[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of New
Providence 5-29-1973 by Ord. No. 73-7
as Ch. 17, Secs. 17-1 through 17-6, of the 1973 Code of Ordinances. Section
197-1B amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 51.
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 109.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 161.
Littering — See Ch. 171.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 191.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 207.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 225.
Noise — See Ch. 327.
Sanitary standards — See Ch. 333.
A.Â
The several acts and offenses set forth in this section
are hereby prohibited, and any person found guilty of any of them shall be
subject on each conviction thereof to the fine and penalty provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article II.
(1)Â
No person shall disturb the quiet of the borough or of
any lawful assembly of persons or any neighborhood, family or person within
the borough by any loud or unnecessary noise or by shouting or by using any
profane, indecent or obscene language or by any indecent conduct whatever
or by quarreling, assaulting or fighting or otherwise disturbing the public
peace.
(2)Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw any stones,
sticks or any hard, dangerous or offensive substances in or into any street,
byway or any public or private place or at any train, bus, vehicle, airplane,
house, building, sign, fence, streetlight or window within the limits of the
borough.
(3)Â
No person shall deposit or cause or permit to be deposited
or remain after deposit sticks, stones, logs, tree stumps, debris, dirt, garbage,
refuse or other material of any kind in any manner on any public or private
way, body of water, watercourse or premises in the borough or so that such
material may be carried on or into any such way, body of water or watercourse
or premises by the elements.
(4)Â
No person, being the owner, lessee, agent, tenant or
occupant, shall allow or permit any accumulation of garbage, manure, offal,
rubbish, debris, stagnant water or any filthy liquid or substance or anything
that is or may become putrid or offensive as a common nuisance to be or remain
upon his yard, lot or premises.
(5)Â
No person, being an owner, lessee, tenant, agent or occupant,
shall permit the premises under such person's control to be maintained
in an unsanitary, unsafe or hazardous condition, and every such owner, lessee,
tenant, agent or occupant shall maintain his yard or premises in a clean,
safe and wholesome condition.[1]
(6)Â
No person shall throw, put or place or cause or permit
to be thrown, put or placed into, upon or within any public street or place
snow or ice or any other substance whatsoever, whereby the safe, free or unobstructed
use of the same by the public may in any way be impeded or interfered with.
(7)Â
No person shall play for money or other valuable thing,
cards, dice or any other game of chance or skill by whatever name known, except
as provided by law.
(8)Â
No person shall habitually or otherwise buy or sell what
is commonly known as "pool" or any interest or share in any such
pool upon or relating to any sporting event or other occurrence, nor shall
any person make or take what is commonly known as a "book" or engage in bookmaking
upon the running, pacing or trotting, either within or without this state,
of any horse, mare, gelding, dog or bitch or other sporting event or conduct
the practice commonly known as "bookmaking" or "pool selling" or keep a place
to which persons may resort to for engaging in any such practices or for betting
upon the event of any horse race, dog race or other sporting event.
(9)Â
No person being under the influence of intoxicating liquor
shall loiter in any public or quasi-public place or in or upon any private
property not his own within the borough.[2]
(10)Â
No person shall nail, tack, paste, draw or in any manner
affix any advertisement or any notice of any kind or description on any tree,
streetlight or pole in, upon or within any street, and no person shall place,
post, mark, draw or assist in the same or cause to be placed, posted, marked
or drawn upon any fence, billboard, door, wall, window, building, pavement
or any other surface exposed in or from any street or place any indecent or
profane picture, drawing, writing or representation.
B.Â
Upon complaint in writing an oath or affirmation being
made before the Borough Judge or such other proper officer of the violation
of any of the offenses under this section, the borough Judge may hear, try
and determine according to law all offenses charged thereunder, and he is
hereby empowered, upon default of payment of any fine imposed by him under
this section, to imprison the person so defaulting in the county jail for
a period not exceeding the period of imprisonment provided for in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article II.[3]
No person shall raise a false alarm of fire.
No person shall willfully, during a fire or at any other time, drive,
draw or wheel any vehicle over any hose or other apparatus belonging to the
Fire Department.
Any person who has in his possession, custody or control any engine
house key or other property belonging or appertaining to the Fire Department
shall, upon demand, deliver it to the Chief of the Fire Department.
No person who has not been duly authorized to do so by the Borough Council,
except a member of the Fire Department acting in the discharge of his duties,
shall open or tamper with any water hydrant.
No person shall knowingly and willfully resist or oppose any police
or other officer of the state, county or borough when such officer is making
an arrest or serving any writ or other process or intentionally obstruct or
hinder any such officer in the performance of his duty or refuse or neglect
to assist any such officer, when lawfully required to do so by him, in making
an arrest or in the suppression of a breach of the peace.