[Adopted 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 555-82 as
Sec. 6-8 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances; amended in its entirety 9-21-1993 by Ord. No.
923-93; 3-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1218-02 (Ch. 239, Art. I,
of the 1993 Code)]
[Amended 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 1544A-14]
The following regulations shall apply to all
parks and recreational areas under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Recreation, including, but not limited to, the Hazlet Swim Tennis
Club:
A.
No minibike shall be operated at any time on the grounds
of any club, park or recreational area.
B.
No personal shall engage in the business of soliciting,
selling or peddling any liquids or edibles for human consumption or
to distribute circulars or to hawk, peddle or vend any goods, ware,
or merchandise in any park, recreation area or club, except as provided
by law or by approval of the Department of Recreation or the Hazlet
Swim and Tennis Club Director.
C.
Removal of natural resources. No person shall divert
any watercourse, dig or remove natural resources, whether submerged
or not, or any soil rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants; down-timber
or other wood and materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment,
blasting or other means or agency.
D.
Trees, shrubbery. No person shall damage, cut, carve,
plant or transplant or remove any tree or shrubbery, or injure the
bark, or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree or shrubbery. No person
shall attach any rope, wire or other contrivance to any tree or shrubbery.
No person shall dig or otherwise disturb areas or in any way injure
or impair the natural beauty or usefulness of any area.
E.
Hunting and firearms. No person shall hunt, trap,
or pursue wildlife at any time. No person shall use, carry or possess
firearms of any description, or any air rifles, spring guns, bows
and arrows, slings, paint ball guns or ammunition or any other form
of weapon potentially inimical to wildlife and/or dangerous to human
safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges,
paint balls or any kind of trapping device. Any form of shooting of
any item prohibited by the terms of this article into any park or
recreational areas from beyond any park or recreational area boundaries
is expressly forbidden.
F.
Fire. No person shall kindle, build, maintain or use
a fire. No person shall throw away or discard any lighted match, cigar
or cigarette, paper or other material.
G.
Vehicles. No person shall drive a motor vehicle of
any kind within or upon any part of any park or recreational areas,
with the exception of emergency work in case of fire, accident, public
disaster, impending damage or emergency, or, approved and designated
public parking areas.
H.
Rubbish and refuse matter. No person shall take in
or dump, deposit or leave any rubbish or refuse matter of any type
into any park or recreational areas. Rubbish and refuse matter shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: bottles, broken glass,
ashes, paper, boxes, cans, rubbish, waste, construction waste, pallets,
garbage, oil, grease or household waste, sick, diseased or dead animals,
organic refuse or any other offensive waste.
I.
Pollution of water. No person shall throw, discharge,
or otherwise place or cause to be placed in any waters, lake, stream,
or flowing drain, any substance, matter or thing, solid or liquid,
which could or may result in the pollution of said waters.
J.
Bathing, boating or swimming. No person shall bathe,
swim, wade or use any type of gas powered or motorized boat in any
water or waterways, nor sled, ice skate, ice boat, or walk on or upon
any ice without the express permission of the Township Committee,
and all said activities shall be considered dangerous to any person
or persons engaging in such activities.
K.
Animals. No person shall cause or permit any animal
owned by him, in his custody or under his control to run, unless restrained
by leash, not exceeding six feet in length.
L.
Behavior. The following regulations concerning behavior
shall be applicable to all parks and recreational lands:
(1)
No person shall take in, consume or drink any alcoholic
beverages or controlled dangerous substances while in any park or
recreational area, nor enter any park or recreational areas under
the influence of alcoholic beverages or any controlled dangerous substances.
(2)
No person shall engage in loud, boisterous, threatening,
abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in any disorderly
conduct or behavior tending to breach the public peace.
(3)
No person shall destroy, remove or deface any bulletin
boards, trail markers or any signs posted by the officials of any
park or recreational area.
(4)
No person shall destroy nesting boxes or nests nor
disturb nesting birds or wildlife nor cause injury to wildlife or
birds.
M.
Closed areas. Any section or part of any park or recreational
areas may be declared closed to the public at any time and for an
interval of time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals
for any use that is found reasonably necessary.
For violation of any provision of this article, the maximum penalty, upon conviction, shall not exceed the maximum penalties set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III. Each and every violation of any provision of this article shall be considered a separate violation and shall subject the person so charged to the maximum penalty.
The Police Department of the Township of Hazlet
is hereby designated as the exclusive enforcement authority concerning
all rules and regulations set forth in this article.
