BOROUGH
OFFICES - BOROUGH HALL
505A Howard Street
Phone: 829-0120 - Fax: 829-1413 - Web site: www.Riverton-NJ.com
Office
hours are 8:30am to 4:00pm including noon hour Monday thru Friday.
Marriage
licenses, Voter Registration forms, Dog licenses, Cat licenses, Street
opening, Building and Zoning permits, Annual Business Registration Forms
are obtained at the Borough Hall. Real estate taxes are payable February
1, May 1, August 1 and November 1. Sewer service charges are payable
March 1.
Ordinances
All ordinances of the Borough of Riverton are in a permanent
Record Book on file with the Borough Clerk in the Borough Office. All
ordinances are published before final passage in the legal newspaper
of the Borough which, for the year 2003, is the Burlington County Times.
Building
Permits
The construction or alternation to existing structures or the
erection of any fence or sign requires a building permit which is to
be applied for a the Borough Office.
Snow
Conditions
Residents must clear their sidewalks within 24 hours after
a snowfall. Violators will be subject to a fine in Municipal Court.
COUNCIL REQUESTS YOUR HELP FOR SNOW REMOVAL: We can all help
the Street Department in these ways: When two inches of snow or more
are forecast, please remove vehicles from streets if possible; otherwise,
please park all vehicles on the odd-numbered house side of your street;
after plows have cleared snow from the middle and empty side, please
move all vehicles to cleared side of the street so plows can finish
snow-removal from the streets. It is also requested that if live near
a fire hydrant, that you please clear around it so that the volunteer
fire department will be able to access it in case of an emergency. Everyone
helps, everyone benefits. Thank you.
Curb
and Sidewalk Maintenance
By law, Riverton property owners are required to maintain their
existing curbs and sidewalks in satisfactory condition at their own
expense and therefore must make their own repairs when necessary.
Regular
Trash, Rubbish and Garbage Collection Schedule
From May 1st through September 30th: two collections every
week (Tuesdays & Fridays).
From October 1st through April 30th: once a week (Tuesday).
Special
Bulk Pick-up Schedule
Bulk pick-up will be collected by the Borough's Garbage/Trash
hauler, Waste Management of Camden, NJ as follows: From October 1 thru
April 30th every Tuesday. From May 1st thru September 30th every Friday.
Bulk trash shall include furniture, small appliances, home furnishings,
rugs, bundled or bagged yard debris, discarded tree limbs and bushes,
brush, grass clippings (EXCLUDING LEAVES), and other household and yard
materials.
Large appliances,
such as clothes washers and dryers, food refrigerators and freezers,
dishwashers, trash compactors and similar appliances*; automobile and
truck tires; light fixtures containing ballasts and/or fluorescent lamps;
asbestos roofing materials, and/or other material prohibit from the
landfill or later deemed inappropriate for bulk trash by the Borough,
shall not be collected.
*PLEASE
NOTE: YOU SHOULD CALL THE RIVERTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 829-1792
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ONLY THE ITEMS WITH AN ASTERISK NEXT TO IT TO
BE PICKED-UP WHEN PLACED CURBSIDE.
Holiday
Trash Pick-up
Trash and garbage will not be picked up on the following holidays:
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas Day. If your collection falls on one of these days you
are requested not to put out trash and garbage until the next scheduled
collection day.
Rules
for Trash and Garbage Collection
Trash and garbage are to be placed in tightly covered or tied
containers. It is recommended that residents use galvanized or plastic
cans no larger than 30 gallons capacity, or plastic
trash bags. Rubbish and containers must not exceed 50 lbs. in weight.
Rubbish that is too bulky to be placed in a proper receptacle must be
disassembled, broken or cut up as much as practical and placed a the
curb on the prescribed collection day. All such rubbish is to be tied
securely and may not exceed 3 feet in length, or exceed 50 lbs. in weight.
Waste building materials and debris from construction work will not
be picked up. The Contractor or person doing the work is responsible
for removing such materials. Residents are requested to have trash,
rubbish and garbage at the curb line by 6:00am on scheduled collection
day. They are not to be set our earlier than the evening before
collection. Collections are made commencing at 6:00am and should be
completed by 4:00pm except in cases of unusual delay, breakdown, or
storms of unusually heavy intensity. Empty containers are to be removed
from the curb line by evening of the day of collection.
