As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
A.
For garbage and ashes, is a suitable metal or
plastic receptacle not less than two cubic feet and not more than
3 1/2 cubic feet in capacity in which to place said garbage or ashes
so accumulating on said premises, which said receptacle shall be provided
with a close-fitting metal or plastic cover; and if used for the storage
of garbage or other offensive refuse matter, it shall be watertight.
B.
For litter other than garbage or ashes, shall
be cardboard boxes or cartons or wood boxes.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
Any scrap, lumber, metal, earthsand, bricks, stone, plaster,
roofing and siding material and other debris of a similar nature which
accumulates and is incidental to the construction or major renovation
of buildings, public works or other projects. Light debris from minor
repairs and renovations shall not be construed as construction debris
and shall be construed to be "rubbish."
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
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.
[Amended 4-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
LITTER RECEPTACLE
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
[Added 4-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the borough owned and/or used in the borough
and devoted to acts for passive recreation.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Added 4-18-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-10]
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
or used wholly or in part for private residential purposes or for
commercial uses, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously
uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, ground, walk, driveway,
porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging to or appurtenant to
such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, parking lots
open to the public, parking areas open to the public, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and public buildings.
REFUSE
A.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes
(except body wastes), including ashes, street cleaning, dead animals,
abandoned automobiles or other abandoned personal property and solid
market and industrial wastes.
B.
Garbage, including animal or vegetable matter
originating in homes, kitchens, restaurants, hotels, produce markets,
stores and other places where food and food products are stored and
prepared for sale for human consumption, tin cans, bottles and other
containers, paper and paper products, rags and ashes.
RUBBISH
All those wastes and discarded materials. not constituting
refuse.
SOLID WASTE
Defined as toxic or nontoxic garbage, refuse, any and all
and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial
and agricultural operations and from domestic and community activities,
and shall include all other waste materials.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for
any person to place, cause or suffer to be placed, discard, dump or
dispose, throw or deposit litter, garbage, refuse, rubbish, construction
debris or solid waste on or about the streets, sidewalks or any public
or private property within the borders of the Borough of East Rutherford.