[Adopted 1-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2622 as Ch. 139, Art. I, §§ 139-1
through 139-22, 139-25.1, 139-29 through 139-33, 139-43 through 139-51,
of the 1981 Revised Code]
No person shall, within the Town, act in such a manner as to
annoy, disturb, interfere with or obstruct others.
No person shall, within the Town, shout or make a noise either
outside or inside a building during the nighttime to the annoyance
or disturbance of any considerable number of persons.[1]
No person shall, within the Town, interfere with any person
in any place by jostling against such person or unnecessarily crowding
him or by placing a hand in the proximity of such person's pocket,
pocketbook or handbag.
No person shall, within the Town, stand on sidewalks or street
corners and make insulting remarks to or about passing pedestrians
or annoy such pedestrians.
No persons shall, within the Town, collect in bodies or crowds
for unlawful purposes to the annoyance or disturbance of citizens
or travelers.
No person shall, within the Town, station himself on the streets
or follow pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms, or solicit
alms on the streets unlawfully.
No person shall keep or maintain a disorderly house or a house
of ill fame in the Town.
No person shall allow or permit his house, shop, store or other
place to be used, frequented or resorted to by riotous or disorderly
persons, prostitutes, gamblers, vagrants or any mendicant within the
Town.
No person shall, within the Town, make or aid, countenance or
assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance or breach of
the peace in the streets and highways or elsewhere within the Town.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disquiet or disturb any
congregation or assembly met for religious worship in any church or
other building by making a noise or by rude or indecent behavior or
profane discourse within the place of worship.
Except as otherwise provided by § 439-14, no person shall discharge or use any air rifle, air gun, spring gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, shotgun or firearm of any kind or any other missile-projecting device or contrivance of any kind within the Town.
Except as otherwise provided by § 439-14, no parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis of any minor under the age of 16 years shall purchase for such minor or shall knowingly permit such minor, who is in his care or custody, to purchase, have, hold, possess, own, use, handle or play with any of the articles or guns or devices described in § 439-11.
No person shall offer for sale any bows and arrows to any person
under 16 years of age, and no person shall offer for sale any slingshots
or similar device in the Town.
The provisions of §§ 439-11 and 439-12 shall not apply to any of the following or under any of the following circumstances:
A.
Any member of any police department or any other person duly authorized
by law to use such weapons or devices nor any person warranted when
circumstances require the use of such weapons in the defense of his
life, limb or property.
B.
Any person not under the age of 16 years who carries such weapon
to any place outside the Town for hunting or any other lawful purposes.
C.
Any person not under 16 years of age who carries, fires or uses any
such instrument within the Town for the purpose of military drill
under competent supervision or for the purpose of competition or target
practice in and upon a firing range approved by the Municipal Council.
D.
Any person under the age of 16 years who carries, fires or uses any
such instrument or weapon in the presence of his father, guardian
or some other responsible adult person or for the purpose of military
drill under competent supervision or for the purpose of competition
or target practice in and upon a firing range approved by the governing
body or the Director of Public Safety of the municipality in which
such range is located.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
E.
Any person under the age of 16 years while carrying any bow and arrow
to any target range; provided that prior thereto the accredited organization
or person conducting any such military drill, competition or target
practice shall notify the Director of Public Safety of the time and
place of such event and a list of the person under 16 years of age
who intend to carry a bow and arrow to such place; and provided further
that such minor shall have a certificate of such organization or person
authorizing the carrying of such bow and arrow and designating the
time when and places between which such bow and arrow is to be carried;
and provided further that while such bow and arrow is being carried
to or from such place, the string on such bow shall not be taut so
as to be able to project any arrow.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
It shall be unlawful for any person to pursue or practice within
the Town the business, vocation, profession or art of fortune-teller,
clairvoyant, spirit medium (except where same is part of a religious
belief and practice), necromancer, palmist or other crafty or occult
art or pretended art of telling past events of another's life or other's
lives or affairs or in anywise revealing things of the past or in
the future of a secret or hidden nature, or of giving advice or assistance
in matters of business or affairs of any other kind or nature by means
of such art, or of purporting to so tell, foretell, reveal or give
advice or assistance by means of such art; and no person shall so
pursue or practice within the Town any such business, vocation or
profession whether for a fee, gratuity, thing of value or whether
by offer or upon request.
