[Added 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. MC 3731]
A. 
Transporting, removing or delivering of solid waste within the Township of Irvington is prohibited, unless the vehicle being used has all of the necessary New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) approvals, i.e., self-generator registration for self-generated solid waste, or, where appropriate, an A-901 license, Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) and solid waste transporter registration. The solid waste equipment must permanently display valid solid waste transporter decals and be marked with the company name, DEP registration number and capacity in cubic yards.
B. 
Vehicles found in violation of this Municipal Code shall be stopped by the Irvington Police Division and/or the Irvington Department of Housing. The operator of the vehicle shall be issued a Municipal Code violation summons, and the loaded vehicle shall be towed by the official Township towing company and impounded.
C. 
Exemptions to this prohibition are: If you are hauling solid waste that you generated at your owner-occupied home, and the waste is being hauled in passenger type vehicle bearing passenger plates with a gross vehicle weight of less than 9,000 pounds, or 16,000 pounds if combined with a trailer. Vehicles displaying government-issued license plates (federal, state, county, or municipal) are exempt from obtaining an A-901 license, but must display permanently affixed valid public entity decals, if the solid waste equipment is being used to transport solid waste.
D. 
In this Municipal Code, "solid waste" is defined as:
(1) 
Household waste from private residences, homes, houses, buildings.
(2) 
Commercial waste from businesses, stores, markets, restaurants.
(3) 
Institutional waste from schools, hospitals, public buildings, colleges.
(4) 
Demolition, renovation and construction debris.
(5) 
Motor vehicle parts (if they are being sent to a scrap yard or offered for sale, motor vehicle parts would not be a solid waste), fluids and tires (only if going for disposal would tires be a solid waste; if going for recycling, no transporter license, CPCN or solid waste registration is required).
E. 
For the first offense, the vehicle operator shall pay a fine of no less than $250. For a subsequent offense, the fine shall be no less than $2,000.
F. 
The impoundment fee shall be $300 plus a $50 per day storage fee after the first 24 hours. The vehicle can only be released by the Irvington Police Department when the material is off-loaded from the impounded vehicle and onto a vehicle that has the necessary NJDEP properly affixed decals, registrations and approvals.