|
NJDEP Ordinance Catagory |
TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE IN PLACE |
DESCRIPTION |
|
Pet Waste |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
Signage, fines for improper waste disposal, education distributed with pet license. Minimize pathogen and nutrient loading in waterways.
|
|
Litter |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
Signage, receptacles provided in public places, fines for littering. Keep litter out of the waterways.
|
|
Improper Waste Disposal |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
Signage, receptacles provided in public places, fines for littering. Keep litter out of the waterways.
Allows: residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges;
|
|
Wildlife Feeding |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
prohibits the feeding in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Municipality of any wildlife. Can lead to unnatural numbers causing erosion, nutrient overload and disease.
|
|
Yard Waste |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
collection program in place. Limit organic material that makes it to waterways.
|
|
Illicit Connection |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
No direct discharge of wastewater to storm drains.
|
|
Fertilizer |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
New Jersey has a new fertilizer law:
http://snyderfarm.rutgers.edu/fertilizerlawFAQ.html
Keep artificial nutrients out of the waterways.
|
|
Private storm drain inlet retrofitting |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
e.g., NJDOT bicycle safe grate style and a curb opening with a clear space no bigger than two inches across the smallest dimension to keep debris from entering system
|
|
refuse containers/dumpsters |
Yes (click to read ordinance) |
Enforce proper use and maintenance of refuse containers.
|
|
Stormwater Management Best
Management Practice
|
Yes (click to read ordinance)
|
Applies to development approvals for subdivisions and site plans to address stormwater runoff from new development and redevelopment projects. Intended to minimize stormwater flow and pollution.
|
|
|
|
|