The maintenance, display, posting or advertisement, or the causing or permitting to be maintained, displayed, posted or advertised, of any sign, card, bill or announcement of any kind whatever indicating the pursuit or practice of any business, vocation, profession or art set forth in § 439-15 or indicating an offer to render service in such pursuit or practice, shall, upon proof thereof, be sufficient evidence against the person so maintaining, displaying, posting or advertising, or so causing or permitting the same to be done, of a violation of this article.
[Amended 2-13-1973 by Ord. No. MC 2345; 8-14-2023 by Ord. No. MC 3836]
A.
No person shall place, carry or have in his/her possession on Township
property, as hereinafter defined, any alcoholic beverage as the same
is defined in the Alcoholic Beverage Law of the State of New Jersey
(N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq.) for the purpose of drinking or consuming
the same therein, nor shall any person drink or consume any such alcoholic
beverage in any such public place; and
B.
For the purpose of this article, a "public place" shall mean any
street, thoroughfare or alley, park, recreational area, playground
and properties owned by the Township of Irvington; and
C.
All public places, as defined in this article, are alcohol-free.
Exceptions include:
(1)
A State of New Jersey social affairs permit or a State of New Jersey
catering permit is granted.
(2)
The ABC Committee Chair has issued a special permit with a refundable
deposit in the amount of $1,000 for the consumption of alcoholic beverages
at a picnic or other activity sponsored by a nonprofit corporation
or organization. Final approval will be made by the ABC Committee
Chair, if no meeting is scheduled before the event.
(3)
The ABC Board, at their discretion, may charge a cleaning fee, which
will be determined at the time of booking. A fee will also be determined
at the time of booking for Jobs in Blue. The ABC Board may also waive
the special permit fee.
[Amended 10-27-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2645]
A.
Unless permitted by special permit or by an official sign posted
on the public grounds or premises, no person shall enter or remain
after 10:00 p.m. in or upon any portion of any public school buildings,
school playgrounds, school lawns, school parking lots, municipal buildings,
municipal playgrounds, lawn, parks, Public Library buildings or lawns
or parking lots or other public grounds or premises.
B.
Violation of the aforementioned provisions shall constitute trespass
and shall be subject to penalty provided by the Municipal Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 139-21, Loitering in public places, amended 9-12-1967 by Ord. No. MC 2171 and 11-9-1971 by Ord. No. MC 2304; and original § 139-22, Loitering near churches, amended 9-12-1967 by Ord. No. MC 2171, both of which previously followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Added 2-11-1997 by Ord.
No. MC 3056]
A.
No person,
persons or group shall use the sidewalks in the Township of Irvington
to play or engage in any game of chance, including the rolling of
dice, playing of cards or any other activity promoting games of chance
or gambling.
[Added 4-22-1997 by Ord.
No. MC 3065]
Record shops located in the Township of Irvington shall be open
no later than 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 6:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
No person shall, within the Town, loiter in or upon any private
property not his own or not lawfully in his possession and then and
there pry into the privacy or security of the persons then and there
being in such home by peeping or by any other sly or furtive method
of spying upon, watching or keeping under observation the people occupying
such home.
No person shall, within the Town, cause a disturbance in any
railroad car or other public conveyance by running through it or climbing
through windows or upon the seats, or otherwise annoy passengers or
employees therein.
[Added 11-26-1974 by Ord.
No. MC 2429]
A.
On and after November 26, 1974, it shall be unlawful for any owner
or other person in charge, as hereinafter defined, to offer for rerental
to any prospective tenants any apartment in any building used for
residential purposes, which apartment has received damage from the
discharge of surface waters accumulated during a rainfall, after such
apartment has been repaired and such owner or other person in charge,
as hereinafter defined, offers same for rerental, without first notifying
in writing each prospective tenant of the details of the prior water
damage and of the danger of such water damage occurring in the future
from the same cause.
B.
