[1]
Editor's Note: Prior garbage and trash collection, regulations
include the 1984 Code Sections 91-1 through 91-18 and Ord. No. 804.
[Ord. No. 976 § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke
or other combustible materials.
Shall mean the Department of the Borough Council of the Borough
of Milltown.
Shall mean putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Shall mean any material deemed to be toxic or carcinogenic.
Shall mean all putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes, except items designated as recyclable by the Department of Public Works and contained in Section 24-3, Recycling Program.
Shall mean non-putrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes),
consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as
paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding,
crockery and similar materials.
Shall mean the Supervisor of Public Works of the Borough
of Milltown.
[Ord. No. 976 § 2]
All refuse to be collected and disposed of by the Borough shall
be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Borough under the control
of the Department of Public Works and Recycling Committee and under
the supervision and direction of the Supervisor of Public Works. The
Street Committee shall have the authority to make and change regulations
concerning the days of collections and such other matters pertaining
to the collection, conveyance and disposal as it shall find necessary,
provided that such regulations are not contrary to the provisions
thereof.
[Ord. No. 976 § 3]
All garbage and rubbish, before being placed in garbage cans
for collection, shall be drained of liquid and may be wrapped in paper.
[Ord. No. 976 § 4; Ord. No. 2014-1396]
a.
Refuse containers shall be provided by the owner, tenant, lessee
or occupant of the premises. Refuse containers shall be maintained
in good condition. Any container that does not conform to the provisions
of this section or that may have ragged or sharp edges or any other
defect liable to hamper or injure the person collecting the contents
thereof shall be promptly replaced upon notice. The Supervisor shall
have the authority to refuse collection services for failure to comply
herewith.
b.
Refuse containers shall be made of metal or plastic with suitable
handles and shall be watertight. Plastic bags may also be used for
disposing of refuse, provided that they are strong enough to prevent
tearing with the contents enclosed and shall be tied or sealed at
the neck.
c.
No refuse containers with contents shall exceed 50 pounds in weight
or 45 gallons in volume; and shall be of such shape as to permit ease
in handling.
[Ord. No. 976 § 5]
No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley or other
public place or upon any private property, whether owned by such person
or not, within the Borough unless it is in proper containers for collection
or under express approval granted by the Supervisor; nor shall any
person throw or deposit any refuse in any stream or other body of
water.
[Ord. No. 976 § 6]
Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premises is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited. Failure to remove any
existing accumulation of refuse shall be deemed a violation of this
section.
[Ord. No. 976 § 7]
No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within
the Borough any refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or
deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer,
parkway or other public or private place or into any occupied premises
within the Borough.
[Ord. No. 976 § 8; Ord. No. 1032 § I; Ord. No. 03-1144; Ord. No. 08-1272 § I]
Refuse accumulated by residents of the Borough of Milltown shall
be collected once each week on a schedule to be established by the
Department of Public Works and Recycling. Certain businesses as deemed
necessary by the Supervisor of Public Works shall be collected twice
a week. Such schedule may be altered or amended from time to time
to conform to legal holidays and other emergency matters.
[Ord. No. 976 § 9]
a.
All refuse to be collected and disposed of by the Borough shall be
placed in proper receptacles and set out within two feet of the curbline
of property on which refuse originated in time for collection on the
designated collection day.
b.
Refuse shall not be placed at the curbside earlier than the evening
before the day of collection.
[Ord. No. 976 § 10]
All empty receptacles shall be removed from the street as soon
after collection as possible and in no event later than 8:00 p.m.
on the day collection has been made.
[Ord. No. 976 § 11]
Tree trunks, large pieces of furniture, refrigerators, stoves,
washers, etc., and other items exceeding 50 pounds in weight or of
unusual size and shape may be disposed of by special arrangements
with the Supervisor of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 976 § 12]
The removal of clothing, bedding, or other refuse from homes
or other places where highly infectious or contagious diseases have
prevailed should be performed under the supervision and direction
of the Borough Health Officer. Such refuse shall not be placed in
containers for proper collections.
[Ord. No. 976 § 13]
Highly flammable or explosive materials shall not be placed
in containers from regular collection, but shall be disposed of as
directed by the Supervisor at the expense of the owner or possessor
thereof.
[Ord. No. 976 § 14]
Household hazardous waste materials shall not be placed in containers
for regular collection, but shall be disposed of as directed by the
Supervisor at the expense of the owner or possessor thereof.
