[Amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to hinder or molest
or attempt to do violence to any officer or member of the Fire Department
or borough officer while in the performance of his/her duties at a
fire or in going to or returning from a fire or alarm of fire.
It shall be unlawful for any person to raise or create a false
alarm of fire or to operate a fire alarm box without reasonable cause.
[Amended 11-8-1972 by Ord. No. 639R; 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
A. No person shall disturb the quiet of the Borough, or of a lawful
assembly of persons, or of any neighborhood, family, or person by
any loud or unnecessary noise with kettles, drums, horns, bells, or
other similar or related instruments or by quarreling, assaulting,
or fighting.
B. No person shall loiter in such manner so as to:
(1) Create or cause to be created a breach of the peace;
(2) Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance calculated
to interfere with the comfort and repose of any person;
(3) Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians, bicycles, or vehicles;
(4) Obstruct, molest, or interfere with any person lawfully in any public
place;
(5) Make unsolicited remarks of an offensive, disgusting, or insulting
nature or which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to,
or in whose hearing, they are made.
C. For purposes of this chapter, "loitering" shall mean remaining idle
in essentially one location and shall include the concepts of spending
time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly, and shall also include
the colloquial expression "hanging around."
D. No person shall enter upon or refuse to leave any public property
or place in violation of rules and/or regulations promulgated by the
official charged with the security, care or maintenance of the property
and approved by the commission or public agency owning such property
or place, where such regulations have been conspicuously posted or
where immediately prior to such entry, or subsequent thereto, such
rules and/or regulations are made known by the official charged with
the security, care or maintenance of the property, his/her agent or
a police officer.
E. Whenever any police officer, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decides that the presence of any person in any public place is causing any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection
A,
B, or
C herein, such police officer may, if the officer deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place, and any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
F. This section shall not apply to peaceful picketing, public speaking
or other lawful expressions of opinion not in contravention of other
laws.
[Amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
No person shall go about from door to door or place himself
or herself in the streets to beg or gather alms.
[Amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
No person shall appropriate for private use or remove from its
place of deposit any public property, unless such appropriation or
removal is authorized by of the Mayor and Council in accordance with
state law.
[Amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
Any material deposited upon private property by employees or
officials of the Borough, the placement of which constitutes a trespass
upon such property, may be removed by the owner or his/her agent without
violation of this chapter.
[Amended 12-15-1971 by Ord. No. 631R; 9-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-19RA; 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 05-10R; 6-13-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11R]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For purposes of §
212-10D,
E and
F, each object of litter, garbage or refuse described in each of those subsections which is thrown, placed, deposited or caused to be thrown, placed or deposited shall constitute a separate offense.
[Added 9-26-1973 by Ord. No. 651R]
No person knowingly and willfully shall refuse or neglect to
assist any public safety officer when lawfully required to do so by
such officer in making an arrest, in the service of any process or
in the suppression of a breach of the peace.
[Added 9-26-1973 by Ord. No. 651R; amended 12-28-1999 by Ord. No.
99-25R]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 21:1A-132 et seq., the Mayor and
Council may grant permission to a religious, fraternal or civic organization
or to a Borough-sponsored committee or activity, or to other groups
of individuals or organizations to discharge fireworks within the
Borough, under and pursuant to the following conditions:
A. That the discharge be handled by an experienced and competent operator,
and the operator, time and place be approved by the Chiefs of Police
and Fire;
B. That the permittee furnish to the Borough property, liability and
workmen's compensation insurance in such amounts as may reasonably
be required by the Borough, but in no event less than $1,000,000 aggregate,
which insurance shall include a save-harmless clause to protect the
Borough, and which insurance shall name the Borough as an additional
insured;
C. That the permittee furnish a bond in an amount required by the Borough,
and both insurance and bonds shall be approved by the Borough Attorney
as to form and sufficiency;
D. That the permittee comply with all other requirements of the Borough;
and
E. That such permission shall not be granted for the discharge of fireworks
of the type commonly known as "bombs" or "torpedoes" or for any fireworks
which are designed to detonate and produce noise or concussion, except
that such bombs or torpedoes may be discharged in connection with
the celebration of any event either approved or sponsored by the Borough.
