[Ord. No. 19-1999]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetable 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,
newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packages or construction material.
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other
public ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste.
Nonputrescible solid wastes containing of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person shall sweep, throw or dump litter in or on any property,
whether occupied, open or vacant and whether owned by that person,
or in a public place or pond, lake or stream or other body of water
within the City, except in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles for collection.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
A.
Requirements for placement and service. Litter receptacles and their
servicing shall be required at the following public places within
the City: 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, parks, self-service
refreshment, construction sites, gasoline service stations, shopping
centers and parking lots, and a public 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 and
that the containers are not allowed to overflow.
B.
Placing litter in receptacles. Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in a manner which
prevents the litter from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon a public place or upon private property.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of
business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, catch
basin, right-of-way or other public place the accumulation of litter
from a building or lot or from a public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter, as well as any curbs, sidewalks,
areaways, backyards, courts and alleys abutting the property.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter in or upon any public or private property. No person
shall cast, shoot or throw anything at, against or into any vehicle,
railroad car, airplane or other facility of transportation or shall
place any stick, stone or other substance upon any railroad track
with intent to injure any car passing thereon or the passengers therein.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside the City and bring it into the City for the purpose
of dumping or disposing thereof except in an established sanitary
landfill. 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.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
In residential zones, no person, firm or corporation shall store
or permit the storage of any out-of-service bulky items such as appliances,
furniture, mattresses or tires, except in a fully enclosed structure.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
A.
Except in accordance with a permit issued pursuant to the New Jersey
Solid Waste Management Act (see N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1, et seq.), it shall
be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, association or corporation,
whether as principal or agent, servant or employee, clerk or otherwise
to use or permit to be used any land, road, alley, lane or street
as a dumping ground for garbage, ashes, trash, debris, rubbish, wastepaper,
motor vehicle junk or other refuse matter or to establish a dump within
the City limits of the City of South Amboy.
B.
No person, persons, firm, association or corporation, whether as
principal or agent, servant or employee, clerk or otherwise, shall
throw garbage, ashes, trash, debris, rubbish, wastepaper, motor vehicle
junk or other refuse matter upon the public streets, roads or avenues
or the lands directly abutting the public streets, roads or avenues
within the limits of the City.
C.
Any materials unlawfully dumped within the limits of the City may
be examined in order to establish their point of origin. If their
point of order can be established, the person, firm or corporation
from which such materials originated shall be required to demonstrate
that said materials were disposed of in a lawful manner.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
Any person, corporation or partnership or other organization
which drives or moves or causes to be driven or moved any commercial
vehicle or truck with wheels or tires which carry onto or deposit
mud, dirt, sticky substances, construction debris or foreign matter
of any kind in any street or other public place so as to cause a health
or safety problem shall immediately remove said materials from the
public street or other public place.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
Unless otherwise provided by law, any person or persons, firm,
association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to any one or more
of the following penalties: a fine not exceeding $1,000, but in no
event less than $100, imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days,
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
