[Adopted 6-17-1889 as
Ch. 250]
[Amended 9-1-1965 by Ord.
No. C-759; 12-21-1976 as Ord. No. 121-76; 8-4-1992 by Ord. No. 619-92; 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 800-95; 9-13-2000 by Ord. No. 1059-2000]
A.
No person or persons or body corporate shall encumber any street,
sidewalk, highway or other public place within the corporate limits
of the City of Perth Amboy or any part thereof by placing therein
or thereon any box or boxes, barrel or barrels or any merchandise,
chattel or thing whatever, except for the purpose of immediately transporting
the same in or over such street, highway, sidewalk or other public
place to or from his, her or their store or other building or place;
provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any building
material brought on or upon such street, sidewalk or other public
place for the purpose of erecting any building or for the purpose
of altering or repairing the same and which is hereinafter provided
for; and further provided, however, that this section shall not apply
where a sale day or sale days is designated by the Perth Amboy Chamber
of Commerce, which shall first submit to the City Clerk a list of
those stores participating in the sale day or sale days.
B.
No person or persons or body corporate shall:
(1)
Park any motorized vehicle on the public sidewalk.
(2)
Conduct any gambling or other games of chance on the public sidewalk.
(3)
Ride a bicycle upon any public sidewalk.
(4)
Ride a scooter, roller skates or skateboard on any public sidewalk.
(6)
Lie on the public sidewalk, or on any object placed on the public
sidewalk.
(7)
Sit on the public sidewalk, or on any object placed on the public
sidewalk, for more than one (1) hour in any two (2) hour time period.
(8)
Sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or services, or solicit funds
for any purpose, in or on the public highway, except for licensed
vendors.
(9)
Sit, stand, lie or otherwise use the public sidewalk, or place one's
belongings or other objects upon the public sidewalk, in such manner
as to unreasonably and significantly impede or obstruct the free passage
of pedestrians.
(10)
Allow his or her belongings or other objects to remain unattended
on the public sidewalk for more than fifteen (15) minutes.
(11)
Allow any dogs, cats, pigs, snakes, rodents, reptiles, birds,
primates, or other exotic or domestic animals on the public sidewalk
unless properly restrained by leash or in a cage.
(a)
Any animal with a known vicious propensity shall be muzzled.
(12)
Solicit money for any purpose on the public sidewalk except as provided in Section 317-22 in an aggressive manner, or accompanied by conduct, including but not limited to repeated begging, insistent panhandling, retaliatory comments, blockage of free passage of a pedestrian, touching or yelling at a pedestrian, confrontation or intimidation, which is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself or another, or damage to or loss of property.
(13)
Solicit money for any purpose on the public sidewalk in any
manner, within an eight (8) foot radius of any building entrance,
or within an eight (8) foot radius of any vending cart.
(14)
Solicit money for any purpose on the public sidewalk within
a twenty (20) foot radius of any bank entrance or any automatic teller
machine.
C.
Exceptions.
(2)
(a)
Who requires the use of a wheelchair or other similar device
to move about the sidewalk.
(b)
Operating or patronizing a commercial establishment properly
licensed for business on the public sidewalk.
(c)
Participating in or attending a properly permitted parade, procession,
or assemblage.
(d)
Sitting on a chair or bench supplied by a public agency, for
a period not to exceed six (6) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour
period.
(e)
Sitting on a chair supplied by abutting property owner.
(f)
Sitting within a transit stop, waiting for public or private
transportation.
(3)
The prohibitions set forth in Subsections B(3) and B(4), relating to bicycles, scooters, roller skates and skateboards, shall not apply to any person under the age of twelve (12). Nor shall it apply to any person skating in a controlled manner on the public sidewalk so as to fit with the flow of pedestrians.
[Amended 12-21-1976 by Ord. No. 121-76]
No person or persons or body corporate shall cause or allow
to open outward any driveway gate or other like structure within the
corporate limits of the City of Perth Amboy on, over, across or upon
any street, sidewalk or highway of said city.
