[Adopted 5-13-1958 by Ord. No. 58-14]
The collection, removal and disposal of garbage, rubbish and
ashes shall include any and all waste matter in the Borough of Kenilworth,
including all refuse that may be disposed of in Clean-Up Week but
excepting manufacturing and industrial waste and ashes or cinders
from buildings or from premises in which steam power is used for manufacturing
purposes. If there should be any question as to what is intended to
be collected and removed in the Borough, the Public Works Chairman
shall be the judge of what was intended to be collected.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All kitchen refuse, animal or vegetable matter and offal,
and all decaying and decomposing substances which may accumulate in
the Borough, together with paper liners which may be used for sanitary
purposes in containers.
Includes all of the accumulations and waste substances from
private houses and premises, boardinghouses, stores and all public
places and shall include particularly such articles as ashes, paper
cartons, wooden boxes, paper and paper materials, tin cans, rags,
corn husks, grass, lawn and yard rakings, hedge and plant trimmings,
discarded household receptacles and utensils, toys and such other
household equipment as may be discarded from a private residence,
and such articles and things as are daily discarded from a private
residence, and such articles and objects as are daily thrown into
wastebaskets and rubbish containers, but shall not include building
materials nor the refuse from any new building nor the refuse from
any old building which is torn down in whole or in part nor trade
waste from manufacturing plants, trees, tree branches, tree stumps
nor waste from excavations, broken concrete or dead animals. If there
should be any question as to what is intended to be collected and
removed in the Borough, the Public Works Chairperson shall be the
judge of what was intended to be collected.
A.
All wastepaper, excelsior, rags, clothes, bedding, paper cartons,
wooden boxes, hedge and plant trimmings, discarded household receptacles
and utensils, toys and all other such items which may be discarded
from time to time but do not fall within the classification of garbage
and rubbish which would be in the realm of materials that are discarded
normally on every collection day shall be picked up on the last collection
day of each month.
[Amended 9-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-13]
B.
All cardboard boxes, wooden boxes and like materials shall be broken,
flattened and securely tied for convenient loading and to prevent
papers and debris from being allowed to scatter onto the street or
adjoining properties.
C.
All hedge and plant trimmings shall be broken and securely tied for
the same reasons.
D.
All leaves shall be in containers, boxes, baskets or plastic bags
easily handled for dumping or loading into or onto the garbage or
collection trucks.
[Added 5-28-1968 by Ord.
No. 68-13]
E.
All branches shall be picked up on such days as the Mayor and Council
shall by resolution designate. All branches shall be cut to or be
in lengths no longer than five feet in length and shall be tied in
bundles. All trunks of trees shall be in lengths between 18 inches
and 20 inches. Lumber from minor home repairs will be picked up on
such days as the Mayor and Council by resolution shall designate,
but all such lumber shall be cut to four-foot lengths and tied in
bundles.
[Added 5-28-1968 by Ord.
No. 68-13]
F.
No automobile or motor vehicle parts of any kind and no lumber from
major construction or reconstruction or from demolition shall be collected,
and no person shall place any such items in any place intending that
they be collected as rubbish or refuse.
[Added 5-28-1968 by Ord.
No. 68-13; amended 11-13-1990 by Ord. No. 90-14]
G.
Grass, lawn and yard rakings shall be properly bagged and sealed
so as to prevent the contents from spilling or leaking out when picked
up. No person shall bag, permit or cause to be bagged with grass clippings
any household garbage, household items, cans, bottles, construction
materials or debris or any other item other than grass clippings,
lawn and yard rakings.
[Added 9-14-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-13]
[Amended 6-26-1990 by Ord. No. 90-6]
A.
Collections made from manufacturing plants, stores, business operations
and all locations not used as a residence shall be limited to the
collecting of garbage and debris that would be expected to be found
in the usual offices and rest rooms of manufacturing plants, stores,
business operations and all locations not used as a residence. It
shall not include any garbage or waste from the manufacture, processing
or other commercially generated refuse. Commercially generated refuse
includes but is not limited to decayed vegetables, fruits, foodstuffs,
boxes and containers.
B.
(Reserved)
C.
(Reserved)
[Amended 4-13-1965 by Ord. No. 65-9; 5-14-1968 by Ord. No. 68-6]
The collection schedule which shall be adhered to in the collection
of garbage and ashes in the Borough of Kenilworth shall be fixed and
revised from time to time by resolution of the governing body.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04]
All garbage, as defined, shall be deposited by the owner in
a standard suitable container or bundle curbside. "Suitable container"
is defined to be a metal, rubber or plastic receptacle with a tight-fitting
cover, so constructed as to prevent spilling or leaking of its contents.
Each receptacle for use in a single residence shall have a capacity
of not less than 20 gallons nor more than 30 gallons and be equipped
with a pull handle or handles. Plastic bags of any capacity and grade
may not be used for the disposal of wet garbage. The total weight
of any container shall not exceed 75 pounds.
[Amended 5-28-1968 by Ord. No. 68-13; 11-13-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16; 4-28-1992 by Ord. No. 92-7]
A.
Collections shall start no earlier than 4:30 a.m. and shall be completed
no later than 5:00 p.m., and householders and other persons, firms
and corporations shall place their garbage receptacles no more than
10 feet from the curb. The placing of garbage, cleanup or recyclables
at the curbside at any residence or buildings in the Borough shall
not take place prior to 5:00 p.m. on the night before the regularly
scheduled pickup. All receptacles shall thereafter be removed from
the curb no later than 7:30 p.m. on the day of collection.
[Amended 9-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-14; 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04]
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the landlord, owner or person in
charge of any residence or building to inform tenants of garbage,
cleanup and recycling requirements of the Borough as set forth herein.
Failure to comply with any of these requirements will be the responsibility
of said landlord, owner or person otherwise in charge of the residence
or building.
[Amended 11-13-1990 by Ord. No. 90-15]
No collections will be made in the Borough of Kenilworth on
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Memorial Day, July
4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Collections will be
made the next regularly scheduled collection day.
[Amended 9-11-1979 by Ord. No. 79-19; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
[Added 10-9-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-22]
A.
No person or business shall place or permit to be placed garbage,
trash, household items or refuse of any kind from outside of the Borough
of Kenilworth on any Borough property or any other area within the
Borough intending that it shall be collected or received in any manner
by the Department of Public Works.
B.
Each item so placed shall be deemed a separate violation of this
section.
[Added 9-14-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-13]
The Police Department, Board of Health and the Superintendent
of the Department of Public Works are hereby designated as the enforcing
agents pursuant to this article. Any summons issued pursuant to this
article shall issue in the name of the Borough of Kenilworth and be
prosecuted in the Municipal Court.
