[Adopted 6-5-1959 by Ord. No. 586 (Ch. 53, Art I, of the 1970 Borough Code)]
[Amended 7-12-2006 by Ord. No. 1394]
No person shall within the confines of the Borough urinate or defecate upon any road, street, avenue, beach, private property or any other area unless the same is an enclosed rest room facility meant for such purposes.
No person within the limits of the said Borough shall swim, bathe or be found in a state of nudity while bathing in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Barnegat Bay or waters adjacent thereto, and no person shall appear in a state of nudity or make any indecent exposure of his or her person on any boat or other craft within the limits of the said Borough.
No person shall undress or disrobe, or dress or robe, for the purpose of uncovering a bathing suit, in any motor vehicle while the same is parked on any road, street, avenue, beach or other public place.
No person shall undress or disrobe, or dress or robe, in any public place, excepting such place as may be provided for such use.
No person shall, within the limits of the said Borough, operate or use radio, phonograph, television or any other sound-producing instrument, device or apparatus in such a manner that will disturb the rest or repose of any person or persons in his, her or their place of abode.
No person or persons shall make or cause or continue to make any noise, such as loud talk, singing, laughter or any unnecessary noise, that will disturb any person or persons in his, her or their place of abode.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 314, Noise.
No person shall, within the limits of the said Borough, discard, deposit, throw or leave any wastepaper, tin cans, bottles, garbage, waste or refuse of any kind whatsoever upon any parking place, street, road, avenue, beach, park or other public place, or upon any lot or other premises, except in receptacles or containers provided for such purpose.
No person shall, within the limits of the said Borough, engage or participate in any game practice, sport or exercise having a tendency to annoy, disturb or frighten any person or persons on any street, road, avenue, boardwalk, beach, park or other public place, or having a tendency to annoy or frighten horses or other animals on any street, road, avenue or other public place.
No person shall, within the limits of the said Borough, loiter or sleep in any parked automobile while the same is upon any road, street, avenue or public place.
No person or persons shall, within the limits of the said Borough, maliciously destroy, damage or injure any property.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 53-12 of the 1970 Borough Code, Permit required for bonfire, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person or persons shall, within the limits of the said Borough, have any picnic on any public street, beach, road, avenue or any public property in said Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also § 338-21, Picnicking on public lands prohibited.
[Added 7-22-2010 by Ord. No. 1531]
No person or persons shall, within the limits of the said Borough, appear in an intoxicated state, or drink any intoxicants on any road, street, avenue or other public place.
No person shall park a vehicle in any private driveway or on any private property within the limits of the said Borough without first having the permission of the owner.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 435, Vehicles and Traffic.
From time to time the Commissioners of the Recreation Commission will promulgate rules and regulations for the use of the several playgrounds within the Borough of Seaside Park, and person or persons making use of the said playgrounds shall conform with the rules and regulations as promulgated by the Recreation Commission of the said Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 333, Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Areas.
No person or persons shall leave any bait or dead fish upon any beach, road, avenue or public place when such person or persons are leaving the beach or other place.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 135, Beaches.
No person or persons shall bait, fish or cast from the shores within any protected bathing beach located in the said Borough.
No person or persons fishing or crabbing in the waters of Barnegat Bay shall leave any dead fish, crabs or other waste material along the bay shore of the said Borough.
[Amended 7-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-20]
A. 
No person shall operate, drive or park any vehicle upon the boardwalk or any part thereof in the Borough of Seaside Park.
B. 
No person, except as provided for in Subsection C below, shall operate any device by which a person may be propelled, otherwise than by muscular power, upon any boardwalk or pier in the Borough of Seaside Park.
C. 
This section shall not apply to any motorized wheelchair, mobility scooter or similar mobility assisting devices used by an operator with limited or no ambulatory abilities.
No person shall park any motor vehicle so that the same shall obstruct any public sidewalk in the said Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 405, Streets and Sidewalks.
No person over 12 years of age shall use the public docks for fishing, swimming or crabbing at Fifth Avenue or Fourteenth Avenue unless such person shall have a municipal bathing tag prominently displayed upon his or her person.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also § 135-7 in Ch. 135, Beaches.
