File #: 19-0677    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance: Amending Title 15, Solid Waste Management, Chapter 6, Disposal Facilities and Dumping (LRM)
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 4/12/2019 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 7/23/2019 Final action: 8/7/2019
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE XV, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, CHAPTER 6, DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND DUMPING, ARTICLE 4, OWNER TO MAINTAIN PREMISES FREE OF LITTER OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCREASE FINES PER OFFENSE.
Sponsors: LaMonica R. McIver, Anibal Ramos, Jr.
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE XV, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, CHAPTER 6, DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND DUMPING, ARTICLE 4, OWNER TO MAINTAIN PREMISES FREE OF LITTER OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCREASE FINES PER OFFENSE.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

Note: Additions are shown as underlined and bold. Deletions are shown as strikethroughs.

SECTION 1: Title 15, Solid Waste Management, Chapter 6, Disposal Facilities and Illegal Dumping, Article 4, Owner to Maintain Premises Free of Litter of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, is amended as follows:

15:6. DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND ILLEGAL DUMPING.

15:6-1. DISPOSAL FACILITIES.

All disposal facilities located in the City shall comply with all provisions of the State Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et al, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the Federal, State and local government.

15:6-2. DUMPING, DEPOSITING OR PLACING OF REFUSE PROHIBITED.

a. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place or dump, or to permit the dumping, depositing or placing of any litter, solid waste, paper, rubbish, trade waste or refuse upon any land, in any stormwater sewer, or in any waterway of the City, except for those disposal methods permitted in 15:4-1 et seq., supra.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place or dump or to permit the placing, depositing or dumping of any litter, solid waste, paper, rubbish, trade waste or refuse from any vehicle or any boat within the City.

15:6-3. PERSONS PERMITTING DUMPING; VIOLATION.

No person who owns any property in the City or who is in possession of the property, or who is in control of the property, shall allow or permit any person to dump any solid waste, refuse or other material defined in this Title upon the property...

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