[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Cranbury 3-28-2005
by Ord. No. 03-05-06.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 100, Littering,
adopted 4-25-1988 by Ord. No. 88-10.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Large items of solid waste which because of their size or weight
require handling other than normally used for municipal waste. Bulky waste
includes, but is not limited to, such items as tree trunks, vehicle parts,
auto bodies, tires, demolition or construction materials, appliances, furniture
and drums.
Commercial premises shall include, but are not limited to: automobile
service stations; stores for retail sales; liquor stores; taverns and inns;
restaurants, including, but not limited to, drive-in restaurants, snack bars,
hot dog, hamburger and ice cream stands, vending machines and street vendor
locations; professional activities, including, but not limited to, medical,
dental, legal, architectural and accounting; personal services, including,
but not limited to, real estate, insurance, barber shops, hairdressers and
repair shops of all kinds; shopping centers; amusements, including, but not
limited to, movies, skating rinks and bowling alleys, whether part of a shopping
area or not; beaches and bathing areas; boat launching areas; public and private
piers operated for public use; marinas, boat moorages and their fueling stations;
campgrounds; railroad and bus stations; and construction sites.
Any portable device in which a solid waste is stored, transported,
treated, disposed of or otherwise handled.
Any vehicle that is missing any essential part such as tires, wheels,
a transmission, a windshield or an engine, or is wrecked, disassembled or
partially disassembled.
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 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 the state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from industrial,
commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities,
and shall include all other waste materials, including liquids, except for
source-separated recyclable materials or source-separated food waste collected
by livestock producers approved by the State Department of Agriculture to
collect, prepare and feed such wastes to livestock on their own farms.
A.
Littering prohibited.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard
or otherwise place litter of any nature on any public or private property,
other than in a litter receptacle, or, having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
(2)
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed
to fall from a vehicle or boat in violation of this chapter, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have
violated this section.
B.
Litter receptacles.
(1)
Litter receptacles and their servicing are required at
the following public places in the Township:
(a)
Buildings held out for use by the public, including but
not limited to schools, government buildings and commercial premises;
(b)
Parks;
(c)
Parking lots; and
(d)
Special events to which the public is invited, including
but not limited to sporting events, parades, carnivals, circuses and festivals.
(2)
The owners of said places and the sponsors of said special
events shall be responsible for providing and servicing the litter receptacles
and ensuring that adequate containerization is available.
C.
Removal of litter from public places. Owners of the public places and sponsors of the special events identified in Subsection B(1)(a) through (d) above shall also be responsible for removing litter from the sidewalks, walkways, pedestrian areas and parking areas in or on said public places every day said public places are open for business.
D.
Removal of litter from sidewalks. Owners of any property
in the Township shall be responsible for removing litter from the sidewalks
fronting and bordering upon said property.
A.
Streets, roads, rights-of-way and Township property.
No person shall discard, dump, place upon, deposit, leave or abandon solid
waste or bulky waste on or along any of the following places unless in a container
designated for the purpose of storage or disposal of same:
B.
Residential property. No person shall discard, dump,
deposit, place upon, leave or abandon any of the following on residential
property:
A.
Residential property. No person shall park or permit
the parking of any vehicle in the front yard of any residential property unless
in a driveway or structure. In addition, any vehicle that is inoperable shall
not be parked or kept in a driveway for more than 72 hours unless it is beneath
a cover.
B.
Parking and storage of inoperable vehicles on streets,
roads and rights-of-way. No person shall park or permit the parking, or keep
or permit the keeping, of an inoperable vehicle in or on any Township street,
road or right-of-way or in any vacant lot.
