This article shall be known as the "Quinton Township Recycling
and Waste Ordinance."
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section
and in N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.12 and in the Salem County Recycling Plan.
ALUMINUM
All products made of aluminum, including aluminum cans, foil,
wrappers, containers for prepared dinners or other foods, screen frames
and lawn chairs.
BULK MATERIALS AND WHITE GOODS
All items which are not generated on a daily or weekly basis
from domestic residential activity and which cannot or do not fit
a regular trash container or recycling container because of size,
dimension, or proportions such as, but not limited to: large, heavy
or unwieldy solid waste materials which, if listed as designated recyclable
materials, cannot be commingled and are not subject to single-stream
recycling as defined herein.
[Added 3-2-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-01]
A.
Bulk materials include, but are not limited to, items such as
textiles, furniture, rugs, mattresses, box springs, bed frames, televisions,
clothes washers/dryers and dishwashers, hot water tank, doors, furnace,
air conditioner, bath vanity, toilet, sink, bath tub, mirror, couch/recliner,
tables, chairs, windows, carpet, wooden cabinets, wooden doors, glass
doors, patio doors, microwave, barbeque grills, railings, bicycles,
lawn chairs, wooden playground equipment, and machinery.
B.
White goods include, but are not limited to, refrigerators/freezers,
washers/dryers, metal doors, microwaves, metal cabinets, air conditioners,
bicycles, exercise equipment, lawn mowers, metal furniture, barbeque
grills, and metal playground equipment.
DEBRIS
Stones, dirt, demolition material, broken concrete and other
like material, brush, branches, small trees and bushes.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable waste
incident to and resulting from the use, preparation, cooking and consumption
of food.
GLASS
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling or various matter and all other material commonly known
as "glass"; excluding, however, blue and flat glass and glass commonly
known as "window glass."
METAL
All products made of metal, exclusive of aluminum, including
washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, hot water heaters, tire rims,
springs, bicycles, bimetal cans (tin cans) or scrap metal.
TRASH
Ashes, plastic material, ceramics, blue and flat glass, nonputrescible
solid waste, building materials, contaminated paper and other similar
materials.
There is hereby established a program for the mandatory separation
of recyclable material within the Township of Quinton.
The Recycling Coordinator or such other person as designated
by the Township Committee shall be charged with the responsibility
for enforcing this article, including the issuance of warnings for
violations and signing complaints against violators in the appropriate
court. No complaint shall be filed in any court against a waste hauler
or recyclable collector in violation of this article unless the person
charged with the enforcement of this article shall first have given
written warning, 10 days in advance, to the person charged that such
action would or might be forthcoming. Such notice may be served by
personal delivery or by ordinary or certified mail to the addressee's
last known address.
Persons occupying commercial or institutional premises may be
exempted by the Township from the source-separation requirements of
some or all of the provisions of this article, but only under the
conditions set forth herein:
A. Eligibility for exemption. In order for a person occupying commercial
or institutional premises to be granted exemption from one or more
of the source-separation requirements of the Municipal Recycling Plan,
two conditions must exist:
(1) The person must have otherwise provided for the recyclable materials
designated in the plan from which the exemption is sought; and
(2) The person shall be required to annually provide verifiable written
documentation (reports) to the municipality of the total number of
tons recycled prior to the request for exemption, and thereafter for
each year in which any such exemption is operable.
B. Term of exemption. No such exemption, if granted, shall endure for a period in excess of 12 months without review and extension based upon continued compliance within Subsection
A above. Any exemption shall terminate automatically and without notice whenever the exempted person fails to comply with Subsection
A(1).
The collection, removal and disposal of waste paper products,
glass, aluminum, trash, debris and large objects from noninstitutional
residential buildings within the Township shall be supervised by the
official designated by the Township Committee, who shall have the
power to establish the time, method and routes of service and the
color coding of receptacles. Special times for large item pickup shall
be established. Excluded from trash accepted for collection shall
be:
A. Any and all waste material generated outside of Quinton Township.
B. Any material not accepted by the Salem County Landfill without special
arrangements, special packaging, special handling or special fees.
C. Any trash resulting from building demolition.
D. Contractor renovations materials.
F. Motor vehicles, tractors, farm machinery and trucks, or parts of
any of those items.
G. Toxic and hazardous waste.
I. Brush and trees or parts of brush and trees in excess of four inches
in diameter.
K. Nonhousehold chemical or petroleum products.
L. Herbicide, pesticide and chemical containers, unless they are empty
and triple-rinsed.
M. Leaves and grass trimmings.
[Amended 8-20-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-12; 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-109-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-05; 10-2-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08; 3-2-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
A. Garbage, trash, and debris. Garbage, trash and debris from noninstitutional
residential buildings shall be placed in no more than five containers
for solid waste and unlimited for recycling in metal or heavy-duty
plastic containers and boxes secured by a lid with a total weight
not to exceed 50 pounds. No plastic bags are accepted for recycling.
