[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Lindenwold as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-17-1969 (Ch. 163, Art. II, of the 1981 Code)]
The following acts are declared to be illegal in the Borough
of Lindenwold:
A.
Appearing in any street or public place in a state of nudity or in
clothing not belonging to his or her sex or in indecent or lewd clothing,
or making indecent exposure of his or her person or doing any lewd
or indecent act, or exhibiting, selling or offering to sell any indecent
or lewd book, picture or thing.
B.
Inhumanely or cruelly beating or injuring or otherwise abusing any
dumb animal.
C.
Maliciously, willfully or wantonly breaking, destroying, injuring,
overthrowing or carrying away lighting or extinguishing (except persons
duly authorized) any of the public lamps or lamp parts or anything
pertaining thereto in any of the streets, lanes or alleys within the
Borough.
D.
Entering into any house, garden or other enclosure within the limits
of this Borough and breaking, cutting, rooting up or otherwise destroying
any tree, shrub or plant there growing without leave of the owner
or occupier first had and obtained, or cutting, breaking or otherwise
defacing or injuring any house or building or any porch, fence, pillar
or property belonging to any house, building or enclosure within this
Borough without leave of the owner or occupier first had and obtained.
[Amended 10-19-1981 by Ord. No. 587[1]]
[Adopted 9-28-1970 by Ord. No. 240 (Ch. 163, Art. I, of the
1981 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Borough of Lindenwold, County of Camden and State of
New Jersey.[1]
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, association, organization, firm
or partnership.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, enter the
building or go upon the lands of any school and break, damage or deface
such building or any part thereof or the fences or other property
belonging to or connected with such building or lands, and no person
shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest or give annoyance
to the children attending such school or any teacher therein either
while on the school property or while going to or coming from said
school.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, disturb any
lawful assembly of persons or of any neighborhood, family or person
by any loud or unnecessary noise or by shouting or by using any profane,
indecent or obscene language or by quarreling, assaulting, fighting
or otherwise disturbing the peace and quiet.
No person shall be intoxicated or under the influence of drug
or drugs or a barbiturate in any street, highway, thoroughfare or
public place within the limits of the Borough or in any hotel, boardinghouse,
store, restaurant or other quasi-public place to the annoyance of
any person.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, maliciously
destroy or damage any real or personal property belonging to another.
No person shall throw any debris, organic matter, stones, sticks,
glass, metal or any hard, dangerous or offensive substance into any
street, road, avenue, highway or public place or at any car, vehicle,
house, building, fence or person within the Borough limits.
A.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, throw or discard
any tin cans, bottles, garbage or refuse of any kind whatsoever into
the waters of any pond, stream or lake or into waters adjacent thereto,
or discharge any sewage or waste into said waters or any of them or
pollute the said waters or any of them in any manner whatsoever.
B.
No person shall deposit upon the surface of any public or private
property or upon any street, lane or alley of said Borough any rubbish
or matter likely to decompose or be blown about by the wind or use
any such substances to fill in or grade the surface or level of any
ground in the Borough.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, keep or maintain
on any public or private property any open cistern, open hole, unsafe
structure, dilapidated vehicle or junk which would be likely to endanger
the health or safety of any person.
No person shall hinder, obstruct or interfere with any Borough
officer in the performance of his duties, nor shall any person willfully
refuse or neglect to assist any Borough officer when lawfully called
upon by him to do so in the execution of any process or in the suppression
of any breach of the peace or disorderly conduct or in case of an
escape or when such officer is resisted in the discharge of his duty.
Nor shall any person knowingly resist, hinder, obstruct or interfere
with any officer or person authorized by law in serving or attempting
to serve any summons, writ, subpoena, order or other process or when
making an arrest.[1]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, willfully
or maliciously ring or cause to be rung any bell, whistle or other
alarm of any fire company or in any other manner give or cause to
be given a false alarm of fire.
No person shall trespass on private property and surreptitiously
or sneakingly invade the privacy of another by peering into the windows
or other openings of dwelling places located thereon for no lawful
purpose.
Any person who shall be apprehended either on foot or in any
automobile, vehicle or public conveyance within the limits of the
Borough, who cannot give a good account of himself or herself, or
who is engaged in an illegal occupation or who is in the Borough for
an unlawful purpose, shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly
person and subject to the penalties hereinafter set forth in this
article.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, loiter or
remain in a parked automobile on the public streets or public places
or on the private grounds of another.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, go about
from door to door or place himself or herself in any street, road,
avenue, highway or other public place to beg or gather alms, except
upon written permit from the Chief of Police.
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, willfully
or maliciously take down, remove or injure any notice, advertisement
or other placard legally and publicly set up by an officer or person
in accordance with law before the time to which such notice, advertisement
or placard relates.