No person or persons or body corporate shall construct or continue
any cellar door which shall extend more than one-twelfth (1/12) part
of any sidewalk within the corporate limits of the city.
[Amended 12-2-12 by Ord. No. 779[1]]
No owner or occupant of any dwelling house, store or other premises
within the corporate limits of the City of Perth Amboy shall fix,
put up, hang or erect, or suffer the same to remain fixed, put up,
hung or erected, any sign, showbill, showcase or other thing which
shall project into, on, over or across any street, sidewalk, highway
or other public place in said city more than three (3) feet in front
of and from the wall or front of any such building or premises; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to the erection of illuminated
signs having a clearance of at least thirteen (13) feet from the sidewalk
and a projection not to exceed the width of the sidewalk and for the
erection of which illuminated sign a permit shall have been obtained
from the Inspector of Buildings and a certificate procured from the
same officer, setting forth that the said sign has been erected or
hung in a secure and proper manner.[2]
[Added 8-19-1889 by Ch. 251[1]]
No person or persons or body corporate shall erect or cause
to be erected on, over or across any street or sidewalk or any part
thereof any awning, shed or other like structure within the corporate
limits of the City of Perth Amboy unless the same shall be at least
nine (9) feet in height from the surface of such street or sidewalk,
measured from the curbline of the same, and at least ten (10) feet
in height from such surface if such awning, shed or other like structure
does not extend to said curbline.
[Added 8-19-1889 by Ch. 251[1]]
No person or persons or body corporate shall continue or allow
to be continued or allow to remain on, over or across any street,
sidewalk or any part thereof within the corporate limits of the City
of Perth Amboy any shed, awning or other structure of like nature
unless the same shall be at least nine (9) feet in height from the
surface of such street or sidewalk, measured from the curbline of
the same, and at least ten (10) feet in height from such surface if
such awning, shed or other like structure does not extend to said
curbline.
[Added 8-19-1889 by Ch. 251[1]]
No person or persons or body corporate shall board up or enclose
the side or sides or any part thereof of any awning, shed or other
like structure erected or hereafter erected on, over or across any
street or sidewalk or any part thereof within the corporate limits
of the City of Perth Amboy; and further, no person or persons or body
corporate shall, within the corporate limits of the said city, allow
the boards or other like enclosure to remain on the side or sides
of any awning, shed or other like structure or any part thereof.
[Added 10-16-11 by Ord. No. 737]
All contractors and others hereafter engaged in building, repairing
or constructing on lots fronting on or adjoining any paved street
in this city and desiring to use a part of any such street for the
purpose of mixing mortar or other like material thereon shall be required
to prepare a tight box with closed sides and ends, placed on a bed
of sand at least four (4) inches in depth, in which to mix and prepare
such mortar or other material, and to mix and prepare the same in
such box and not elsewhere.
[Added 6-1-1914 by Ord.
No. 837; amended 12-21-1976 by Ord. No. 121-76]
A.
No person shall encumber or obstruct any street, highway, public
lane or alley or other public place in the City of Perth Amboy by
placing therein or thereon any building material and any article or
thing whatsoever without having first obtained the written permission
of the Department of Public Works.
B.
The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized to issue such
permit upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10) for fifty (50)
feet of street frontage or less and fifteen dollars ($15) additional
for all frontage in excess of fifty (50) feet, the width of street
to be used being limited in accordance with traffic conditions.
C.
The Department of Public Works is also hereby authorized and directed,
upon being satisfied that such encumbrance or obstruction so authorized
has been removed and the public street or place whereon it was restored
to its former condition, to return the fee so paid to the person receiving
such permit.
D.
Upon failure or refusal of the person receiving such permit to remove
any such encumbrance or obstruction within twenty-four (24) hours
after receiving notice in writing from the Department of Public Works
so to do, the said Department is authorized and directed to remove
or cause the removal thereof forthwith, and in such case the fee paid
for the aforesaid permit shall be forfeited.
