[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Paulsboro 12-4-1973
by Ord. No. 559. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Offenses against public peace, safety and morals include violations
of the Curfew Ordinance of the Borough of Paulsboro[1] and the revised ordinance of the same; defacing the property of
another (graffiti); destroying any property of another; mugging; assaults,
assaults and battery; loitering in groups of three or more on any public streets,
highways or alleys; littering or destruction or defacing of public property
owned by the government of the Borough, county or state; destruction of playground
equipment and public parks; the consumption of alcoholic beverages on a public
street; drunkenness; begging; lack of supervision by a parent, legal guardian
or other person having the care or custody of a minor child under the age
of 18; and indecent exposure. A "person" is defined to include parents, guardians
or persons having custody or control of minor children.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 28, Curfew.
It shall be unlawful for any person to offend against the public peace,
safety and morals as defined herein, or fail to supervise any minor under
the age of 18 years, and after appearing before a court of competent jurisdiction
for any violation of any statute or municipal ordinance, shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or
both.
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, by any
act or by any word, or by the failure to act, or by lack of supervision and
control over said minor child, to encourage, contribute toward, cause or tend
to cause said minor to become neglected or delinquent by reason of activity
of said minor child within the Borough of Paulsboro so as to come or tend
to come under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Division of the Gloucester
County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, knowing that said minor had
offended the public peace, safety and morals, including any criminal statute
of the State of New Jersey or ordinance of the Borough of Paulsboro, and said
parent, legal guardian or person having custody of said minor shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or
other person having custody and care of any minor child under the age of 18
to assist, aid, abet, allow, permit or encourage said minor to violate the
provisions of this ordinance or any other ordinance of the Borough of Paulsboro
as defined herein, either by overt act, by failing to act, or by lack of supervision
and control over said minor child.
B.
The fact that a child under the age of 18 years is apprehended
while on any public streets, highways or parks after curfew as defined in
the Curfew Ordinance,[1] as amended, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this
section on the part of the parents, legal guardian or other person having
custody or care of said minor; and said parent, guardian or person having
the custody or care of said minor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$500, or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days in the county jail, or both.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 28, Curfew.
Any minor who is under the age of 18 apprehended for the violation of
this ordinance, any laws of the State of New Jersey, ordinances of this municipality,
or any federal statute shall be brought forthwith before a Judge of the Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court of the County of Gloucester, and the parent,
legal guardian or other person having care and custody of said minor shall
be summoned or arrested and brought before a Judge of the Municipal Court
of the Borough of Paulsboro when said minor child is apprehended; the said
minor child shall be held in the children's shelter or the county jail
according to the direction and orders of the Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court of the County of Gloucester, and the parent, legal guardian
or person having the custody of said minor child, as aforesaid, who shall
fail to provide supervision of said minor, as aforesaid, after the first offense
by said minor, shall be subject to the penalties herein provided.
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid and unenforceable
by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, phrases, words, sentences and clauses which shall
be enforceable.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed as to such inconsistency only.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication according
to law.
