ORDINANCE NO. 2006-03
AN ORDINANCE SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE BOROUGH OF HARVEY CEDARS, 1975, ENTITLED “RECYCLING”
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOROUGH OF HARVEY CEDARS as follows:
Section 1. Section 18-2 entitled “Definitions” is hereby amended by adding the following:
Brush shall mean tree limbs, branches and bushes no longer than 4 feet. Tree limbs and branches shall be no larger than 3” in diameter.
Cardboard shall mean brown corrugated cardboard and brown paper grocery bags.
Commingle shall include all glass containers, aluminum cans, steel cans, plastic bottles, and empty aerosol cans.
Containerized shall mean the placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, bag or other vessel, such as to prevent the yard waste from spilling of blowing out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
Junk Mail shall include junk mail, magazines, catalogs, and writing paper.
Street shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive, or other way, which is an existing State, county, or municipal roadway, and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
Yard waste shall mean leaves, pine needles, pine cones and weeds.
Section 2. Section 18-3 entitled “Establishment of Program” paragraph a. is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
5. Junk Mail
10. Cardboard
11. Brush and yard waste
Section 3. Section 18-4 entitled “Separation of Recyclables and Placement for Disposal” is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
a. Commingled Materials. Commingled materials shall be put in a suitable container, separate from other solid waste, and placed at the curb or such other designated area for collection at such times and dates as may be hereinafter established in the municipality’s recycling regulations. The container for commingle shall be clearly labeled and placed at the curb or such other designated area for each collection, regardless of whether any recyclable materials are available for collection.
b. Newspapers and Cardboard. Newspapers and cardboard shall be bundled and tied with twine and placed at the curb or such other designated area for collection at such times and dates as may be hereinafter established in the municipality’s recycling regulations. The maximum weight of each bundle shall not exceed 30 pounds (approximately 12 inches high). Cardboard may also be placed in kraft paper (brown paper) bags.
c. Junk Mail. Junk mail shall be placed in brown paper bags or in a labeled container and placed at the curb or such other designated area for collection at such times and dates as may be hereinafter established in the municipality’s recycling regulations. Magazines and catalogs may be tied in bundles. No newspapers or phonebooks shall be placed with junk mail. Phonebooks shall be picked up separately.
Section 4. Section 18-5 entitled “Separation of Leaves and Placement for Disposal” is hereby renamed as “Separation and Disposal of Brush and Yard Waste” and is hereby amended as follows:
All persons within the municipality shall separate brush and yard waste from other solid waste generated at their premises, and unless stored or recycled for composting or mulching on the premises, place the containerized yard waste and/or the bundled brush at the curb or other designated area for collection at such times and dates in the manner established by the municipality’s recycling schedule.
The owner or occupant of any property, or any employee or contractor of such owner or occupant engaged to provide lawn care or landscaping services, shall not sweep, rake, blow or otherwise place yard waste, unless it is containerized, in the street. If yard waste that is not containerized is placed in the street, the party responsible for placement of yard waste must remove the yard waste from the street or said party shall be deemed in violation of this ordinance.
Section 5. If any provision, section, subsection, or paragraph of this ordinance shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such provision, section, subsection, or paragraph shall to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining provisions, subsections, or paragraphs of this Ordinance.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final adoption after publication in accordance with law.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2006