This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Teterboro Anti-Litter
Ordinance."
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
AIRCRAFT
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designated
for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft" shall include
helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced
original or copies of any matter of literature:
A.
Which advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
B.
Which directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly
promoting the interest thereof by sales;
C.
Which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged for
the purpose of private gain or profit, but the terms of this subsection shall
not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up for
the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical
performance, exhibition or event of any kind when either of the same is held,
given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information which
is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public
peace, safety and good order, provided that nothing contained in this subsection
shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any meeting,
theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind without a license,
where such license is or may be required by any law of this state or under
any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the borough; or
D.
Which, while containing reading matter other than advertising matter,
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed or circulated
for advertising purposes or for the private benefit and gain of any person
so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste
material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited by this chapter, tends
to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare, and shall also include
any construction material, equipment, scaffolding and other related items
used or usable in the erection, construction, alteration or demolition of
any building which is stored or left on any premises contrary to any other
law, code or ordinance of the borough.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any
newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal Service in accordance
with federal statute or regulation and any newspaper filed and recorded with
any recording officer as provided by general law; and, in addition thereto,
"newspaper" shall mean and include any periodical or current magazine regularly
published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the public.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed
or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not
included in the aforesaid definitions of a commercial handbill or newspaper.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public
area in the borough owned or used by the borough and devoted to active or
passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used
either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited
or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and such term shall
include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox
belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and
all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes),
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, loose earth, street cleanings, dead animals,
abandoned, wrecked or disabled automobiles, bicycles, boats or other transportation
conveyances and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
wood, glass, bedding, household and commercial appliances, tires, crockery,
junk scrap and other similar materials.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may
be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place within the borough except in public receptacles or in
authorized private receptacles for collection or in official borough dumps.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the borough the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning
or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free
of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or
deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the borough the
accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private
driveway or sidewalk. Persons owning or occupying places of business within
the borough shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises free
of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or
deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the borough.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
borough unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any
load or contents of litter from being blown or deposited upon any street,
alley or other public place. Nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle
or truck within the borough the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit
in any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances or
foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the borough
except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be
prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of
the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles
are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the
persons responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.
No person shall throw or deposit in any fountain, pond, lake, stream
or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the borough.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property
within the borough, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner
or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place
or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all
times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however, that this section
shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles
for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private
property within the borough, whether owned by such person or not.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device
calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamp post, public
utility pole or shade tree or upon any public structure or building, except
as may be authorized or required by law.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within the
borough any litter, handbill or any other object.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000,
a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.