[Adopted 3-20-1990; amended in its entirety 3-24-2003 by Ord. No.
03-08]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An arrangement for the provision of services on a regular
basis. A contract does not have to be in writing unless state law
requires it to be in writing.
A written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt
of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month
from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection
services within the Township of Bloomfield.
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries
of the Township of Bloomfield at least once a week.
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family
residential dwelling or multiple dwelling, or the owner of any commercial
or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries
of the Township of Bloomfield, who generates solid waste at those
premises.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from domestic
and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials,
including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected
by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture
to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.
Any activity related to the pickup and transportation of
solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility
or other destination.
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing
of solid waste.
Includes the plants, structures and other real and personal
property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed
or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of this, or any
other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource-recovery
facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal
of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal
property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful
and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a
sanitary manner.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Every responsible solid waste generator within the
Township of Bloomfield residing in single-family residential housing
within the Township of Bloomfield, in those instances where regular
solid waste collection services are not otherwise provided for by
the municipal solid waste collection service, shall enter into a contract
with any person lawfully providing solid waste collection services
within the Township of Bloomfield.
B.
Every responsible solid waste generator within the
Township of Bloomfield that is an owner of multifamily residential
housing located within the Township of Bloomfield, in those instances
where regular solid waste collection services are not otherwise provided
for by the municipal solid waste collection service, shall enter into
a contract with any person lawfully providing solid waste collection
services within the Township of Bloomfield. It shall be the responsibility
of the owner of any multifamily residential housing to provide a sufficient
number of appropriate waste containers for the deposit of nonrecyclable
waste materials to be disposed of as said waste.
C.
Every responsible solid waste generator within the
Township of Bloomfield that is an owner of a commercial or institutional
building or structure located within the Township of Bloomfield, in
those instances where regular solid waste collection services are
not otherwise provided for by the municipal solid waste collection
service, shall enter into a contract with any person lawfully providing
solid waste collection services within the Township of Bloomfield.
D.
The provision of Subsections A and B hereof shall not apply to any responsible solid waste generator who transports the solid waste which is generated at such generator's residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized by the Township for disposal, provided that the responsible solid waste generator complies with the provision of § 491-13 hereof.
Each responsible solid waste generator in the
Township of Bloomfield shall, within 10 days of a written request
from the Township of Bloomfield, provide proof of collection services.
Proof of collection is to be submitted to the Township Clerk.
Within six months after the effective date of
this chapter and at least once every six months thereafter, the Township
Clerk shall cause a notice to be published in one official newspaper
of the Township, stating the requirements which this chapter imposes
upon responsible solid waste generators. The Clerk shall cause such
other notice to be given, if any, as the Township Council may deem
necessary and appropriate. A failure to give any notice required by
this section shall not relieve a responsible solid waste generator
of its obligations under this article and shall not be grounds for
any claim by such generator.
[Amended 5-21-2012 by Ord. No. 12-31]
Any person who, not less than 20 days after
the receipt of the notice of noncompliance, violates or falls to comply
with the provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject
to the following violations and penalties:
A.
First offense: a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not
exceeding 90 days, or by any combination of such fine, imprisonment
and/or community service.
B.
Second offense: a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not
exceeding 90 days, or by any combination of such fine, imprisonment
and/or community service.
C.
Each offense thereafter: a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
[Amended 7-18-2022 by Ord. No. 22-48]
