A. 
It shall be mandatory for all owners, lessees or occupants of real property within the City of Long Branch to separate recyclable materials from all other matter. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any property owner, lessee or occupant to commingle recyclable materials with any other nonrecyclable matter and place the same for collection by the City.
B. 
The City shall provide for the collection and disposal of certain recyclable materials, as specified below, from all properties located within the City in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this chapter. The City may elect to use municipal personnel to perform the service or may enter into agreement(s) with qualified person(s) authorizing them to collect recyclable materials.
C. 
The City's recyclable service shall be provided curbside along public roads and streets that have been dedicated to and accepted by the City. Employees or agents of the City shall not be required to enter upon private property in order to remove recyclable materials except as specifically provided in this chapter.
D. 
The date(s) and frequency of collection by the City or the City's authorized agent(s) shall be in accordance with a schedule to be established by the Director of the Department of Public Works. Any changes or deviation in the schedule of collections will be announced and made public by the City.
E. 
The following recyclable materials shall be collected as part of the City's curbside recyclable collection service:
(1) 
Newspapers.
(2) 
Mixed paper products.
(3) 
Glass.
(4) 
Tin and steel food and beverage containers.
(5) 
Aluminum food and beverage containers.
(6) 
Recyclable plastics.
F. 
All other recyclable materials, as defined earlier in this chapter, shall be disposed of by the owner, lessee or occupant in the following manner:
(1) 
Through the City's bulk waste or brush pickup service, if permitted, depending upon the type of material; or
(2) 
Through disposal at the City's recyclable dropoff center (location as determined by the Department of Public Works) or at another approved facility. If such disposal is required, then the same shall be performed by the owner, lessee or occupant through private means at their own expense.
G. 
All commercial, industrial and institutional establishments within the City shall be required to recycle high-grade office and computer paper and corrugated cardboard in addition to all of the other items listed in the definition of recyclable materials in this chapter.
H. 
All service stations, oil retailers and motor vehicle inspection or reinspection stations with used oil holding tanks shall accept up to five gallons at a time of used motor oil from individuals changing oil from cars, lawn mowers or motorcycles and shall post a sign informing the public that they are a "Used Oil Collection Site."
I. 
Recyclable materials shall not be mixed with any matter not specifically permitted.
J. 
All recyclable materials shall be stored, prior to disposal or placement for collection, in such a manner as not to become a nuisance to the occupants of any adjacent property.
K. 
All recyclable materials that are intended to be collected as part of the City's curbside recyclable collection service, except for newspaper and mixed paper products, may be commingled and shall he placed for disposal in a reusable metal or heavy-duty plastic container which is supplied by the owner, lessee or occupant. All containers must have handles and shall accommodate a capacity of not more than 32 gallons and shall not exceed 50 pounds when filled, Recyclable materials shall not be collected in plastic bags.
L. 
Each property or individual dwelling unit or individual commercial, institutional, industrial or other type of unit, as applicable, shall be limited to a total of four containers of recyclable materials per unit per pickup day. If any property or individual dwelling unit or individual commercial, institutional, industrial or other type of unit produces a quantity of recyclable materials that regularly exceeds the limitations established by this chapter, then the Department of Public Works may require that the disposal of recyclable materials from that property be arranged through private means at the expense of the property owner, lessee or occupant, as applicable.
M. 
Newspaper, mixed paper products and corrugated cardboard products shall be compacted and tied securely in separate bundles with a rope or cord sufficient in strength to facilitate handling and in a manner to prevent scattering. Newspaper, mixed paper products and corrugated cardboard products shall not be commingled but shall be tied and bound separately. The bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling by one person and shall not exceed 50 pounds in weight. No more than eight separately tied bundles of corrugated cardboard products shall be collected per unit per pickup. No newspaper or mixed paper products shall be collected in plastic bags.
N. 
No recyclable containers or bundles of newspaper or mixed paper products shall be placed at the curb earlier than 5:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day of collection. No person shall allow or permit any empty containers to remain on the curb or any part of the street, sidewalk or adjacent property for more than 12 hours after the contents thereof have been collected.
O. 
No person shall throw, lay, deposit or leave in any vacant lot or open space, yard, street, avenue, alley, highway, sidewalk, parking space or lot any item of recyclable material in any manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
P. 
Recyclable materials shall be the property of the City of Long Branch once placed at the curbside or brought to the City's recyclable dropoff center. It shall be a violation of this section for any person unauthorized by the City to pick up or cause to be picked up recyclable materials after they are placed at the curbside or brought to a dropoff center. Each such collection and violation hereof shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
Q. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection P above, any owner, lessee or occupant of any property within the City may donate or sell its recyclable materials to any person, whether or not operating for profit. Said person shall not, however, pick up such recyclable materials at curbside or at any dropoff center.
