[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
In the event noncontainerized yard waste is found on any person's
property within the Township, a rebuttable presumption shall arise
that the owner and/or occupant of the property in front of which said
noncontainerized yard waste is located has improperly disposed of
yard waste contrary to the provisions of this subsection.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
a.
CONTAINERIZED – The placement of yard waste in a trash can,
bucket, bag or other vessel, such as to prevent the yard waste from
spilling or blowing out into the street and coming into contact with
stormwater.
b.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
c.
STREET – Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct,
drive, or other way, which is an existing State, County, or municipal
roadway, and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved
or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
d.
YARD WASTE – Leaves and grass clippings.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The owner or occupant of any property, or any employee or contractor
of such owner or occupant engaged to provide lawn care or landscaping
services, shall not sweep, rake, blow or otherwise place yard waste,
unless the yard waste is containerized, into the street. If yard waste
that is not containerized is placed in the street, the party responsible
for placement of yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street
or said party shall be deemed in violation of this subsection.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
A summons alleging a violation of this section may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any law enforcement
officer. Alternatively, any individual may file a complaint with the
Millstone Township Municipal Court, which shall issue a summons in
accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court.
In the event noncontainerized yard waste is found in the street
along any person's property within the Township, a rebuttable presumption
shall arise that the owner and/or occupant of the property in front
of which said noncontainerized yard waste is located has improperly
disposed of yard waste contrary to the provisions of this subsection.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this subsection shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5. Any person issued a first or second violation hereunder within a year and who intends to plead guilty to the charge shall not be required to make a court appearance, but shall pay a fine of $50 for a first offense and $100 for a second offense. Third and subsequent offenses within a year require a court appearance and it is the intention that he/she be punished severely, within the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary. The definitions
below are the same as or based on corresponding definitions in the
New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at
N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
a.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE – Waste and wastewater from humans or household
operations.
b.
ILLICIT CONNECTION – Any physical or nonphysical connection
that discharges domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, process
wastewater, or other industrial waste (other than stormwater) to the
municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township of
Millstone, unless that discharge is authorized under a NJPDES permit
other than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General Permit (NJPDES
Permit Number NJ0141852). Nonphysical connections may include, but
are not limited to, leaks, flows, or overflows into the municipal
separate storm sewer system.
c.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE – Nondomestic waste, including, but not limited
to, those pollutants regulated under Section 307(a), (b), or (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b), or
(c)).
d.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) – A conveyance
or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal
streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels,
or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township of Millstone
or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and
conveying stormwater.
e.
NJPDES PERMIT – A permit issued by the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
f.
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER – Water used to reduce temperature
for the purpose of cooling. Such waters do not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product (other than heat) or finished
product. Non-contact cooling water may, however, contain algaecides,
or biocides to control fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers,
and/or corrosion inhibitors.
g.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
h.
PROCESS WASTEWATER – Any water which, during manufacturing
or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the
production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished
product, by-product, or waste product. Process wastewater includes,
but is not limited to, leachate and cooling water other than non-contact
cooling water.
i.
STORMWATER – Water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to
the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged through
an illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Township of Millstone any domestic sewage, non-contact
cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial waste (other
than stormwater).
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
This subsection shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Township of Millstone.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
a.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) – A conveyance
or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal
streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels,
or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township of Millstone
or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and
conveying stormwater.
b.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
c.
STORMWATER – Water resulting from precipitation (including
rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to
the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage
or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township
of Millstone is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of
materials other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge
of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also
prohibited.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
a.
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
b.
Uncontaminated ground water (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising ground waters).
c.
Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and non-contact cooling
water).
d.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).
e.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
f.
Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
g.
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
h.
Flows from firefighting activities.
i.
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
1.
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications. Prior
to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials
must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent
practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping).
Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly
discarded.
2.
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
This subsection shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Township of Millstone.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
a.
LITTER – 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, or
any top, 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, glass, 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, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
b.
LITTER RECEPTACLE – A container suitable for the depositing
of litter.
c.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than a litter receptacle, or having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
b.
