No person shall allow or permit his house, shop, store, tavern
or other business premises or other place connected therewith to be
used, frequented or resorted to by riotous or disorderly persons,
drunkards, prostitutes, gamblers or vagrants or common mendicants,
or suffer or permit any of the aforesaid places to become riotous
or disorderly at any time.
[Added 10-20-1981 by Ord. No. 81-54]
A. No person shall play for money or any other valuable item or participate
in any game of chance, such as cards, dice, pitching pennies, or any
other game, in any park, or on any street or sidewalk, or in any other
public place within the City of Englewood.
B. The provisions of Subsection
A hereof shall not be deemed to prohibit any game of chance conducted by or for any charitable institution pursuant to a license or permit therefor issued by the City Council.
[Added 2-6-1990 by Ord. No. 90-2; amended 3-18-2014 by Ord. No.
14-11]
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
TRANSITIONAL FACILITY
Community residences for the developmentally disabled and
community shelters for victims of domestic violence as those terms
are defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
B. Within the City of Englewood, no person shall knowingly enter or
remain on a public way or sidewalk adjacent to a health care facility
or transitional facility within a radius of eight feet of any portion
of an entrance, exit or driveway of such facility or within the area
within a rectangle created by extending the outside boundaries of
any entrance, exit or driveway of such facility in straight lines
to the point where such lines intersect the sideline of the street
in front of such entrance, exit or driveway. This subsection shall
not apply to the following:
(1) Persons entering or leaving such facility;
(2) Employees or agents of such facility acting within the scope of their
employment;
(3) Law enforcement, ambulance, firefighting, construction, utilities,
public works and other municipal agents acting within the scope of
their employment; and
(4) Persons using the public sidewalk or street right-of-way adjacent
to such facility solely for the purpose of reaching a destination
other than such facility.
C. The provisions of Subsection
B shall only take effect during such facility's business hours and if the area contained within the radius and rectangle described in said Subsection
B is clearly marked and posted.
D. A health care facility or a person whose rights to provide or obtain
health care services have been violated or interfered with by a violation
of this section or any person whose rights to express their views,
assemble or pray near a health care facility have been violated or
interfered with may commence a civil action for equitable relief.
The civil action shall be commenced either in the superior court for
the county in which the conduct complained of occurred, or in the
superior court for the county in which any person or entity complained
of resides or has a principal place of business.
[Amended 2-6-1990 by Ord. No. 90-02]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article shall upon
conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by
imprisonment for a term not succeeding 90 days, or both
B. Violation of any provision of this article shall be subject to the
foregoing penalty and shall be subject to a minimum mandatory fine
of not less than $1,000.
C. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.