[HISTORY Adopted by the Township Committee (now Township Council) of the Township of River Vale 2-14-1974 by Ord. No. 0-3-74 (Ch. 53 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 159.
No person or persons shall disturb or aid in disturbing the peace of others by violent, tumultuous, offensive or obstreperous conduct, and no person shall knowingly permit such conduct upon any premises owned or possessed by him or under his control.
No person or persons shall intentionally make, turn in or give a false alarm of fire or need for police or ambulance assistance or aid or abet in the commission of such act.
No person or persons shall forcibly interfere with any member of the Police Department or Fire Department or any officer of the municipality or Board of Health in the performance of his duty or prevent or attempt to prevent any member of the Police Department or Fire Department or any officer aforesaid from performing his duty.
No person or persons shall drive any vehicle over any hose or other apparatus nor willfully handle and do violence to any member of the Fire Department or any official of the Township in the performance of his duty at a fire or in going to or returning from a fire or alarm of fire or in charge of any apparatus; nor shall any person or persons raise, create or continue a false alarm of fire.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person or persons shall interfere with the proper transaction of business in any Municipal Court by any unruly, boisterous or otherwise disorderly conduct in the courtroom where such Court is in session or by any offensive or abusive remarks to the presiding Judge when he is engaged in the discharge of his duties.
A. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
LOITER
To remain idle in essentially one location, and includes the concepts of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place or area open to the public, and includes the quasi-public area in front of or adjacent to any store, shop, luncheonette, restaurant or other place of business, as well as any parking lot or other vacant private property not owned or under the dominion of the person charged with a violation of this section.
B. 
Types of loitering prohibited. No person shall loiter in a public place in such a manner as to:
(1) 
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
(2) 
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in a public place.
(3) 
Create or cause to be created a danger or a breach of the peace.
(4) 
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort or repose of any person which causes or is likely to cause a breach of peace.
(5) 
Beg or receive alms for himself.
C. 
Discretion of police officer. Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated under Subsection B, he may, if it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave that place after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be in violation of the provisions of this section.
[Added 3-28-1991 by Ord. No. 0-7-91; amended 1-22-2004 by Ord. No. 0-28-03]
There is hereby established a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for Cabbage Night, October 30-31, and Halloween, October 31 to November 1. The curfew shall apply to each minor unaccompanied by his or her parent or guardian. Any such unaccompanied minor shall first be requested to return to his or her home, and, in the event of noncompliance, the police shall telephone the parent or guardian and request that he or she pick up the minor at police headquarters. For the purposes of this section, "minor" shall be defined as any person under the age of 18.
[Amended 3-28-1991 by Ord. No. 0-7-91]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 170-1 through 170-6 shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, § 1-14.