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Borough of Oaklyn, NJ
Camden County
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[Adopted 7-10-1979 by Ord. No. 9-79[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance supersedes former Art. I, General Regulations, adopted 9-3-1907, as amended.
Offenses against public peace, safety, health and morals include:
A. 
Trespassing.
B. 
Defacing the property of another (graffiti).
C. 
Destroying any property of another.
D. 
Mugging, assaults and assaults and battery.
E. 
Destruction or defacing public property owned by the governments of the Borough, county or state, including graffiti.
F. 
Destruction of or injury to playground equipment and public parks.
G. 
The consumption of alcoholic beverages on a public street.
[Amended 10-5-2009 by Ord. No. 16-09]
H. 
Littering. Littering shall include throwing, casting or placing any garbage, waste, papers, ashes, sewage, refuse, junk, rubbish, circulars, glasses, bottles, cans, dead animals or any other type of waste matter on any property, public or private, except in such areas as may be officially designated and licensed for dumping by the Borough of Oaklyn; throwing or depositing of litter in or upon any private property or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or property within the Borough, except public receptacles or any authorized private receptacles for collection or in official Borough dumps. Litter shall include but not be limited to such items as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, leaves, wood, glass, crockery, bottles and similar materials.
I. 
Loitering.
(1) 
Loitering in a public place or upon the property of another without the owner's consent in such a manner as to:
(a) 
Create any disturbance or annoyance to the comfort and repose of any person.
(b) 
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
(c) 
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in any public place.
(2) 
"Loitering" shall mean remaining idle in essentially one location and shall include the concepts of spending time idly, loafing, standing or sitting or walking aimlessly, lounging, sleeping and the colloquial phrase "hanging around." "Public place" shall mean any place to which the public has access and shall include any street, highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood of any store, shop, restaurant or other place of business and public grounds, areas, parks and schools, as well as parking lots, shopping centers or other private property not owned by or under the control of the person charged with violating this subsection or, in the case of the minor, not owned or under the control of his parent or guardian.
J. 
Unlawful remarks. Unlawful remarks shall include the making of unsolicited, audible remarks of an offensive, abusive, disgusting or insulting nature which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to whom or in whose hearing they are made.
K. 
Disturbing noises. Making, continuing or causing to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise, or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, or creating any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise of such character, intensity or duration as is detrimental to the life or health of any individual or persons within the limits of the Borough of Oaklyn or is patently offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also Art. IV, Noise.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person 18 years of age or over to violate the provisions of § 96-1 of this article, and said adult violator shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both.
B. 
It shall be a violation for anyone under 18 years of age to perform any act proscribed in § 96-1, and said violator shall be subject to the laws and procedures of the State of New Jersey regulating juvenile offenders.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or other person having the care or custody of a minor child under 18 years of age to permit, acquiesce or contribute to the violation of § 96-1 by said juvenile under his or her care or custody. Any such parent, legal guardian or person having care or custody of said minor offender shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.
Anyone who violates § 96-2C of this article shall be initially noticed for appearance by summons and not by warrant.
Where there are violations of this article under § 96-2C and said violation is the result of damage to property, it is the legislative intent of this article that, where circumstances warrant, the penalty be suspended where adequate and just restitution has been made.