As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANNUAL FEE
The fee charged by and payable to the Borough Clerk of the
Borough of Stone Harbor to obtain a registration as a landscaper.
ANNUAL REGISTRATION
Registration issued by the Borough Clerk of the Borough of
Stone Harbor for the purposes stated.
CUSTOMER
Anyone who employs the services of a landscaper to perform
the services of planting, maintaining, cutting, cleaning, or raking
property within the Borough of Stone Harbor.
LANDSCAPER
A person or persons doing business with residential or commercial
customers for the purpose of planting, maintaining, cutting, cleaning,
raking or performing similar activities on property within the Borough
of Stone Harbor.
VEHICLE
Any vehicle required to be registered with the New Jersey
Department of Motor Vehicles for use on local roads and highways and
used by a landscaper in the performance of his or her work in the
Borough of Stone Harbor.
All landscapers utilizing a truck, van or trailer for landscaping
services within the Borough of Stone Harbor shall be required to obtain
a registration in order to offer their services in the Borough of
Stone Harbor. Said registration shall be obtained from the Borough
Clerk prior to January 1 of each calendar year. (Said registration
shall terminate December 31.) Proof of registration will be demonstrated
by the issuance and the display of a decal, which will be issued to
each landscaper and displayed in each vehicle the landscaper owns
or operates in the Borough of Stone Harbor.
Every landscaper operating within the Borough of Stone Harbor
shall be required to comply with the following:
A. The name of the landscaping company shall be clearly indicated on
both sides of any vehicle used in said operation, shall be no less
than three inches in height and shall include the name, address and
telephone number.
B. All landscapers shall comply with the laws of the State of New Jersey
and all ordinances contained within the Code of the Borough of Stone
Harbor.
If any person registered in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter shall be convicted of violating any statute, ordinance
or regulation in the execution of any work for which a permit is required
by the applicable ordinance of the Borough of Stone Harbor relevant
to landscaping, the Borough of Stone Harbor shall revoke the registration
of such person immediately. The Borough Clerk shall not restore such
registration during such time as the violation for which such conviction
was obtained, exists or remains.
Any person whose registration has been revoked under the provisions
above may be reregistered by the Borough Clerk when the grounds upon
which such registration was revoked are removed or corrected and upon
payment of the fee prescribed herein.
The Borough Code Enforcement Officer, the Director of Public
Works or his/her designee and any police officer shall have the authority
to enforce this chapter.
Any person whose registration has been revoked under the provisions
above may be reregistered by the Borough Clerk, upon the approval
of the Administrator, when the grounds upon which such registration
was revoked are removed or corrected and upon payment of the fee prescribed
herein.
A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter in any one
registration year shall, upon the first conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine not exceeding $150. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
B. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter in any one
registration year shall, upon the second conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine not exceeding $250. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter in any one
registration year shall, upon the third or subsequent conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not exceeding $350 or by imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 90 days, or both.