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Litter Control Ordinance

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ISSUED: 11/17/2009

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This document outlines Article IV of the Borough of Essex Fells' municipal code, establishing requirements for litter control within the municipality. The primary purpose is to safeguard public health, safety, and welfare by prohibiting the discarding of litter on public or private property, except into designated litter receptacles. The ordinance provides comprehensive definitions for 'litter' and 'litter receptacle', covering a wide array of discarded materials. The regulations extend responsibility to operators or owners of vehicles and boats for any litter discarded from their conveyances. Enforcement of this article is explicitly assigned to the Police Department of Essex Fells. Violations of the ordinance will result in penalties as prescribed in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, with each day a violation persists being considered a separate offense. The ordinance was amended on November 17, 2009.

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--- Document: Litter Control Ordinance Document ---
Borough of Essex Fells, NJ
§ 176-10. Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to establish requirements to control littering in the Borough of Essex
Fells, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to
comply.
§ 176-11. Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall
have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates a
different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include
the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
LITTER Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which has been discarded,
whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or
any combination thereof, including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap or
detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or
glowing material or any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or
garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging
or construction material, but does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or
other extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
LITTER RECEPTACLE A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political
subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
§ 176-12. Prohibited acts and regulated activities.
A. It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard or otherwise place any litter of any nature
upon public or private property other than in a litter receptacle or, having done so, to allow
such litter to remain.
B. Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from a vehicle or boat in
violation of this article, the operator or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also
be deemed to have violated this article.
§ 176-13. Enforcement.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department of Essex Fells.
§ 176-14. Violations and penalties. [Amended 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, and each violation
of any of the provisions of this article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken
to be a separate and distinct offense.
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"...Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, and each violation of any of the provisions of this article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense...."

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