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from
a vehicle or boat in violation of this subsection, the operator or
owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed
to have violated this subsection.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
A summons alleging a violation of this subsection may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any law enforcement
officer. Alternatively, any individual may file a complaint with the
Millstone Township Municipal Court, which shall issue a summons in
accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
a.
IMMEDIATE – Removal of pet solid waste at once, without delay.
b.
OWNER/KEEPER – Any person who shall possess, maintain, house
or harbor any pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or
not the owner of such pet.
c.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
d.
PET – Any animal (other than a disability assistance animal)
kept for any period of time at any residence located within Millstone
Township.
e.
PET SOLID WASTE – Waste matter expelled from the bowels of
the pet; excrement.
f.
PROPER DISPOSAL – Placement in a designated waste receptacle,
or other suitable container, and discarded in a refuse container which
is regularly emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector;
or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper
treatment and disposal.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly
dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property, public
or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection while
such animal is being used for that purpose.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
A summons alleging a violation of this subsection may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any law enforcement
officer. Alternatively, any individual may file a complaint with the
Millstone Township Municipal Court, which shall issue a summons in
accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
The following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.
a.
FEED – To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter
any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
b.
PERSON – Any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
c.
DOMESTICATED – Animals that are housed in or at a residence
located within or beyond the Township of Millstone.
d.
WILDLIFE – All animals that are not domesticated.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Township of Millstone, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, stables,
parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers).
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
A summons alleging a violation of this subsection may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any law enforcement
officer. Alternatively, any individual may file a complaint with the
Millstone Township Municipal Court, which shall issue a summons in
accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court.
[Ord. No. 05-48 § I]
[Ord. No. 10-31]
The following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future,
words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words
used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Millstone or other public body, and is designed
and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the
boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 10-31]
No person in control of private property (except a residential
lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing
(excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including
top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of
hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct
contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that property unless
the storm drain inlet either:
[Ord. No. 10-31]
Storm drain inlets identified in § 35-16-7.2 above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see Subsection c below.
a.
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
1.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe
grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible
Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996);
or
2.
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has
an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or is no greater than 0.5
inch across the smallest dimension.
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in
grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination
inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates,
and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces
include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking
areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels,
and stormwater basin floors.
b.
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space
in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb
opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more
than 7.0 square inches, or be no greater than 2.0 inches across the
smallest dimension.
c.
This standard does not apply:
1.
Where the Municipal Engineer agrees that this standard would cause
inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome
by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;
2.
Where flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting
facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that
is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable
materials that could not pass through one of the following:
3.
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars
with one inch spacing between the bars; or
4.
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines,
pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C.
7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that
constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey
Register listed historic property.
[Ord. No. 10-31]
A summons alleging a violation of this section may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any individual
may file a complaint with the Millstone Township Municipal Court,
which shall issue a summons in accordance with the New Jersey Rules
of Court.
[Ord. No. 10-31]
[Ord. No. 10-31]
The following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future,
words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words
used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by Township of Millstone or other public body, and is designed and
used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any waste container that a person controls whether owned,
leased, or operated, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage pails,
and plastic trash bags.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the
boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 10-31]
Any person who controls, whether owned, leased, or operated,
a refuse container or dumpster must ensure that such container or
dumpster is covered at all times and shall prevent refuse from spilling
out or overflowing.
Any person who owns, leases or otherwise uses a refuse container
or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster does not leak
or otherwise discharge liquids, semiliquids or solids to the municipal
separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township of Millstone.
[Ord. No. 10-31]
a.
Permitted temporary demolition containers;
b.
Litter receptacles (other than dumpsters or other bulk containers);
c.
Individual homeowner trash and recycling containers;
d.
Refuse containers at facilities authorized to discharge stormwater
under a valid NJPDES permit;
e.
Large bulky items (e.g., furniture, bound carpet and padding, white
goods placed curbside for pickup).
[Ord. No. 10-31]
A summons alleging a violation of this section may be issued
by the Millstone Township Code Enforcement Officer or by any law enforcement
officer. Alternatively, any individual may file a complaint with the
Millstone Township Municipal Court, which shall issue a summons in
accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court.
