[Amended 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-32]
Offenses against public peace, safety, health
and morals, include:
B. Defacing the property of another (graffiti).
C. Destroying any property of another.
D. Mugging, assaults and assaults and battery.
E. Destruction or defacing of public property owned by
the governments of the Township, county or state, including graffiti.
F. Destruction of or injury to playground equipment and
public parks.
G. 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.
[Added 9-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023:21]
A. No person
shall possess a firearm on any municipally owned building, municipal
property, or municipal park or grounds, with the exception of:
(1) Any
law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm (on-
or off-duty); or
(2) Any
retired law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm
under 18 U.S.C. § 926C(c) (Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Safety Act, aka "LEOSA"); or
(3) Any
person who receives permission in writing by the Chief of Police of
the Township of Pennsauken.
B. Violations; penalties. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the fines and/or penalties as are set forth in §
229-2 of the Code of the Township of Pennsauken. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation subject to the penalty provisions of this section.
[Added 9-25-1991 by Ord. No. 91-44]
A. Calls to respond to any single location or for activities
conducted by any person six times or more during any period of six
consecutive months shall be deemed to be a violation of this chapter
of the Code of the Township of Pennsauken as a nuisance to the Township
of Pennsauken and as an unacceptable diversion of public safety personnel
and resources.
B. In the case where a person committing acts requiring
calls for service cannot be identified and that such repeat calls
are made to a single location, then the person to be cited pursuant
to this chapter shall be that person or persons who have ownership,
custody or control of the premises.
C. Any evidence that calls for public safety response
have been made with respect to any person or premises in a number
exceeding that given above shall be prima facie evidence that the
nuisance has been created in violation of this section, which presumption
is rebuttable by evidence from the person so charged that that person
was not responsible for the requirement of commitment of public safety
resources.
D. Any violation of this chapter shall be subject to
one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days. Each call to respond to any
single location or if activities conducted by any person six times
or more during any period of six consecutive months shall be deemed
to be a separate and distinct violation thereof.
[Amended 3-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-9]
E. It shall be a violation for anyone under 18 years of age to perform any act proscribed in §
229-1, and said violator shall be subject to the laws and procedures of the State of New Jersey regarding regulating juvenile offenders.
[Added 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-32]
F. 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 §
229-1 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 $1,000, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
[Added 12-30-2002 by Ord. No. 02-32]