No person shall loiter or assemble with others on any public
street or public or quasi-public place or in any public conveyance
within the Township so as to obstruct the free passage of pedestrians
or vehicles or obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully
thereon or cause a disturbance thereon or refuse to move on or therefrom
after being ordered to do so by a police officer.
No person shall throw stones, sticks or any hard, dangerous
or offensive substances in or into any public highway, park or public
place or at any person or at birds, animals, streetlights or lamps,
public conveyances, vehicles, houses, buildings or fences within the
Township limits.
No person shall distribute, deposit or leave on a public highway
or at any public or private place within the Township any merchandise
or samples or preparation represented to cure ailments or diseases
of the body or mind or any samples thereof or any advertisements or
circulars relating thereto; provided, however, that this section shall
not prohibit the delivery of any such article to any person above
the age of 12 years willing to receive the same.
No person shall place or keep on any windowsill, porch or on
any other part of a building any flowerpot, box, article or thing
whatsoever, unless such flowerpot, box or other article or thing is
securely and firmly fastened or protected so as to render it impossible
for the same to fall into a public street or place.
No person shall engage in any game or sport on any public street
or public place to the danger of himself or others, except by permission
of and under such regulations as the Chief of Police may prescribe.
No person shall, in a public place, and with purpose to offend
the sensibilities of a hearer or in reckless disregard of the probability
of so doing, address unreasonably loud and offensively coarse or abusive
language, given the circumstances of the person present and the setting
of the utterance, to any person present.
No person shall place, mark, post, or draw or cause to be placed,
marked, posted or drawn upon any fence, billboard, building, door,
wall, pavement or other surface visible from a public street or place
any obscene, indecent, offensive or profane word, picture, representation
or drawing.
[Amended 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
No person shall set a fire in the Township, except for recreational fires in accordance with Chapter
223, Article
II, of this Code.
No driver of any vehicle shall drive over or across any fire
hose in use or about to be used.
No person shall operate, sail or propel any canoe, boat, vessel
or craft on the Rahway River within the limits of the Township by
means of any engine, motor or power mechanism.
[Amended 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, of this Code. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Added 3-25-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-04]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons within the Township
of Cranford to cause or allow to be made any unreasonable noise within
areas zoned residential and emanating from the interior or exterior
of a residence within the Township, as follows:
A. No person shall operate or permit the use or operation of any radio
receiving set, musical instrument, television, audio media player,
drum, loudspeaker or amplifier, or other device for the production
or reproduction of sound in such a manner as to be plainly audible
at or beyond the real property line or through partitions common to
two parties within a building during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 8:00
a.m.
B. No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued any
loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which is plainly audible
at or beyond the real property line or through partitions common to
two parties within a building within the limits of the Township during
the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
C. No person shall operate or permit the use or operation of any radio
receiving set, musical instrument, television, audio media player,
drum, loudspeaker or amplifier, or other device for the production
or reproduction of sound in such a manner as to be plainly audible
at or beyond the real property line or through partitions common to
two parties within a building, at any time, if the operation is continuous
or repetitive, or with such intensity so as to harass a person or
persons on nearby or adjoining properties or to disrupt the activities
normally conducted within the area.
D. Any person aggrieved by such disturbance of the peace may complain to the Township of Cranford Police Department about such unreasonable or excessive noise. The Police Department may issue an appropriate complaint for violation of peace and good order as set forth in §
310-19.