This chapter shall be known as the "Antilitter Ordinance" and may be
so cited.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from either the
handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as such are defined herein, and all
other waste materials.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any
other public areas in the township owned or used by any public agency and
devoted to recreation purposes.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used
either wholly or in part for residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily
or continuously inhabited or vacant, and shall include any yards, grounds,
walks, driveways, porches, steps, vestibules or mailboxes belonging to or
appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public
walkways and all parks, squares, docks, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes,
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, dead trees,
tree stumps, abandoned automobiles and boats and solid market and industrial
wastes and specifically including abandoned furniture, household equipment,
scrap building materials and other similar items.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper; wrappings; cigarettes; cigars and tobacco wastes; cardboard;
tin cans; yard, garden or lawn clippings; leaves; wood; glass; bedding; crockery;
and similar materials.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may
be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or clump litter in or upon any
street, sidewalk or other public place except in public receptacles or in
private receptacles for collection or in official township disposal areas.
No person shall throw or deposit litter from a vehicle upon any street
or other public place or upon any private premises or vacant land.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other commercial vehicle
unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any litter from
being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place or private
premises. No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck if the wheels
or tires carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place
mud, dirt, sticky substances or foreign matter of any kind from any other
place other than the traveled portion of a public street or alley.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park except in public
receptacles and in such a manner as to prevent such litter from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street
or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all litter
shall be carried from the park by the person responsible for its presence
and shall be properly disposed of elsewhere.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, lake, pond,
stream, bay or any other body of water.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property,
whether owned by him or not, except that the owner or person in control of
private property shall maintain private receptacles for collection in such
a manner that litter will not be carried or deposited by the elements upon
any other public place or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all
times maintain the premises free of litter. This section shall not be construed
to prohibit the storage of litter in private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private
property, whether owned by such person or not.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.),
by imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days and/or by a period
of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days; except that, in the Pinelands
Area, the maximum penalty shall be five hundred dollars ($500.) for each offense,
as provided in N.J.S.A. 13:18A-24. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.