[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Harding 12-12-1967 by Ord. No. 3-67 (Ch. 141 of the 1990
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch.
84.
Unfit buildings — See Ch.
116.
Firearms and weapons — See Ch.
177.
Sewers and water — See Ch.
422.
This chapter is designed to supplement general
law, in particular, but not limited to, the Disorderly Persons Law
(N.J.S.A. 2A:170-1 to 2A:170-100), as amended and supplemented.
No person shall enter or trespass upon the land
or property of the Township or of any public or quasi-public body
without lawful permission to do so.
No person shall hinder, disturb or obstruct
any Township official or agency in the performance of his or its duties
or willfully refuse or neglect to assist any Township official when
lawfully called upon by him to do so in the execution of process,
in the suppression of a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct,
in case of an escape or when such official is resisted in the discharge
of his duty; nor shall any person knowingly resist or oppose any official
or person authorized by law in serving or attempting to serve any
process or when making an arrest, either with or without a warrant.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any
public school or molest or annoy any teacher therein or any school
child while either is on the school property or is going to or coming
from said school.
No person shall unnecessarily obstruct any road
or public place of the Township.
No person shall mutilate, displace, remove or
destroy any warning sign, signal, road sign, barrier, traffic cone,
vehicle or equipment or extinguish any light placed upon any road
or public place by any public utility, Township official or contractor
under any contract with a public utility or the Township for the purpose
of performing such contract, or to direct traffic or to give public
warning of construction work, unless acting under the authority or
with the consent of the person supervising the work or materials protected
thereby.
No person shall keep or maintain on any public
or private property any open cistern, open hole or unsafe structure
which is or may become dangerous to life or health or which might
extend a conflagration.
No person shall cause or permit to be emitted
any vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating odor or any odor that
may be vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating to any of the residents
of the Township.
No person shall keep, maintain or be present
in any house or other building owned or occupied by him or her, which
is frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons
or by gamblers or vagrants.
No person shall appear on any road or public
place or in or on private property in such manner as to be visible
from other public or private property, in a state of nudity, or make
any indecent exposure of his or her person or commit or do any lewd
or indecent act or behave in any lewd or indecent manner.
No person shall perform or take part in any
obscene, indecent, immoral or lewd play or other exhibition or representation.
The word "obscene" shall have the meaning given to it in N.J.S.A.
2A:115-1.1.
No person shall fire or discharge any cannon,
gun, pistol or revolver, firearm, firecrackers or fireworks of any
description in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger
the life, welfare or property of anyone; provided, however, that this
section shall not apply to:
A. Any military or other authorized exercise or public
ceremony.
B. Officers of the state, county or Township charged
with the enforcement of the law.
C. The use of a firearm in the defense of life or property.
[Added 10-14-1969 by Ord. No. 3-69]
No person, whether owner, tenant, occupant or
guest, shall knowingly or willingly suffer or take part in any drunken,
riotous or other disorderly conduct within the Township that shall
disturb the peace and quiet of any resident of the Township.
[Added 10-14-1969 by Ord. No. 3-69]
No person shall carry any pistol or revolver
(without first having obtained a permit to carry the same in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 2A: 151-1 et seq.) or a rifle or shotgun (without having first obtained
a firearms' purchaser identification card in accordance with N.J.S.A.
2A:151-1 et seq.) or any dangerous instrument of the kinds known as
a "blackjack," "slingshot," "billy," "sandclub," "sandbag," "bludgeon,"
"metal knuckles," "loose wool impregnated with metal filings," "razor
blades embedded in wood slivers," "dagger," "dirk," "dangerous knife,"
or knife as defined in N.J.S.A. 2A:151-62, "stiletto," "switch blade," "grenade," "bomb," or other
explosives, other than fixed ammunition (except as such person may
be licensed to carry, hold or possess explosives under N.J.S.A. 21:1-1
et seq.) concealed in or about his clothes or person or in any
automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle.
[Added 10-12-1993 by Ord. No. 11-93]
It is unlawful for any person to engage in picketing
before or about the residence or dwelling of any individual in the
Township.
No person shall engage in any other riotous
conduct, indecent conduct, breaches of the peace or vagrancy not hereinbefore
mentioned.
[Added 4-7-2004 by Ord. No. 5-04]
No person shall display or cause to be displayed
on any building or lot a number different than the number assigned
to the building or lot in the numbering system approved by resolution
of the Harding Township Committee.
[Added 9-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 19-18; amended 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 11-2021]
A. Subject to the provisions and application of P.L. 2021, c. 16, c.
19, c. 25 and c. 38, and such other state laws that affect the application
of this section, no person(s) shall be permitted to use or sell marijuana
or any marijuana-related paraphernalia on or within any public housing
facility, public park, public building or within 1,000 feet of any
location and areas within the municipality which are owned or leased
to any elementary or secondary school or school board and is used
for school purposes.
B. Subject to the provisions and application of P.L. 2021, c. 16, c.
19, c. 25 and c. 38, and such other state laws that affect the application
of this section, the Police Department of the Township of Harding,
in connection with its duties imposed by law, shall diligently enforce
the provisions of this chapter and shall have the authority to eject
from such public housing facility, public park, public building and/or
any location and areas within the municipality which is owned by or
leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board and is
used school purposes any person acting in violation of this chapter.
C. Subject to the provisions and application of P.L. 2021, c. 16, c. 19, c. 25 and c. 38, and such other state laws that affect the application of this section, in addition to the ejectment penalty, as provided above, any person who violates any provisions of this chapter or who otherwise fails to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall, for each such violation or offense, be subject to the general penalty in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I. Each day that a violation or offense continues shall constitute a separate violation hereof.