It is hereby determined and declared to be in
the best interests of the health, safety and welfare of the residents,
citizens and taxpayers of the City of Long Branch for the City to
provide for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste and
recyclable materials within the City. The purpose of this chapter
is to establish the terms and conditions under which such services
shall be provided. It is also the intention of this chapter to comply
with the requirements of the P.L. 1989, c. 299, as amended and supplemented,
relating to the provision of services to qualified private communities,
as well as to comply with the requirements of P.L. 2001, c. 25, as
amended and supplemented, relating to the provision of services to
multifamily dwellings, as promulgated by the New Jersey State Legislature.
As used in this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall be defined as follows:
Only disposable items made of aluminum, including aluminum
containers used for soda, beer or other beverages. Excluded are foil,
wrappers, containers for food, construction siding, screen frames
and lawn furniture.
Processing waste materials generated in canneries, slaughterhouses,
packing plants or similar industries, including animal manure when
intended for disposal and not reuse. Also included are dead animals.
Animal manure, when intended for reuse or composting, is to be managed
in accordance with the criteria and standards developed by the Department
of Agriculture as set forth in N.J.S.A. 4:9-38.
The solid matter remaining after the combustion of wood,
coal, coke and any and all combustible materials used for heating
purposes.
Waste materials, branches, stumps, limbs and clippings, measuring
not more than six inches in diameter, from trees, shrubs, hedges and
other garden or yard plantings. Brush does not include grass clippings
and stumps exceeding six inches in diameter.
[Amended 1-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 31-18]
Large items of waste material such as appliances, furniture,
glass (window and door), carpets and padding and cable. Discarded
automobile and cycle tires collected from residential properties are
also included in this category. Bulk waste does not include construction
and demolition waste, discarded truck tires, discarded trailer tires
or discarded tires of any type from nonresidential properties. [See
§ 293M(12) for acceptable and excluded items.]
[Amended 1-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 30-18]
Discarded wire cable or wire rope, whether spooled or loose.
Single-ply paper packaging, such as cereal boxes and gift
boxes.
A housing corporation or association wherein the holder of
a share or membership interest in the corporation or association is
entitled to possess and occupy, for dwelling purposes, a house, apartment
or other unit of housing owned by the corporation or association,
or to purchase a unit of housing, constructed or erected by the corporation
or association.
The form of real property ownership provided for under the
Condominium Act, P.L. 1969, c. 257 (N.J.S.A. 46:88-1 et seq.).
Waste building material and rubble resulting from construction,
remodeling, repair and/or demolition operations on houses, commercial
buildings, pavements and other structures. The following materials
may be found in construction and demolition waste: treated and untreated
wood scrap, including wood shingles; concrete, asphalt, bricks, blocks
and other masonry; plaster, Sheetrock and wallboard; roofing materials;
nonasbestos building insulation; and other miscellaneous materials;
but shall not include other solid waste types or dirt.
The brown, heavy cardboard usually found in boxes used for
packing materials (two layers with a waffle layer in between), including
brown kraft grocery bags.
Waste materials resulting from manufacturing, industrial
and research and development processes and operations, and which are
not hazardous in accordance with the standards and procedures set
forth at N.J.A.C. 7:26G. Also included are nonhazardous oil spill
cleanup waste, dry nonhazardous pesticides, dry nonhazardous chemical
waste and residue from the operations of a scrap metal shredding facility.
[Added 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 20-11]
COMPUTERAn electric, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic, or storage function, and may include both a computer central processing unit and a monitor.
COVERED ELECTRONIC DEVICEA desktop or personal computer, computer monitor, portable computer, or television sold to a consumer.
MONITORA separate video display component of a computer, whether sold separately or together with a computer central processing unit and computer box, and includes a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image projection technology, greater than four inches measured diagonally, and its case, interior wires and circuitry, cable to the central processing unit, and power cord.
ORPHAN DEVICEA covered electronic device for which no manufacturer can be identified, or for which the original manufacturer no longer exists.
TELEVISIONA stand-alone display system containing a cathode ray tube or any other type of display primarily intended to receive video programming via broadcast, having a viewable area greater than four inches measured diagonally, able to adhere to standard consumer video formats and having the capability of selecting different broadcast channels and support sound capability.
VIDEO DISPLAYAn output surface having viewable area greater than four inches when measured diagonally that displays moving graphical images or a visual representation of image sequences or pictures, showing a number of quickly changing images on a screen in fast succession to create the illusion of motion, including, if applicable, a device that is an integral part of the display and cannot be easily removed from the display by the consumer that produces the moving image on the screen. A video display typically uses a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image projection technology.
