As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPER
A person or entity whose business involves the placing, planting,
arranging, trimming, cutting, removing of trees or maintenance of
lawns, trees, bushes, shrubs, gardens and related appurtenances on
land or property for the purpose of improving or maintaining the same.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway.
An application for a license to operate or conduct
business as a landscaper in the Township shall be made in writing
to the Township Clerk and signed by the applicant. The application
shall set forth:
A. Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B. The character and type of substance (e.g., grass clippings,
brush, twigs, leaves) that the applicant will be dumping in his operation.
C. The location where the debris is to be taken and the
name and telephone number of the company/organization to receive the
debris.
[Amended by Ord. No. 806; 2-24-2003 by Ord. No.
902; 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 952]
Every landscaper operating within the Township
shall be required to comply with the following:
A. The name of the landscaping company shall be clearly
indicated on both sides of any vehicles used in the operation, shall
be no less than three inches in height, and shall include the name,
address and telephone number.
B. Commercial landscapers shall remove from their work
sites in the Township all debris resulting from their work, including
but not limited to grass clippings, hedge trimmings, yard rakings
and tree trunks and branches. Grass clippings and raked leaves, separate
and not commingled and prepared as directed by the Public Works and
Recycling Departments, may be delivered to the designated municipal
recycling site.
C. An annual license fee as set forth in Chapter
71, Fees, shall be paid to the Township by each commercial landscaper.
[Amended 12-22-2008 by Ord. No. 1060]
D. Tags identifying that vehicles have been properly
licensed must be displayed on each vehicle. Proof of licensing and
completed tipping forms must be presented with each request to deposit
recyclables at the designated municipal site.
E. Commercial landscaper licenses shall be nontransferable
and shall expire annually on December 31.
Any person or persons who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I.