[Adopted 8-24-1964 (§ 3-2 of the 1975 General
Ordinances)]
[Amended 6-13-1990 by Ord. No. 06-90; 7-10-1996 by Ord. No.
10-96]
No person shall within the limits of the Township,
throw, dump, cast or deposit paper, paper products, bottles, tin cans,
containers, automobile parts, junk, more than one wrecked or abandoned
or unlicensed motor vehicle not carrying current New Jersey inspection
approval tags, unusable machines or part of machines, metal, trash,
garbage, debris, or other waste materials upon open fields, woods,
or private property or upon or along any public street, highway or
other public place, provided that this section shall not be construed
to prohibit the placing of such materials as are removed from the
Township by the person or corporation authorized by the Township through
contract to remove the same when placed in suitable containers for
that purpose. Farm machinery kept on the farmer's own premises is
excluded from the provisions of this section. No owner/landlord, or
tenant, of any commercial mall or shopping center shall permit any
of the garbage, rubbish or trash described above to be distributed
upon open fields, woods or private property, or upon or along any
public street, highway or public place and the owner/landlord and
tenant of such commercial mall or shopping center shall be responsible
for any such waste material distributed by customers of the aforesaid
commercial establishments.
[Amended 6-13-1990 by Ord. No. 06-90]
No person or persons shall keep, store, abandon, or leave upon any parcel of land, street, road, alley, way or parkway in the Township a motor vehicle not currently used for transportation and not being licensed for the current year or which cannot be readily operated under its own power; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be determined to prohibit the placing, keeping or storing of any such motor vehicle in a garage or other building in the Township, or not more than one such motor vehicle on private property not in a garage; provided, however, that any such motor vehicle not stored in a garage shall be stored in the rear yard of the property as defined in Chapter 361, Design and Performance Standards, and no closer to any side yard line or rear yard line than shall be permitted for the principal structure in the zone in which the property is located.
No person shall permit land to be covered with
or contain refuse or debris resulting from the construction activities
or the demolishing of a building which refuse or debris has remained
on the land for more than 30 days after the completion of the construction
activities or the demolition work. Salvaged building materials neatly
stored on the owner's premises shall not be considered refuse or debris.
Upon complaint of any resident or property owner
of the Township, or any employee of the Township, or upon his own
motion, the Health Officer or Police Chief or their designated agents
shall make an investigation of the condition complained of and report
thereon, in writing, to the Township Clerk for the Township Committee.
Upon receiving the report, if the land in question about which the complaint was made is found to be in such condition that a violation of one or more of the provisions of § 290-1 hereof exists on the land, the Township Clerk shall notify the owner and possessor of the lands complained of, in writing, either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to take such steps as will effectively remove the violation from the land, within 10 days after receipt of the notice.
The Health Officer or Police Chief or their
designated agents shall reinspect the lands after the ten-day period
shall have expired and shall report, in writing, to the Township Clerk
for the Township Committee whether or not the unlawful condition complained
of and previously found to exist in violation of this article has
been abated or remedied.
In the event that the owner or possessor the
lands shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy the condition complained
of and which constituted a violation of this article, after the 10
days' notice, the Township Committee shall cause the condition complained
of to be abated and remedied.
Upon the removal of any of the materials prohibited
to be stored or abandoned on lands by this article by or under the
direction of such officer or officers of this Township in cases where
the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove same
in the manner and within the time provided above, such officer or
officers shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee,
which shall examine the certificate, and if found correct, shall cause
the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands, the amount
so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall
be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed
and levied upon the lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate
as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers
and in the same manner as taxes.
