacles are to be removed from the outside the premises.
d.
Enforcement.
1.
Violation of any provision of this section shall be cause for an
enforcement document to be issued to the violator by the Police Department,
Litter Inspector, Parking Enforcement Officers, Health Official, Recycling
Coordinator, or any municipal officials designated or authorized by
either the Department of Public Works, Director of Public Safety or
the Health Officer. The recipient of an enforcement document shall
be entitled to a hearing in a municipal court having jurisdiction
to contest such action.
[Amended 4-17-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-25]
3.
No provision of this section shall be construed to impair any common
law or statutory cause of action, or legal remedy therefrom, of any
person for injury or damage arising from any violation of this section
or from other law.
[1972 Code § 6-1.7; Ord. No. O-11-28]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street,
catch basin or other public place any accumulation of litter from
any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Every person who owns
or occupies property shall keep the sidewalk in front of his or her
premises free of litter. All litter sweepings shall be collected and
properly containerized for disposal.
[1972 Code § 6-1.8; Ord. No. O-00-39; Ord. No. O-09-28 § 2; Ord. No. O-11-28]
It shall be unlawful for any residential or commercial property
owner to permit open or overflowing waste disposal bins on his or
her property or to fail to secure waste materials inside those bins
in a manner which causes them to overflow. All garbage, refuse and
ashes for collection by the City shall be placed in sturdy metal or
plastic containers meeting such standards and specifications as the
Health Officer determines are sufficient to prevent scattering of
litter and garbage and to promote ease of collection, equipped with
handles so that they may be lifted and carried by one person. Non-recyclable
household or commercial refuse shall be placed inside securely tied
plastic bags specifically manufactured for litter and garbage and
that bag then deposited inside the sturdy container or barrel noted
above for collection. Except with the permission or at the direction
of the Health Officer, no such container shall have a capacity of
less than 10 gallons or more than 35 gallons.
[1972 Code § 6-1.9; Ord. No. O-00-39; New; Ord. No. O-11-28]
The waste disposal bins located by the City in public streets and parks are meant for the convenient deposit of litter by pedestrians in order to keep the adjoining areas clean. The disposal of household garbage in these bins is prohibited and shall subject the violator, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5, with a minimum penalty of $100.
[1972 Code § 6-1.10; Ord. No. O-11-28; amended 4-17-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-25]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, or contractor in charge
of a construction or demolition site to permit the accumulation of
litter before, during, or immediately following completion of any
construction or demolition project. It shall be the duty of the owner,
agent, or contractor in charge of a construction site to furnish containers
adequate to accommodate flyable or nonflyable debris or trash at areas
convenient to construction areas, and to maintain and empty the receptacles
in such a manner and with such a frequency as to prevent spillage
of refuse.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent, or contractor in charge
of a renovation, construction or demolition site to permit disposal
of renovation, construction or demolition waste in any place not specifically
designated for the purpose of construction or demolition debris storage
or disposal.
c.
Any violation of this subsection shall result in the payment of damages to the City of Bayonne in accordance with the general provisions of Chapter 1.
d.
Fines levied and collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited
into the Recycling Program Income Account.
[1972 Code § 6-1.11; Ord. No. O-11-28]
It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant
or person in charge of any structure to keep and cause to be kept
the sidewalk and curb abutting the building or structure free from
obstruction or nuisances of every kind, and to keep sidewalks, areaways,
backyards, courts and alleys free from litter.
