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competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
DATE: ___
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 28th day of September, 2021, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 12th day of October, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.
Janice Kisty, RMC
Jackson Township Clerk
ORDINANCES, FIRST READING:
ORDINANCE: 22-21
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY DELETING CHAPTER 364 ENTITLED "SOIL/FILL" IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACING IT WITH NEW CHAPTER 364 ENTITLED "SOIL/FILL IMPORTATION PERMIT"
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 22-21 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL AND NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 2021 BY: SAUICKIE MOTION SECONDED BY: BORRELLI YES: BORRELLI, SAUICKIE, FLEMMING, KERN ABSENT: CHISHOLM
Council President Kern would like to echo Council Vice President's comments and thanked Councilman Sauickie for all his diligent work on this ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:
SECTION 1. Purpose: The purpose of this Chapter is to manage the importation and deposition of soil/fill to protect the safety, public health and general welfare of the Township of Jackson and the environment. The adoption and enforcement of this Chapter does not exempt any permit applicant from any other required local, state or federal approvals or local soil conservation district requirements regarding the acceptability and placement of soil/fill materials.
This Chapter does not apply to soil/fill imported for the purposes of remediation pursuant to the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (ARACS N.J.A.C. 7:26C) and Technical Requirements for Site Remediation (N.J.A.C. 7:26E), operation and/or closure of sanitary landfills (N.J.A.C. 7:26) or dredge repository sites approved by State or Federal Agencies.
a. For purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
ACCEPTABLE SOIL/FILL