ORDINANCE 1-2006

ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE PROMPT REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE AND SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS FROM CURBSIDE FOLLOWING THE DATE FOR SCHEDULED COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL THEREOF AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER XXXI OF THE MENDHAM TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE CODE ENTITLED “SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT”

            BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the Township of Mendham, in the County of Morris, New Jersey, as follows:

            Section 1.  Chapter XXXI entitled “Solid Waste Management” of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Mendham, 1998, as amended and supplemented is further amended by the addition thereto at the end of the existing sections of a new section to read as follows:

31-4          Removal of Solid Waste and Solid Waste Containers

31-4.1  Definitions.  As used in the section:

            Solid Waste shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 31-1.1

“Definitions” and is intended to include Garbage, Recyclable Materials, Bulky Trash, Yard Waste and all varieties of various wastes lawfully placed at Curbside for collection and disposal.

31-4.2     It shall be unlawful for any resident, owner or tenant of a property within the Township to leave at Curbside any Solid Waste or Solid Waste container for longer than 48 hours following the date of scheduled removal thereof by the applicable person or entity authorized to collect and dispose of the same.

31-4.3     Violations and Penalties.  Any person who violated or neglects to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars.