[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Totowa 9-4-1951 (Ch. 164, Art. II, of the 1974 Code)]. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No garbage or refuse shall be dumped in the
Borough of Totowa without a permit having first been granted by the
Board of Health.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes the following forms of discarded material in solid
or semisolid form:
Household waste, garbage, swill, slops, sweepings,
bones or grease.
Offal or manure.
Rubbish, trash, rags, furniture, bedding, rubber,
fabrics or excelsior.
Ashes, cinders or soot.
Barrels, boxes or crates.
Debris, rubble or glass.
Dead animals.
Vegetation, grass, leaves, branches, brush,
weeds, clippings, cuttings, stumps or tree trunks.
Paper, cartons or bags.
Unclean or contaminated soil or earth.
Junk, scrap metal, cans, plumbing fixtures or
machinery parts.
Scrap building material, rocks, concrete, plaster,
asbestos, brick, lumber, sand, gravel, tiling or shingles.
Shop, store, office, factory or industrial waste
of all kinds.
Application for a permit to dump garbage or
refuse shall be made in writing to the Secretary of the Board of Health;
said application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant
and the location of the property for which the permit is sought. If
the applicant is a person other than the owner of the property for
which the permit is sought, the consent of the property owner to the
granting of the requested permit shall be endorsed upon the application.
A permit shall be required under the provisions
of this chapter even if the percentage of garbage or refuse, as above
defined, in materials to be dumped shall be only a small percentage
of the total volume of such materials, and any materials that in the
opinion of the Board of Health might be vermin-attracting, insect-breeding
or a fire hazard will be considered to be included in the meaning
of the words "garbage" and "refuse."
[Amended 2-15-1967]
A.
A fee of $25 shall accompany every application for
a permit to collect garbage and refuse in the Borough of Totowa under
a private contract with an individual, firm or corporation.
[Amended 11-20-1968]
B.
The permit, when granted, shall expire on December
31 each year and shall not be transferable.
No site of a dumping ground shall be so situated
as to create a nuisance. Garbage or refuse when dumped shall be covered
with earth fill, to the extent of at least six inches, once each week.
If the Health Officer of the Borough of Totowa determines that, at
any time in any given case, a greater covering of fill is necessary
or a more frequent covering with earth fill is necessary to preserve
the public health or to eliminate or prevent the existence of a nuisance,
the Board of Health may order the person given a permit to dump to
abide by the decisions of the Health Officer to the foregoing effect.
Any person, firm or corporation holding a contract
to collect garbage and refuse in the Borough of Totowa shall immediately,
upon the completion of loading of any truck or vehicle used for such
collection, securely cover said truck or vehicle with canvas or in
some similar manner so that none of the contents of the truck or vehicle
can spill out on the roads of the Borough. In the event of the violation
of this section, any such person, firm or corporation shall be held
liable as well as the driver or operator of any such truck or vehicle.
Any person, firm or corporation transporting
garbage and refuse through the Borough of Totowa shall have all trucks
or vehicles used for such transportation securely covered with canvas
or in some similar manner so that none of the contents of the trucks
or vehicles can spill out on the roads of the Borough. All such trucks
or vehicles so used shall traverse the main thoroughfares of the Borough,
using the most direct routes possible to arrive at their destination,
and shall not traverse any other streets except in the case of emergency
or by special permission of the Board of Health. In the event of the
violation of this section, the owner or owners of the trucks or vehicles
shall be held liable as well as the drivers or operators of any such
trucks or vehicles.