"Owner or other person in charge," as used in this section, shall
include any person, firm or corporation, mortgagee, vendee in possession,
assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent or other
person, firm or corporation directly or indirectly in charge of such
building or any portion thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or aid in riot,
disturbance of breach or the peace in the streets and highways or
elsewhere within the Town, and it shall be unlawful for any persons
to collect in bodies or crowds for unlawful purposes.
No person shall, within the Town, frequent or loiter about any
public place soliciting men or women for the purpose of committing
a crime against nature or other lewdness.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person not directly involved in a strike
or lockout to recruit any person for employment or to secure or to
offer to secure for any person any employment when the purpose thereof
is to have such person take the place in employment of an employee
in an industry or business where a labor strike or lockout exists.
B.
Employment agents licensed as such under the laws of the state and
the state employment service shall not be affected by this section,
but no such employment agent and no person acting on behalf of the
state employment service shall knowingly refer an applicant for employment
to an employer any of whose employees are then engaged in a strike
or have been locked out.
The act of permitting ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison
sumach or other noxious or poisonous weeds injurious to health to
grow upon any lot within the Town is hereby declared to constitute
a nuisance.
The owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot shall remove
all ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison sumach or other noxious
or poisonous weeds injurious to health, at his own expense, within
five days after receiving notice to remove the same from the Health
Officer of the Town.
The notice to remove mentioned in § 439-29 shall be given by delivering to the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant of such lot a written demand, signed by the Health Officer of the Town, for the removal of such ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison sumac or other noxious or poisonous weeds from such lot, or by leaving such demand at the residence of the owner, lessee, occupant or tenant with a member of the family above the age of 14 years, or in case the owner, lessee, occupant or tenant is a nonresident, by mailing the same to such owner, lessee, tenant or occupant at his last known post office address, postage prepaid.
[Added 9-12-1967 by Ord.
No. MC 2170]
A.
No person shall resist or interfere with or hinder or obstruct any
law enforcement personnel in the Department of Public Safety, police
matron or other law enforcement officer in the discharge of his duties
as such officer.
[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
B.
No person shall in any manner assist any other person in the custody
of any policeman, police matron or other law enforcement officer to
escape or attempt to escape from such custody.
[Added 9-8-1970 by Ord.
No. MC 2262]
No person or persons who are changing their residence into or
from a house or building having more than one family residing therein
shall move, transfer, carry or haul furniture or the contents of any
apartment, tenement or flat during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m. of the following day.
[Added 8-10-1971 by Ord.
No. MC 2292; amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
No person except an authorized employee of the Commonwealth
Water Company or an authorized firefighting personnel in the Department
of Public Safety or employee of the Town shall at any time or in any
manner open or operate the main cocks, gates, valves, fire hydrants
or other appurtenances of the water system, or tamper with or damage
any part of the aforementioned. No person shall damage, destroy or
remove any part of the main cocks, gates, valves, fire hydrants or
other appurtenances of the water system.
[Added 8-10-1971 by Ord.
No. MC 2292; amended 7-14-2009 by Ord. No. MC 3407; 7-1-2014 by Ord. No. MC 3511]
Only authorized employees of the Commonwealth Water Company
or authorized employees of the Town shall turn the water on or off
at the water service stop; provided, however, that licensed master
plumbers may turn water off and on for emergency repairs. In no other
case shall a licensed master plumber turn water on or off except by
express permission of the Commonwealth Water Company or the Director
of the Department of Public Works of the Town or his authorized representative.
In all such cases the licensed plumber shall immediately notify the
Commonwealth Water Company and the Department of Public Works of such
turn-on action.
[Amended 9-13-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3582[1]]
A.
Except as otherwise
provided in this article, the penalties for violations of this article
are as follows:
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Section
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Short Description
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1st Offense
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2nd Offense
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3rd Offense
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4th Offense Maximum Fine;
Court Appearance Required
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§ 439-18
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Drinking alcoholic beverages on public grounds
|
$50
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$150
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$250
|
$750
|
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§ 439-19
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Entering on public grounds when entry prohibited
|
$50
|
$150
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$250
|
$750
|
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§ 439-28
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Certain weeds declared nuisances
|
$50
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$250
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$500
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$1,000
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