[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Old
Bridge as Sec. 4-1 of the 1973 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Air pollution — See Ch. 21.
Festivals; mass gatherings — See Ch. 169.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 221.
Mobile lunch wagons — See Ch. 273.
Nuisances — See Ch. 305.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 366.
Solid waste — See Ch. 429.
Stormwater quality — See Ch. 432.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 463.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein, and all other waste
material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create
a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other public
ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, grounds and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body wastes),
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, and solid market and industrial waste.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may
be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively
on stationary rails or tracks.
[Amended 4-28-1994 by Ord. No. 16-94]
A.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter
in or on any property whether occupied, open or vacant and whether owned by
that person, or in a public place or pond, lake or stream or other body of
water within the Township except in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles for collection.
B.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter,
garbage, refuse or rubbish (including but not limited to leaves, grass and
other forms of vegetative waste) into any inlet or other part of any stormwater
sewer system within the Township of Old Bridge.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles shall do so in a manner which prevents the litter from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon a public place or upon private property.
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of business,
shall sweep into or deposit in a gutter, road, right-of-way or other public
place within the Township the accumulation of litter from a building or lot
or from a public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying
property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw or deposit
litter in or upon any public or private property.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any litter
from outside the Township and bring it into the Township for the purpose of
dumping or disposing thereof. No truck or other vehicle containing litter
which has been transported into the Township shall be parked or allowed to
remain standing on any street in the Township or on any public property for
a period in excess of two hours.
Advertisements, handbills, circulars and papers may be distributed in
the Township only if they are so securely placed at each dwelling that they
will not be blown away by the wind; otherwise no person shall place any advertisement,
handbill, circular or paper on or in any public street, sidewalk, building
or vehicle within the Township.
A.
Throwing or distributing commercial handbills in public
places. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill
in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the Township;
nor shall any person hand out, distribute or sell any commercial handbill
in any public place; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful on any
sidewalk, street, or other public place within the Township for any person
to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver, any noncommercial
handbill to any person willing to accept it.
B.
Placing commercial and noncommercial handbills on vehicles.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill
in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in
any public place for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to
the receiver thereof a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle
who is willing to accept it.
C.
Depositing commercial and noncommercial handbills on
uninhabited or vacant premises. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which is temporarily
or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
D.
Prohibiting distribution of handbills where property
posted. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial
handbill upon any private premises if requested by anyone thereon not to do
so or if there is placed on the premises in a conspicuous position near the
entrance a sign bearing the words "no trespassing," "no peddlers or agents,"
"no advertisement," or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the
occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or have their right
of privacy disturbed or to have any handbills left upon the premises.
E.
Distributing commercial and noncommercial handbills at
inhabited private premises. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any
commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are
inhabited, except by handing or transmitting the handbill directly to the
owner, occupant or other person then present; provided, however, that in the
case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, as provided in this
section, the person, unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do
so, shall have the authority to place or deposit the handbill in or upon the
inhabited private premises, if the handbill is so placed or deposited as to
secure or prevent it from being blown or drifted about the premises or sidewalks,
streets or other public places. Mailboxes may not be so used when prohibited
by federal posted law or regulations.
F.
Exemptions for mail and newspapers. The provisions of
this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States
Postal Corporation nor to newspapers.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89]
Litter receptacles and their servicing are required at the following
public places which exist in the municipality, including sidewalks used by
pedestrians in active retail commercially zoned areas, such that, at a minimum,
there shall be no single linear quarter-mile without a receptacle; buildings
held out for use by the public, including schools, government buildings and
bus stations; parks; drive-in restaurants; all street vendor locations; self-service
refreshment areas; construction sites; gasoline service stations' islands;
shopping centers; parking lots; campgrounds and trailer parks; marinas and
boat moorage and fueling stations; boat launching areas; public and private
piers operated for public use; beaches and bathing areas; and at special events
to which the public is invited, including sporting events, parades, carnivals,
circuses and festivals. The proprietors of these places or the sponsors of
these events shall be responsible for providing and servicing the receptacles
such that adequate containerization is available.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89;
amended 1-27-1994 by Ord. No. 3-94]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any
property to store or permit storage of any household waste, including bulky
household waste such as appliances, furniture and mattresses.
B.
It shall be lawful to store materials on properties within
the Township of Old Bridge when such materials are gathered for periodic pickup
by authorized solid waste haulers. Materials gathered for periodic pickup
by solid waste haulers under this section shall not be kept in excess of 10
days.
C.
Should the Business Administrator of the Township of
Old Bridge, any police officer, any designated health representative of the
Township of Old Bridge, or the County of Middlesex or any code enforcement
official of the Township of Old Bridge demand to any owner or occupant of
a dwelling or place of business within the Township of Old Bridge, such owner
or occupant shall produce proof that his or her property is covered by a contract
with an authorized hauler for the disposal of solid waste. Such proof may
be shown by producing canceled checks, cash receipt forms or documenting evidence
of a contract for disposal. Each owner or occupant is obligated to have a
contractual arrangement with a solid waste hauler that requires the periodic
pickup of solid waste at intervals of 10 days or less.
D.
In the case of dwellings or buildings occupied by persons
other than owners, the occupant shall be primarily responsible for the disposal
of solid waste in accordance with this chapter. In the event the occupant
of the premises fails to comply with this chapter, the owner of the dwelling
or building shall be responsible for the disposal of such solid waste.
E.
For purposes of this chapter, "solid waste" is defined
as garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial,
commercial and agriculture operations, and from domestic and community activities,
and shall include all other waste materials, including liquids, except for
solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by
the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes
to swine on their own farms. Solid waste shall not include cans, bottles,
plastics, newspapers or any other materials which are collected pursuant to
a governmental recycling program.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89]
It shall be unlawful for any residential property owner to store or
permit the storage of tires in areas zoned residential. Storage does not include
materials gathered for the periodic bulk pickup by the municipality.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89]
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be driven, moved, stopped or
parked on any highway unless such a vehicle is constructed or loaded to prevent
any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
Any person operating a vehicle from which any glass or objects have fallen
or escaped, which could cause an obstruction, damage a vehicle or otherwise
endanger travelers or public property, shall immediately cause the public
property to be cleaned of all glass or objects and shall pay the costs therefor.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89;
amended 4-29-1993 by Ord. No. 16-93]
It shall be unlawful for any person to track soils onto a public roadway
through the use of trucks or other construction equipment without immediately
cleaning the roadway of such debris. Any development for which approvals have
been obtained which has a total of four or more units shall provide a twenty-five-foot
stone pad (consisting of stones one inch or greater in diameter) to be installed
at the entrance to any improved public right-of-way. The purpose of the said
pad shall be to vibrate soils from the construction trucks and equipment before
the same enter the public roadway. A developer who fails to comply with this
provisions shall be guilty of a separate offense for each day such measures
are not installed at the construction site.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89]
It shall be unlawful for any individual to maintain an overflowing commercial,
industrial or residential waste disposal bin.
[Added 3-6-1989 by Ord. No. 9-89]
Every owner or occupant in charge of a building is required to keep
the sidewalk and curb abutting said building free from obstruction and to
keep said sidewalks, yards, courts and alleys free from litter and other offensive
material.
