[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hazlet 5-16-1989 by Ord. No. 747-89 as Sec. 6-16 of the
1982 Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 213 of the 1993 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meanings
given herein:
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any printed or written matter, any sample, circular, leaflet,
pamphlet, paper, booklet, newspaper, magazine or any other printed
or otherwise reproduced original copies of any matter of literature,
whether or not produced for commercial purposes.
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, of
any type, 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, grass, 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, saw milling, farming or manufacturing.[1]
A park, playground, recreation center or any other public
area in the Township of Hazlet.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any dwelling house, building, commercial establishment or
other structure, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously
uninhabited, used or not, or vacant building or structure or lot,
and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps
or vestibule appurtenant to or adjoining any such dwelling house,
building, commercial establishment or other structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, rights-of-way
or other public ways, and all public areas, spaces, grounds or buildings.
Ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned motor vehicles,
tires, construction material, toxic waste, paint products chemical
products, wood, metal, tin, abandoned equipment, furniture and bedding,
household furnishings, crockery and similar items.
Paper, wrappings, tobacco products, cardboard and similar
items.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or
upon any park or public place within the Township of Hazlet except
in public receptacles. Persons placing litter in public receptacles
shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or
deposited by the elements upon any park or public place, or upon private
property.
The owner or person in control of any private
property shall, at all times, maintain such property free of litter,
including the sidewalk or right-of-way in front of the premises, and
no person shall sweep or deposit in any street or gutter or other
public place within the Township of Hazlet the accumulation of litter
from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or
driveway. The storage of litter in private receptacles for collection
shall not be prohibited under this section, provided that persons
placing litter in 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 private property or upon any public place.
The following acts are specifically prohibited
under this chapter:
A.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle,
shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public area
within the Township of Hazlet, or upon private property.
B.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle
within the Township of Hazlet unless such vehicle is so constructed
or loaded as to prevent any load or contents from being blown or deposited
upon any street, alley or other public area.
C.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any pond,
lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in the Township of Hazlet.
D.
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or
upon any sidewalk, street or other public area within the Township
of Hazlet. Nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any
commercial handbill in any public area; provided, however, that it
shall not be unlawful in a public area in the Township of Hazlet for
any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver
thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept
it. Moreover, no person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or
upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful
in any public area for a person to hand out or distribute, without
charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant
of a vehicle who is willing to accept it. Finally, no person shall
throw, deposit or distribute any handbill upon any private property,
if requested by anyone therein not to do so or if there is placed
on said property in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof
a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents,"
"No Advertisement" or any similar notice indicating in any manner
that the occupants of said property do not desire to be molested or
have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any handbills left
upon such premises. No person shall throw or deposit any handbill
in or upon any private property which is temporarily or continuously
uninhabited or vacant.
E.
No person shall post or affix any signage or handbills,
calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamppost,
public utility pole or shade tree or upon any public structure or
building, except as may be authorized by law. Signage to include,
but not limited to, are garage sales, political, advertisements and
real estate.
[Amended 8-5-1997 by Ord. No. 1061-97]
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized
and empowered to notify the owner, tenant or person in possession
of any private property upon which litter has been thrown or deposited
to properly dispose of the litter located on such property. Such notice
shall be provided by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
in person. Upon the failure, negligence or refusal of any such person
to remove the litter from the private property within the time period
specified in the written notice, the Code Enforcement Officer is hereby
authorized and empowered to have the litter removed, and where such
litter has been removed at the expense of the Township of Hazlet,
the actual cost thereof shall be charged to the owner of such property
on the next regular tax bill and shall become a part of the taxes,
bearing interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected
in the same manner as taxes. The cost assessed herein shall be in
addition to any penalties imposed for violations of this chapter.
B.
Each and every day in which any violation exists and
each and every premises upon which a violation occurs shall constitute
a separate offense under this section.
C.
In lieu of a fine or imprisonment, the Municipal Judge
may impose community service for a period not to exceed 90 days in
accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
D.
Enforcement of this section for the purpose of charging
violations of this section shall be by the Code Enforcement Officer
or his or her designee, the Township Police Department or the Health
Officer or Sanitary Inspectors of the Monmouth County Health Department.
[Amended 8-5-1997 by Ord. No. 1061-97][2]
