[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Sandyston 12-6-1990 by Ord. No. 7-90. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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,
newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or proper 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.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop,
discard or otherwise place litter of any nature upon any public or
private property, other than in a litter receptacle.
[Amended 8-3-1992 by Ord. No. 7-92]
Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,
notice of regulations shall be given to the public by placing signs
at appropriate places so designated by the Township Committee.
It is unlawful for any vehicle to be driven,
moved, stopped or parked on any public roadway unless such a vehicle
is constructed, covered or loaded to prevent any of its load from
dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. Any person
operating a vehicle from which any materials which constitute litter
have fallen or escaped, which could cause an obstruction, damage a
vehicle or otherwise endanger travelers or public property must immediately
cause the public property to be cleaned of all such materials and
must pay the costs therefor.
It is unlawful for any owner, agent or contractor
in charge of a construction or demolition site to permit the accumulation
of litter before, during or immediately following completion of any
construction or demolition project. It is the duty of the owner, agent
or contractor in charge of a construction site to furnish containers
adequate to accommodate flyable or nonflyable debris or trash at areas
convenient to construction areas, and to maintain and empty the receptacles
in such a manner and with such a frequency as to prevent spillage
of refuse.
It is unlawful for any person to place, to cause
to be placed or to hire another person to place any advertisement,
handbill or unsolicited material of any kind in or on any street,
sidewalk, building or vehicle within the community in such a manner
that it may be removed by natural forces.
In the event that any litter deposited upon public or private property, other than in a litter receptacle, contains any correspondence, invoices, address or shipping labels, magazine labels or similar documents identifying any person, it shall be presumed that the person or persons so identified by such documents shall have violated § 100-2.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $500. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each
day during which it continues constitutes a separate and distinct
offense.
