2676-22 Ordinance_Illegal Dumping_Amendment to Chapter 4 Section 1_Revised.pdf

1 2676-22 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION 1.1 AND SECTION 1.7 AND ESTABLISHING SECTION 1.8 OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE (ILLEGAL DUMPING) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey that Chapter 4 Section 1 of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: I. PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to update the provision of the Municipal Code of the Township of West Orange governing Litter and Hazardous Waste to (i) amend the Definitions to include additional terms that fall within the scope of litter and hazardous waste and (ii) establish a subsection on illegal dumping to prevent the disposal of trash generated at one location and disposed of at another location without legal permission. Such addition promotes and protects the environment and the public health, safety and welfare of the township as of the effective date of the enactment of this chapter. II. CHAPTER 4, SECTION 1.1 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: 4-1.1 Definitions. As used in this section: Garbage shall mean putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. Hazardous Waste shall mean (a) any material or substance that, by reason of its composition or characteristics, is either (i) toxic or hazardous waste as defined in either the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C 6901 et seq. as replaced, amended or supplemented, or any laws of similar purpose or effect, and such rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, or (ii) special nuclear of by-product materials within the Atomic Energy Act or effect, and such rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; or (b) other materials which the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any governmental body shall determine from time to time is harmful, toxic or dangerous or otherwise ineligible for disposal at the selected facility. Litter shall mean 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,

terial 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 unlit cigarette, cigar, match or any