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NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.1 - Repair or reconstruction of sidewalks at public expense

40:65-9.1. Repair or reconstruction of sidewalks at public expense  The governing body of any municipality of this State may provide for the repair or reconstruction of sidewalks on the streets or roads of such municipality at public expense under the conditions hereinafter stated: (a) When any sidewalk, previously constructed or reconstructed as a local improvement under chapter sixty-five of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or under article XXV of chapter one hundred fifty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen or under chapter ninety-nine of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, is dilapidated or in need of repair or reconstruction, where such condition is not attributable to the acts or negligence of the abutting property owner of his predecessor in title nor that of any one for whose acts or negligence they are chargeable; and (b) When the abutting property owner or his predecessor in title shall have paid within twenty years then last past, or shall pay, in full with interest all the assessment for the laying or relaying of the sidewalk in front of his property (at least to the extent that the installments of such assessment are then due). L.1941, c. 207, p. 605, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.2 - Resolution

40:65-9.2. Resolution  The authority for such repair or reconstruction shall be granted by resolution concurred in by at least two-thirds of the entire membership of the governing body reciting that such repair or reconstruction of sidewalk is for the best interest of the residence of such municipality. L.1941, c. 207, p. 606, s. 2, eff. June 14, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.3 - Appropriations and procedure

40:65-9.3. Appropriations and procedure  Appropriations and procedure shall follow the lawful practice heretofore observed in case of cross walks and the like laid at public expense under section 40:65-10 of the Revised Statutes. L.1941, c. 207, p. 606, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.4 - Repair or reconstruction of curbs at public expense

40:65-9.4. Repair or reconstruction of curbs at public expense  The governing body of any municipality of this State may provide for the repair or reconstruction of curbs on the streets or roads of such municipality at public expense under the conditions hereinafter stated; both which must exist; (a) When any curb, previously constructed or reconstructed as a local improvement under chapter sixty-five of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes or under article XXV of chapter one hundred fifty-two of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen or under chapter ninety-nine of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, is dilapidated or in need of repair or reconstruction, where such condition is not attributable to the acts or negligence of the abutting property owner or his predecessor in title nor that of any one for whose acts or negligence they are chargeable; and (b) When the abutting property owner or his predecessor in title shall have paid within twenty years then last past, or shall pay, in full with interest all the assessment for the laying or relaying of the curb in front of his property (at least to the extent that the instalments of such assessment are then due). L.1941, c. 208, p. 606, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.5 - Resolution

40:65-9.5. Resolution  The authority for such repair or reconstruction shall be granted by resolution concurred in by at least two-thirds of the entire membership of the governing body reciting that such repair or reconstruction of sidewalk is for the best interest of the residents of such municipality. L.1941, c. 208, p. 607, s. 2, eff. June 14, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-9.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-9.6 - Appropriations and procedure

40:65-9.6. Appropriations and procedure  Appropriations and procedure shall follow the lawful practice heretofore observed in case of crosswalks and the like laid at public expense under section 40:65-10 of the Revised Statutes. L.1941, c. 208, p. 607, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-10 - Crosswalks

40:65-10. Crosswalks  Any municipality may provide for laying of crosswalks and the grading, paving, repaving or improving of portions of sidewalks lying in the angles of intersection of streets, at the public cost.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-11 - Municipality may make annual contract for sidewalks

40:65-11. Municipality may make annual contract for sidewalks  Any municipality may award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder for all sidewalk improvements the municipality may desire to make for a period of one year or less. Such contracts shall be awarded in the same manner as other municipal contracts.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-12 - Removal of grass, weeds, snow and ice; procedure upon failure

40:65-12. Removal of grass, weeds, snow and ice; procedure upon failure  The governing body may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances to compel the owner or tenant of any lands abutting upon the public highways of the municipality, to remove all snow and ice from the abutting sidewalks and gutters of such highways within twelve hours of daylight after the same shall fall or be formed thereon, and all grass, weeds and impediments therefrom within three days after notice to remove the same, and remove all grass, weeds and impediments from the portion of any street, or highway abutting on such lands, and to provide for imposition of penalties for violation of any such ordinance, and to provide for the removal of such snow, ice, grass, weeds and impediments by the municipality where the owner or tenant of any such real estate shall fail to remove the same as provided in the ordinance. The cost of removal of any such snow, ice, grass, weeds or impediments from any sidewalk, gutter or public highway by the municipality shall be certified to the governing body of the municipality by the officer in charge thereof. The governing body shall examine such certificate, and if found to be correct, shall cause such cost to be charged against such real estate so abutting upon such sidewalk or gutter thereof, and the amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon such real estate and be added to and be part of the taxes next to be levied and assessed thereon, and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-12.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-12.1 - Definitions relative to snow removal from fire hydrants.

