[Amended 3-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-4; 7-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-17; 3-26-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10; 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any disposable items made of aluminum, including aluminum
containers used for soda, beer and other beverages, screen frames
and lawn chairs.
See "receptacle."
Any cardboard of the type used to make cardboard boxes, cartons,
pasteboard and similar corrugated and kraft paper material that contains
no grease, oil, food or other dry/wet residue. This does not include
pizza boxes.
Trash, rubbish, and any animal or vegetable waste from any
kitchen, market or store or other place, or any trash, rubbish, or
waste which, due to its animal or vegetable content, may decompose,
cause odors, attract flies or insects, or be hazardous to the public
health.
Any products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matters, excluding, however, blue glass or
flat glass (commonly known as "window glass"), as well as light bulbs
and ceramic plates or dishes.
Any white and/or off-white stationery and photocopy and computer
paper.
Magazines, catalogs, slick glossy advertising supplements, undeliverable
or advertising mail, newsprint, envelopes with or without windows,
phone book white pages, wrapping paper (nonmetallic), NCR paper (carbonless
copy paper), letterhead, colored and white copy paper, construction
paper, textbooks without hard covers, softcover workbooks, fax paper,
and computer paper.
The following items are not acceptable for inclusion in mixed
paper: corrugated cardboard, chipboard, blueprints, brown paper bags,
phone book yellow pages, carbon paper, plastic bags, napkins, tissues
and paper towels.
All commercial establishments, including properties that
have a mixed use of commercial and residential units. For collection
purposes, on a property containing mixed uses of multiple commercial
and residential units, each unit residential/nonresidential will be
considered separately.
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
All products labeled "PET," "PETE" or "HDPE," with a pourable
neck smaller than the body of the container, that contain no grease,
oil, food or other dry/wet residue.
Utilized for the collection and storage of garbage and recycling;
should be nonporous plastic or metal trash cans with handles. Each
receptacle shall have a tight-fitting cover so constructed to prevent
spilling or leakage of contents, the infiltration of water, and to
be vermin-proof and shall be disinfected on a regular basis. Each
residential and nonresidential unit shall be entitled to use up to
five thirty-two-gallon/fifty-pound trash cans for each collection.
No receptacle loaded for collection shall weigh more than 50 pounds.
Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee shop; cafeteria; short-order
cafe; luncheonette; grill; tearoom; sandwich shop; soda fountain;
tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; night club; roadside stand; industrial
feeding establishment; private, public or nonprofit organization,
institution or group preparing, storing or serving food; catering
kitchen; commissary; box lunch establishment; retail bakery; meat
market; delicatessen; grocery store; public food market; or any similar
place in which food or drink is prepared for retail sale or service
on the premises or elsewhere, and any other retail eating or drinking
establishment or operation where food is served, handled or provided
for the public with or without charge; except that agricultural markets,
covered dish suppers or similar types of infrequent church or nonprofit-type
institution meal services shall meet the special provisions of N.J.A.C.
8:24-8; and further provided that any food and/or beverage vending
machine shall meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:24-14.
An enclosure or structure that serves to hide stored garbage
and recycling containers from public view. Such structure should be
constructed of sturdy material, resistant to high winds and inclement
weather, that is in appearance consistent, and is at least aesthetically
neutral with surroundings.
Includes all garbage and refuse normally produced by the
occupants of residential and nonresidential property and disposed
of by private or public pickup and defined as "solid waste" by the
New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act.[1]
Includes all metal containers, which are magnetic in nature,
commonly used to package food products.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.
A.
Recycling collection. Each residential unit shall receive curbside recycling pickup of up to five trash cans per collection day as described in § 286-21 hereof, subject to the following:
(1)
All residential properties shall be provided municipal collection
services for aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass, high-grade paper,
mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans in accordance with
this chapter and according to the schedules developed and announced
by the Department of Public Works.
(2)
No household trash, garbage, rubbish, or solid waste shall be disposed
of in any trash can containing any aluminum, corrugated cardboard,
glass, high-grade paper, mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal
cans or other recyclables.
(3)
All aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass, high-grade paper, mixed
paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans shall be deposited in approved
containers and placed at curbside not earlier than 5:00 p.m. on the
night before collection day and no later than 5:00 a.m. on the day
of collection. The containers shall be removed from the curb or place
of collection by not later than 6:00 p.m. on the day of collection.
(4)
Cardboard materials should be separated from household trash and included with recycling pursuant to § 286-20 hereof.
