Borough of Berlin, NJ
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2023-06-08
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 278 Solid Waste
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Article IV Containerized Yard Waste
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Celebration Advisory Committee
- Ch 7 Claims Procedure
- Ch 8 Community Center, Use of
- Ch 9 Contracts, Public
- Ch 11 Court, Municipal
- Ch 13 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 16 Business Advisory Committee
- Ch 18 Emergency and Ambulance Services
- Ch 20 Fire Department
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 28 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 35 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 42 Nepotism
- Ch 46 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 49 Personnel Policies
- Ch 52 Police Department
- Ch 55 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 59 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 61 Retirement
- Ch 62 Salaries
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Water Department
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 76 Airports
- Ch 79 Alarms
- Ch 80 Key Lock Box Emergency Access System
- Ch 82 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Animals
- Ch 92 Bamboo and Other Invasive Plant Species
- Ch 98 Boardinghouses, Rooming Houses and Hotels
- Ch 101 Brush, Weeds and Obnoxious Debris
- Ch 105 Buildings and Structures, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 111 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 119 Checks, Returned
- Ch 129 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 132 Contractors and Sign Erectors
- Ch 136 Criminal Registration
- Ch 140 Curfew
- Ch 148 Drug- and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 150 Disturbing the Peace
- Ch 162 Fire Prevention
- Ch 167 Flood Management Regulations
- Ch 173 Games of Chance
- Ch 176 Garage Sales
- Ch 179 Gas- and Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 182 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 190 Lead-Based Paint
- Ch 193 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 197 Insurance
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 211 Loitering
- Ch 218 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 226 Nuisances
- Ch 232 Parking
- Ch 234 Parking Areas, Municipal
- Ch 236 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 237 Nonprofit Organizations
- Ch 238 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers in
- Ch 241 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 244 Property, Defaulted Mortgage
- Ch 246 Property Maintenance
- Ch 253 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 256 Rental Properties
- Ch 261 Sewers
- Ch 263 Sex Offender Residency Prohibition
- Ch 266 Shows, Circuses, Carnivals and Amusements
- Ch 268 Signs
- Ch 270 Smoking
- Ch 274 Soil Removal
- Ch 278 Solid Waste
- Ch 278 Art IV Containerized Yard Waste
- § 278-19 Purpose.
- § 278-20 Definitions.
- § 278-21 Prohibited conduct.
- § 278-22 Enforcement.
- § 278-23 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 282 Sound Trucks
- Ch 284 Storm Sewers
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management
- Ch 287 Streets, Sidewalks and Curbs
- Ch 292 Swimming Pools
- Ch 296 Tattooing, Body Piercing and Body Branding
- Ch 299 Taxation
- Ch 301 Taxicabs
- Ch 306 Towing
- Ch 309 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 315 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 320 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 327 Water
- Ch 332 Youth Programs
- Ch 335 Zoning and Land Use
- Ch 336 Stormwater Control
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 341 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 345 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 355 Sanitation
- Ch 358 Sewer Connections
- Appendix
- Ch A365 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-7]
An article to establish requirements for the
proper handling and disposal of yard waste in the Borough of Berlin,
so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for the failure to comply.
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, 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.
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
unimproved, and may comprise of pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
Leaves and grass clippings.
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 said yard waste from the street or said party shall be deemed
in violation of this article.
This article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and/or other municipal officials of the Borough of Berlin.
Any person, entity or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, before the Municipal Court of the Borough of Berlin, be subject
to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for
a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal
Court Judge before whom such defendant shall be convicted. A separate
offense may be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs
or continues.
