[Ord. No. 11-2020, § 2]
The purpose of this article is to establish requirements for
the proper handling of yard waste in the Borough so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
the failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 11-2020, § 2]
For purposes of this Article 3, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. 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.
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.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction. This definition includes the owners/contractors of lawn
care or landscaping services, including their employees, performing
lawn care and maintenance services on behalf of the owner or occupant
of any property located within the Borough of Morris Plains.
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.
Grass clippings only. This definition does not include brush
or leaves.
[Ord. No. 11-2020, § 2]
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 article.
[Ord. No. 11-2020, § 2]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Borough's
Recycling Coordinator, Morris Plains Police Department, Morris Plains
Board of Health, Morris Plains Code Enforcement Official, Morris County
Office of Health Management and other agents as may be designated
by the Borough.
[Ord. No. 11-2020, § 2]
Any person convicted of violation of the provisions of this
article shall be subject to one or more of the following penalties:
a fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment up to 90 days; or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each and every day a violation
occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.
