The Township Council of the Township of Hillside does specifically find
and determine that a substantial number of incidents involved in the violation
of public peace are committed by minors and in a significant part are occasioned
by the failure of the parent of the minor to exercise reasonable control and
supervision over said minor. There presently exists in the State of New Jersey
certain statutes which do afford a means whereby parents are alerted to the
responsibilities of both the minor and to society in general, and it is the
judgment of the Township Council after investigation of all facts that supplemental
local legislation is desirable and necessary to accomplish and enforce effective
parental control and responsibility over minors. It is this void that this
chapter is intended to fulfill pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-1.
It shall be unlawful for any parent to assist, aid, abet, allow, permit,
suffer or encourage such minor to commit a violation of the public peace,
as defined herein, either by overt act, by failure to act or by lack of supervision
and control over such minor.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days.
The remedy provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative, not exclusive,
and the state or any other person shall have the right to proceed under any
other legally available remedies.