[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Clementon 11-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-28.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Ch. 198, Peace and Good Order, adopted
8-4-1953 by Ord. No. 53-4, as amended, was repealed 12-29-2007 by
Ord. No. 2007-14.
A.
No person shall, within the limits or bordering the limits of the
Borough of Clementon:
(1)
Behave disorderly in or about any public omnibus or conveyance, street,
thoroughfare, sidewalk or in or about any store, private house, home,
commercial establishment, restaurant or other public, private or quasi-public
place or house to the annoyance or discomfort of any person.
(2)
Behave in a disorderly manner or loiter on any sidewalk, street,
highway, or public place or in any store, place of amusement, school
or any other public building.
(3)
Utter any loud and offensive or indecent language or make offensive
remarks to any person or persons while being upon or about any sidewalk,
street, road or other public or private place or obstruct or interfere
with any person or persons lawfully being upon any of the same.
(4)
Keep or harbor any dog, other animal or fowl which shall disturb
the neighborhood by excessive barking, whining, howling or other noise.
(5)
Throw, discard or discharge any papers, posters, glass, metal, paint,
stones, sticks, tin cans, garbage, debris, junk or refuse of any kind
or any hard, dangerous or offensive substance upon any sidewalk, street,
highway or public or private place, or at any vehicle, building, house,
fence or person or in any spring, stream, body of water or private
or public water supply.
(6)
Appear on any street, highway, sidewalk, drinking and eating establishment,
or other public place in a state of nudity, in a bathing suit, or
make any indecent exposure of his or her person. Persons dressed in
customary bathing suits at bathing beaches are hereby excepted.
(7)
Disrobe in any automobile, truck or vehicle while the same is upon
any parking place, street, highway, park or other public place.
(8)
Commit or do any lewd or indecent act or behave in a lewd or indecent
manner.
(9)
Sell or offer to sell any indecent picture, book, literature or article
or exhibit, perform or render any indecent, immoral or lewd play,
song, motion picture or other representation.
(10)
Make, permit, continue or cause to be made, permitted or continued
any noise which shall disturb the comfort, rest and repose of any
person or persons being in their place of abode or at any private
meeting or church service except during the hours of 7:00 a.m. until
10:00 p.m. Make or permit any unnecessary noise at any time which
shall disturb the neighborhood.
[Amended 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
(11)
Operate or use any radio, phonograph, television or other sound-producing
equipment or device in such manner that the sound thereof shall annoy
any person or persons which shall disturb their rest and comfort during
the hours of 10:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
[Amended 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
(12)
Operate any sound truck without first obtaining permission from
the Borough Clerk, Chief of Police or Acting Chief of Police.
(13)
Intentionally or maliciously destroy, damage or injure any private
or public property.
(14)
Destroy, shut off, tap, alter, change, obstruct or interfere
in any way with the Borough of Clementon's water or sewer lines, meters
or other devices connected thereto on any public or private property.
(15)
Obstruct or hinder any elected or appointed official or employee
of the Borough of Clementon in the discharge of his duties or refuse
or neglect to assist such person when lawfully called upon to do so.
(16)
Permit or cause to be emitted any vile, offensive, obnoxious
or nauseating odor or fumes which may be vile, offensive, obnoxious,
nauseating or detrimental to the general well-being of the health
or property of any resident of the Borough of Clementon.
(17)
Permit any child under the age of 16 not accompanied by a parent
or guardian to play a pinball machine in his establishment or place
of business.
(18)
Possess, keep, sell, distribute or transport any switchblade
knives or discharge firecrackers or fireworks of an explosive nature
unless a permit for such has been obtained from the Borough Clerk.
[Amended 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
(19)
Have upon his person or in his possession any picklock, bit,
jack, crowbar, key or other device or implement with any intent to
break and enter into any building.
(20)
Obstruct unnecessarily any sidewalk, street or public place
with any kind of wood, lumber, crates, stone, dirt, vehicle or other
thing.
(21)
Trespass or enter upon the land or property of any other person
without lawful permission to do so.
(22)
Attempt, make aid, countenance or assist in making any improper
noise, riot, disturbance or breach of the peace in or upon any of
the streets, highways, sidewalks, public places or anywhere else in
the Borough of Clementon, or collect in bodies or crowds for idle
or unlawful purposes to the annoyance or disturbance of persons within
the Borough.
(23)
Invite, solicit or in any manner suggest by word, action, writing
or other communication or by the use of any medium whatever any lewd,
lascivious or other immoral act.
(24)
Keep or maintain disorderly house or a house of ill fame or
allow or permit any house, shop, store, building or other structure
owned, leased or occupied by him or her to be used as a disorderly
house or house of ill fame.
(25)
Permit any house, shop, store, building or other structure occupied
by him or her to be frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or
disorderly persons, prostitutes, gamblers or vagrants.
(26)
Prevent, hinder or deter in any manner or by any device whatever
any emergency vehicle, fireman or other person from rendering lawful
assistance in abating or quelling a fire or hinder or interfere with
any fireman going to or returning from any fire or place from which
a fire alarm proceeds.
(27)
Contribute to the delinquency of any minor by any word, act,
writing or other communication or by the use of any device or thing
whatsoever.
(28)
Sell, barter, give or distribute any ammunition of an explosive
nature for firearms or any pistol, rifle, shotgun or firearm of any
description or kind to any person or child under the age of 18 years.
(29)
Discharge, fire or cause to be fired or discharged any pistol,
rifle, shotgun or firearm of any kind within the limits of the Borough
of Clementon unless a permit for such shall have been obtained from
the Police Department.
(30)
Willfully or maliciously take or steal or attempt to take or
steal any money, goods or chattels from the person of another, whether
with or without his knowledge, or be present, aiding and abetting
therein or carry away or unlawfully appropriate with intent to steal
any real or personal property of another or any part thereof.
(31)
No person or persons under the age of 21 years shall have, hold,
possess, use, consume or store alcoholic beverages of every kind and
description in his or their motor vehicle. The term "motor vehicle,"
as applied herein, shall mean any motor vehicle which shall be either
owned or under the control of said person or persons.
[Amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-17]
(32)
No person shall affix bumper stickers, cardboard signs, paper
signs, other signs or advertisements upon utility poles, traffic signs
or other public signs within the Borough of Clementon.
(33)
No person shall drink beer, liquor, wine or any other intoxicating
beverages on or in the public streets, sidewalks, adjacent steps or
landings or other public areas of the Borough of Clementon. Those
areas specifically included as areas where such beverages may be served
and consumed under liquor licenses issued by the Borough of Clementon
shall be excluded from the provisions of this subsection.
(34)
All construction and demolition activity, excluding emergency
work, shall not be performed between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
on weekends and federal holidays. All motorized equipment used in
construction and demolition activity shall be operated with a muffler
and/or sound reduction device.
[Added 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
B.
Any and all other disorderly, indecent and riotous acts or breach
of the peace or vagrancy not specifically enumerated above are hereby
prohibited.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to
exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the judge. The continuation of such violation on each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.
The term "person" as used in this chapter shall, where appropriate,
mean and include "corporation," "partnership," "association," and
"individual" shall include the plural. The masculine pronoun shall
include the feminine.
