[Adopted 10-13-1964 as Art. 1 of Ch. 11 of the 1964 Code (Ch. 143, Art. I, of the 1982 Code)]
No person shall loiter, lounge or sleep in any street, highway, schoolhouse, community house, store, theater or place of amusement, park or other public or quasi-public place; or make offensive remarks in a public or quasi-public place to or about any person passing along, through or over any street, highway, park or other public or quasi-public place; or obstruct or interfere with any person lawfully being in or upon any street, highway, park or other public or quasi-public place.
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Editor's Note: Original § 143-1, Intoxication, as amended 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 952, and which immediately preceded this section, was repealed 10-27-2008 by Ord. No. 1835.
No person shall write or cause to be written any lewd, indecent or obscene word or words, mark or marks whatsoever, or draw or cause to be drawn any lewd, indecent or obscene figure upon any house, building, wall, fence or other public place in the Borough.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, disrobe in any automobile, truck or vehicle while the same is upon any public parking place, street, road, avenue, public park or other public place.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, bathe in a state of nudity, swim in a state of nudity or be found in a state of nudity in the waters of any pond, stream or lake or in waters adjacent thereto.
No person shall intentionally and willfully look into any window, door or other opening of any house or building with the intention of looking at or watching any person or persons partially or completely disrobed therein, or engage in the practice of what is commonly known as a "peeping tom."
[Amended 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 952]
No person shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest or give annoyance to children attending such school or any teacher therein. No person shall utilize or be upon school property for any unlawful purpose or for the purpose of causing a disturbance.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, go about from door to door or place himself or herself on any sidewalks, street or streets or other public place or places to beg or gather alms unless said person shall first register with the Chief of Police of the Borough of South Plainfield and unless said person shall have a permit from the proper authorities if said permit is required by law.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 327, Peddling and Soliciting.
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No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, maliciously destroy, damage, deface or injure any property, public or private, other than his own.
B. 
No person shall intentionally, willfully or maliciously destroy or injure any of the wires, posts, machines, bells, sirens, boxes, locks or other apparatus of any police call system or fire alarm system.
No person shall:
A. 
Mutilate or remove any warning sign or signal or remove any barricade placed or posted on any highway in connection with or relating to the closing of any road.
B. 
Drive any vehicle over or upon the closed portion of any highway.
C. 
Violate any rule or regulation for the use of any highway.
No person shall willfully and maliciously give or cause to be given a false alarm of fire in any manner or a false or fictitious police call in any manner, nor shall any person willfully and maliciously make a false or fictitious report to any member of the Police or Fire Department of the Borough of South Plainfield in any manner, nor shall any person willfully and maliciously represent himself in any telephone conversation to be another person or a fictitious person.
No person shall injure or damage any lights, wires, poles or fixtures lawfully in or upon any street or other public place.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, throw or discard any tin cans, bottles, garbage or refuse of any kind whatsoever into the waters of any pond, stream or lake or into waters adjacent thereto, or discharge any sewage or waste into said waters or any of them or pollute the said waters or any of them in any manner whatsoever.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 288, Littering and Handbills.
No person shall throw any stone, stick, glass, metal or other hard or offensive substance, or shoot any revolver, pistol, gun, air gun, slingshot or other device at, into or upon any street or other public or quasi-public place or into any cars, vehicles or private property not his own.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 220, Firearms.
No person shall, during an alarm of fire, willfully hinder, prevent or deter in any manner or by any device whatsoever any fireman or other person from rendering lawful assistance in abating or quelling such fire, or willfully hinder or interfere with any fireman from going to or returning from the place where the building or other property is on fire or from which an alarm proceeds; nor shall any person hinder or obstruct the passage of any fire engine, hook-and-ladder truck or any fire apparatus in going to or from the place from which an alarm of fire proceeds or where any building or other property may be burning.
No person shall unnecessarily use the horn or other warning device of any vehicle so as to cause the horn or other warning device to emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle. No person shall unnecessarily engage in the racing of any motor vehicle so as to cause said motor to emit an unreasonably loud sound; nor shall any person intentionally and unnecessarily cause the motor of any motor vehicle to backfire.
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Editor's Note: See also, Ch. 300, Noise.
[Added 10-9-1979]
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No person shall have, possess, carry or transport any liquor, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage in an open bottle or other container in or upon any public or quasi-public sidewalk, street, lane, highway, parking lot, park or recreation area, other public or quasi-public property or in any vehicle within or upon such area within the Borough of South Plainfield. No person shall drink or otherwise consume any such beverage in or upon any of the aforesaid public or quasi-public areas within the Borough of South Plainfield.
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Any such person found guilty of violation of this section shall be a disorderly person.
[11-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2279]
Municipal office areas in the Borough of South Plainfield Borough Hall located at 2480 Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield; the Department of Public Works located at 405 Spicer Avenue; the Borough PAL Building located at 1250 Maple Avenue; and the Borough Senior Center located at 90 Maple Avenue, South Plainfield shall be secured and closed to the public for the purpose of protecting documents, digital data, and other written, copied or printed materials which may contain confidential information which is protected by federal, state or local laws. The Borough Administrator shall have the exclusive authority to designate such areas.
[11-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2279]
The Borough of South Plainfield shall post signs outside of restricted offices which shall read, "Stop, Restricted Area, Authorized Employees Only."
[Amended 11-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2279]
All fines imposed and collected under and by virtue of this article shall be paid into the treasury of the Borough of South Plainfield.
[Amended 7-12-2004 by Ord. No. 1670; 7-11-2006 by Ord. No. 1741; 11-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2279]
A. 
For any violation of §§ 322-1 through 322-16, inclusive, any person violating any of such provisions shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding $2,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. In default of any fine imposed hereunder, any person conviction of violation of any provisions of this article may, in the discretion of the court, be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days.
B. 
Any persons violating § 322-16.1 or 322-16.2 by trespassing in the posted, protected offices may be subject to prosecution and penalties as set forth under N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3.