The property owner shall make every effort to place the roll-off
dumpsters or roll-off containers on private property rather than on
streets, highways or public property. In such cases where the only
practical location of a roll-off dumpster or a roll-off container
is on a street, highway or public property, the property owner shall
submit with the permit application a plan that shows where the roll-off
dumpster or roll-off container is to be located, depicting driveways,
intersections and property lines, and the roll-off dumpster or roll-off
container shall have its wheels or skids, as the case may be, placed
on timber material having minimum dimensions of not less than two
inches thick by 12 inches wide by 48 inches long, so as to provide
protection to the surface of the street, highway or public property
upon which the roll-off dumpster or roll-off container is to be placed.
No person shall purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently
damage any street, highway or public property or allow damage to be
caused to any street, highway or public property by the placement
of a roll-off dumpster or roll-off container upon a street, highway
or public property. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for an
offense under this section that a permit for placement of a roll-off
dumpster or roll-off container was obtained from the Zoning or Construction
official or that timber material had been placed under the wheels
or skids of the roll-off dumpster or roll-off container as required
by this Chapter, it being the responsibility of the property owner
to provide for further protective measures to the street, highway
or public property if the timber material required by this chapter
proves to be insufficient to adequately protect the street, highway
or public property from damage by reason of the weight of the roll-off
dumpster or roll-off container or any other factor or cause.
Notwithstanding the fact that a permit for placement of a roll-off
dumpster or roll-off container may have been issued by the Zoning
or Construction official, nothing contained in this chapter shall
be interpreted as or deemed as precluding the Middle Township Chief
of Police, Middle Township Fire Chief, or Code Enforcement Official
from ordering the temporary removal of any roll-off dumpster or roll-off
container that has been placed upon a street, highway or public property
for reasons of traffic safety or public safety.