[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Pilesgrove 5-14-1968. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall keep or maintain a disorderly
house or a house of ill fame or allow or permit any house, shop, store
or other building owned or occupied by him or her to be used as a
disorderly house or house of ill fame or to be frequented or resorted
to by riotous or disorderly persons, prostitutes, gamblers or vagrants.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 97-4, Loitering; offensive
speech; interfering with passersby, was repealed 3-19-2009 by Ord.
No. 09-04.
No person shall go about from door to door or
place himself or herself in the streets or highways to beg or gather
alms.
No person shall appear in any street, highway
or public place in a state of nudity or in a dress not belonging to
his or her sex or in an indecent or lewd dress; or shall make any
indecent exposure of his or her person or be guilty of any lewd or
indecent act or behavior; or shall exhibit, sell or offer to sell
any indecent or lewd book, picture or thing; or shall exhibit or perform
any indecent, immoral or lewd play or other representation.
No person shall, within the limits of said Township,
maliciously destroy, damage or injure any property.
No person shall, within the limits of said Township,
and without lawful authority, have concealed upon his or her person
any offensive or dangerous weapon.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 97-9, Intoxicated persons,
was repealed 8-12-2008 by Ord. No. 08-09.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 97-10, Interfering with
or failing to assist Township officers, was repealed 3-19-2009 by
Ord. No. 09-04.
No person shall, within the limits of said Township,
during an alarm of fire, hinder, prevent or deter by any device whatsoever
any fireman or other person from rendering lawful assistance in abating
or quelling such fire or hinder or interfere with any fireman from
going to or returning from the place where any building or other property
is on fire or from which an alarm proceeds; nor shall any person hinder
or obstruct the passage of any fire engine, hook and ladder truck,
hose cart or any fire apparatus in going to or from the place from
which an alarm of fire proceeds or where any building or other property
may be burning.
No person shall engage in or attempt or offer
to engage in or aid, abet or participate in any fight, assault, quarrel,
brawl, battery, altercation, disturbance, riot or unruly, boisterous,
noisy, unlawful or disorderly assemblage, nor shall any person in
any way breach or disturb the peace.
No person shall in any way injure, destroy,
break, mutilate, deface or tamper with any streetlight, pole or fixture
or any part thereof in any street, highway, park or other public place
within the limits of said Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 97-14, Other improper conduct,
was repealed 3-19-2009 by Ord. No. 09-04.
No person shall hide or be found in or near
any dwelling house, warehouse, stable, barn, garage, schoolhouse or
any place of public resort or assemblage for business, worship, amusement
or other lawful purpose with an intent to steal any goods or chattels
or who is unable to give a good account of himself or is there for
any other unlawful purpose.
[Amended 9-12-1972; 10-12-1999 by Ord. No.
99-7]
No person shall make or continue to cause to
be made any unnecessary noise which shall disturb the comfort, rest
or repose of any person or persons being in his, her or their place
of abode, except noise created pursuant to agricultural purposes.
If any dog or bitch, being confined in any house,
building or outhouse or other place shall annoy and/or disturb any
person or family residing in the neighborhood by howling and/or barking,
the person owning, harboring or confining said dog or bitch shall
be deemed a disorderly person.[1]
No person shall throw or cause to be thrown
any stone, brick or other missile at any person or person's vehicle
or residence or at any domestic animal on any street or road in this
Township.
No person shall write, mark, draw or cut or
cause to be written any indecent or obscene words, figures or pictures
upon any house, building, wall, fence or other place along any of
the streets or elsewhere in the Township.
No person shall violate decency by an improper
exposure of the person or by commission of any nuisance on the streets,
public places or on or about the residence or place of business of
any person.
It is unlawful for any person to sell, give
away or dispose of on any public highway, public or private property
any fireworks, cherry bombs or other exploders of a like nature.
All fines imposed and collected under and by
virtue of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of said Township.
Each and every person violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a
fine of not more than $200 or be imprisoned in the County Jail for
not more than 90 days; and the Magistrate before whom any such person
may be brought may impose such punishment by fine or imprisonment
in the County Jail as he may see fit, not exceeding the maximum herein
fixed.
[Added 10-12-1999 by Ord. No. 96-6]
A.
GUARDIAN
JUVENILE
PUBLIC PLACE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A person, other than a parent, to whom legal custody of the
juvenile has been given by court order or who is acting in the place
of the parent or is responsible for the care and welfare of the juvenile.
An individual who is of the age of 16 years or younger.
Any place to which the public has access, including, but
not limited to, a public street, road, thoroughfare, sidewalk, bridge,
alley, plaza, park, recreation or shopping areas, public transportation,
parking lot or any other public building, structure or area.
B.
Curfew established. It shall be unlawful for a juvenile of the age of 16 years or younger to be on any public street or in a public place between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless accompanied by the juvenile's parent or guardian or unless engaged in or traveling to and from a business or occupation which the laws of this state authorize a juvenile to perform, except as may be permitted by Subsection C herein.
C.
Exceptions. Subject to Subsection B, juveniles shall be exempted from the curfew restriction if the juvenile is involved in the following activities:
(1)
Errands involving medical emergencies.
(2)
Attendance at, including travel to and from, extracurricular
school activities or activities sponsored by religious or community-based
organizations.
(3)
Attendance at, including travel to and from, cultural,
educational and social events after 11:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m.
for which the juvenile has in his or her possession the written approval
of his or her parent or guardian to attend such specific event, with
such parent's or guardian's signature.
D.
Notice of violation. Under charging a juvenile with
violation of this section, notice of the same shall be given in writing
by the Police Department to the juvenile's parent or guardian. If,
at any time within 30 days following the giving of notice as provided
herein, the minor to whom such notice related or applied is again
charged, and upon such charge is subsequently convicted of a violation
of the curfew provisions of this section, it shall be rebuttably presumed
that the juvenile committed such subsequent violation with the knowledge,
allowance, permission or sufferance of the parent or guardian of such
juvenile and the parent or guardian shall thereupon be charged with
a violation of this section.
E.
Violations and penalties. Any person found in violation
of this section shall be required to perform community service and
may be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000. If both a juvenile
and the juvenile's parent or guardian violate such a section, they
shall be required to perform community service together.