(5)
All containers for storage of recyclables should be stored or kept,
as far as reasonably practicable, and appropriately shielded from
public view using screens or shields to prevent visibility of containers
from the street, and such screens or shields should not be located
in the front yard of any property.
B.
Holidays. The Borough will not make any recycling collections on
New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, or whenever the
Director of Public Works declares an emergency, but collections will
be made on the next regularly scheduled pickup.
C.
Schedule
for residential recycling pickup. The schedule for residential recycling
pickup shall be periodically reviewed by the Department of Public
Works to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of services. The DPW
may make recommendations for changes to the frequency of pickups for
residential solid waste based upon seasonality, staffing, and other
variables. Published schedules for residential recycling pickup may
be revised by majority vote of Council.
[Added 9-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-9]
A.
Nonresidential properties shall receive curbside recycling pickup of up to five trash cans per collection day as described in § 286-21 hereof.
B.
Nonresidential properties which the Borough determines require a greater level of service than provided in Subsection A hereinabove must contract with an approved private recycling collection service and submit such proof of same as the Recycling Coordinator may require.
C.
Municipal buildings, firehouses, first aid squads, and charitable
organizations as defined by N.J.S.A. 45:1A-20 in the Borough shall
receive recycling collection by the Borough or its agents on a schedule
to be determined by the Department of Public Works. All other public
buildings and nontaxpaying properties shall be considered nonresidential
properties for the purposes of this chapter.
D.
Nonresidential establishments shall develop separate handling systems
for the storage and ultimate recycling of aluminum, corrugated cardboard,
glass, high-grade paper, mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal
cans pursuant to this chapter.
E.
Schedule for nonresidential recycling pickup. The schedule for nonresidential recycling pickup, other than as noted in § 286-19C above, shall be periodically reviewed by the Department of Public Works to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of services. The DPW may make recommendations for changes to the frequency of nonresidential pickups for recycling based upon seasonality, staffing, and other variables. Published schedules for nonresidential recycling pickup may be revised by majority vote of Council.
[Added 9-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-9]
A.
All owners, tenants, occupants and/or operators of all private properties, public properties, and governmental institutions and buildings shall separate aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass, high-grade paper, mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans from all other solid waste produced by such properties for collection and ultimate recycling of said materials. No motor oil containers, mirrors, bulbs, dishes, ceramics, window glass, plastic bags, or broken bottles or broken glass shall be placed with recyclables. Recyclables shall be thoroughly cleaned and completely drained of all water and placed in a receptacle as described in § 286-21.
B.
The Borough shall collect recyclables through single-stream recycling, including aluminum, glass, high-grade paper, mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans, which shall be placed in an authorized recycling receptacle as described in § 286-21, or may be collapsed, folded and tied securely. Any bundles shall be two feet by two feet maximum size and shall not exceed 20 pounds. No wood pallets or trash inside of boxes will be collected. All recyclables may also be brought by Borough property owners to the Borough's Recycling Center.
C.
Cardboard materials should be separated from household trash and
other recyclable materials, neatly bound with cord or string.
A.
Receptacles or trash cans. All of the recyclables placed for collection
must be deposited in nonporous plastic or metal trash cans with handles.
Each receptacle shall have a tight-fitting cover so constructed to
prevent spilling or leakage of contents, the infiltration of water,
and to be vermin-proof and shall be disinfected on a regular basis.
Each residential and nonresidential unit shall be entitled to use
up to five thirty-two-gallon/fifty-pound trash cans for each collection.
No receptacle loaded for collection shall weigh more than 50 pounds.
B.
Dumpsters. Sufficient facilities must be provided in, on and at nonresidential
properties for the storage of recyclables produced or generated from
the property. For premises utilizing dumpsters, no recyclables shall
be placed in plastic bags, but must be placed directly into the dumpster.
Dumpsters must be protected from the infiltration of water by an enclosure
or a watertight lid, and must be vermin-proof. All dumpsters must
be disinfected on a regular basis. Dumpsters shall be purchased, procured
or provided by the property owner and his agents, tenants or other
occupants at their own cost. Dumpsters shall meet and conform to all
health laws and the requirements of the Department of Public Works.
Existing approved recycling collection sites legally utilizing a dumpster
may remain in place for private collection. Any new or proposed relocated
recycling collection sites shall be submitted for authorization and
approval to the Borough for appropriate action. The location of nonresidential
dumpsters should be a distance no less than 10 feet from any property
line(s) shared with residential properties.
C.