Rules
for Collection of Recyclables. All curbside recycling is collected on
every other Wednesday.
Riverton households, businesses, and institutions are required
to separate and collect for recycling paper, glass bottles, aluminum
and tin cans, plastic bottles with the numbers 1 or 2 on the bottom
and corrugated cardboard. Newspapers, magazines, non corrugated cardboard,
and other paper products without plastic coatings or attachments are
to be tied or otherwise secured in bundles not exceeding one foot thick
and placed at the curb. Corrugated cardboard is to be tied in separate
bundles and placed with the other paper. Place green, brown and clear
bottles and jars, along with aluminum, tin and plastic bottles with
the numbers 1 and 2 on the bottom, in the yellow commingled recycling
bucket provided by the Borough. These items must be rinsed clean. Jar
lids and bottle caps must be removed. These products are collected by
the Burlington County Occupational Training Center (O.T.C.) and should
be placed at the curb by 6:00am on collection day but not earlier than
the evening of the preceding day.
Disposal
of Paint Cans
Unused latex and/or oil based paint cans can be brought to
the Public Works Department Mondays thru Fridays from 7:00am until 3:30pm
and on Saturdays from 8:00am to 12:00am. Questions regarding
this program should be directed to the recycling hotline at (609) 267-6889
or 461-4141, not to the Borough Office.
Street
Sweeper & Mechanical Leaf Pick-Up Service
The Borough provides these services for Riverton homeowners.
The street sweeper will operate
on a monthly
basis when conditions warrant. Leaf pick-up service will commence in
October and finish at the end of December. If you want to have your
leaves picked up, you are to place your leaves between the sidewalk
and the curb and not in the street, to avoid clogging the gutters and
preventing proper drainage. After December 31, leaves must be bagged
and placed curbside for pick-up. An additional leaf pick-up will be
conducted during the month of April. Questions regarding leaf
pick-up should be directed to the Public Works Department at 829-1792.
Chipping
Third Wednesday of each month place brush or limbs at curb
line for chipping except Oct., Nov. & Dec. (Leaf Season)
On
Street and Off Street Parking
No commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight,
or (regardless of weight) truck trailers, stake body trucks, dump trucks
or large vans (more than 4 wheels) may be parked overnight on a public
street in a residential district. Not more than one commercial vehicle
over 10,000 pounds, and no trucks or large vans as described above,
may be parked at any time, except while loading or unloading, in the
driveway or yard of a lot in a residential district. For complete
requirements, refer to Chapter 128 of the Borough Code-Zoning Ordinance.
Dog
Licenses*
A license and registration tag must be obtained for any dog
over six months old. These licenses must be renewed in January of each
year at the Borough Office. Proof of current rabies vaccination through
the tenth month of the licensing year is required. The cost is $5.00
for the license and $1.00 for the registration tag. Licenses renewed
after January 31st cost $6.00 plus $1.00 for the registration tag. An
additional $.20 for the "Pilot Clinic Fund" and $3.00 additional
surcharge must be paid on all licensed issued for non-spayed and non-neutered
dogs. By law dogs are not permitted to run loose off the owner's property.
Such dogs and any others found not licensed may be impounded by the
Animal Control Officer. *For complete animal requirements, refer
to Chapter 45 (Animals) and 92 (Park) of the Code of the Borough for
Riverton.
Cat
Licenses*
A license and registration tag must be obtained for any CAT
over seven months old. The cost for both the license and registration
tag is $5.00. Proof of current rabies vaccination through the tenth
month of the licensing year is required. These licenses must be renewed
in January of each year at the Borough Office. Licenses renewed after
January 31st will cost $6.00 *For complete animal requirements,
refer to Chapter 45 (Animals) and 92 (Park) of the Code of the Borough
for Riverton.
Borough
Park
Riverton Memorial Park is a very fine asset of the Borough
of Riverton. Its 12 acres include 4 baseball diamonds, a grandstand,
2 basketball courts, 4 hard-surfaced tennis courts, seesaws, swings,
slides, and other playground equipment. Picnic facilities are available
with tables and benches and a fine grassy area. Groups wishing to use
picnic facilities must apply at the Borough Office to reserve this area.
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