[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Woolwich
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-7-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A written specification of the behavior of parents, guardians, coaches
and officials prepared by each sports team which must at a minimum incorporate
the terms of the within article and must be consented to in writing by the
parents and legal guardians of the minor participants of each youth sports
team.
Any competition, practice or instructional event involving one or
more youth sports teams.
Any sports organization pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter
that is affiliated with or received monetary or other support or service from
the Township or regularly utilizes any facilities owned, operated or maintained
by the Township, or which sports organizations participants in sporting competitions
involving minors.
Every sports team shall be required to follow the code of conduct as
set forth in this article.
The code of conduct will be made available to all parents and guardians
of each child participating in a sports team.
A.
Any parent, guest, spectator, coach or official at any
youth sports event who initiates a fight, scuffle, or any type of physical
abuse or threats of abuse towards any player, coach, official, parent, or
spectator, shall be banned from attendance at all youth sports events with
the Township of Woolwich for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date
of the incident.
B.
Any parent, guest, coach, or official at any youth sporting
event who enters the field of play, court or rink during any youth sporting
event for the purpose of physically or verbally abusing or confronting coaches,
players or officials shall be banned from attendance at all youth sports events
within the Township of Woolwich for a period not exceeding 12 months from
the date of the incident.
C.
Any parent, guest, spectator, coach or official at any
youth sports event who verbally abuses officials, players or spectators including
the use of obscene or profane language or gestures, racial, ethnic, or sexual
slurs may be banned from all youth sports events for a period not exceeding
12 months from the date of the incident and shall be subject to such discipline
as provided for by the applicable sports team’s code of conduct.
D.
Any parent, guest, spectator, or official at any youth
sports event who throws or causes to be deposited any object on the field
of play, court or rink during any youth sports event may be banned from attendance
at all youth sports events for a period of 12 months from the date of the
incident and shall be subject to such discipline as provided for by the applicable
sports team’s code of conduct.
Any person banned for 12 months from youth sports events for a violation
of this code of conduct and prior to being allowed to resume attendance at
any youth sports event shall be required to complete an anger management or
equivalent counseling program consisting of no less than 12 hours of instruction
and shall provide proof of satisfactory completion in the Code of Conduct
Committee. Any banning for less than 12 months may include up to 12 hours
of anger management.
Any parent, official, coach or spectator in any youth sporting event
shall be subject to the authority of all field officials including umpires
and referees and elected league officials of the youth sport team or teams
sponsoring the youth sports event, and in the absence of such persons at a
youth sports team’s practice or instructional event, to the authority
of the ranking youth sports team coach on the premises. Such authority shall
include the authorization to direct any person or persons involved in any
incident in violation of this article or the applicable sports team’s
code of conduct.
A.
Upon a determination by a majority vote of the highest
ranking officials and the governing board of a youth sports teams that a parent,
guest, spectator, coach, or official at any youth sports event sponsored by
such youth sports team has violated a provision of this article or the code
of conduct of the youth sports team, such official shall forward to such violator
a notice via regular and certified mail indicating the date and location and
nature of the violation and period of banning or other action to be taken
in response to such violation.
B.
Any person receiving such a notice who wished to contest
same shall appeal to the Township of Woolwich Code of Conduct Committee within
seven calendar days of the mailing of said notice by forwarding a copy of
said notice with a written request for appeal specifically setting forth the
basis of such persons contest of the notice of violation via personal delivery
or certified mail to the Chairperson of the Code of Conduct Committee at the
address specified in the notice, or if no such address, then to the Code of
Conduct Committee c/o Township of Woolwich, 121 Woodstown Road, Woolwich,
New Jersey 08085.
C.
Upon receipt of such appeal, the Code of Conduct Committee
shall convene within 10 days and provide an opportunity for said person and
any interested person to appear and be heard with respect to the occurrence
of any violation and the action taken by the youth sports team.
D.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall be authorized to
hear testimony under oath, review affidavits and such other and further information
or documentation relevant to the violation and upon a majority vote of the
members of the Committee present at such hearing, may sustain, overturn, or
modify the youth sports team’s notice of violation and the period of
banning or other action taken in response to such violation consistent with
this article or the applicable youth sports team’s bylaws or code of
conduct.
E.
All notices of violation and bannings shall remain in
effect until overturned or modified by the Code of Conduct Committee.
F.
In the event any notice of violation is not appealed
with 10 days of such notice, said notice of violation and the action taken
by the youth sports team official including banning from youth sports events
shall become final.
[Adopted 7-7-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-19]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
As used herein, shall refer to any sports organization organized
pursuant to a nonprofit or similar charter which is affiliated with or received
monetary or other support from the Township of Woolwich or the Township of
Woolwich Park and Recreation Committee or regularly utilizes any facilities
owned, operated, or maintained by the Township of Woolwich, or which sports
organization participates in sporting competitions involving minors.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall be made up of the President of each
youth sports team who is duly elected pursuant to the bylaws or rules and
regulations governing each respective youth sports team and the Chairman of
the Township of Woolwich Park and Recreation Committee.
A.
Each youth sports team shall annually advise in writing
the Township Clerk of Woolwich of the name, address and telephone number of
its duly elected President who shall serve on the Code of Conduct Committee
commensurate with his/her term of office with the youth sports teams.
B.
Each youth sports team shall notify the Township Clerk
in witting promptly upon any change of the identity of the youth sports team’s
President.
C.
Any youth sports team President serving on the Code of
Conduct Committee may designate an active member of such youth sports team
to appear and act as his/her designee with full voting powers at any meeting
of the Code of Conduct Committee.
D.
In the event the same person is the President of more
than one youth sports team, said person shall serve on the Code of Conduct
Committee as a representative of only one youth sports team and shall designate
an active member of such other youth sports teams to appear and act at a Code
of Conduct Committee Meeting with full voting powers.
The code of conduct shall be charged with enforcing the provisions of
the ordinance establishing a youth sports code of conduct No. 2003-18.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall meet in January of each year to
elect a Chairman, Secretary and such other officers as the Code of Conduct
Committee shall deem appropriate, and may meet as often as is necessary to
conduct its business and for the purposes of enforcing the provisions
of the ordinance establishing a youth sports code of conduct No. 2003-18.
The Code of Conduct Committee may establish rules and procedures as
it deems appropriate for the conduct of its business and in default thereof
shall operate pursuant to Roberts Rules of Order to the extent they are not
in conflict with the within ordinance or the ordinance establishing a youth
sports code of conduct No. 2003-18.
