[Adopted 12-18-1979 by Ord. No. 79-111 as Ch. 13, Art. 1, of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances of Paterson]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any quilted pad, mattress, mattress pad, bunk quilt or cushion,
stuffed or filled with wool, hair or other soft material except feathers,
to be used on a couch or other bed for sleeping or reclining purposes.
No person shall:
A.
Collect for the purpose of reusing in any manner whatsoever
any mattress which has been abandoned by the owner thereof on any
public street, yard, house or lot in the City or on any of the garbage
dumps maintained or conducted by the City.
B.
Manufacture any mattresses in the City, any part of
which shall be made up of any abandoned mattress as specified in this
section.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068; 4-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-024]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or by a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