[Ord. No. 05-1207 § 1]
Vegetative matter and similar matter shall be cut to the length
of four feet or less and securely tied in bundles of no more than
two feet thick and shall not weigh more than 50 pounds before being
deposited for collection. Vegetative matter and similar matter can
also be placed in a standard 32 gallon trashcan for collection. Plastic
bags are not to be used to dispose of vegetative and similar matter.
[Ord. No. 976 § 15]
The Department of Public Works and Recycling, Supervisor of
Public Works and the employees of the Street Department may refuse
to collect any refuse which fails to meet the regulations set forth
herein, and in such event, the individual placing the refuse for collection
may be compelled to dispose of the same at his own cost and expenses.
[1]
Editor's Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions
of Ordinance Nos. 708, 795, 824, 935 and 959.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § I]
The following words and phrases shall have the following meaning:
Shall mean all products made of aluminum, including aluminum
cans, foil, wrappers, containers for prepared dinners or other foods,
screen frames, storm door frames, aluminum lawn chairs and aluminum
furniture.
Shall mean containers, which are comprised entirely of aluminum
and which contain and formerly contained only non-aerosol edible substances.
Shall mean Assistant to the Supervisor of Public Works of
the Borough of Milltown.
Shall mean the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, a
public body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, organized
by the County pursuant to the County Improvement Authorities Law (N.J.S.A.
40:37A et seq.)
Shall mean a device for generating electric current for the
use in the house and in cars, boats, trucks and/or motorcycles.
Shall mean Borough of Milltown.
Shall mean branches, woody plants, and other like vegetative
material that do not exceed five inches in diameter, and Christmas
trees. Brush does not include leaves and grass clippings.
Shall mean the picking up of large items, including but not
limited to chairs, sofas, tables, cabinets, large plastic items, fiberglass,
glass windows, shower/tub doors and beds.
Shall mean picking up of large items, including but limited
to pipes, doors, tables, chairs, metals, sewing machines, and furnaces.
Shall mean containers comprised of aluminum, tin, steel,
or a combination thereof, which contains or formerly contained only
non-aerosol edible substances or such other substances as have been
approved for recycling.
Shall mean advertisement printed on paper that is not of
newspaper quality.
Shall mean 20 gallon plastic containers to be used by the
residents to place plastic containers, glass containers, aluminum
cans and steel cans at the curb for collection.
Shall mean all type of paper spelled out in policy except
for those specifically defined herein.
Shall mean only corrugated material normally used for packaging,
mailing, shipping or containerizing goods, merchandise or other material,
but excluding plastic, foam or wax-coated or soiled cardboard, no
coated material.
Shall mean Department of the Borough of Milltown.
Shall mean Department of the Borough of Milltown.
Shall mean all recyclable materials that are designated by
the Department of Public Works of the Borough of Milltown as materials
that must be source separated from Municipal Solid Waste at the point
of generation. On the date of this section, the recyclables designated
by the Department of Public Works are newspaper, aluminum cans, glass
containers, corrugated cardboard from residential and commercial sources,
steel cans, plastic containers, mixed paper, textiles, leaves, motor
oil, concrete asphalt, cinder blocks, bricks, bulk items, wood pallets
and brush.
Shall mean televisions, CPU's, monitors, laptops and
mercury containing devices.
Shall mean lamps that contain mercury.
Shall mean all products made from silica or sand, soda ash
and limestone, for the product being transparent or translucent and
being used for packaging or bottling of various matter or other material
commonly known as "glass," excluding, however, plate glass, blue and
flat glass and glass commonly known as "window glass." "Glass" shall
not include crystal, ceramics, light bulbs and plates, window, laminated,
wired or mirror glass.
Shall mean photocopies, letterhead paper, computer printout
paper.
Shall mean any material deemed to be toxic or carcinogenic.
Shall mean municipal facilities, schools, churches, places
of worship.
Shall mean flattened plant structures, which were attached
to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis.
Shall mean asphalt, block, brick, cinder and concrete.
Shall mean glossy inserts, magazines, telephone books, junk
mail, colored paper, computer paper, office paper, paperboard (chipboard
and pressboard), non-metallic wrapping paper, soft cover books, hard
cover books with covers removed and fine paper.
Shall mean a covered, fourteen-gallon container in which
residents will place mixed paper at the curb for collection by the
contractor, or such other container designated by the Authority, MCIA,
for such purpose.
Shall mean all buildings and/or structures which have both
family dwellings and commercial use.
