[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Passaic 9-15-1988 by Ord. No. 1043-88. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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; 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 primary processes of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Unsanitary conditions or any thing offensive to the senses
or dangerous to health or safety in violation of this or any other
local or state code.
Any object or thing which impedes, hinders, delays, detours
or in any other way interferes with free and unfettered passage along
any public walkway, street, thoroughfare or any right-of-way.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of the state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Added 2-12-2008 by Ord. No. 1754-08]
The combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable,
forming a construction, including buildings.
[Amended 2-12-2008 by Ord. No. 1754-08]
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 chapter, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall be deemed to
have violated this chapter.
Litter receptacles and their servicing are required
at the following public places:
A.
Sidewalks used by pedestrians in active retail commercially
zoned areas. At a minimum, there shall be no single linear quarter
mile without a receptacle.
B.
Buildings held out for public use, including but not
limited to all government buildings, schools, railroad and bus stations.
C.
Parks.
D.
Drive-in restaurants.
E.
All street vendor locations.
F.
Construction sites.
G.
Gasoline service station islands.
H.
Parking lots.
I.
Special events to which the public is invited, such
as parades, carnivals, festivals, sporting events, etc.
No person shall discard or dump along any road
or street on or off any right-of-way any household or commercial solid
waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicle or vehicle parts, rubber tires,
appliances or furniture, nor shall any person discard or dump such
items on private property except by written consent of the owner of
said property and then only in conformity with existing laws of the
State of New Jersey and ordinances of the City of Passaic and in a
place specifically designated for the purpose of solid waste storage
or disposal.
No residential property owner, nor any tenant
in any residential premises, shall store or permit storage of any
bulky household waste, including household appliances, furniture and
mattresses, in any residentially zoned area, except in a fully enclosed
structure or during days designated for collection of bulky items.
No residential property owner, nor any tenant
in any residential premises, shall store or permit storage of tires
in areas zoned residential, except in a fully enclosed structure or
on days designated for collection of tires.
No residential property owner, nor any tenant
in any residential premises, shall park or permit the parking of any
vehicle on any residential lawn.
No person shall keep or permit the keeping on
streets, vacant lots or residential premises, except in a fully enclosed
structure, any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which:
No vehicle shall be driven, moved, stopped or
parked on any roadway unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded
to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, 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.
No owner, agent or contractor in charge of a
construction or demolition site shall permit the accumulation of litter
before, during or after completion of any construction or demolition
project. It shall be the duty of the owner, agent or contractor in
charge of a construction site to furnish containers adequate to accommodate
flyable or nonflyable debris or trash at areas convenient to construction
areas and to maintain and empty the receptacles in such a manner and
with such frequency as to prevent spillage of refuse.
No residential, commercial or industrial property
owner, nor any commercial or industrial tenant, shall permit open
or overflowing waste disposal bins (containers, dumpsters, etc.) on
his or her property.
A.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in
charge of any structure shall keep or cause to be kept the sidewalk
and curb abutting such structure free from obstruction or nuisances
of every kind and shall keep all sidewalks, areaways, backyards, courts
and alleys free from litter or other offensive material.
B.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter,
street, catch basin or other public place any accumulation of litter
from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
C.
Every person who owns or occupies property shall keep
the sidewalk in front of his or her premises free of litter. All sweepings
shall be collected and properly containerized for disposal.
D.
Every person who owns or occupies property shall be
responsible for the litter in the street 12 inches in front of the
curbline of the street abutting their property. There shall be a presumption
that any street sweeping or litter deposited in the gutter of the
street abutting the property owner or person occupying the property
is the responsibility of that property owner or occupier to collect
and properly contain for disposal.
[Added 10-11-2005 by Ord. No. 1670-05]
Violation of any section of this chapter shall
constitute a separate and distinct violation apart from violation
of any other section, and each day a violation shall continue shall
constitute a separate and distinct violation, provided that proper
notice shall have been given.
The Police Department, the Fire Department,
the Department of Public Works, the Department of Community Development,
the Division of Housing, the Division of Health, the Division of Building
Code Enforcement, in addition to City employees who enforce the Property
Maintenance Code, are hereby authorized to issue complaints as may
be necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former § 179-14, Notice of violation.
B.
It is the intent of the City Council that repeat offenders be punished more severely than the aforesaid minimums and that habitual violators rise to the maximum monetary penalty, especially for violations of §§ 179-4, 179-8, 179-9, 179-40 and 179-41, at any time that, in the opinion of the sitting judge, there are no significant mitigating factors.
[Added 11-18-1996 by Ord. No. 1385-96]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or
deposit, or for any person, firm or corporation to cause the delivery
or deposit, of any unsolicited newspapers, shoppers, circulars, leaflets,
flyers and other like printed matter to or upon any private premises
within the City of Passaic except in accordance with the terms herein.
For the purposes of this chapter, "unsolicited" shall mean the printed
matter referred to herein which has not been ordered, subscribed or
requested by the recipient.
[Amended 11-6-1997 by Ord. No. 1424-97]
(1)
Such printed matter shall be placed only within a
permanently installed appurtenance to the premises designed and designated
for the receipt of such printed matter, or, if there is none, on the
ground or floor at a point beneath the place where such premises receives
its mail or within a three-foot radius of that point.
(2)
Excepted from Subsection A(1) hereof shall be such printed matter which plainly bears upon it either in the masthead or on the front page the name and address of a person responsible for its circulation to whom may be addressed a written notice by any recipient indicating the recipient's desire to cease future delivery of the particular item of printed matter.
(3)
There shall be no intentional delivery whatsoever of any such unsolicited printed matter to premises after the owner or tenant of such premises has notified the person responsible for its circulation, as referred to in Subsection A(2) herein, by certified mail, return receipt requested, that future delivery shall cease.
B.
Any person responsible for the placement of any advertisement,
handbill or unsolicited material of any kind in or on such location
within the City shall, in addition to other penalties herein provided,
be under obligation to remove the aforementioned materials and dispose
of them in a litter receptacle or waste container designed for the
purpose of solid waste storage or disposal.