40:65-12.1 Definitions relative to snow removal from fire hydrants.  1. a. As used in P.L.2015, c.71 (C.40:65-12.1 et seq.):  "Director" means the Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. "Division" means the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. "Hydrant locator pole" means a pole installed on, or adjacent to, as appropriate, a fire hydrant to enable the hydrant to be located when covered in snow.  "Snow coverage" means the initial complete coverage of the fire hydrant as a result of natural precipitation or street clearing activities. b. On or before the first day of the twelfth month next following the operative date of P.L.2015, c.71 (C.40:65-12.1 et seq.), the governing body of every municipality may: (1) install, or cause to be installed, a hydrant locator pole on every working fire hydrant within municipal boundaries. The hydrant locator pole shall be maintained in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director; (2) adopt an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, requiring the owner of any real property abutting any fire hydrant to clear such fire hydrant of snow, within 24 hours of snow coverage, in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director; or (3) adopt an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, directing the municipality itself, or any department thereof, to clear all fire hydrants of snow, within 24 hours of snow coverage, in compliance with rules and regulations adopted by the director. c. If a party responsible for fire hydrant clearance under subsection b. of this section fails to perform the required clearance within the specified time, the municipality, or any department thereof, may perform the clearance and bill the responsible party no more than $75 for the service. L.2015, c.71, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-12.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-12.2 - Rules, regulations.

40:65-12.2 Rules, regulations.  2. On or before the first day of the sixth month next following enactment of P.L.2015, c.71 (C.40:65-12.1 et seq.), the director, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this act, including guidance for the acceptable physical characteristics of hydrant locator poles, maintenance requirements for such poles, and snow removal standards. L.2015, c.71, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-13 - Sidewalks on land under control of county; cost; assessments and collection

40:65-13. Sidewalks on land under control of county; cost; assessments and collection  The governing body may improve any street, parkway, or highway under control of any county board or commission, not wholly within the limits of a county park, with suitable curbing, gutters and sidewalks, after obtaining the approval of the county board or commission to the plans of the proposed improvement, and assess the cost thereof upon the real estate abutting upon the line of the improvement, to the extent of the benefits received, and any difference between the amount assessed and the total cost shall be paid by the municipality. The proceedings relating to the making of such improvement and the ascertainment and assessment of the cost, and the collection of the assessments made shall be the same as provided in this chapter for sidewalk improvements made upon streets not under the control of a county board or commission. All such assessments shall be a lien upon the real estate assessed until paid with interest thereon, as provided by law for assessments for local improvements.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-14 - Sidewalks in municipalities; ordinances for imposition on abutting landowners of expense of construction, repair, alteration or maintenance; procedure

40:65-14. Sidewalks in municipalities; ordinances for imposition on abutting landowners of expense of construction, repair, alteration or maintenance; procedure  Any municipality may prescribe by general ordinance in what case curbs and sidewalks shall be constructed, repaired, altered, relaid or maintained at the expense of the abutting landowners; wherever in any municipality it shall hereafter become the duty of any owner of abutting lands under said ordinance or ordinances of the municipality to construct, repair, alter or relay any curb or sidewalk, or section thereof, the authorities of such municipality having charge of street affairs may, by resolution, cause a notice in writing to be served upon the owners or occupant of said lands, requiring the necessary specified work to said curb or sidewalk to be done by the said owner or occupant within a period of not less than 30 days from the date of service of such notice; whenever any lands are unoccupied and the owner cannot be found within the municipality, the same may be mailed, postage prepaid, to his or her post-office address, if the same can be ascertained; in case such owner is a nonresident of the municipality or his or her post-office address cannot be ascertained, then the notice may be inserted for 4 weeks, once a week in some newspaper of such municipality or if none be published therein, then in some newspaper published in the State and circulating in said municipality; in case the owner or occupant of such lands shall not comply with the requirements of such notice, it shall be lawful for the street department of the municipality, upon filing due proof of the service or publication of the aforesaid notice in the appropriate department of the municipality, to cause the required work to be done, and paid for out of the municipal funds available for that purpose; the cost of such work shall be certified by the department or person having charge thereof to the department or person having charge of the collection of assessments in such municipality; upon filing the said certificate, the amount of the cost of such work shall be and become a lien upon the said abutting lands in front of which such work was done to the same extent that assessments for local improvements are liens in such municipality under its charter or the general law, and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of such other assessments, and shall bear interest at the same rate; in addition thereto the municipality may have an action to recover the said amount against the owner of said lands, in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof; a certified copy of the aforesaid certificate shall in such action be prima facie evidence of the existence of a debt due from the said owner to the municipality. L.1970, c. 297, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-15 - Reimbursement of account used to pay costs connected with sidewalk improvement

40:65-15. Reimbursement of account used to pay costs connected with sidewalk improvement  All moneys recovered or paid to the municipality under the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be credited to the account out of which the cost of such work was paid. L.1970, c. 297, s. 2, eff. Dec. 14, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:65-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:65-16 - Application of act

