[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Mansfield 10-7-1974 by Ord. No. 1974-7. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall, within the limits of the Township
of Mansfield:
(2)
Throw or discard any tin cans, bottles, garbage, debris,
junk or refuse of any kind whatsoever into the waters of any spring,
pond, stream, lake, river or any other body of water or upon any public
street or public place, or discharge any sewage or waste into said
waters or places or any of them or pollute said waters in any manner;
or so place any of said articles that the acts prohibited above shall
result therefrom.
(3)
Throw or cause to be thrown or placed any paper or
posters, stones, sticks, glass, metal or any hard, dangerous or offensive
substance upon any sidewalk, street, highway or public or private
place or at any car, vehicle, house, building, fence or person.
(4)
Appear on any street, road, avenue, park or other
public place in a state of nudity or make any indecent exposure of
his or her person or commit or do any lewd or indecent act or behave
in a lewd or indecent manner.
(5)
Disrobe in any automobile, truck or vehicle while
the same is upon any parking place, street, road, avenue, park or
other public place.
(6)
Solicit, invite or in any manner suggest by word of
mouth or any writing or other communication or by any device whatsoever
any lewd, lascivious or other immoral act.
(7)
Permit any house, shop, store or other building or
structure owned or occupied by him or her to be frequented or resorted
to by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes, gamblers
or vagrants.
(8)
Maliciously or intentionally destroy, damage or injure
any property, public or private.
(9)
Cause or permit to be emitted any vile, offensive,
obnoxious or nauseating odor.
(10)
Enter upon or trespass upon the land or property
of any person without lawful permission so to do.
(11)
Wrongfully interfere with legitimate business activity within
the Township.
[Added 8-10-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-13]
B.
All other riotous, indecent or disorderly conduct,
breaches of the peace and vagrancy not hereinabove specifically mentioned
are hereby prohibited.
C.
Prohibited
noises.
[Added 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-31]
(1)
Noncommercial
or nonindustrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance
equipment shall not be operated between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. All motorized equipment used in these activities shall be
operated with a muffler.
(2)
Commercial
or industrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment,
excluding emergency work, shall not be operated on a residential property
or within 250 feet of a residential property line when operated on
commercial or industrial property between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00
a.m. on weekends or federal holidays. All motorized equipment used
in these activities shall be operated with a muffler.
(3)
Construction
and demolition activity, excluding emergency work, shall not be performed
between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays.
All motorized equipment used in construction and demolition activity
shall be operated with a muffler.
(4)
Motorized
snowblowers, snow throwers, and lawn equipment with attached snowplows
shall be operated at all times with a muffler.
(5)
An
exterior burglar alarm of a building or motor vehicle must be activated
in such a manner that the burglar alarm terminates its operation within
five minutes for continuous airborne sound and 15 minutes for impulsive
sound after it has been activated.
(6)
Personal
or commercial vehicular music amplification or reproduction equipment
shall not be operated in such a manner that it is plainly audible
at a residential property line between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m.
(7)
Personal
vehicular music amplification equipment shall not be operated in such
a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet in any
direction.
(8)
Self-contained,
portable, hand-held music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment
shall not be operated on a public space or public right-of-way in
such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet in
any direction from the operator between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
10:00 p.m. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., sound from
such equipment shall not be plainly audible by any person other than
the operator.
The term "person" as used in this chapter shall,
wherever appropriate in connection with the context, include "corporation,"
"partnership," "association" and "individual" and shall include the
plural. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
All fines imposed and collected under and by
virtue of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Township.
[Amended 5-5-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-11]
Any person who violates any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term
not exceeding 90 days or to a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, or to such combination of punishments as the Municipal Judge
may, in his or her discretion, deem appropriate and just.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which
are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are, to the extent
of such inconsistency, hereby repealed.
If any section or portion of any section of
this chapter shall be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity
shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions
of sections of this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon
final passage, adoption and publication in the manner prescribed by
law.
This chapter shall become a part of the Code
of the Township of Mansfield in accordance with the provisions therein
contained.
