[Adopted 3-3-1980 by Ord. No. 80-125; amended in its entirety 5-6-1991 by Ord. No. 91-381]
The territory or area contained within the limits of the Township of Cedar Grove be and is hereby set off, created and established as Garbage Collection District No. 1.
Collection shall be performed in the manner set forth in the specifications prepared by the Township and the contract awarded pursuant thereto to the successful bidder according to the Local Public Contracts Law[1] for a period not to exceed five years.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.
There shall be raised by levying and collection at the same time and in the same manner as other Township taxes, within the limits of said Garbage Collection District No. 1, sufficient moneys to provide for the payment of the costs of removing and disposing of the garbage, refuse, trash and other refuse matter from said District. The Tax Collector of the Township of Cedar Grove shall pay said sum to the Chief Financial Officer, and said sum so raised and collected shall be applied to the purpose for which it is raised.
All moneys assessed and levied as aforesaid shall be a lien upon the lands and premises against which they shall be assessed, in the same manner that taxes are made a lien against lands in the Township of Cedar Grove, and the payment thereof shall be enforced within the same time and the same manner and by the same proceeding as the payment of taxes is enforced in the Township of Cedar Grove as provided by statute.
The amount to be levied each year for the Garbage Collection District No. 1 shall be established in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the governing body setting forth the amount required to be raised for said purposes.