[Amended 4-1-1960 by Ord. No. 590; 7-25-1974 by Ord. No. 713; 3-25-1976 by Ord. No. 731; 6-25-2015 by Ord. No. 1678]
No person or persons shall take any dog or other animal on the boardwalk of this municipality, which boardwalk lies to the east of Ocean Avenue and runs parallel thereto, or upon the beach of this municipality lying to the east of said boardwalk, or upon any bathing beach or recreation area along Barnegat Bay.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also § 127-15 in Ch. 127, Animals.
No person or persons shall throw, drop, discard or leave any wastepaper, garbage or refuse or any food or drink or any waste material whatever on any bathing beach or other beach in the said Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also §§ 135-8, 135-13C and 135-26 in Ch. 135, Beaches.
[Amended 12-20-2001 by Ord. No. 1291; 5-2-2013 by Ord. No. 1615; 9-30-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-21]
A. 
No person shall authorize, create, or cause to create, kindle, or maintain any open burning or fire unless conducted and permitted and/or approved in accordance with this § 338-47.
(1) 
Permitted outdoor fires are limited to recreational fires entirely contained within portable fire devices and permanent fire devices and which may only be lit and maintained with clean firewood, charcoal, manufactured fire logs, propane, and natural gas as permissible fuels. All other fuels, including, but not limited to, brush, leaves, trees, trash, refuse, and treated and wet wood are prohibited.
(2) 
All permitted outdoor fires shall be maintained in a manner that ensures any smoke or embers arising therefrom do not interfere with the air quality, peace and quiet enjoyment of neighboring residents.
(3) 
With the sole exception of grills and related permitted cooking devices, all portable fire devices and permanent devices shall possess and employ an ember suppressing lid (stone/masonry devices must have a lid or screen).
(4) 
Residential outdoor fires must be attended at all times by a competent adult owner or legal resident of the property, age 18 years old or older, from the time the fire is commenced until said fire is completely extinguished.
(5) 
No outdoor fire may be set on residential property with 10 feet of any property line, or of any primary or accessory structure on the property, including but not limited to, any dwelling, garage, fence, hazardous landscape, shed, or deck.
(6) 
Outdoor fires utilized for any other recreational purposes must be contained in a manufactured device designed for such purpose and utilized strictly in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements or, alternatively, in a proper noncombustible stone, cement, brick, tile or metal firepit of no more than three feet in diameter and shall not exceed three feet in height.
(7) 
Following the passage of this section, no new firepits may be constructed without the proper permits and inspections. For all existing firepits within the Borough, should the Fire Chief or his designee determine that a firepit is unsafe, he/she may order that said firepit not be used until he/she or his designee deem said firepit safe.
(8) 
Any open burning or outdoor fires shall be required to be in compliance with the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code.
(9) 
A fully functioning fire extinguisher or garden hose that is properly connected to an unlimited water source must be available for fire extinguishment purposes whenever any fire is ongoing.
(10) 
Flames may not exceed two feet at any time, should the prevailing winds cause the smoke from said fire to blow into a neighboring dwelling or any property lot line, said fire must be extinguished immediately. The Fire Chief or his designee is authorized to require any residential outdoor fire be immediately extinguished if he/she determines that said fire constitutes a hazardous condition. In addition, all members of the Borough Fire Department and Borough Police Department are authorized to require that any residential outdoor fire be immediately extinguished if smoke emissions are found to be offensive to occupants of surrounding properties.
(11) 
The Fire Chief and/or his designee may prohibit all outdoor fires within the Borough when weather conditions or other local circumstances make such fires hazardous.
(12) 
All permanent fire devices shall be constructed at grade level of the subject property.
(13) 
Portable barbecue grills shall be exempt from this section.
(14) 
The provisions of this section shall be fully enforceable by the Fire Chief and/or his designee, the Chief of Police and/or any member of the Police Department of the Borough of Seaside Park and the Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough of Seaside Park.
[Added 9-30-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-21]
Any person who violates any one or more sections of this article shall be subject to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Borough Code.