[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Pittsgrove 10-25-2005
by Ord. No. 14-2005. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A chapter to establish requirements to control littering in the Township
of Pittsgrove so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use
in the text of this chapter 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.
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, newspapers, 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.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association,
or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
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 also be deemed to have
violated this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Pittsgrove Township
Public Works Department.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more of the
following: a fine of at least $100 but not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
