As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES AND REFUSE
Includes the residue of any material used as fuel for heating
or cooking purposes after combustion has taken place, broken or discarded
crockery, glassware, rags, broken furniture, household utensils, house
sweepings, bottles, tin cans, lawn cuttings, hedge trimmings, garden
weeds and growth, brush and dead leaves, but not building material
or fixtures, trees, earth, stones or industrial waste.
GARBAGE
Includes the refuse of animal and vegetable matter which
has been used as food and all other household waste matter, exclusive
of ashes and refuse as herein defined.
The scavenger service shall be subject to the
supervision of the Township Engineer and pursuant to further rules
and regulations drawn up by him and approved by the Township Committee,
which approval may be by resolution.
It shall be the duty of each scavenger whenever
so requested by any person or resident within the Township to call
for, remove or carry away from every dwelling, store, tenement, building
or other place all rubbish, garbage, ashes and other refuse matter
which may be placed in receptacles suitable for removal. No scavenger
or person employed under his authority shall neglect or refuse to
remove any such material which has been placed in receptacles for
removal, nor shall he molest or annoy any inhabitant or housekeeper
by improper words or behavior or disorderly conduct upon the premises
of such inhabitant or housekeeper. Every scavenger shall conduct his
business in the least offensive manner.
The Township Engineer is hereby designated by
the Township Committee as its agent to supervise and enforce the rules
and regulations of this article, but the Township Committee by resolution
may designate any other Township employee to perform the duties herein
delegated to the Township Engineer.
[Amended 4-7-1987 by Ord. No. 1724]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $10
nor more than $50 for each and every offense.