Long Branch, NJ Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Base prohibition
- § 215-2, no dumping outside receptacles
- Out-of-town dumping ban
- § 215-6, litter hauled in from outside city
- Truck parking limit
- 2 hours max with litter aboard
- Coverage
- Public and private property, waterways
- Adopted
- January 26, 1971 (Ord. No. 590)
- Max penalty
- $2,000 fine / 90 days jail
Summary
Long Branch bars anyone from sweeping, throwing, depositing or dumping litter on any property, occupied or vacant, or into any pond, lake, stream or public place in the city outside of an authorized receptacle. A separate section targets dumping runs, banning anyone from hauling litter into the city from outside just to dump it.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter in or on any property, whether occupied, open or vacant, whether owned by that person, or in a public place or pond, lake or stream or other body of water within the city, except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection. ... No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any litter from outside the city and bring it into the city for the purpose of dumping or disposing thereof. No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has been transported into the city shall be parked or allowed to remain standing on any street in the city or on any public property for a period in excess of two hours.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904719; v48 updated 2026-06-10; through 06-10-2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 215, Littering, Article I, adopted January 26, 1971 by Ordinance No. 590, defines litter, garbage, refuse and rubbish broadly and, since a 2007 amendment, folds in stormwater and municipal separate storm sewer system protections. Code § 215-2 sets the base prohibition: no one may sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter on any property in Long Branch, public or private, occupied or vacant, or into any pond, lake, stream or other body of water, unless it goes into a public or authorized private collection receptacle.
Section 215-6 targets illegal dumping specifically, barring anyone from bringing, carting, removing, transporting or collecting litter from outside the City of Long Branch and hauling it into the city to dump or dispose of it, and separately barring any truck or vehicle carrying such litter from parking on a city street or public property for more than two hours. Related sections in the same article bar sweeping litter into gutters and require merchants to keep the sidewalk in front of their premises clear (§ 215-4), bar throwing litter from a moving vehicle (§ 215-5), and regulate handbill distribution (§ 215-7).
A separate Article II, adopted in 1988, implements the state Clean Communities Program through the Department of Public Works and requires litter receptacles at sidewalks in retail areas, parks, gas stations, shopping centers and marinas.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the littering and dumping article, per § 215-8, is punishable under the citywide general penalty in § 1-16: a fine of up to $2,000, up to 90 days of imprisonment, and/or up to 90 days of community service, with each day the litter or illegal dump remains in place counted as a separate violation. A truck caught parked with litter hauled in from outside the city past the two-hour limit under § 215-6 faces the same exposure.
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