Items that cannot be stored in the above containers shall be limited
to three items per collection day.
B. Brush. Branches from noninstitutional residential property shall
be placed at the curbside, and the Township shall be notified as directed
by the Recycling Coordinator. In addition, the following rules shall
apply to all brush placed at curbside:
(1)
Tree limbs must be six inches in diameter or smaller. Tree stumps,
trunks and limbs in excess of six inches in diameter will not be collected.
(2)
The maximum amount of brush that can be placed at the curb is
two individual piles of branches with each pile not exceeding four
feet high by four feet wide by six feet long. Disposal of brush in
excess of this volume shall be the responsibility of the resident.
(3)
Do not place branches in the roadway.
(4)
Do not stack brush piles beside shrubbery, posts, hydrants,
electrical or cable boxes, mailboxes, and/or any other objects.
(5)
Brush must be accessible for machinery and people collecting
the branches/brush; if not, it cannot be removed.
(6)
Landscapers and tree surgeons hired by the resident are responsible
for the removal of branches/brush.
(7)
The brush removal service provided by the Township is restricted
to residential pruning only.
(8)
The service is provided for residents of the Township. Brush
will not be collected from any commercial businesses.
(9)
If possible, do not stack branches/brush on a sidewalk.
(10)
Brush mixed with stumps, roots, leaves, grass, dimensional lumber,
firewood or oversized material is not acceptable, and will be refused.
(11)
Only tree branches and limbs are acceptable.
(12)
Brush must not be stacked at the curb any earlier than one week
prior to your scheduled week of collection.
(13)
Brush must not be stacked for collection within 10 feet of a
stormwater inlet/basin.
(14)
Small twigs must be bagged.
(15)
All wire, nails and metal shall be completely removed from the
pile.
(16)
Disposal of material in excess of the maximum brush pile size
shall be the responsibility of the homeowner within five calendar
days of the Township having performed collection for that lot.
(17)
Limbs and brush must be placed in an orderly manner.
(18)
Branches will only be picked up for the one-acre lot that surrounds
the house.
C. Bulk materials and white goods. There is hereby created a fee for
the collection and disposal of bulk items within Quinton Township,
to be known as the "sticker fee." The owners and occupants of all
residential properties and units in the Township who are qualified
users and accept the service of collection and disposal of bulk items
shall pay for such service to the Township. The Township Clerk and
authorized businesses that shall be designated by resolution annually
shall sell during normal business hours stickers which shall be affixed
to the aforementioned bulk trash and white goods. Stickers shall be
placed upon the bag, container or item being disposed in a conspicuous
place thereon. If no sticker is applied, the waste will not be collected.
Stickers may be purchased only from the authorized officer(s) of the
Township or businesses who will issue them to qualified users of this
service. Stickers are $5.
[Amended 10-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-05]
D. Violations/penalties. Violations for this section shall be filed
by the zoning officer in the Municipal Court. Upon a finding of guilt,
the offender shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1)
A fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 shall be
imposed together with court costs for any violations of this section.
(2)
In the event an individual or entity is prosecuted under this
section for a subsequent violation, the fine may be increased to a
maximum of $1,000.
(3)
Each twenty-four-hour period following the initial time to remove
the trash from curbside shall constitute a separate violation.
(4)
Any person who attempts to duplicate or counterfeit a sticker,
reuse a cancelled sticker, provide a sticker to an unqualified user,
or transfer a sticker to any person whom such sticker was not issued
shall be in violation of this section and be subject to prosecution
in the Municipal Court. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that
the owner of the property was the one who affixed the counterfeit
sticker. It is expressly understood that in the event a counterfeit
sticker is placed on bulk trash and/or white goods on property owned
by a corporation, the principals thereof shall be responsible, or
if on property which is rented, the owner thereof shall be responsible.
All receptacles required herein shall be supplied by the occupant
or owner of the premises and placed prior to collection between the
curb and sidewalk where they shall be readily accessible to the collector.
The occupant or owner shall keep all receptacles clean and in condition
for safe handling. Receptacles or other items to be disposed of shall
be placed outside after 6:00 p.m. of the day immediately preceding
the day of collection. After collection, any empty containers shall
be removed from the curbside promptly but no later than 7:00 p.m.
of the day of collection.
From the time of placement at the curb of any one of the categories
described herein for the collection by the Township of Quinton or
its agent in accordance with the terms hereof, items shall be and
become the property of the Township of Quinton or its authorized agent.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person unauthorized
by the Township of Quinton to collect or pick up or cause to be collected
or picked up any such items during the twenty-four-hour period commencing
at 6:00 p.m. on any day preceding a day designated for collection.
Any and each such collection in violation hereof from one or more
residences during said twenty-four-hour period shall constitute a
separate and distinct violation, punishable as hereinafter provided.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one
or more of the following: by a fine not exceeding $1,000; or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days; or by a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.