Offenses against public peace, safety, health and morals include:
A.
Trespassing.
B.
Defacing the property of another (graffiti).
C.
Destroying any property of another.
D.
Mugging, assaults, and assaults and battery.
E.
Destruction or defacing public property owned by the governments
of the Borough, county or state, including graffiti.
F.
Destruction of or injury to playground equipment and public parks.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 66B-1G of the 1973
Borough Code, regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages on
a public street and drunkenness, which immediately followed this subsection,
was repealed 12-4-2008 by Ord. No. 19-08.
G.
Littering. Littering shall include throwing, casting or placing any
garbage, waste, papers, ashes, sewage, refuse, junk, rubbish, circulars,
glasses, bottles, cans, dead animals or any other type of waste matter
on any property, public or private, except in such areas as may be
officially designated and licensed for dumping by the Borough of Mount
Ephraim; throwing or depositing of litter in or upon any private property
or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or property
within the Borough dumps. Litter shall include but not be limited
to such items as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans,
leaves, wood, glass, crockery, bottles and similar materials.[2]
H.
Unlawful remarks. Unlawful remarks shall include the making of unsolicited,
audible remarks of an offensive, abusive, disgusting or insulting
nature which are calculated to annoy or disturb the person to whom
or in whose hearing they are made.
I.
Disturbing noises. Making, continuing or causing to be made or continued
any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise, or any noise which either
annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health,
peace or safety of others, or creating any unreasonably loud, disturbing
and unnecessary noise of such character, intensity or duration as
is detrimental to the life or health of any individual or persons
within the limits of the Borough of Mount Ephraim or is patently offensive
to persons of ordinary sensibilities.
J.
Discharge of firearms. It shall be unlawful to discharge a firearm
or airgun, BB gun or any toy gun which projects lead or other harmful
missiles, provided that this subsection shall not be construed to
prohibit any officer of the law from discharging a firearm in the
performance of his duties. The definitions of "firearm," "airgun"
and "BB gun" shall be as set forth in the New Jersey statutes.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). This subsection was originally located in § 98-1 of the 1973 Borough Code. Original § 98-2, Violations and penalties, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A.
B.
It shall be a violation for anyone under 18 years of age to perform any act proscribed in § 294-1, and said violator shall be subject to the laws and procedures of the State of New Jersey regulating juvenile offenders.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or other person having the care or custody of a minor child under 18 years of age to permit, acquiesce or contribute to the violation of § 294-1 by said juvenile under his or her care or custody. Any such parent, legal guardian or person having care or custody of said minor offender shall be subject to penalties as provided in Article V of this chapter.[2]
Anyone who violates § 294-2C of this article shall be initially noticed for appearance by summons and not by warrant.
Where there are violations of this article under § 294-2C and said violation is the result of damage to property, it is the legislative intent of this article that, where circumstances warrant, the penalty be suspended where adequate and just restitution has been made.