Shall mean all buildings and structures which encompass a
multiple of the following uses as set forth in Article 301.1 of the
BOCA National Code: Use Group A - Assembly; Use Group - Business;
Use Group F - Factory and Industrial; Use Group H - High Hazard; Use
Group M - Mercantile; Use Group R - Residential; Use Group S - Storage;
Use Group Utility and Miscellaneous.
Shall mean all family dwelling having two or more dwelling
units, including but not limited to attached single family units,
as set forth in Article 309.3, Use Group R-2 and Article 307.4, Use
Group R-3 of the BOCA National Code.
Shall mean and 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.
Shall mean paper of letter or xerox quality.
Shall mean open space for recreational use.
Shall mean the composition of plastic container material.
Shall mean soda bottles made of PETE (SPI CODE #1) and milk,
water and laundry product bottles made of HDPE (SPI CODE #2).
Shall mean stretch/shrink wrap, plastic shopping bags-only
for warehouses, retail establishments and supermarkets with 25 or
more employees.
Shall mean rechargeable batteries, nickel cadmium, nickel
metal hydride, lithium and small sealed lead.
Shall mean a material, which would otherwise become solid
waste, which can be collected, separated or processed and returned
to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material or products.
Any and all bottles, aluminum cans, scrap metals, white goods, waste
oil, tires, plastic, bimetal cans, trees, stumps, cement, asphalt,
clean wood pallets, plastic PETE/HDPE excluding products containing
or that contained household hazardous waste, auto batteries, cardboard,
newsprint - High grade, lawn products, car parts, branches, shrubbery,
leaves.
Shall mean private, commercial and institutional residents
of the Borough of Milltown that are required to recycle designated
recyclables.
Shall mean all buildings and structures classified as one
of the following Use Groups as set forth in Article 301:1 of the BOCA
National Code: Use Group A - Assembly; Use Group B - Business; Use
Group F - Factory and Industrial; Use Group H - High Hazard; Use Group
M - Mercantile; Use Group S - Storage; Use Group U - Utility and Miscellaneous.
Shall mean all detached one-family dwellings as set forth
and defined in Article 309.5, Use Group R-4 of the BOCA National Code.
Shall mean tin-plated, bi-metal and other ferrous food and
beverage containers.
Shall mean the Supervisor of Public Works of the Borough
of Milltown.
Shall mean a special bag to be provided by the Middlesex
County Improvement Authority for the collection of textiles.
Shall mean clean, dry clothing or other fabric measuring
at least one foot by one foot in size.
Shall mean rubber based scrap automotive, truck and equipment
tires.
Shall mean all grass clippings, leaves, shrubbery, branches
greater than one inch in diameter, and not exceeding four feet in
length, excluding roots.
Shall mean all petroleum products removed from cars, buses,
trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers and tractors.
Shall mean washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators, air conditioners,
dehumidifiers - All devices that contain CFC's must be properly
evacuated by a licensed individual and all CFC's recovered must
be sent to an approved EPA reclaimer.
Shall mean unfinished lumber from new construction projects
including pallets. Unfinished shall mean non-chemically treated (not
pressure treated, impregnated with preservatives, insecticides, fungicides,
creosote or other chemicals and not painted, resin coated or otherwise
surface treated and not laminated or bonded; and not similarly altered
from its natural condition). Only for new construction sites.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § II]
There is hereby established, within the Borough of Milltown,
Middlesex County, New Jersey, a program for the mandatory source separation
of designated recyclables.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § III]
It shall be a violation of this section for any person unauthorized
by the Borough of Milltown to collect or pick up or cause to be collected
or picked up any recyclable item(s) located within the Borough of
Milltown. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from one
or more premises shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 for each offense.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § IVA]
a.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner appointed
in writing by the property owner, of all real property upon which
a commercial business, commercial office, institutional use is located
and all contractors whose place of business is located within the
Borough of Milltown shall have the following additional recycling
requirements:
1.
A written program setting the precise manner by which the property
shall achieve compliance with the recycling mandates of this section
shall be established for all properties within 30 days of the effective
date of this section;
2.
Recycling containers must be clearly marked with the type of material
to be deposited therein and adequate to hold materials between collections;
3.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner, must provide
written notice to occupants of the property if they are impacted by
the recycling system;
4.
Where the property owner or a designee of the property owner of a
commercial, industrial, or institutional use has arranged for removal
of the recyclables by other than the Borough of Milltown, the property
owner or a designee of the property owner shall submit or cause to
be submitted reports of recycling tonnage information to the Borough
of Milltown on a quarterly basis which reports shall be attested to
under oath;
5.
Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for all new construction,
the property owners or a designee of the property owner must submit
to the Supervisor of Public Works and/or the Assistant Supervisor
of Public Works a written proposal of the recycling program it shall
implement. Said program must be acceptable to said Supervisor of Public
Works and/or Assistant Supervisor of Public Works.
6.
A property owner or a designee of the property owner of property
containing an existing business, commercial establishment or a contractor
whose place of business is located within the Borough of Milltown
is responsible for implementing a recycling program for their premises.
Said recycling program must be submitted in writing to the Supervisor
of Public Works and/or the Assistant Supervisor of Public Works for
their approval within 30 days of the effective date of this section.
7.
A property owner shall not be relieved of responsibility due to the
failure of any tenant to comply with the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § IVB]
a.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner appointed
in writing by the property owner, of all multifamily dwellings within
the Borough of Milltown shall comply with the following recycling
requirements:
1.
A recycling system must be established for all mandatory materials.
2.
Drop-off or curbside collection must be provided at the sole cost
and expense of the property owner for all mandated materials;
3.
Recycling containers must be clearly marked with the type of material
to be deposited therein and adequate to hold material between collections.
4.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner, must issue
written notification to tenants every three months. Said notices must
be sent Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested and said return receipts
be kept by the property owner or a designee of the property owner
for a period of two years.
5.
Where the owner, or a designee of the property owner, has arranged
for removal of recyclables by other than the Borough of Milltown,
the property owner or a designee of the property owners shall submit
or cause to be submitted reports of recycling tonnage information
to the Borough of Milltown on a quarterly basis which reports shall
be attested to under oath.
6.
Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for all new construction,
the property owner, or a designee of the property owner, must submit
to the Supervisor of Public Works and/or the Assistant Supervisor
of Public Works a written proposal of the recycling program it shall
implement. Said program must be acceptable to said Supervisor of Public
Works and/or Assistant Supervisor of Public Works.
7.
A property owner, or a designee of the property owner, of property
containing an existing business, commercial establishment or a contractor
whose place of business is located within the Borough of Milltown
are responsible for implementing a recycling program for their premises.
Said recycling program must be submitted in writing to the Supervisor
of Public Works and/or the Assistant Supervisor of Public Works for
their approval within 30 days of the effective date of this section.
8.
A property owner shall not be relieved of responsibility due to the
failure of any tenant to comply with the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § IVC]
a.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner appointed
in writing by the property owner, of all single family dwellings within
the Borough of Milltown shall have the following recyclable requirements:
1.
A recycling system must be established for all mandated materials.
2.
Recycling containers must be clearly marked with the type of material
to be deposited therein and adequate to hold materials between collection;
and
3.
Where the property owner, or a designee of the property owner, has
arranged for removal of recyclables by other than the Borough of Milltown,
the property owner, or a designee of the property owner, shall submit
or cause to be submitted reports of recycling tonnage information
to be submitted to the Borough of Milltown on a quarterly basis, which
reports, shall be attested to under oath.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § IVD]
a.
The property owner, or a designee of the property owner, of all single
commercial property within the Borough of Milltown shall have the
following recyclable requirements:
1.
A recycling system must be established for all mandated materials.
2.
Recycling containers must be clearly marked with the type of material
to be deposited therein and adequate to hold materials between collection;
and
3.
Where the site director and/or site director's designee has
arranged for removal of recyclables by other than the Borough of Milltown,
the site director and or site director's designee must submit
or cause to be submitted reports of recycling tonnage information
to be submitted to the Borough of Milltown on a quarterly basis which
reports shall be attested to under oath.
4.
The site director shall be held ultimately responsible for their
occupant's failure to follow the provisions of this section.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § V]
All recyclables to be collected and disposed of by the Borough
of Milltown shall be collected and disposed by the Borough under the
control of the Street Committee and under the supervision and director
of the Supervisor of Public Works or his designated agent. The Street
Committee shall have the authority to make and change regulations
concerning the days of collection and such other matters pertaining
to the collection, conveyance and disposal as it shall find necessary,
provided that such regulations are not contrary to the public provisions
hereof.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § VI]
a.
Designated recyclable materials are all recyclable materials that
are designated by the Department of Public Works of the Borough of
Milltown as materials that must be source separated from municipal
solid waste at the point of generation. The recyclables currently
designated by the Department of Public Works include newspaper, aluminum
cans, glass containers, corrugated cardboard, steel cans, plastic
containers, mixed paper, textiles, leaves, motor oil, concrete, asphalt,
cinder blocks, bricks, bulk items, wood pallets and brush, masonry/paving
material, recyclable batteries, tires, white goods.
b.
