[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Longport 12-7-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-17.[1] Amendments noted where applicable. ]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 105.
Plastic bag usage reduction — See Ch. 107.
Littering — See Ch. 112.
Property maintenance — See Ch.
133..
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch.
106 but was renumbered for organizational purposes. Additionally,
former Ch. 87, Employment of Nonresidents, adopted 5-15-1963, as amended,
was repealed 8-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-11.
It is hereby found and declared that it will be the public policy
of the Borough of Longport to take action when feasible to reduce
the effects of certain products utilized, placed, or released with
the environment in order to protect the health and safety of the general
public.
This article is adopted in order to protect the environment,
particularly the wildlife, and the health, safety and well-being of
persons and property by prohibiting the release of helium balloons
into the atmosphere, including latex and mylar, as it has been determined
that the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gases
pose a danger and nuisance to the environment, particularly to wildlife
and marine animals so as to constitute a public nuisance and may pose
a threat to the safety of its inhabitants and their property.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
intentionally release, organize the release, or intentionally cause
to be released balloons inflated with a gas that is lighter than air
with the Borough of Longport limits, except for:
Any person found in violation is guilty of a noncriminal infraction
punishable by a fine not to exceed the sum of $500.
