[Adopted 3-1-1982 by Ord. No. 4-82]
The purpose of this article is to protect the
safety and health of persons using public roads and streets from substances
or objects placed thereon by persons in the use or maintenance of
their land or appurtenances thereon.
No person or party shall in the use or maintenance
of any land, premises, building or structure, cause, permit or suffer
any substance, object or thing of whatsoever nature, kind or description
to be placed upon, deposited or diverted to any road, street or highway
in the Borough of Riverdale in such a manner or under such circumstances
as to endanger the safety or health of any person or persons using
said road, street or highway or in such manner or under such circumstances
as to cause injury to said person or persons.
[Added 12-29-2003 by Ord. No. 23-2003]
Except as provided under the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:67-16.7, as amended and supplemented, which permits the temporary
closing of streets for the provision of recreational facilities, no
person shall construct, erect or maintain any device, structure, equipment
or other thing in or within 10 feet of the edge of any street, road,
lane, alley or other public thoroughfare in the Borough, the purpose
of which is to encourage, facilitate or assist in the utilization
of any such street, road, lane, alley or other public thoroughfare
for any sport, athletic or other recreational activity which shall
obstruct or have the potential effect of obstructing vehicular traffic.
[Added 12-29-2003 by Ord. No. 23-2003]
No person shall throw, place or deposit any
snow, ice or yard waste into or upon any street, sidewalk or municipal
right of way in the Borough, it being the intent and purpose of this
provision to prohibit all persons from throwing, casting, placing
or depositing snow, ice or yard waste, which accumulated within the
private property belonging to such person, upon the streets, sidewalks
or municipal rights-of-way of the Borough.
[Added 12-29-2003 by Ord. No. 23-2003; amended 2-23-2011 by Ord. No. 2-2011]
A.Â
No person
shall place or permit to be placed upon any street, sidewalk or municipal
right-of-way any object or thing that shall in any manner obstruct
such street, sidewalk or municipal right-of-way or render travel upon
such street, sidewalk or municipal right-of-way dangerous or unsafe.
B.Â
No person
shall place goods or materials of any kind upon any public sidewalk
for pickup, delivery, storage, display, or any other purpose. This
section shall not apply to goods and materials placed for pickup for
regular solid waste or recycling collection by the Borough hauler.
[Amended 9-21-1992 by Ord. No. 4-92]
Any person or party convicted of a violation
of any provision of this article shall be liable to a fine of not
more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense.
