[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt of service
for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month from a person lawfully
engaging in private solid waste collection services within the Township or
receipts from a solid waste facility evidencing that a responsible solid waste
generator has transported his solid waste directly to that facility for disposal.
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries of the
Township at least once a week.
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family residential
dwelling or multiple dwelling or the owner of any commercial or institutional
building or structure located within the boundaries of the Township who generates
solid waste at those premises.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from industrial,
commercial and agricultural operations and from domestic and community activities,
and shall include all other waste materials, including liquids, except for
solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by
the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes
to swine to their own farms.
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid waste
from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other destination.
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid
waste.
The storage, treatment, utilization, processing or final disposal
of solid waste.
Includes the plants, structures and other real and personal property
acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated
by any person pursuant to the provisions of this or any other act, including
transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill
facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles,
equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances
necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid
waste in a sanitary manner.
A.
Each responsible solid waste generator residing in single-family
residential housing within the Township for which solid waste collection is
not provided for by the Township shall, if such generator has not already
done so, enter into a contract for regular solid waste collection service
with any person lawfully providing solid waste collection services within
the Township. The foregoing requirement shall not apply in those instances
where the responsible solid waste generator is transporting the solid waste
which is generated at such residential premises directly to the solid waste
facility utilized by the Township for disposal.
B.
The responsible solid waste generator for each multifamily
residential housing within the Township for which solid waste collection is
not provided by the Township shall, if such generator has not already done
so, enter into a contract for regular solid waste collection service with
any person lawfully providing private solid waste collection services within
the Township. The foregoing requirement shall not apply in those instances
where the responsible solid waste generator is transporting the solid waste
which is generated at such residential premises directly to the solid waste
facility utilized by the Township for disposal. It shall be the responsibility
of the owner of the multiple dwelling to provide a sufficient number of appropriate
solid waste containers for the deposit of nonrecyclable waste materials to
be disposed of as solid waste.
C.
Each responsible solid waste generator, in the case of
any commercial or institutional building or structure located within the Township
for which regular solid waste collection services are not otherwise provided,
shall enter into a contract with any person lawfully providing private solid
waste collection services within the Township.
Each responsible solid waste generator within the Township who is transporting
the solid waste which is generated at his or her residential premises directly
to the solid waste facility utilized by the Township for disposal shall furnish
proof of collection service to the Township at least once every 12 months.
In order to fulfill the requirements of this section, the responsible solid
waste generator may include the proof of collection service with the municipal
tax payment mailed to the Township Tax Collector.
The Township shall, within six months of the effective date of this
article and at least once every six months thereafter, notify all responsible
solid waste generators of the requirements of this article. This notification
shall be provided by placing an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in
the Township or by notice posted in public places where public notices are
customarily posted or by inclusion with other notices mailed to taxpayers
or by such other means as the Township Council shall deem necessary and appropriate.
The Township Council, at its discretion, may request any solid waste
collector engaging in private solid waste collection services within the Township
to assist the Township in identifying responsible solid waste generators who
fail to comply with the requirements of this article.
Any responsible solid waste generator who, after receipt of not less
than 10 days' notice of noncompliance, violates or fails to comply with the
provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or
imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court.
The provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Township Council may request that every solid waste collector
engaging in private solid waste collection services within the Township who
is registered pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 of P.L. 1970, c. 39 (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-4
and 13:1E-5) and holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant
to Sections 7 and 10 of P.L. 1970, c. 40 (N.J.S.A. 48:13A-6 and 48:13A-9)
provide all responsible solid waste generators with the opportunity to contract
for, on an individual basis, regular solid waste collection services, if the
responsible solid waste generator is required to do so by this article.
Upon the adoption of this article and at any time the Township requests a solid waste collector to provide all responsible solid waste generators with the opportunity to contract for regular solid waste collection services pursuant to § 108-7 of this article, the Township Council shall notify the Board of Public Utilities of these actions by certified mail.
Upon the adoption of this article, the Township Council shall notify
the owner or operator of every solid waste facility utilized by the Township
of this action by certified mail.
