[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Carteret 10-27-2005
by Ord. No. 05-49. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish requirements to control
littering in the Borough of Carteret so as to protect public health, safety
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use
in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When
not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include
the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and
words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which has been
discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper, or other
natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof, including, but
not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap or detachable tab
of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming
or glowing material or any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass
clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal,
plastic or paper containers or other packaging or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other extraction
processes, logging, sawmilling, fanning or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association,
or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard
or otherwise place any litter of any nature upon public or private property
other than in a litter receptacle or, having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
B.
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed
to fall from a vehicle or boat in violation of this chapter, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have
violated this chapter.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Carteret Police Department and/or
the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250 and/or 60 days in
jail for each offense.