Additional Designated Recyclables for Commercial, Industrial and
Institutional Governments and Office Parks.
1.
Electronics: televisions, CPU's, monitors laptops, and mercury-containing
devices.
2.
Fluorescent Bulbs: lamps that contain mercury.
3.
Plastic Film: stretch/shrink wrap, plastic shopping bags-only for
warehouses, retail establishments and supermarkets with 25 or more
employees.
4.
Wood Scrap: unfinished lumber from new construction projects including
pallets. Unfinished shall mean nonchemically treated (not pressure
treated, impregnated with preservatives, insecticides, fungicides,
creosote or other chemicals and not painted, resin coated or otherwise
surface treated and not laminated or bonded; and not similarly altered
from its natural condition). Only for new construction sites.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § VII]
All recyclables before being placed in proper receptacle containers
for collection shall be washed and drained of liquid.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § VIII]
a.
Recycling containers shall be provided by the Middlesex County Improvement
Authority. Recycling containers shall be maintained in good condition.
Any container that does not conform to the provisions of this section
or that may have ragged or sharp edges or any other defect liable
to hamper or injure the person collecting the contents thereof, shall
be promptly replaced upon notice. The Supervisor shall have the authority
to refuse collection service for failure to comply herewith.
b.
Recycling containers shall be made of a rigid plastic material with
suitable handle(s).
c.
No recycling containers shall exceed 20 gallons in size.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § IX]
All recyclables shall be placed at the curb in the following
manner for pick-up:
a.
Glass bottles, plastic containers (#1 PETE and #2 HDPE), aluminum,
steel and tin cans shall be placed in a round twenty-gallon container
supplied by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority.
b.
Newspapers shall be tied in bundles with a string or cord no more
than 12 inches high.
c.
Mixed paper shall be placed in the rectangular container supplied
by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority.
d.
Corrugated cardboard shall be flattened and tied in bundles with
string or cord; maximum dimensions: 24 inches wide by 48 inches long
by 18 inches high.
e.
Textiles shall be placed in bags supplied by Middlesex County Improvement
Authority.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § X]
No person shall place any recyclables in any street, alley or
public place, or upon any private property within the Borough, whether
owned by such person or not unless it is enclosed in proper containers
for collection as defined herein or under express approval granted
by the Supervisor, as defined herein. No person shall throw or deposit
any unauthorized recyclables in any stream, body of water, or municipally
owned property whether enclosed in a container or not.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XI]
Any accumulation of recyclables not enclosed in the proper recycling
containers is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited.
Failure to remove any existing accumulation of recyclables within
30 days after the effective date of this section shall be deemed in
violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XII]
No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere in the
Borough any recyclable in such a manner that it may be carried or
deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer,
parkway or other public or private place or into any premises within
the Borough.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XIII]
Recyclables accumulated by residents of Milltown shall be collected
on a schedule to be established by the Department of Streets. Such
schedule may be altered or amended from time to time to conform to
legal holidays and other emergency matters.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XIV]
a.
All recyclables subject to the collection schedule and disposed of
by the Borough shall be placed in proper receptacles and set out within
two feet of the curbline of property on which recyclables originated
in time for collection on the designated collection day.
b.
Recyclables shall not be placed at the curbside earlier than the
evening before the day of collection and must be placed at the curbside
no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection to receive services.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XV]
All empty recycling containers shall be removed from the curbline
of property as soon after collection as possible and in no event,
later than 8:00 p.m. on the day collection has been made.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XVI]
The Street Committee, Supervisor of Public Works, and the employees
of the Street Department or his designated agent may refuse to collect
any recyclables, which fail to meet the regulations set forth herein.
In such event, the individual placing the refuse for collection shall
be compelled to dispose of the same at his own cost and expense within
24 hours of such refusal.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XVII]
New developments of Multifamily residential units or commercial,
institutional, or industrial properties (Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1E-9913a
and 99.16c):
a.
Any application to the Planning Board of the municipality of Milltown,
for subdivision or site plan approval for the construction of multifamily
dwellings of three or more units, single-family developments of 50
or more units or any commercial, institutional, or industrial development
for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land, must include
a recycling plan. This plan must contain at minimum, the following:
1.
A detailed analysis of the expected composition and amounts of solid
waste and recyclables generated at the proposed development.
2.
