[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Palisades Park 9-15-1986 by Ord. No. 1043. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Palisades
Park hereby declares its intent to regulate, in a manner consistent
with the interests of the citizens of the Borough of Palisades Park,
the location, use and placement of construction dumpsters.
No person, firm or corporation shall encumber
or obstruct any street, highway, public lane or alley or other public
place in the Borough of Palisades Park by placing therein or thereon
any dumpster or other similar container commonly used for the collection
of building materials as hereinafter defined except in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Palisades Park.
A container or debris-transfer body commonly used for the
placing and/or collection of debris and building materials during
building construction and/or renovation.
Includes the Department of Public Works and the Police Department.
[Amended 10-27-1986 by Ord. No. 1046]
Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
[Amended 10-27-1986 by Ord. No. 1046]
A.
No person shall offer or provide a dumpster for use
or hire within the Borough of Palisades Park without having first
registered with the Palisades Park Building Department.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall encumber or obstruct
any street, highway, public lane or alley or other public place in
the Borough of Palisades Park by placing therein or thereon any dumpster
or other similar container commonly used for the collection of building
materials as hereinafter defined without first applying for and receiving
a permit in compliance with this chapter.
[Added 5-16-2000 by Ord. No. 1348]
A.
Any person desiring a permit under this chapter shall
file with the Building Department an application on a form furnished
by the same.
B.
The permit fee shall be $15 per day or any part thereof,
per dumpster, per location.
[Amended 5-16-2000 by Ord. No. 1348; 5-24-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-8]
C.
No permit shall be issued for longer than 10 days
at any location. A permit may be renewed at said location only upon
showing of emergency circumstances.
[Amended 5-16-2000 by Ord. No. 1348]
B.
The width of the street or roadway to be used shall
be limited in accordance with the traffic conditions, and the portion
so used shall meet with the approval of the Building Department and
Palisades Park Police Department.
C.
No dumpster shall be placed at a site more than 24
hours prior to construction, and it must comply with the regulations
of the Board of Health and Department of Public Works and fire laws.
D.
Upon removal of any dumpster, the street or roadway
shall be swept clean of all loose debris and restored to its former
condition.
E.
The dumpster must be covered with a tarp at night.
F.
Any dumpster parked at a parking meter will reimburse
the borough for the daily meter rate.
Each dumpster shall prominently display the
name, address and telephone number of the owner thereof.
Each dumpster shall have both the front and
rear surfaces reflectorized for night safety in such a manner as to
indicate the height and width of the same, visible 500 feet by auto
headlights.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 8, which immediately
followed this section and dealt with violations and penalties, was
repealed 8-15-1995 by Ord. No. 1226.
