[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Morris 10-18-2023 by Ord. No. 19-23. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements to
control littering in the Township of Morris so as to protect public
health, safety and general welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this chapter 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.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or
any top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other
extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard, or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than in a litter receptable, or having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
B.
Whenever any Litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from
a motor vehicle in violation of this chapter, the operator or owner,
or both, of the motor vehicle shall also be deemed to have violated
this chapter.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Township of Morris Police
Department and/or the Township of Morris Health Officer, Code Enforcement
Officer as well as the Construction Code Official.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to one or more of the following:
a fine not less than $25 and not more than $1,000 or by up to 90 days
in jail, or both. If permitted by general law, a convicted person
may be ordered to perform community service.
Each section, subjection, sentence, clause and phrase of this
chapter is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence,
clause, and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion
of this chapter to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any
clause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this chapter.
This chapter shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption and any publication as may be required by law.