Locations documented on the application's site plan that provide
for convenient recycling opportunities for all owners, tenants, and
occupants. The recycling area shall be of sufficient size, convenient
location and contain other attributes (signage, lighting, fencing,
etc.) as may be determined by the Recycling Coordinator.
b.
Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy by the municipality
of Milltown, the owner of any new multifamily housing or commercial,
institutional, or industrial development must supply a copy of a duly
executed contract with a hauling company for the purpose of collection
and recycling of source separated recyclable materials, in those instances
where the municipality does not otherwise provide the service.
c.
Provision shall be made for the indoor, or enclosed outdoor, storage
and pickup of solid waste, to be approved by the Municipal Engineer.
d.
Building Permits. At the time of issuance of any building permit,
the Building Code Official will provide written instruction on proper
disposal and recycling of construction and demolition waste and furnish
a Notification of Construction/Demolition Activity Form that must
be filled out by the permit holder and faxed to the Middlesex County
Division of Solid Waste Management (MCDSWM) within 48 hours of the
issuance of a municipal permit.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XVIII]
Any person violating the provision of this section as a first
offender shall be issued a violation notice in the form of a letter
advising them that said violation must be abated within seven days.
If said violation is not abated within the allotted time and/or any
person violates a provision of this section for a second time said
person may be served with a complaint to appear in Milltown Municipal
Court for such violation and upon such violation, and upon conviction,
may be fined in an amount not exceeding $500 for each and every day
in which such violation shall continue.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XIX]
The Supervisor and/or Assistant Supervisor of Public Works or
their designee shall be responsible and empowered to enforce the provisions
set forth in the section.
[Ord. No. 08-1267 § XX]
The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to implement
a Comprehensive Borough Public Education and Awareness Program through
the preparation and dissemination of generic information and other
education/information materials.
[Ord. No. 888 § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean those dates set down by the Director of Public
Works or his/her designee for collection of leaves or grass.
Shall mean any lawn clippings. Grass shall not include any
leaves, shrubbery, branches or root material.
Shall mean any flattened plant structures which were attached
to a stem and functioning as a principal organ of photosynthesis.
Leaves shall not include any grass clippings, shrubbery, branches
or roof materials.
[Ord. No. 888 § 2]
a.
All leaves are to be bagged in paper, biodegradable bags which shall
be 16 inches by 12 inches by 35 inches and which shall have a minimum
capacity of 30 gallons. At no time may leaves be placed in plastic
bags.
b.
No grass clippings, shrubbery, branches, root material or any other
materials shall be included with leaves.
[Ord. No. 888 § 3]
a.
All grass clippings are to be bagged in 30 gallon plastic bags of
three or four mil. thickness or garbage cans, a maximum size of 30
gallons and/or maximum weight of 50 lbs.
b.
Bags are to be unsealed and untied.
c.
No leaves, shrubbery, branches, root material or any other materials
will be included with grass clippings, brush or woody matter.
[Ord. No. 888 § 4]
Leaves and grass accumulated by residents of the Borough shall
be collected on a schedule to be established by the Department of
Public Works. Such schedule may be altered or amended from time to
time to conform with legal holidays and other emergency matters, or
as the Department of Public Works shall deem necessary.
[Ord. No. 888 § 5]
a.
All leaves and grass subject to the collection schedule and disposed
of by the Borough shall be placed in proper receptacles and set out
within two feet of the curbline of property on which the leaves and
grass originated in time for collection on the designated collection
day.
b.
Leaves and grass shall not be placed at the curbside earlier than
the evening before the day of collection and must be placed at the
curbside no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection to receive
services.
c.
No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere in the Borough
any leaves and grass in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or
other public or private place or into any premises within the Borough.
[Ord. No. 888 § 6]
The Supervisor of Public Works and the employees of the Department
of Public Works may refuse to collect any leaves and grass which fail
to meet the regulations set forth herein. In such event, the individual
placing the refuse for collection shall be compelled to dispose of
same at his own cost and expense within 24 hours of such refusal.
[Ord. No. 888 § 7; Ord. No. 08-1283]
Any person violating the provisions of this section as a first offender shall be issued a violation notice in the form of a letter advising them that the violation must be abated within seven days. If the violation is not abated within the allotted time and/or any person violates a provision of this section for a second time, the person may be served with a complaint to appear in Milltown Municipal Court for such violation and upon such violation, and upon conviction, may be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5. Each and every day in which such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 888 § 8]
The Supervisor and/or Assistant Supervisor of Public Works or
their designee shall be responsible and empowered to enforce the provisions
set forth in the section.
