Township of Irvington, NJ
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2024-02-26
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 439 Peace and Good Order
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Article II Public Health Nuisances
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration
- Ch 13 Attendance at Meetings
- Ch 18 Audit Reports and Expense
- Ch 22 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Other Agencies
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Court, Municipal
- Ch 32 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 37 Employment Applications
- Ch 49 First Source Employment Linkage Program
- Ch 91 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 96 Portrait Photographs
- Ch 100 Purchasing
- Ch 105 Residency Requirements
- Ch 110 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 114 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 120 Township-Owned Property
- Ch 122 Township-Owned Vehicles
- Ch 128 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 140 Abandoned Property
- Ch 149 Air Pollution
- Ch 154 Alarm Systems
- Ch 158 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 163 Amusement Games in Amusement Parks
- Ch 167 Animals
- Ch 174 Barbershops
- Ch 180 Beauty Products, Hair Braiding and Nail Salons
- Ch 192 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 200 Buildings, Moving or Demolition of
- Ch 222 Claims Against Township
- Ch 229 Coin-Operated Machines and Vending Machines
- Ch 234 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 240 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 245 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 249 Curfew
- Ch 253 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 255 Day-Care Facilities
- Ch 266 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 277 Employer Regulations
- Ch 282 Escrow Fees for Redevelopment and Foreclosure Matters
- Ch 290 Fees and Licenses
- Ch 294 Fences
- Ch 299 Filming
- Ch 304 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 307 Fire Prevention
- Ch 313 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 318 Florists
- Ch 324 Food Establishments
- Ch 331 Games of Chance
- Ch 336 Golf Courses, Miniature
- Ch 342 Graffiti
- Ch 355 Housing Standards
- Ch 360 Junk Dealers
- Ch 365 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 369 Laundromats
- Ch 374 Library Rules
- Ch 380 Littering
- Ch 390 Murals and Public Art
- Ch 397 Noise
- Ch 402 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 409 Obscene Materials
- Ch 413 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 415 Parades
- Ch 419 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 428 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 439 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 439 Art II Public Health Nuisances
- § 439-36 Unlawful acts.
- § 439-37 Enforcement.
- Ch 443 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 449 Pest Control
- Ch 455 Poolrooms and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 460 Property Maintenance
- Ch 462 Records
- Ch 464 Registration of Commercial and Multifamily Properties
- Ch 467 Rental Property
- Ch 472 Rent Control
- Ch 478 Sales
- Ch 483 Sanitary Sewer Laterals
- Ch 491 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 499 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 508 Shopping Carts
- Ch 510 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 513 Signs and Billboards
- Ch 524 Smoking
- Ch 535 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 544 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 550 Stormwater Management
- Ch 555 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 560 Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 566 Sunday Construction
- Ch 571 Swimming Pools
- Ch 577 Taxation
- Ch 582 Taxicabs
- Ch 586 Tax Liens
- Ch 593 Theaters, Motion-Picture
- Ch 598 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 604 Towing
- Ch 610 Trees
- Ch 620 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 632 Video Stores
- Ch 639 Water
- Ch 650 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A670 Cable Television and Communications System
- Ch A675 Communications Facilities Franchises
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-28-1999 by Ord. No. MC 3138 (Ch. 139, Art. VII, of the 1981
Revised Code)]
The following public health nuisances are deemed unlawful acts:
A.
To make an indecent exposure or exhibition of any kind in or upon
any street, road, highway, place, alley or lane, public or private,
in the Township.
B.
To expose to public view, within the aforesaid Township, his or her
genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anal region or pubic hair
region.
C.
To make any indecent exposure of his or her private parts or engage
in any lewd or indecent act or behavior.
D.
To urinate or defecate in public places or streets, or on the lawns
or yards of private homes and residences, or in the public view.
E.
Fireworks.
[Amended 6-28-2021 by Ord. No. MC 3769]
(1)
Prohibition.
It shall be prohibited within the Township of Irvington to possess,
sell, distribute, discharge, or set off, or otherwise cause to explode,
discharge, or burn any firecrackers, torpedo rockets, roman candles,
carbide cannon, dynamite cap, rocket, or other fireworks or explosives
within the Township of Irvington and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 21:3-2
et seq.
(2)
Permissible
fireworks are limited to handheld or ground-based sparklers, snakes,
and glow worms; smoke devices; and trick noisemakers, including party
poppers, snappers, and drop pops. The sale, possession and use of
all other fireworks requires a valid permit.
(3)
To
use permissible fireworks a person must be 16 years of age or older.
But they may not use such fireworks or novelty sparkling devices under
the following conditions:
(a)
Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(b)
On public or private property without the express permission of the
owner.
(c)
Within or from a motor vehicle or building.
(d)
Into or at a motor vehicle, building or another person.
(e)
While under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
(f)
Within 150 feet of an occupied structure. An "occupied structure"
for purposes of this subsection is defined as a structure, vehicle
or place adapted for overnight accommodation of persons or for conducting
business whether or not a person is actually present.
(4)
Penalty. Any person violating § 439-36E of this chapter will be subject to a fine of $50 for the first offense; $250 for a second offense; $500 for a third offense and up to $1,000 for a fourth or subsequent offense. Any person under the age of 18 found to be in violation of this subsection is subject to a term of community service of not less than three days.
F.
To sleep in a parked vehicle in any location in the Township.
[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
These provisions shall be solely enforced by the Irvington Department
of Public Safety.
