City of Long Branch, NJ
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2024-02-28
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 111 Plastic, Single-Use
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Article III Enforcement, Violations and Penalties
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Affordable Housing Agency
- Ch 7 Third-Party Payroll Disbursement
- Ch 8 Americans With Disabilities Act Committee
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Cable Television Commission
- Ch 17 Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 19 Contracts
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 29 Education, Board of
- Ch 32 Emergency Management Council
- Ch 35 Environmental Commission
- Ch 38 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 41 Fair Housing Task Force
- Ch 45 Fire Department
- Ch 53 Historian
- Ch 56 Housing Authority
- Ch 59 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 62 Industrial and Economic Development Committee
- Ch 66 Landlord-Tenant Review Board
- Ch 69 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 70 Mutual Aid
- Ch 72 Parking Authority
- Ch 75 Personnel
- Ch 78 Police Department
- Ch 84 Self Insurance Fund
- Ch 87 Senior Citizen Affairs, Department of
- Ch 90 Sewage Authority
- Ch 94 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 103 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 104 Cannabis, Licensed Businesses
- Ch 105 Raffles
- Ch 106 Amusements
- Ch 109 Animals
- Ch 110 Balloons, Intentional Release of
- Ch 111 Plastic, Single-Use
- Ch 111 Art III Enforcement, Violations and Penalties
- § 111-8 Enforcement.
- § 111-9 Grace period.
- § 111-10 Violations and penalties.
- § 111-11 Remedies and penalties cumulative.
- Ch 114 Beach Clubs
- Ch 116 Beaches
- Ch 117 Municipal Swim Pool Complex
- Ch 119 Bicycles
- Ch 123 Boardinghouses
- Ch 125 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 128 Buildings, Design of
- Ch 130 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 134 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 140 Cesspools
- Ch 147 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 150 Curfew
- Ch 158 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 166 Fees
- Ch 170 Firearms
- Ch 173 Fire Prevention
- Ch 177 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 181 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 185 Garage Sales
- Ch 189 Graffiti
- Ch 193 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 195 Heavy Equipment Use
- Ch 197 Hotels and Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 203 Insurance
- Ch 206 Landscapers, Licensing of
- Ch 209 Laundries, Coin-Operated
- Ch 212 Library
- Ch 213 Light Pollution
- Ch 215 Littering
- Ch 218 Loitering
- Ch 221 Maps
- Ch 224 Marriage Licenses
- Ch 227 Massage Parlors and Body Art Establishments
- Ch 230 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 235 Noise
- Ch 238 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 244 Parking Lots and Meters
- Ch 247 Parks
- Ch 250 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 253 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 256 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 262 Property Maintenance
- Ch 264 Public Payphones
- Ch 265 Public Property
- Ch 269 Redevelopment
- Ch 271 Rental Property
- Ch 276 Sales, Special
- Ch 279 Security
- Ch 284 Signs
- Ch 290 Soil Removal
- Ch 293 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 296 Storm Sewers
- Ch 297 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 298 Street Vacation Requests
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 303 Swimming Pools
- Ch 306 Taxation
- Ch 307 Taxation: Cannabis Transfer Tax and User Tax
- Ch 308 Taxicabs
- Ch 312 Tennis Courts
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trees
- Ch 320 Renewable Energy Systems
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 325 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 330 Vehicles and Boats, Sale of
- Ch 332 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 345 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A350 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A351 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The City' s Code Enforcement Official shall be the primary official
for the enforcement of this chapter. The Code Enforcement Official
should be notified by those citizens who believe that a violation
of the terms of this chapter may exist. The Code Enforcement Official
or his designee shall be entitled to exercise their discretion in
determining the existence of any violation or in determining whether
to seek the imposition of any combination of fines and penalties provided
for a violation of this chapter or to use other means or enforcement,
including but not limited to persuasion or issuance of warnings. Nothing
shall prevent a citizen, homeowner or other interested person from
acting as a complaining witness in the City of Long Branch Municipal
Court or such other court having jurisdiction to enforce this matter.
Businesses will be granted a grace period from the date of enactment
of this ordinance until December 31, 2020, to distribute, transfer
and/or dispose of any on-hand inventory of prohibited single-use plastic
bags, containers, utensils and straws/stirrers as described above.
Any person, business or store violating any of the provisions
of this section shall, upon conviction thereof in municipal court,
be subject to a penalty of up to $500 for a first offense, up to $1,000
for a second offense, and up to $2,500 for a third offense. If the
violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues
shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct offense.
The remedies and penalties provided in this article are cumulative
and not exclusive, and nothing in this chapter shall preclude any
person from pursuing and other remedies provided by law.
