Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2, the Township of
Stafford defines and declares that the purpose of this chapter is
to protect the people of the Township and to preserve the safety and
welfare of the Township and its citizens by regulating and promoting
safe use of bridges and viaducts in order to assure the safe passage
of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
No person shall stand, stop, loiter or otherwise
remain on a bridge or viaduct for the purpose of fishing, crabbing,
diving or swimming or for a purpose other than the reasonable and
orderly passage across said bridge or viaduct so as to avoid safety
hazards and obstructions to pedestrians and vehicles.
Any person violating or failing to comply with
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, by imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 90 days or by community service of not more than
90 days or any combination of fine, imprisonment and community service,
as determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The
continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting
the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above
for each separate offense.