Defective receptacles, recycling cans and dumpsters. Receptacles
that are broken or otherwise fail to meet the requirements set forth
herein shall receive written notice to the responsible party by placing
a notice, such as a sticker, on the defective receptacle. After 10
days' written notice has been given to the responsible party pertaining
to defective or illegal waste containers, such containers may be collected
as refuse by the Borough or its authorized agent(s).
D.
Origin of recyclables. No owner, lessee, tenant or other occupant
or user of any building, private dwelling, apartment house, restaurant,
motel, store, school, public building or business of any kind shall
permit any recyclables not originally generated at said premises to
be placed at said premises for collection. No person shall transport
any recyclables from their point of origin to a premises within the
Borough for the purpose of disposal. No recyclables shall be placed
for collection which were not generated from the premises of collection.
E.
Recycling collector permits. Every recyclables collector shall conform
to the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable laws and
regulations, including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations
of the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission and the Monmouth County
Solid Waste Management Plan governing the collection and transfer
of recyclables. Only legally qualified collectors may be retained
for service within the Borough prior to services being provided to
any premises in the Borough.
A.
Multifamily residential properties.
(1)
In the case of a parcel of real estate containing five or more dwelling
units, including condominium developments, attached housing, garden
apartments, townhouses, and parcels of real estate containing five
or more dwelling units, the owners of said dwelling units shall provide
a dumpster or a proper and sufficient number of authorized containers
to store aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass, high-grade paper,
mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans between collections
and shall maintain said containers in good repair and in a clean and
satisfactory condition.
(2)
The dumpster or authorized containers for trash or garbage, or dumpsters,
shall be placed on the property in question in such a location as
shall be designated by the Borough of Bradley Beach and shall be screened
from view by neighboring properties and public streets.
(3)
The owners of said parcels of real property housing five or more
dwelling units as hereinabove described may not place recycling containers
at the curbside for pickup by the Borough, but must instead maintain
an area on the parcel for storage of containers or dumpster and arrange
for pickup of said containers or dumpster by the Borough in a location
approved by the Borough. The costs of recycling collection and disposal
fees will be paid by the Borough of Bradley Beach. The costs of the
containers or dumpster and any additional cost for pickup from the
designated recycling storage area shall be paid by the property owners
and not by the Borough.
(4)
Any property owner who does not wish to have recycling collection
provided by the Borough of Bradley Beach or who cannot provide an
accessible location approved by the Borough must arrange for private
pickup and disposal. Said property owners shall submit a copy of their
contracts for recycling collection to the Recycling Coordinator.
B.
Retail food establishments. Every retail food establishment will
be provided with the pickup of aluminum, corrugated cardboard, glass,
high-grade paper, mixed paper, plastic, and tin and bimetal cans of
up to five trash cans per collection day, provided that this schedule
does not result in the development of odors and the attraction of
vermin. Every retail food establishment that cannot comply with the
foregoing conditions as determined by the Borough, or the establishment
requests more frequent collection, shall have its own recycling collected
by a legally qualified collector. Collections shall occur at such
other frequencies as to be determined by the Borough and in such a
manner as to avoid or prevent a public health annoyance or nuisance,
including, but not limited to, the development of odors and the attraction
of vermin.
A.
Storage of receptacles, containers and materials. Except during the
times permitted for collection as set forth in this chapter, all recyclable
materials, and all receptacles and containers therefor, whether empty
or not, shall be stored or kept, as far as reasonably practicable,
so that they are not visible from the streets or public rights-of-way
and so that they do not otherwise constitute a nuisance to the occupants
of any dwelling. In no event shall any recyclable materials, or any
receptacles or containers therefor, be kept in proximity to windows
or doors of any adjacent dwelling.
B.
Regulation of vehicles.
(1)
All vehicles used in transporting recyclable material through the
streets of the Borough shall be furnished by the owner or operator;
must have a good and tight body; and, when loaded, shall be securely
covered with a type of cover approved by the Borough so as to prevent
their contents from being scattered upon the streets.
(2)
Every private collector of recyclable materials and every collector
authorized by the Borough to collect such items shall do so in vehicles
approved for use by legally qualified haulers in accordance with N.J.A.C.
7:26-3.1 et seq. Said vehicles are to be kept clean and safe. No person
shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Borough
unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded and covered so as to
prevent any recyclable material from being blown or deposited upon
any street, alley or other public or private place in the Borough.
Every private collector of recycling shall conform to the provisions
of this chapter and the regulations of the Public Works Department
governing the collection and disposal of recyclables. No collection
shall be performed before 5:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
