[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Mayor and
Council) of the Township of Berlin 12-6-1971 (Ch. 121 of the 1976 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes all streets, sidewalks, easements or any other areas
dedicated or commonly used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Includes all parks, recreation areas, ballparks, lake areas,
storage facilities, garage areas, Board of Education property and
any and all other Township or publicly owned land and premises.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any type of unregistered
motor-driven vehicle or conveyance, including but not necessarily
limited to snowmobiles, two-wheel motor vehicles known as "minibicycles,"
"trail bicycles" and "motor skooters" and four-wheel motor vehicles
commonly known as "go-carts," upon any public property or Township-owned
land in the Township of Berlin, New Jersey, without the approval of
the Mayor and Council.
[Added 5-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-8]
No person shall operate a registered motor vehicle or conveyance, as defined in § 325-2 of this chapter, upon any public property or Township-owned land not dedicated for vehicular traffic, without the approval of the Mayor and Council.
[Added 5-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-8]
The operation of said motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 325-2 of this chapter, is additionally prohibited upon private property unless the operator of said motor-driven vehicle has in his possession express written permission to operate said vehicle on said private property by the owner of said property.
No person shall operate a registered motor vehicle or conveyance, as defined in § 325-2 of this chapter, upon private property, unless the operator of said motor vehicle has in his possession express written permission to operate said vehicle on the private property by the owner of said property.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6]
It shall be unlawful to operate any unregistered motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 325-2, in a manner so as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise so as to disturb or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6]
It shall be unlawful to operate any unregistered motor-driven vehicle, as defined in § 325-2, in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the safety of any person or the property of any person.
It shall not be unlawful for any employee of this Township to operate motor-driven vehicles, as defined in § 325-2, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing or doing any public work within the scope of his employment.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or any person
having the care, custody and control of any child under the age of
17 years to permit such child to operate a motor-driven vehicle in
violation of the terms of this chapter.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6]
Any child, operator or parent, as defined in this chapter, who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall forthwith
voluntarily or involuntarily surrender the unregistered motor-driven
vehicle or conveyance to the Berlin Township Police Department, and
said Police Department shall impound and store said unregistered motor-driven
vehicle or conveyance at the expense of the child, operator or parent
until further order of the court having jurisdiction to determine
violations existing under this chapter.
[Amended 6-2-1976 by Ord. No. 76:6]
Any operator or parent, as defined in this chapter, who shall
violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Any violation by a juvenile
offender shall constitute juvenile delinquency and shall be prosecuted
as provided by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Law, N.J.S.A.
2A:4.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-20 et seq.
