[HISTORY: Arts. I and II adopted by the Township
Committee (now Township Council) of the Township of West Windsor as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-27-1979 by Ord. No.
79-39 as Sec. 3-4 of the Revised General Ordinances]
No person shall operate or cause to be operated
any motorboat or powerboat powered by a motor of more than 7 1/2
horsepower upon Grover's Mill Pond in the township.
No motorboat, powerboat or motor shall be operated
upon the pond between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
[Added 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Ice skating on Grover's Mill Pond is not permitted.
No waterskiing shall be permitted upon the pond
at any time. The term "waterskiing" shall be defined as anything with
a rider being towed behind a motorboat or powerboat by means of a
towrope or line, except another boat.
No motorboat, powerboat or motor shall be operated
in a reckless or careless manner. Reckless or careless operation shall
include operating a motorboat, powerboat or motor in a manner which
unnecessarily interferes with the free and proper use of any waters
or unnecessarily endangers other craft therein or the life or limb
of any person upon any craft or in the water.
No person shall operate a motorboat, powerboat
or motor while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any narcotic
or habit-forming drug or permit any person who may be under the influence
of intoxicating liquor or any narcotic or habit-forming drug to operate
any motorboat, powerboat or motor owned by such person or in such
person's custody.
Hunting and gunning of any type is banned and
prohibited within the area known as Grover's Mill Pond and more specifically
within 450 feet from the banks of the pond.
[Added 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
[Adopted 2-16-1993 by Ord. No. 93-03
(Sec. 3-17 of the Revised General Ordinances)]
The following regulations apply to all parks
and recreation lands owned or controlled by the Township of West Windsor,
except as provided herein.
These regulations are adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:12-6.
A.
No person shall leave rubbish or other foreign matter
within any park or recreation land or in any body of water within
such an area, except in a receptacle provided and designated for that
purpose by West Windsor Township.
B.
No person shall remove or in any way injure or mutilate
any plant, structure or other object or dig up or remove any dirt,
stone or other substance within a park or recreation land.
C.
No person shall build, light or maintain a fire within
a park or recreation land except in a grill or fireplace provided
and designated for that purpose by West Windsor Township or in a portable
camp stove.
[Amended 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02]
D.
No person shall discharge or set off any firecrackers,
fireworks or rockets within a park or recreation land, except pursuant
to a permit issued by West Windsor Township.
[Added 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02]
E.
No person shall be permitted to play golf or hit golf
balls within any West Windsor Township park or recreation land.
[Added 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02]
A.
No person shall permit a dog in his/her possession
to run at large within any park or recreation land in West Windsor
Township except in property designated "dog parks" located within
West Windsor Community Park. A dog must be in the custody or in the
control of its owner and, except in the aforementioned "dog parks,"
restricted by a leash not exceeding 15 feet in length. The owner of
a dog must adhere to the Township ordinances regarding the proper
cleanup of waste from his/her dog while at a park or recreation land.
At any program, activity or event sponsored by West Windsor Township,
dogs are not permitted, with the exception of a Seeing Eye dog or
a hearing ear dog.[1]
[Amended 4-7-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-05]
B.
No person shall molest, impair or kill any animal
or disturb its habitat, nor shall any person fish in any area at which
signs are posted prohibiting the same.
No person shall carry or possess firearms of
any description; or air rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slings
or any other form of weapon potentially harmful to wildlife and dangerous
to human safety; or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire
blank cartridges; or any kind of trapping device. Shooting into park
areas from beyond park boundaries is prohibited.
No person shall drive or park any motor vehicle
or any motor-drawn vehicle within a park or recreation land other
than in such parking lots or access drives thereto as may be established,
except by permit issued by West Windsor Township. As used in this
article, "motor vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which a
person or property is or may be transported that is equipped with
a motor for propulsion.
No person shall use private boats on any body
of water within a park or recreation land, with the exception of Grover's
Mill Pond. No gasoline-powered motors are permitted. No person shall
bathe in any natural body of water within a park or recreation land.
No person shall use any loudspeaker, portable
stereo, public address system or amplifier within a park or recreation
land, except pursuant to a permit issued by West Windsor Township.
No person shall sell or solicit the sale of
any goods or services or distribute commercial handbills or circulars
or post a notice of any kind within a park or recreation land, except
pursuant to a permit issued by West Windsor Township.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
Groups may reserve the picnic pavilions at the
Community Park and Van Nest Park between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
9:00 p.m. No group of 20 or more persons shall use the picnic pavilions
at either the Community Park or Van Nest park without such a reservation.
Permits for group use of these picnic pavilions must be applied for
in advance at the Recreation and Parks office. A permit fee shall
be charged to each individual group. Said fee shall be set annually
by resolution of the Board of Recreation Commissioners. The picnic
pavilion at each park consists of the pavilion structure, picnic tables
and cooking grills. Groups with a properly issued permit will have
exclusive use of these facilities during their approved date and time.
No individual may be denied access to the parks because of a group's
reserved status, but may not utilize the picnic pavilion facilities
while the approved group is using them.
[Added 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
All athletic fields located in any township-owned
park must be reserved by the individual sports organizations that
provide recreational sports leagues for township residents. Permits
for field usage will be issued by the Recreation Office. Athletic
fields in any township owned park may only be used by permit holders.
The township reserves the right to charge a fee for field usage. Said
fee shall be set annually by resolution of the Board of Recreation
Commissioners.
All park and recreation land shall be open to
the public from sunrise to sunset, with the exception of group use.
The hours for group use shall be 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
No alcoholic beverages of any kind are permitted
in any park or recreation land.
No person shall cause or create or maintain
any device causing or creating any unnecessary noise in any park or
recreation land.
[Added 5-19-1997 by Ord. No. 97-13]
A.
The lights illuminating the playing fields, parking
lot, roadways and other facilities located on the western side of
the power lines in the Community Park shall be controlled by timers,
which shall be located in a secure, locked location inaccessible to
the public. The hours of operation of the lights shall be from dusk
to 9:00 p.m. nightly except as provided below. The lights will be
shielded so that they shall not shine directly onto any neighboring
property or directly into any structures of any neighboring property.
B.
All lights deemed by the Township Police Division
to be necessary for security shall be exempt from these requirements.
To the extent it is consistent with security needs, those lights shall
be shielded from the view of surrounding properties and streets.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
C.
The lights illuminating the soccer and baseball fields
shall be turned on only when those fields are in use; use of the lighted
fields shall be limited to local sports associations and shall be
by permit only. Such permit, to be issued by the Division of Parks
and Recreation upon such terms as it deems appropriate, shall provide
that the permit holder is responsible for ensuring that its members
shall abide by township parking, noise and littering ordinances[1] and that all of its members shall leave the park within
30 minutes subsequent to the conclusion of the event authorized by
the permit. The hours of operation of the lights shall be as specified
in the permit, but in no case shall the lights remain on after 10:45
p.m. Use of the public address systems shall be upon such terms as
are specified in the permit.
[Amended 4-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-07]