[Added 9-26-1973 by Ord. No. 651R; amended 7-13-1977 by Ord. No.
682R; 12-30-1981 by Ord. No. 735R; 10-12-1983 by Ord. No. 83-19R; 9-28-1988 by Ord. No. 88-19RA; 4-19-1998 by Ord. No.
98-05R; 6-11-1998 by Ord. No. 98-12R; 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 98-18R; 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R]
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. Play, use, operate or permit to be played, used or operated any radio
or other device for the production or reproduction of sound with volume
louder than is necessary for the convenient hearing of the person(s)
so playing such device and in a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet
and comfort of neighboring inhabitants. The operation of such a device
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as
to be plainly audible at a distance 100 feet from the place in which
it is operated shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this
chapter.
B. Be in a drunk or intoxicated condition in or on any public place
or in any place open to the public. Nothing in this subsection shall
be deemed contrary to N.J.S.A. 26:2B-1 et seq.
C. Drink any intoxicating liquors on any street, alley, parking lot,
park or other public place or in any motor vehicle not on private
property or upon private property without the express consent of the
owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borough Clerk may issue
a permit to an individual, group of individuals or other entities
permitting the possession and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages
in a specific Borough public facility, other than a Borough park or
playground, at a specific time or times. Said permit shall be issued
by the Borough Clerk upon proper written application by the applicant
in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Mayor and
Council. The applicant has the burden of demonstrating that the issuance
of the requested permit will not adversely affect the public interest,
health, safety and welfare. This section shall not apply where otherwise
permitted by another provision of the Borough Code. Nothing in this
subsection is intended to be contrary to N.J.S.A. 26:2B-1 et seq.
D. Throw, place, deposit or cause to be thrown, placed or deposited
any stones, glass, sticks, litter or any dangerous or offensive substance
in or upon any public place or at any car, vehicle, house, building
or fence, or willfully break, damage or destroy any public or private
property. This prohibition shall not include any litter and other
substances placed as part of any scheduled cleanup program established
by the borough so long as:
(1) It has been placed, thrown, deposited, etc., on public property by
a person who is the owner, tenant or occupant of the property in front
or on the side of which such litter and/or other substance has been
placed as part of such cleanup program; and
(2) It has been placed for the purpose of having it picked up as part
of said cleanup program.
E. Throw or deposit litter upon a public or private place from a vehicle
or sweep, cast, throw or deposit, or cause to be swept, cast, thrown
or deposited, upon any public street, sidewalk, gutter, alley or place
upon private property, any litter, paper, rags, straw, wood, boxes,
dirt, rubbish, sidewalk sweepings, turf, clay, sand, earth or ashes
or any other litter or garbage. These prohibitions shall include but
not be limited to any person placing or depositing any such substances
or litter as part of any cleanup program established by the borough
if such litter and/or substances do not belong to the owner or occupant
of the property on which they have been placed for collection.
F. Park any vehicle upon, or place any obstruction, object and/or litter
in front of or upon, any private property, driveway or right-of-way
without the permission of the lawful owner, tenant or occupant thereof.
Such lawful owner, tenant or occupant thereof may not give permission
to a third person to place any such obstruction, object and/or litter
for the purpose of having it collected as part of a cleanup program
established by the borough.
G. Urinate or defecate on, or disturb a public place or the property
of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy or physically offensive
condition.
[Added 8-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-14R]
H. Commit any flagrantly lewd and offensive act which he knows or reasonably
should know will be observed by other nonconsenting person or persons
who would be affronted or alarmed.
[Added 8-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-14R]
[Added 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. 99-25R; amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No.
05-10R; 6-13-2006 by Ord. No. 06-11R]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000,
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, and/or by a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days.