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Borough of Spring Lake, NJ
Monmouth County
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[Adopted by Ord. No. 17-2001 (§ 10-2.6 of the Revised General Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
Any material that is used in the construction of a structure and its accessories.
DUMPSTER
Any container that has the ability to hold more than two fifty-gallon trash cans of debris or any container used for the purposes of holding construction debris.
No dumpster or other container for the collection of trash, debris or construction material waste shall be placed upon or adjacent to any construction site within the Borough of Spring Lake without having procured a permit from the Construction Official and paid the required fee, as provided in § 162-10 below.
Application for a dumpster permit shall be made by submission of the following information:
A. 
Name and address of the applicant and the owner of the properly, if different.
B. 
Street address including the tax lot and block designation.
C. 
Size of the dumpster to be placed at the site and the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the dumpster.
D. 
Anticipated length of time it will be located at the site.
A. 
The fee for a permit to place a dumpster or other container upon a construction site for the removal of trash, debris or construction material waste shall be $100, which shall permit the placement of the dumpster or other container upon a construction site for a period of 120 days from the date of its issuance.
B. 
If the dumpster or other container is upon the construction site for 21 days or less the fee is waived. However, the permit must still be procured and located upon the site as set forth in this article.
C. 
The Applicant may apply to the Construction Official for an extension permit which will permit the dumpster to remain on the site for an additional 30 days. This permit will be issued upon a showing of good cause. The fee for the renewal permit shall be $50 for processing the application for extension.
D. 
Any request for an additional dumpster permit or extension permit made within one year of the original application's date shall be considered a renewal, provided that it is made by the same owner and for the same location.
E. 
Any request for an additional dumpster permit or extension permit beyond the first renewal and made within one year of the original application's date shall only be issued upon a finding of good cause by the Zoning Officer. The fee for this additional dumpster permit or extension permit shall be $100.
F. 
This permit shall be issued by the Construction Official.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
Upon receipt of the application, the Construction Official shall respond within 20 calendar days.
At the time of the issuance of the dumpster permit the applicant shall receive a decal which will contain the following information:
A. 
Name of the applicant and a twenty-four-hour contact number.
B. 
The date of issuance.
C. 
The property location at which the dumpster is to be located.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this subsection to the contrary, no dumpster permit shall be issued where prohibited by the Construction Official, Zoning Officer, or any other municipal, county state, or federal statute, regulations or ordinance.
If the dumpster or other container for the collection of trash, debris or construction material waste is not removed at the expiration of the permit, the Code Enforcement Official shall notify the owner that he has 10 days in which to have the dumpster removed from the premises. In the event that the owner fails to comply and the dumpster is not removed, it shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Code Enforcement Officer may arrange for its removal and the disposal of the contents of the abandoned dumpster or other container for the collection of trash, debris or construction material waste. Any trash, debris or construction material in the dumpster shall be presumed to have been from the subject property. The costs associated with removal of the dumpster and the disposal of its contents shall be a municipal lien against the property. A detailed statement of the aforesaid costs shall be certified by the Code Enforcement Officer and forwarded to the Borough Council who shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the same to be filed with the custodian of the records of tax liens and a copy of the detailed statement shall be forthwith forwarded to the owner by registered mail. This amount shall be charged against the land and shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon the land and to bear interest at the same rate as taxes and be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes, all as provided by the provisions of the statutes of the State of New Jersey in such case made and provided.
Every person, firm, association, organization or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.