R. 
Any private haulers collecting recyclable materials from any property not serviced by the City's recyclable collection program shall register with the Recycling Coordinator, providing the name, address and phone number of their company and the name and address of the property or establishment from which they are collecting recyclable materials.
S. 
All owners, lessees or occupants, as applicable, of property not serviced by the City's recycling collection program shall register with the Recycling Coordinator the name and address of the private hauler with whom such person has contracted to provide recycling collection services.
T. 
It shall be mandatory for all haulers of recyclable materials from residential or nonresidential properties not serviced by the municipal recycling program to provide a record to the City's Recycling Coordinator of the types and quantities of materials recycled. Weight receipts and/or letters on official company stationary should clearly describe the quantity and disposition of each material.
U. 
It shall be a violation of this chapter to transport or import into the City any recyclable materials for the purpose of dumping the same, or placing the same for municipal collection, within the City of Long Branch. It shall also be a violation of this chapter to deposit at the City's recyclable dropoff center any recyclable materials that were not utilized within the City.
A. 
All of the requirements set forth in § 293-6 above shall apply to qualified private communities and multifamily dwellings located within the City.
B. 
The City of Long Branch shall provide for the collection and disposal of certain recyclable materials, as designated in this chapter, from all qualified private communities and multifamily dwellings located within the City, under the same terms and conditions set forth in § 293-6, except as modified hereunder.
C. 
As an alternative to providing recyclable collection services to qualified private communities and multifamily dwellings, the City may determine to provide a reimbursement payment on an annual basis to a qualified private community or multifamily dwelling for the actual cost of providing such services. Under no circumstances, however, shall this reimbursement payment be higher than the amount that the City would have expended on the services if the City had provided the services directly to the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling, calculated as if the dwelling units were located along roads and streets and the service provided curbside.
D. 
If the City determines that it wishes to provide a reimbursement payment to the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling for the actual cost of providing such services, then the terms and conditions governing such payment shall be set forth in a written agreement to be entered into between the City and the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling. Such agreement shall be in the form required by N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.1 et seq., or N.J.S.A. 40:661.4 et seq., as applicable.
E. 
Should the City opt to provide the above-referenced reimbursement payment to a multifamily dwelling, then such payments shall be phased in over a five-year period in accordance with the percentage requirements set forth in Section 4, P.L. 2001, c. 25 (N.J.S.A. 40:66-1.5).
F. 
If the City determines to provide such services directly to the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling, then the City shall provide the services in the same fashion as the City provides on the public roads and streets to other properties within the City, in accordance with the schedule to be determined by the Department of Public Works.
G. 
Nothing contained herein shall require the City to enter upon private property to provide the services enumerated in this Section, or to operate any City owned or leased vehicles or any other equipment, or to provide any of the services referenced herein upon along or in relation to any road or street in any qualified private community or multifamily dwelling which either:
(1) 
Is not accepted for dedication to public use; or
(2) 
Does not meet all municipal standards and specifications for such dedication, except for width.
H. 
Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Subsection G above, the City may determine to enter upon private property or to operate City owned or leased vehicles or other equipment and to provide the services referenced herein upon, along or in relation to any road or street which does not qualify under the requirements of Subsection H, so long as:
(1) 
The qualified private community or multifamily dwelling enters into a written indemnity and hold harmless agreement with the City, in a form to be approved by the City Attorney; and
(2) 
The qualified private community or multifamily dwelling presents proof satisfactory to the City Attorney that the City has been listed as an additional insured on the liability insurance policies covering the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling; and
(3) 
The qualified private community or multifamily dwelling pays the cost of any insurance rider(s) required by the City to enable municipal vehicles to operate on private roads and streets within the qualified private community or multifamily dwelling; and
(4) 
The qualified private community or multifamily dwelling performs such other matters as are required by the City which shall be set forth in the written agreement referenced above.
The position of Recycling Coordinator is hereby created and established within the Division of Solid Waste. The Recycling Coordinator shall perform such duties and responsibilities as are required to facilitate the orderly process of collection and disposal of recyclable materials within the City, under the supervision and direction of the Director of the Department of Public Works. The Recycling Coordinator shall make recommendations to the Director of the Department of Public Works concerning the promulgation of reasonable rules and regulations for recycling, the days and times for collection of recyclable materials, the sorting, transportation, sale and/or marketing of recyclable materials, and shall perform such other duties as required by the Director of the Department of Public Works.