Livingston Township’s 2023 Leaf Collection Program will begin next week. The collection will start on Monday, November 6, and continue through December 16.
As is done each year, Livingston Township will be divided into three sections for leaf collection. Leaves may only be placed in the street gutter on the specific dates listed in the 2023 Leaf Collection Program Schedule for each respective week and section. Prior to the stated calendar dates, leaves should be left on the lawn at the curbline. Because leaves fall at different times, depending on weather conditions, the Department of Public Works trucks are scheduled to pick up leaves throughout all sections of town during the last week of the Leaf Collection Program.
As long as residents have placed their leaves at the curbline by Sunday, December 10, they will be picked up. Any leaves placed out afterDecember 11 may not be picked up. It will then be the homeowner’s responsibility to bag those leaves and put them out with regular trash after the Leaf Collection Program has ended.
The New Jersey Stormwater Management Rules state that leaves:
• Must be at least ten feet away from any storm drain inlet or catch basin, and
• Can only be left in the street gutter for a maximum period of seven days prior to their scheduled collection date.
Livingston is required by the state to enforce the Stormwater Management Rules; therefore, failure to follow the leaf collection schedule and requirements could result in warnings and fines being issued to both the resident and their respective landscape contractor. Township of Livingston Ordinance Chapter 178, “Littering,” contains the requirements for disposing of grass clippings and leaves. Residents must adhere to the following:
Grass Clippings
• Dispose of grass clippings only by putting them in a container or bag.
• Do not dispose of grass clippings by placing them or causing them to end up on adjacent property (i.e., through air blowers or other mechanical equipment).
• Do not dispose of grass clippings by depositing them in any catch basin or sewer, or by leaving them along any curb line or gutter.
Leaves
• Dispose of leaves in a container or bag, except during the scheduled annual Leaf Collection Program, when they must be left at the curb line for collection.
• Put leaves on the curb or in the gutter of that portion of the public street adjacent to the property from which the leaves are being disposed only during the annual Leaf Collection Program, according to the times and dates in the published Leaf Collection Program Schedule.
• Put leaves in the street gutter for a maximum period of only seven days before the scheduled collection date.
• Put leaves for disposal – only if you live on Essex County or New Jersey state roads – either in paper leaf bags which have been provided by the township, or their equivalent.
• Understand that anyone who does not follow the requirements for disposing of grass clippings and leaves may be subject to a fine as established in Chapter 178, “Littering,” of the Township of Livingston General Ordinances.
• Do not dispose of leaves by placing them or causing them to be on adjacent property (i.e., through air blowers or other mechanical equipment.
• Do not dispose of leaves by depositing them in any catch basin or sewer.
• Do not place leaves closer than ten feet from any storm drain inlet or catch basin.
• Do not place leaves at the curb lines of the following streets, which are Essex County and New Jersey state roads: Beaufort Avenue, East Cedar Street, Eisenhower Parkway, East/West Hobart Gap Road, Kennedy Parkway, Laurel Avenue, South/ North LivingstonAvenue, East/West Northfield Road, Old Short Hills Road, Parsonage Hill Road, Passaic Avenue, Shrewsbury Drive, South Orange Avenue, Walnut Street and State Highway Route 10 (East/West Mt. Pleasant Avenue).
Leaves along these roads must be put in bags.
The accompanying chart notes leaf collection information by section and date.
For more information on Sections, or to find a specific street, visit livingstonnj. org/LeafCollection. Leaf collection on Essex County Roads and State Highway Route 10 will occur once each week during the 2023 leaf collection season.
The final date leaves may be placed in the gutter for collection on municipal streets is Monday, December 11.
