Certain words, as used in this chapter are defined
as follows:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap
or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material, or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packaging or construction material, but does not include the
waste of the preliminary processes of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
[Amended 9-6-1988]
LITTER RECEPTACLE
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
[Added 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-21]
PARK
A park, reservation, recreation center or any other area
in the township owned and used by the township and devoted to active
or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure used either
wholly or in any part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited
or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include
any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox
belonging to or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other
structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, parking areas
open to the public, alleys and any and all public parks, squares,
spaces, grounds and public buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, dismantled vehicles, other abandoned personal property
and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as circulars, leaflets, pamphlets,
wrappers, handbills, newspapers and all and any other printed material,
cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
building materials and other like materials.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of North Brunswick.
[Amended 9-6-1988; 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-21]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop,
discard or otherwise place any litter of any nature upon public or
private property other than in a litter receptacle, or having done
so, to allow such litter to remain.
B. Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed
to fall from a vehicle or boat in violation of this section, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed
to have violated this section.
[Amended 9-6-1988]
Litter receptacles and their servicing shall
be required at the following public places: 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 railroad and bus stations; parks; drive-in restaurants;
all street vendor locations; self-service refreshment areas; construction
sites; gasoline service station islands; shopping centers; parking
lots; boat-launching 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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
fountain, pond, lake, stream or any other body of water within the
township.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a
vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any public place or private
property within the township.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
occupied private property within the township, whether owned by such
person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private
property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection.
Such owner or person in control of private property shall at all times
maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however, that this
section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in private receptacles
for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
park within the township except in public receptacles and in such
a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other
public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such
litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible
for its presence and shall be properly disposed of elsewhere.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
open or vacant private property within the township, whether or not
owned by such person.
[Amended 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-21]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter or street within the Township any accumulation of litter. Nothing herein recited, however, shall prevent the disposal of leaves, except that in no instance shall leaves be placed on any streets, gutters or public right-of-way within the Township, except in conformity with the provisions of Chapter
184, Solid Waste, §
184-5, Collection procedures and policies, Subsection
F, Leaves, of the Code of the Township of North Brunswick.
Persons owning or occupying a place of business
or a place of residence shall keep the sidewalks, entrance walks and
parking areas in front of or upon their premises free of litter.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the township, unless such vehicle is so constructed
or loaded so as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being
blown or deposited upon any street, sidewalk or other public place
or upon any private property.
[Amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 10-29]
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered
and enforced by the Township of North Brunswick Police Department,
the Department of Public Works and the Department of Parks, Recreation
and Community Services. All three Township departments are charged
with the duty to enforce this chapter and, to that end, to make and
sign complaints for violations in the Municipal Court of the Township
of North Brunswick.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $200 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days,
or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which a violation occurs or continues.