[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Monroe
4-15-1981 by Ord. No. O-6-1981 (appeared as Ch. 68, Art. 11, of the 1967 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words whenever used in this chapter shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, have the following meanings:
Any individual or group of individuals composing any community of
interest, firm, partnership, corporation, political subdivision or authority.
Any substance which is, in its production and/or disposal, regulated
by any governmental agency for the purpose of protecting health, safety or
welfare of citizens from the actual or potential threat imposed by noncompliant
production and/or disposal of such substances, and shall specifically include
chemical waste, sewage, septage or any other chemical or biological wastes.
Any vehicle duly authorized by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners
or other regulating agency of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 5-21-1986 by Ord.
No. O-15A-86]
Movement from one location to another by use of vehicle or container
upon public streets or highways.
No person shall transport a potentially dangerous substance through
the Township of Monroe unless transportation is made on a duly regulated vehicle
which prominently displays a certificate of approval from an appropriate governmental
agency.
No person shall dispose of, dump or place any potentially dangerous
substance into any manhole, pipe, sewage line or any other receptacle, field,
stream or lot situate within the Township of Monroe. The only authorized disposal
facility for septage within the Township of Monroe shall be the Gloucester
County Utilities Authority or any other agency authorized by law to accept
such substances. Other potentially dangerous substances not authorized to
be disposed of at the Gloucester County Utilities Authority shall be disposed
of only with the agency authorized by law to dispose of such potentially dangerous
substances.
[Amended 5-21-1986 by Ord.
No. O-15A-86; 3-3-1997 by Ord.
No. O-1-97]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter by transporting
a potentially dangerous substance in an unregulated vehicle or who disposes
of a potentially dangerous substance in a place other than authorized shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed six months and/or to 90 days of community service.
If any person performs a series of prohibited transactions, each transaction
shall be deemed to be a separate violation of this chapter for sentencing
purposes.