40:65-16. Application of act  The powers conferred by this act shall be deemed to be in addition to and independent of any and all powers and authority conferred by any other law or laws and not subject to any limitation contained in any such law or laws. L.1970, c. 297, s. 3, eff. Dec. 14, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66-1 - Street cleaning; solid waste disposal; ordinances, rules, and regulations

40:66-1. Street cleaning; solid waste disposal; ordinances, rules, and regulations  40:66-1. a. The governing body may provide for the cleaning of the streets of the municipality, and for the collection or disposal of solid waste, and may establish and operate a system therefor; purchase and operate the necessary equipment for the cleaning of streets, and for the collection or disposal of solid waste; make, amend, repeal and enforce all such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and proper for the introduction, operation and management of such system, and for the maintenance and operation of a solid waste facility, subject to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act," P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and the "Solid Waste Utility Control Act," P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.), for the disposal of solid waste, and for the government of employees connected therewith. b. A municipal governing body that establishes a system for the collection or disposal of solid waste pursuant to subsection a. of this section, in its discretion, may limit service furnished by it to curbside collection along public streets or roads that have been dedicated to and accepted by the municipality. The municipal governing body may also refuse to enter upon private property to remove solid waste from dumpsters or other solid waste containers. The municipal governing body, in its sole discretion, may choose to reimburse those property owners who do not receive the municipal service, but such reimbursement shall not exceed the cost that would be incurred by the municipality in providing the collection or disposal service directly. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to modify the provisions of P.L.1989, c.299 (C.40:67-23.2 et seq.) with respect to qualified private communities. c. A municipal governing body that establishes a system for the collection of solid waste pursuant to subsection a. of this section may limit the municipal service furnished by it to specified operating hours in order to preserve the peace and quiet in neighborhoods during the hours when most residents are asleep. d. A municipal governing body that adopts a recycling ordinance pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.16) may limit the collection of designated recyclable materials to specified operating hours in order to preserve the peace and quiet in neighborhoods during the hours when most residents are asleep. Amended 1989, c.244, s.1; 1991, c.213; 1993, c.6, s.3; 2001, c.92, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66-1.1 - Definitions

40:66-1.1. Definitions  As used in this chapter: "Proof of collection service" means a written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection services within a municipality.  "Regular solid waste collection service" means the scheduled pick-up and removal of solid waste from residential, commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries of any municipality at least once a week.  "Responsible solid waste generator" means any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family residential dwelling or multiple dwelling, or the owner of any commercial or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries of any municipality, who generates solid waste at those premises.  "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.  "Solid waste collection" means the activity related to pick-up and transportation of solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other destination.  "Solid waste container" means a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste.  "Solid waste disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste.  "Solid waste facilities" mean and include the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of this or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner. L.1989,c.244,s.6; amended 1991,c.170,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66-1.2 - Definitions relative to solid waste collection services for multifamily dwellings.

40:66-1.2 Definitions relative to solid waste collection services for multifamily dwellings.  1. For the purposes of sections 1 through 4 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.2 et seq.): "Multifamily dwelling"means any building or structure or complex of buildings or structures in which five or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered for rental or lease for residential purposes except hotels, motels or other guesthouses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms are defined under subsection (j) of section 3 of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.). "Solid waste collection services" means the collection and disposal of solid waste. "Total cost of services" means the cost that would be incurred by a municipality in providing solid waste collection services to a multifamily dwelling in the same manner as the municipality provides those services, curbside, to other residents of the municipality. L.2001,c.25,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:66-1.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:66-1.4 - Written agreement, use of reimbursement.

40:66-1.4 Written agreement, use of reimbursement.  3. a. Pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.3) and section 4 of P.L.2001, c.25 (C.40:66-1.5), when a municipal governing body determines not to provide solid waste collection services to a multifamily dwelling, it shall enter into a written agreement with the multifamily dwelling to annually reimburse the multifamily dwelling in an amount not to exceed the cost that would be incurred by the municipality in providing those services. b. The amount to be reimbursed to the multifamily dwelling shall be used by the multifamily dwelling to pay for the solid waste collection service that the municipality chooses not to provide. The municipal governing body shall reimburse the multifamily dwelling for the actual cost to the multifamily dwelling of providing that service, but not more than the amount that the municipality would have expended on the solid waste collection services if provided by the municipality directly to the multifamily dwelling, calculated as if the dwelling units were located along public roads and streets and the collection service provided curbside.  c. An agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall provide for an accounting by the multifamily dwelling of the use of the money paid over to it by the municipality, and for the refunding to the municipality of any payments in excess of the amounts actually expended or contractually committed by the multifamily dwelling during the accounting period in order to provide for the solid waste collection services covered by the agreement. L.2001,c.25,s.3.