[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood 11-11-1986
by Ord. No. 2066. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, as herein defined, shall place or permit to be placed in
any public area, as herein defined, in the Village of Ridgewood a construction
dumpster or similar container commonly used for the collection of building
materials, except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings indicated:
- DUMPSTER
- A container or debris-transfer body commonly used for the placing or collection of debris and building materials during construction or renovation.
- ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
- The Department of Police of the Village of Ridgewood.
- LICENSING OFFICE
- The Department of Police of the Village of Ridgewood.
- PERSON
- Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or entity of any type.
- PUBLIC AREA
- Includes any street, sidewalk, highway, public lane, alley, Village parking lot or other public place in the Village.
- RESIDENTIAL ZONE
- Any residential zone, as defined in Chapter 190, Land Use and Development, of the Ridgewood Village Code.
No person shall place or utilize a dumpster or permit a dumpster to
be placed or utilized in a public area in the Village of Ridgewood without
first having obtained a permit therefor.
A.
Any person seeking to place, permit to be placed or utilize
a dumpster in a public area in the Village of Ridgewood shall do so only after
having obtained a permit from the Department of Police. In order to obtain
a permit, an application for a permit on a form to be furnished by the Department
of Police shall be filed and the appropriate fee shall be paid.
B.
The application shall require that the applicant specify
the exact proposed location of the dumpster, the size and capacity thereof,
the length of time that said use is required and the contemplated use of the
dumpster.
C.
The fee for obtaining a permit to place a dumpster in a public area shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees. The permit shall be issued for a term not to exceed 15 days and may be renewed once upon the written request of the applicant without the filing of a new application but upon payment of an additional fee as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees. In addition to the application fee and the renewal fee, if applicable, the daily fee, as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, determined by the size of the dumpster, shall be paid at the time of application based on the applicant's estimate of the number of days for which the permit shall be required.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
D.
No dumpster in excess of 30 yards shall be permitted
in the public areas of the Village of Ridgewood. The permit shall be issued
for a specific period of time based on the estimate of the applicant at the
time the application is filed.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375]
E.
At the time the application is filed, each applicant
shall furnish the Village of Ridgewood with a certificate of insurance containing
limits of at least $100,000/$300,000 for bodily injury and $100,000 for property
damage, which shall name the Village of Ridgewood as an additional insured
and which shall be noncancellable during the permit period.
F.
Each applicant for a permit to place a dumpster in a
public area shall furnish the Village of Ridgewood with sufficient surety
to be determined by the Village Engineer to guarantee against damage to the
streets, curbs and sidewalks or other improvements in the public right-of-way.
G.
No dumpster shall be placed in a public area more than
24 hours prior to commencement of construction and shall not remain therein
more than 24 hours subsequent to construction being completed.
H.
No permit shall be issued if the Department of Police
determines that the issuance of a permit will constitute a danger to public
safety or an unwarranted interference with the efficient movement of traffic.
I.
A permit may be revoked at any time during its term if
the placement or use of a dumpster constitutes a hazard to the health, safety
or welfare of the citizens of the Village or for any other reason constitutes
a nuisance.
J.
The Village Manager may exempt from all but the safety
requirement of this chapter any persons contracting with the Village.
A.
No dumpster shall be placed in a public area in a residential
zone unless it is determined by the Department of Police that there is not
sufficient room on the private property of the person utilizing the dumpster
to place the dumpster and therefore, the dumpster is required to be placed
in a public area. No dumpster placed on private property, otherwise unregulated
by this chapter, shall impede the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic
or safety site lines.
B.
Dumpsters may be placed in public areas only upon the
determination the Department of Police that there is no safe or practical
place where the dumpster may be placed other than in the public area.
C.
All dumpsters placed in public areas are required to
comply with the following conditions:
(1)
Planking or other wood sheeting of sufficient size is
required to be placed under the wheels or road contact areas to protect the
roadway from damage. If the dumpster has wheels, they must be chucked to prevent
movement.
(2)
Flashing, warning, amber, barricade-mounted lights are
required to be placed on the dumpster to provide a visual warning to those
utilizing the roadway or public right-of-way. The lights are required to be
operable at all times.
(3)
No dumpster shall be permitted in a public area the placement
of which interferes with the free and safe flow of traffic or which otherwise
stands in a hazardous location.
(4)
Dumpsters shall not be permitted to be placed in a public
area on certain designated holidays, sale days and special event days that
occur from time to time during the year.
D.
Upon removal of the dumpster, the public area shall be
swept clean of all loose debris and restored to its former condition in accord
with the standards of the Village Engineering Department.
E.
All dumpsters shall at all times be kept in good repair
and shall be structurally sound and leakproof and shall be painted as to prevent
the show of rust or deterioration and shall be constructed to stand firmly
upright.
Each day that a dumpster is placed or utilized in violation of the terms
of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. Each offense hereunder
shall be punishable by a minimum fine of $50.
