As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CODE OF CONDUCT
A written specification of the behavior of parents, guardians, coaches and officials prepared by each sports team, which must at a minimum incorporate the requirements of Article
II of Chapter
500 of the Greenwich Township Code. The Code of Conduct shall be agreed to in writing by the parents or legal guardian of each minor participant, as well as, each participant of each youth sports team that receives funds from the Township of Greenwich or utilizes any facility owned, operated, or maintained by the Township of Greenwich.
PARK ATTENDANTS
Includes all field officials, including umpires and referees
and elected league officials of the youth sports team or teams sponsoring
the youth sports event, or 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.
YOUTH SPORTS EVENT
Any competition, practice or instructional event involving
one or more youth sports teams.
YOUTH SPORTS TEAM
Any sports organization organized pursuant to a nonprofit
or similar charter which is affiliated with or received monetary or
other support from Greenwich Township or the Greenwich Township Recreation
Committee, or utilizes any facilities owned, leased, operated, or
maintained by Greenwich Township, which sports organization participates
in sporting competitions involving minors.
Persons engaging in proscribed activities shall
be deemed in violation of this article and shall be subject to an
action brought in the Greenwich Township Municipal Court.
Under N.J.S.A. 2B:12-17, the Greenwich Township
Municipal Court has jurisdiction over violations of municipal ordinances.
The ordinance codified in this article is in
addition to and not in derogation of any other ordinance or law involving
any of the subject matters contained in this article.