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Presents the following Ordinance Seconded by Councilman
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE CODE OF THE
BOROUGH OF CARTERET -LITTER CONTROL
SECTION I. Purpose:
An ordinance to establish requirements to control littering in The Borough of Carteret so
as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to
comply.
SECTION II. Definitions:
For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words and their
derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this
Chapter 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.
a. 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.
b. Litter Receptacle - a container suitable for the depositing of litter.
c. Person - any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or
political subdivision of this State subject to municipal jurisdiction.
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SECTION III. Prohibited acts and regulated activities:
I. It shall be 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.
2. Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from a vehicle or
boat in violation of this ordinance, the operator or owner, or both, of the motor
vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have violated this ordinance.
SECTION IV. Enforcement:
This ordinance shall be enforced by the Carteret Police Department and/or The Board of
Health of The Borough of Carteret.
II SECTION V. Penalties:
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250.00 and/or 60 days in jail for each offense.
SECTION VI. Severability:
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this Ordinance is declared to be
an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or
holding of any such portion of this Ordinance to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective
for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this Ordinance.
NO. 05-49
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SECTION VII. Effective date:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and any
publication as may be required by law.
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Affidavit of Publication
Publisher's Fee $83.60
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY
personally appeared
ANNETTE MADAMA
Affidavit Charge $25.00
of the Home News Tribune, a newspaper printed In Freehold. NJ and published In NEPTUNE, In said
County and State, and of general circulation In said county, who being duly sworn, deposeth and salth
that the advertisement of which the annexed Is a true copy, has been published In the said newspaper
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BOROUGH Of CARTERET
ORDINANCE #05-49
AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE
CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET -
LITTER CONTROL
SECTION I. Purpose:
An ordinance to establish requirements to control
littering in The Borough of Carteret so as to protect
public health, safet)! and welfðre, and to prescribe
~~r~-WÖN ff¡~ Ó~~i~it~~~;to comply.
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have the meanings stated herein unless their use in
the text of this Chapter 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 di-
rectory.
a. litter - any used or unconsumed substance or
waste material which has been diSC'Hded.
whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rub~
ber, paper, or other natural or synthetic mate-
rial, 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
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bage. trash, refuse, degriS, rubbish, grass iliP-
pings or other lawn or garden waste, newspa-
pers, 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 extrac-
tion processes, logging, sawmiHing. farming or
manufacturing.
b. Utter Receptacle - a container suitable for the
depositing of litter
c. ~:;f~;r~h~~.y f\~~~i~~:¿çfa~r~~,r~};0~~I~icr:;r~~6~
division of this State subject to municipal juris-
diction.
SECTION III. Prohibited acts and regulated activi-
ties:
1. It shall be 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.
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of this ordinance, the operator or owner, or
both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be
deemed to have violated this ordinance
SECTION IV. Enforcement:
This ordinance shaH be enforced by the Carteret
Pollee Department and/or The Board of Health of
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Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the
provisions of this ordmance shall be subject to a
fme not to exceed $1.250.00 and/or 60 days in Jail
for each offense.
SECTION VI. Severability.
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Sworn and subscribed before me this
27th day of september, A.D., 2005
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this Ordinance is declared to be an
Independent section, subsection, sentence, clause
and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such
portion of this Ordinance to be unconstitutional,
void, or ineffective for any cause, or reason, shall
not affect any other portion of this Ordinance.
SECTION VII. Effective date:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and any publication as may
be required by law.
The foregomg ordinance was introduced at a
meeting of the Council of the Borough of Carteret
held September 22, 2005 when it was adopted on
First Reading. The said ordinance will be further
considered on Second Reading for final adoption at
a meeting of said Council of the Borough of Carter-
et on October 27 2005 at approximately 7:00 P.M.,
MunicIpal Court/Police Facility, 230 Roosevelt Ave-
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to be heard.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY
Certified Municipal Clerk
($83.60) 27856
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The following is a true copy of an Ordinance or
Resolution of the Borough of Carteret that has
appeared in the Home News Tribune, a newspaper
which is printed in Freehold, New Jersey and published
in Neptune, in said County and State and of general
circulation in said county. ONE (1) times, once in each
issue as follows:
Friday, November 4, 2005
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Notary Public of New Jersey
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