[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Stafford 6-13-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-47. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for a retailer to display
or permit to be displayed at a business premises any obscene material,
as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3, at a height of less than five feet
and without a blinder or other covering placed or printed on the front
of the material displayed.
The display of any obscene material, as defined
in N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3, at a retail place of business shall constitute
presumptive evidence that the retailer knowingly made or permitted
the display.
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any
other provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punishable by a fine of no less than $500, by imprisonment not to
exceed 30 days or by community service of not more than 90 days or
any combination of fine, imprisonment and community service, as determined
in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of
such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.
B.
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall
be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
