As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LOITERING
Engaging in conduct in a public place in essentially one
location, which conduct may:
A.
Obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles;
B.
Obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully in such
public place, including the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive,
disgusting or insulting nature which are calculated to annoy or disturb
the person to whom or in whose hearing they are made and which will
so disturb such person as to cause an immediate reaction threatening
the public peace and order; or
C.
Create or cause to be created any disturbance or annoyance to
the comfort and repose of any person which will so disturb such person
as to cause an immediate reaction threatening the public peace and
order.
PARENT OR GUARDIAN
Includes any adult person having care or custody of a minor,
whether by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or
otherwise.
PERSON
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the state,
municipality, industry, copartnership, or association, and including
the plural thereof.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the public has access, including any street,
highway, road, thoroughfare, alley, sidewalk, park, beach or recreation
area, or other public facility, as well as the front and immediate
vicinity of any store, shop, restaurant or other place of business,
any off-street parking lots open to the public, and any vacant private
property not owned or under the control of the person charged with
violating this section or, in the case of a minor, not owned or under
the control of his or her parent or guardian.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that a person in any public place within the City of Somers Point is loitering within the meaning of §
117-1, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order such person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
No person shall, without legitimate purpose or business, cross
any police line or area of investigation which has been established
by any member of the police force of the City of Somers Point at the
scene of a crime, disaster, conflagration, fire, motor vehicle accident
or other incident.
No person shall engage in the act of urination or defecation
in or upon any public street, lane, highway, thoroughfare, sidewalk,
park recreation area, beach, or any other public or quasi-public place
within the City of Somers Point.
No person shall hide or be concealed in or near any public or
private place with intent to steal any goods or chattels.
No person shall possess, discharge, set off, fire or light any roman candle, carbide cannon, dynamite cap, rocket, firecracker or other fireworks within the limits of or into the limits of the City of Somers Point unless such person shall be in possession of a valid permit issued by the Mayor of the City of Somers Point in compliance with the requirements of Chapter
143, §
143-1, of the Somers Point Municipal Code.
No person shall engage in a public quarrel, fight, brawl or
otherwise engage in any disorderly conduct so as to disturb the peace
and quiet within the City of Somers Point of its residents or visitors.
No person shall engage in any activity or shall engage in conduct
to disturb a person of ordinary sensibilities so as to cause such
person to react immediately in such a way as to threaten by physical
violence the peace and order of the public. A disturbance within the
scope of this section is the making of unsolicited remarks of an offensive,
disgusting or insulting nature or which are calculated to annoy or
disturb the person to whom or in whose hearing they are made.
No person shall engage, within the City of Somers Point, in
any practice having a tendency to annoy persons passing on the streets
or sidewalks, while sitting or standing on porches or lawns or yards
facing the streets or sidewalks, by the making of indecent gestures
or acts; or engage in any practice, while passing on the streets or
sidewalks within this City, having a tendency to annoy persons sitting
or standing on porches or lawns or yards facing the streets or sidewalks,
by the making of indecent gestures or acts.
No person shall make, cause or suffer or permit to be made or
caused upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him, her
or it, or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare or other public
or quasi-public location within the City of Somers Point, any unnecessary
noises or sounds, by means of the human voice or by any other means
or methods, which are physically annoying to persons or which are
so harsh, or so prolonged or unnatural, or unusual in their use, time
and place as to occasion physical discomfort, or which are injurious
to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of this
municipality.
No person shall sleep overnight in any parked vehicle in any
location in the City of Somers Point.
[Added 5-11-2017 by Ord.
No. 7-2017]
A. Purpose and intent. This section is adopted in order to protect the
environment, particularly the wildlife, and the health, safety and
well-being of persons and property by prohibiting the release of helium
balloons into the atmosphere, including latex and Mylar, as it has
been determined that the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air
gases poses a danger and nuisance to the environment, particularly
to wildlife and marine animals, so as to constitute a public nuisance
and may pose a threat to the safety of inhabitants and their property.
B. Prohibited releases. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to intentionally release, organize the release of, or
intentionally cause to be released balloons inflated with a gas that
is lighter than air within the City of Somers Point City limits, except
for:
(1) Balloons released by a person on behalf of a governmental agency
or pursuant to a governmental contract for scientific or meteorological
purposes.
(2) Hot-air balloons that are recovered after launching.
(3) Balloons released and kept indoors.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Article
II.