[Adopted 10-4-1982 by Ord. No. 8233]
[Amended 2-23-1995 by Ord. No. 9502; 8-24-1995 by Ord. No. 9515; 4-25-1996 by Ord. No. 9604; 2-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01; 7-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-16]
A.
It shall be the responsibility and obligation of each
owner or occupant of property located in the City of Ventnor City
to place the trash generated at that property for collection at the
curbside of said property. All trash shall be placed at curbside on
the day immediately preceding the collection schedule for said owner
or occupant's property. However, no trash shall be placed at curbside
prior to 5:00 p.m. of the day immediately preceding.
B.
(Reserved)
C.
All grass clippings, leaves, lawn thatching and leafy vegetative waste from lawns, flower beds, shrubs and trees shall be placed loose in reusable containers or in a Kraft/paper yard waste bag. The containers or bags, when filled, shall weigh less than 50 pounds. The containers or bags shall be placed at the curb to be collected as described in Subsection A above.
[Amended 8-24-1995 by Ord. No. 9515; 4-25-1996 by Ord. No.
9604; 7-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-16]
It shall be the responsibility and obligation
of each owner or occupant of property located in the City of Ventnor
City, on the day that collection takes place, to remove any trash
receptacles placed at curbside by that property and return them to
the proper property location no later than 7:00 p.m. on the date of
collection or directly following collection should collection occur
later than 7:00 p.m.
[Added 5-2-1983 by Ord. No. 8317; amended 8-24-1995 by Ord. No.
9515; 4-25-1996 by Ord. No. 9604]
It shall be the responsibility and obligation
of each owner or occupant of property located in the City of Ventnor
City to ensure that the trash receptacle(s) used at that property
for the storage of trash or any bulk item or debris generated at that
property, pending the date of collection, be placed in the rear of
the property whenever possible and, if not possible in the rear, in
a place other than the front of the property so that it may not be
viewed from any public street or walkway.
[Added 4-11-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06; amended 7-25-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-16]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupant of each
premises provided with municipal trash collection to use the primary
container provided by the City for your municipal trash collection.
Containers provided by the City are the property of the City, stay
with the property, cannot be sold, disposed of, donated, or given
to another property, for example. Containers purchased elsewhere can
only be used for additional trash and recycling providing that they
have attached or secured lids. Containers must be used for putting
trash out. Placing bags curbside is not permitted.
[Added 7-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-16]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupant of each
premises provided with municipal trash collection or new owner or
occupant to replace the primary container provided should they no
longer have that container with property, by purchasing same container
from the City of Ventnor. All violations and penalties apply.
[Added 7-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-16; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch.
1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, persons or corporation who shall violate this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.
In addition to or as a substitute for the previously mentioned fine,
the imposition of community service shall be authorized as an additional
penalty, which community service shall not exceed 90 days.
