[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Allamuchy as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 2-1-1990 by Ord. No. 2-90 (Ch. 94 of the 1981 Code)]
All acts constituting lewd, immoral or indecent conduct, unlawful
destruction of property, willful injuries to or unlawful interference
with persons, hazards to the public health and breaches or disturbances
of the peace not expressly mentioned in this article are severally
prohibited.
[Amended 11-19-2002 by Ord. No. 16-02]
No persons shall indulge in and utter loud and offensive or
indecent language in any public or private place within the Township
of Allamuchy where that language is of such a nature as to be likely
to incite the hearer of that language to an immediate breach of the
peace.
No persons shall write or cause to be written any lewd, indecent
or obscene word or mark whatsoever or draw or cause to be drawn any
lewd, indecent or obscene figure upon any house, building, wall, fence
or other place in the Township of Allamuchy.
No person shall participate in or incite by overt acts any disturbance
or riot or any unruly, boisterous, noisy, unlawful or disorderly assemblage
constituting a breach or disturbance of the peace.
No person shall at any time or place willfully disquiet, interrupt
or disturb any assembly of people met for a lawful purpose, either
by making a noise or by rude, disorderly or indecent behavior or profane
language, either within the place of meeting or out of it so near
as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting, and shall, by
noisy, rude, improper or disorderly conduct in any library or reading
room, disturb or interrupt the quiet and good order of those who resort
to and use such library or reading room for reading or study.
No person, whether owner, tenant, occupant or guest, shall suffer
or take part in any drunken, riotous or other disorderly conduct that
shall disturb the peace and quiet of any family or neighbor or any
of the inhabitants of the Township of Allamuchy.
No person shall maliciously destroy, damage or injure the property
of another.
No person shall interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct
the proceedings, functions or deliberations of the Council or any
other official body of the Township, nor shall any person molest,
obstruct, hinder or interfere with any Township officer or official
engaged in the performance of his duty or knowingly resist or oppose
any person authorized by law to make arrests or to serve any writ,
bill, order or process when the person so authorized is acting in
the performance of his duty.
No person shall willfully obstruct, molest, hinder, annoy, frighten,
threaten, insult or interfere with any other person lawfully upon
any public thoroughfare or in any public place or in any automobile,
bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully upon any public
thoroughfare.
No person shall place or throw or suffer or permit the depositing
of any stone, sticks, glass, snow or ice or any hard, dangerous or
offensive substance upon any street, avenue, road, highway or other
public thoroughfare, nor shall any person throw any such object or
substance at, upon or against any person, vehicle of transportation,
building or other structure.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest
or give annoyance to children attending such school or any teacher
therein.[1]
No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued
any unnecessary or unusual sound or noise which either annoys, injures
or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others unless
the making and continuing of the same be necessary for the protection
or preservation of property or of the health, safety, life or limb
of some person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any filth, garbage
or waste matter at any point or place within the corporate limits
of the Township in such quantity or in such manner as to cause or
create offensive odors that may become a public nuisance or deleterious
to the public health.
No person shall willfully and maliciously ring or cause to be
rung any bell or alarm of any fire company or ambulance association
thereby giving or causing to be given a false alarm of fire or ambulance
call or shall willfully send any message of false alarm of fire or
ambulance call by telephone or by any other method or means.
No person shall utilize any light or other object which reflects
light which annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health
or safety of others unless the making and continuing of the same is
necessary for the protection or preservation of the property or of
the health, safety, life or limb of some person. Any use of lighting
to protect the property of another shall be screened from the view
of adjoining property owners so as to avoid injury or annoyance to
other persons.
[Adopted 2-21-1995 by Ord. No. 2-95 (Ch. 97 of the 1981 Code)]
The definitions contained in this section shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this article:
Any two or more persons gathered together and acting in a
boisterous, noisy, riotous, offensive, disorderly or threatening manner
toward each other or others or committing any acts which in any way
breach or disturb the peace or tend to breach or disturb the peace.
Any building or structure or any part thereof which is used
for the sale, use, manufacture or distribution of "controlled dangerous
substances," as defined by N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2, or "drug paraphernalia,"
as defined by N.J.S.A. 2C:36-1, or which is frequented by persons
violating the Controlled Dangerous Substances Act,[1] or in which that law is habitually violated.
Includes any adult person having care or custody of a minor,
whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or
otherwise.
Any place to which the public has access, including but not
limited to any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk or railroad
station. This definition shall also include the front or the neighborhood
of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business,
public grounds, public areas, parks, as well as parking lots or other
vacant private property not owned by or under the control of the person
charged with violating this article or, in the case of a minor, not
owned or under the control of the minor's parent or guardian.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et seq.
All acts constituting lewd, immoral or indecent conduct, unlawful
destruction of property, willful injuries to or unlawful interference
with persons, hazards to the public health and breaches or disturbances
of the peace not expressly mentioned in this article are severally
prohibited.
A.
No person shall write or cause to be written any lewd, indecent or
obscene word or mark whatsoever or draw or cause to be drawn any lewd,
indecent or obscene figure upon any house, building, wall, fence or
other place in the Township.
B.
No person shall deface or damage any building or other structure
owned by any person or public entity by placing thereon any graffiti,
epigraph or inscription without the consent of the owner of the said
building or structure.
No person shall maintain or cause or permit to be maintained
a disorderly house in any building or structure or on any premises
owned, occupied or controlled by that person, nor shall any person
permit any building or other structure or any premises owned, occupied
or controlled by that person to be frequented or used by disorderly
persons.
No person shall at any time or place willfully disquiet, interrupt
or disturb any assembly of people met for a lawful purpose, either
by making a noise or by rude, disorderly or indecent behavior or profane
language, either within the place of meeting or out of it so near
as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting.
No person shall willfully obstruct, molest, hinder, annoy, frighten,
threaten, insult or interfere with any other person lawfully upon
any public thoroughfare or in any public place or in any automobile,
bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully upon any public
thoroughfare.
No person shall willfully place, throw, plow, snow blow, leaf
blow, shovel or rake or suffer or permit the depositing of any leaves,
snow, ice, stone, sticks, glass or any hard, dangerous or offensive
substances upon any street, avenue, road, highway or other public
thoroughfare, nor shall any person throw any such object or substances
at, upon or against any person, property, vehicle, building or other
structure.
No person shall unnecessarily obstruct any street, avenue, road,
highway or public place with any kind of vehicle or vehicles or with
a box or boxes, wood or any other thing.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest
or give annoyance to children attending such school or to any teacher
therein.
No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued
any unnecessary or unusual sound or noise which either annoys, injures
or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others. Noisemaking
for the purpose of deterring animals is not considered preservation
of property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume alcoholic beverages
or controlled dangerous substances in any public place, or to carry
open bottles or containers of any alcoholic beverage for consumption
in any public place. This section shall not apply to persons consuming
alcoholic beverages or carrying open bottles or containers of any
alcoholic beverage for consumption in a public place, where such use
or consumption of alcoholic beverages is conducted in compliance with
an alcoholic beverage license permitting such use or consumption.
No person shall go about from door to door or place himself
or herself in the streets to beg or gather alms.
