[HISTORY Adopted by the Township Committee (now Township Council)
of the Township of River Vale 2-14-1974 by Ord.
No. 0-3-74 (Ch. 53 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 159.
No person or persons shall disturb or aid in disturbing the peace of
others by violent, tumultuous, offensive or obstreperous conduct, and no person
shall knowingly permit such conduct upon any premises owned or possessed by
him or under his control.
No person or persons shall intentionally make, turn in or give a false
alarm of fire or need for police or ambulance assistance or aid or abet in
the commission of such act.
No person or persons shall forcibly interfere with any member of the
Police Department or Fire Department or any officer of the municipality or
Board of Health in the performance of his duty or prevent or attempt to prevent
any member of the Police Department or Fire Department or any officer aforesaid
from performing his duty.
No person or persons shall drive any vehicle over any hose or other
apparatus nor willfully handle and do violence to any member of the Fire Department
or any official of the Township in the performance of his duty at a fire or
in going to or returning from a fire or alarm of fire or in charge of any
apparatus; nor shall any person or persons raise, create or continue a false
alarm of fire.
No person or persons shall interfere with the proper transaction of
business in any Municipal Court by any unruly, boisterous or otherwise disorderly
conduct in the courtroom where such Court is in session or by any offensive
or abusive remarks to the presiding Judge when he is engaged in the discharge
of his duties.
A.
LOITER
PUBLIC PLACE
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:
To remain idle in essentially one location, and includes the concepts
of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly.
Any place or area open to the public, and includes the quasi-public
area in front of or adjacent to any store, shop, luncheonette, restaurant
or other place of business, as well as any parking lot or other vacant private
property not owned or under the dominion of the person charged with a violation
of this section.
B.
Types of loitering prohibited. No person shall loiter
in a public place in such a manner as to:
(1)
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles.
(2)
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully
in a public place.
(3)
Create or cause to be created a danger or a breach of
the peace.
(4)
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance
to the comfort or repose of any person which causes or is likely to cause
a breach of peace.
(5)
Beg or receive alms for himself.
C.
Discretion of police officer. Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated under Subsection B, he may, if it is necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave that place after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be in violation of the provisions of this section.
[Added 3-28-1991 by Ord. No. 0-7-91;
amended 1-22-2004 by Ord. No. 0-28-03]
There is hereby established a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. for
Cabbage Night, October 30-31, and Halloween, October 31 to November 1. The
curfew shall apply to each minor unaccompanied by his or her parent or guardian.
Any such unaccompanied minor shall first be requested to return to his or
her home, and, in the event of noncompliance, the police shall telephone the
parent or guardian and request that he or she pick up the minor at police
headquarters. For the purposes of this section, "minor" shall be defined as
any person under the age of 18.
