Borough of Bergenfield, NJ
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2023-10-17
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 266 Solid Waste
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Article VI Proper Handling of Yard Waste
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Organization
- Ch 3 Antinepotism Policy
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 13 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Departments
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy
- Ch 25 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fiscal Year
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Housing Authority
- Ch 38 Interlocal Services
- Ch 42 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 46 Mayor and Borough Council
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 54 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 56 Personnel
- Ch 65 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 69 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 73 Volunteer Ambulance Corps
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 Alarms
- Ch 87 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 91 Amusements
- Ch 95 Animals
- Ch 99 Auctioneers
- Ch 103 Autobuses
- Ch 107 Barbershops
- Ch 111 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 118 Builders, Contractors and Landscapers
- Ch 120 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 126 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 127 Cannabis Tax
- Ch 128 Carnivals
- Ch 136 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 138 Cranes
- Ch 142 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 149 Filming
- Ch 153 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 161 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 165 Games of Chance
- Ch 170 Graffiti
- Ch 174 Handbills
- Ch 178 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 186 Land Development
- Ch 190 Laundromats
- Ch 198 Licensing
- Ch 200 Lightning Detection System
- Ch 194 Library
- Ch 202 Littering
- Ch 205 Loitering
- Ch 207 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 208 Massage Parlors, Rules and Regulations
- Ch 211 Motor Vehicles on Open Lots
- Ch 215 Noise
- Ch 221 Parking
- Ch 223 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 227 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 232 Property Maintenance
- Ch 233 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 236 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 239 Rental Property
- Ch 240 Rent Control
- Ch 241 Restricted Areas in Municipal Offices
- Ch 244 Sales, Special
- Ch 246 Salt Storage, Privately Owned
- Ch 248 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 252 Sewers
- Ch 256 Shopping Carts
- Ch 262 Soil Removal
- Ch 266 Solid Waste
- Ch 266 Art VI Proper Handling of Yard Waste
- § 266-29 Definitions.
- § 266-30 Prohibitions.
- § 266-31 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- Ch 268 Stormwater Management
- Ch 270 Street Fairs
- Ch 273 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 277 Swimming Pools
- Ch 279 Taxation
- Ch 280 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 282 Tobacco Products; Smoking
- Ch 284 Towers
- Ch 288 Trailers
- Ch 291 Trees
- Ch 295 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 297 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 299 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 303 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 306 Water
- Ch 310 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 312 Cosmetology
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 341 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 344 Sanitary Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-20-2005 by Ord. No. 05-2350]
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this article clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future; words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, paper
biodegradable bag or other vessel, such as to prevent the yard waste
from spilling or blowing out into the street and coming into contact
with stormwater, stormwater grates and stormwater drains.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-2544]
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive,
or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
not improved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
Leaves, grass clippings, branches and vegetative yard waste.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-2544]
The owner or occupant of any property, or any
employee or contractor of such owner or occupant engaged to provide
lawn care or landscaping services shall not sweep, rake, blow or otherwise
place yard waste, unless the yard waste is containerized, in the street.
If yard waste that is not containerized is placed in the street, the
party responsible for placement of yard waste must remove the yard
waste from the street or said party shall be deemed in violation of
this article.
A.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by
the Police Department andlor other municipal officials of the Borough
of Bergenfield.