Items accepted include answering machines, compact disc players,
fax machines, scanners, hard drives, laptops, mobile phones, modems,
microwave ovens, pagers, personal computers (CPU, monitors, keyboards,
mouse, and peripherals), printers, printed circuit boards, radios,
remote controls, stereos, tape players, telephones/telephone equipment
and VCRs.
Residents are responsible for removal of any personal data contained
on electronic devices and computer hard drives.
A private community which consists of individually owned
lots or units and provides for common or shared elements or interests
in real property.
Consists of putrescible animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable
waste incidental to and resulting from the use, preparation, cooking
and consumption of food.
Nonputrescible solid waste, contaminated paper, food waste,
nonrecyclable plastics, ceramics, blue and fiat glass and other similar
materials, excluding building materials and household hazardous waste.
Products made from silica or sand, soda, ash and limestone,
the product being transparent and translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matters, including food, beverages and medicine.
Does not include light bulbs, glassware, ceramics or blue or flat
glass, commonly known as "window glass."
This paper includes white letterhead, copy paper and computer
paper.
The form of real property ownership provided for under the
Horizontal Property Act, P.L. 1963, c. 168 (N.J.S.A. 46:8A-1 et seq.).
Includes wet paint, lawn and garden chemicals, household
cleaners, gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, mercury thermostat switches,
wet or dry batteries and other toxins.
All products made of metal, to include appliances such as
washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, hot-water heaters
and scrap metal, including construction siding, screen frames and
lawn furniture. [See § 293 M(13) for acceptable and excluded
items.]
[Amended 1-9-2019 by Ord.
No. 30-18]
Includes unwanted mail, greeting cards, gift wrap, magazines,
books (with hard covers removed), phone books and other scrap paper.
Any building or structure or complex of buildings or structures
in which five or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered
for rental or lease for residential purposes except hotels, motels
or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests as those
terms are defined under Subsection (j) of section 3 of the Hotel and
Multiple Dwelling Law, P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
Nonrecyclable waste originating in the community from private
residences, commercial establishments (including but not limited to
restaurants, stores, markets, theaters, hotels and warehouses), institutional
establishments (including but not limited to schools, hospitals, research
institutions and public buildings) and industrial establishments.
Municipal solid waste shall include animal and foodprocessing wastes,
ashes, chipboard and paperboard, food waste, garbage and trash. The
following materials are not included as part of municipal solid waste:
recyclable materials, construction and demolition waste, household
hazardous waste, dry industrial waste, laboratory, infectious and/or
medical wastes, grass clippings, dirt, bulk waste, tires, brush and
any other matter not specifically permitted.
The collection and disposal of municipal solid waste by the
City of Long Branch.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest. Expressly excluded, however, are all magazines
or other periodicals as well as all other paper products of any nature
whatsoever.
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company or organization of any kind.
A residential condominium, cooperative, fee simple community
or horizontal property regime, the residents of which do not receive
any tax abatement or tax exemption related to its construction, comprised
of a community trust or other trust device, condominium association,
homeowners' association or council of co-owners, wherein the cost
of maintaining roads and streets and providing essential services
is provided for by a not-for-profit entity consisting exclusively
of unit owners within the community. No apartment building or garden
apartment complex owned by an individual or entity that receives monthly
rental payments from tenants who occupy the premises shall be considered
a qualified private community. No "proprietary campground facility,"
as defined in section 1 of P.L. 1993, c. 258 (N.J.S.A. 45:22A-49 et
al.), shall be considered to be a qualified private community.
Those items which must be source separated from other solid
wastes for recycling and eventual reuse. As used in this chapter,
the term "recyclable materials" shall refer to newspaper, mixed paper,
glass, tin and steel food and beverage containers, aluminum food and
beverage containers, stumps and large tree parts, grass, leaves, concrete
and asphalt, hazardous and liquid waste, tires, appliances containing
Freon (e.g., refrigerators, air conditioners and dehumidifiers), metal
products, white goods (large metal appliances such as washers and
dryers), and batteries (household and automotive). In addition to
the items specified herein, high-grade office and computer paper and
corrugated cardboard are considered to be recyclable materials from
commercial, institutional and industrial establishments. The term
"recyclable materials" also includes any other matter or items which
is/are banned from disposal at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center
Landfill.
The term "solid waste" is a universal term which refers to
all nonrecyclable waste produced by private residences, commercial,
institutional and industrial establishments and any other properties
located within the City. This item includes all materials, whether
or not they are collectible under the municipal solid waste collection
services program.
Ashes, plastic materials, ceramics, blue and flat glass,
nonputrescible solid waste, contaminated paper and other similar materials,
excepting building materials and construction and demolition waste.
Waste materials from farms, nurseries and greenhouses that
are produced from the raising of plants. This waste includes such
crop residues as plant stalks, hulls, leaves and tree wastes processed
through a wood chipper.
