[1]
Editor's Note: The title of this article, which was formerly
Solid Waste Utility, was amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
A.
A Solid Waste and Recycling Utility is hereby created to transact
the collection and disposal of eligible solid waste and recyclable
materials as defined herein and related support services, as provided
by law.
B.
Said solid waste and recycling utility is assigned as a function
of the Department of Business Administration.
A.
The cost of collection and disposal of eligible solid waste, including
designated recyclable materials, and related support services shall
be raised, as herein provided, by billing only residential properties
of 10 or fewer dwelling units. To further explain, all property within
the City shall be subject to municipal collection, with the exception
of the following:
(1)
Business properties.
(2)
Commercial properties (e.g., restaurants, stores).
(3)
Industrial properties (e.g., warehouses, factories).
(4)
Residential properties of more than 10 dwelling units.
(5)
Mobile home parks.
(6)
Condominiums of more than 10 dwelling units.
(7)
Mixed-use properties where the predominant use is one of the above-listed
uses. (For mixed-use properties, eligibility shall be determined by
the Tax Assessor, based in part on the New Jersey Property Classification
Codes as assigned in the current year certified Tax List.)
(8)
Vacant lots or vacant lands.
(9)
Any and all other nonresidential properties (e.g., schools, churches).
B.
No solid waste shall be collected from the above-listed properties,
nor shall any part of the cost of collecting and disposing of solid
waste be billed to these properties.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
A.
The Solid Waste and Recycling Utility shall be self-liquidating with
a dedicated budget as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:A4-34 through 40A:4-36.
B.
The governing body shall annually adopt a dedicated budget for the
Solid Waste and Recycling Utility that covers any and all anticipated
costs associated with the collection and disposal of eligible solid
waste, including designated recyclable materials and related support
services.
There shall be raised by levying and collections, in accordance
with rules, regulations and procedures promulgated by the Council
of the City of Vineland, a solid waste service charge, which shall
be a fixed fee per dwelling unit based upon a rate or rates determined
by the Council of the City of Vineland to be sufficient to provide
funds for the payment of the cost of collection and disposal of eligible
solid waste, including designated recyclable materials, from the residences
of the City of Vineland, and related support services.
A.
Property owners subject to municipal collection shall be billed monthly
and in a like manner with other municipal utilities. Failure to make
payment of a solid waste service charge shall be deemed a delinquency
in a like manner with other municipal utilities. Any money collected
pursuant to this article is to be used solely to provide for the support
of the Solid Waste and Recycling Utility.
[Amended 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-29]
B.
Any delinquent balance of amounts billed pursuant to this article
shall be a lien upon the land against which they are billed in the
same manner that taxes are made a lien against land pursuant to Title
54 of the Revised Statutes, and the payment thereof shall be enforced
within the same time and in the same manner and by the same proceedings
as the payment of taxes is otherwise enforced by the Division of Taxation
under Title 54.
