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.
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.
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.
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).
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.