[HISTORY: Derived from Section 4-1 of the 1972 Revised General Ordinances, as amended through 10-1-1998. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 152.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Includes garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which is thrown, allowed to blow from a vehicle or is deposited or maintained as herein prohibited.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, ragweed and other trash or debris.
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 sweep, throw, deposit, dump or maintain litter in or upon any occupied, open or vacant property, whether owned by such person or not, or in or upon any streets, sidewalks, park or public place or any pond, lake or stream or other body of water within the township except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection. Persons placing or maintaining 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 or upon private property.
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the township an accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep their premises free of any accumulation of litter.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the township unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its load, contents or 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 township the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, very sticky substance, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
Whenever it is discovered that there is located upon any private property an accumulation of litter and it is determined that, for the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare or to eliminate a fire hazard, any such accumulation of litter should be removed, the owner or tenant of said lands shall be served with a notice by the Police Department, Health Officer or Zoning Officer requiring such owner or tenant to remove such accumulation of litter from said premises. Failure of such owner or tenant to remove such accumulation of litter shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
If any owner or tenant of property who has been ordered to remove an accumulation of litter, as provided for in § 114-5, shall fail or refuse to do so, the Township of Hardyston may cause such accumulation of litter to be removed. The officer in charge of such removal shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Council, which shall examine the certificate and, if found to be correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands in accordance with the provision of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such 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.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a minimum fine or penalty of $500 and shall be subject to the minimum fine and other penalties as specified in  Chapter 1, General Provisions.