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Borough of Florham Park, NJ
Morris County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Florham Park 12-16-1969 as Ch. 11, §§ 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-15, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19 and 11-20, of the 1969 Code; amended in its entirety 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 20-98. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall conduct himself in or about the Borough having concealed upon him any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit or other implement with an intent to break or enter into any building or shall have upon him any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon or other offensive or dangerous weapon, nor shall any person be apprehended having upon him, whether concealed or not, any of the foregoing articles or things with the intent of committing any unlawful act, nor shall any person be found in or near any dwelling, house, warehouse, stable, barn, coachhouse, garage, smokehouse or any place of public resort or assemblage for business, worship or amusement or other lawful purpose with the intent to steal any goods or chattels, provided that this section shall not apply to law officers and other persons duly authorized under certain statutes of this state to carry proper weapons of defense. Possession of any of the foregoing articles on a public thoroughfare shall be prima facie evidence of such intent. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:5-5.)
No person, whether owner, tenant, occupant or guest, shall suffer or take part in any drunken, riotous or other disorderly conduct that shall endanger or cause disturbance or annoyance to the comfort, repose, peace or safety of any other inhabitants of this Borough. (NOTE: See also 2C:33-2.)
No person shall maintain or cause or permit to be maintained a disorderly house or house of ill fame in any building or structure or on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him; nor shall any person permit any building or other structure or any premises owned or occupied or controlled by him to be frequented or used by unreasonably noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes or other persons violating the law. See also Borough Code § 250-27Q. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:33-12, 2C:34-1 and 2C:37-3.)
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Editor's Note: Former § 175-4, Drunkenness, was repealed 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 10-21.
No person shall willfully make or cause to be made or continue any disturbance which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Borough; nor shall any person willfully engage in any fight, assault, brawl, battery or altercation; nor shall any person participate in or incite by overt act any disturbance or riot or any unruly, boisterous, unreasonably noisy, unlawful or disorderly assemblage constituting a breach or disturbance of the peace. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:33-12.)
No person shall place or throw or suffer or permit the depositing of any stone, sticks, glass, snow or ice or any hard, dangerous or offensive substance upon any street, avenue, road, highway or other public thoroughfare; nor shall any person throw any such object or substance at, upon or against any person, vehicle of transportation, building or other structure.
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Editor's Note: Former § 175-7, Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons, was repealed 5-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-12.
No person shall intentionally appear on any street, avenue, road, highway or other public place in a state of nudity or make any indecent exposure of his person or commit or cause to be committed or participate in the commission of any lewd or indecent act or behavior. See also Borough Code § 250-27Q. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4.)
No person shall, by word, act, sign or other device, invite, solicit or aid or abet in inviting or soliciting unlawful sexual intercourse or any other unlawful, lewd, indecent or lascivious act in any public place or in any place or manner which could be observed by other inhabitants of this Borough from outside the property upon which such activity is conducted. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4.)
No person shall write or cause to be written any lewd, indecent or obscene word or mark whatsoever or draw or cause to be drawn any lewd, indecent or obscene figure upon any house, building, wall, fence or other place in the Borough.
No person shall willfully obstruct, molest, hinder, annoy, frighten, threaten, insult or interfere with any other person lawfully upon any public thoroughfare or in any public place or in any automobile, bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully upon any public thoroughfare. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:33-7.)
No person shall interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct the proceedings, functions or deliberations of the Mayor and Council, the Board of Health or any other official body of the Borough; nor shall any person molest, obstruct, hinder or interfere with any Borough officer or official engaged in the performance of his duty or knowingly resist or oppose any person authorized by law to make arrests or to serve any writ, bill, order or process when the person so authorized is acting in the performance of his duty. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1.)
No person shall maliciously deface, destroy, damage or injure property of another. (NOTE: See also N.J.S.A. 2C:17-3.)
No person shall intentionally operate a motor vehicle on any unpaved surfaces or lawns located upon any municipal or public school property within the Borough.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest or give annoyance to children attending such school or any teacher therein.
No person shall:
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Mutilate or remove any notice or damage, destroy or remove any warning sign or signal or remove any barricade placed or posted on any highway in connection with or relating to the closing of any road.
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Drive any vehicle over or upon the closed portion of any highway.
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Violate any rule or regulation for the use of any highway.
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No person shall obstruct or otherwise interfere with the appropriate use of handicap parking areas or fire zones. This includes, though is not limited to, the placing or maintaining of any blockage, barriers or physical obstructions in said areas or the placing of or failure to remove ice or snow in these areas thus interfering with their designated use. The violation includes not only the person creating the impediment or interference but also the property owner or tenant who suffers the interference or impediment to the use to continue.
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In addition to the penalties provided in § 1-16 of Chapter 1 of the Code, any violator of this section shall be liable for any costs incurred by the Borough in removing or abating the interference or impediment.