Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2009-02 created the Department
of Public Safety and redesignated the Police Department as the Police
Division under the Department of Public Safety. All references throughout
the Code to Police Department shall be deemed to mean Police Division.
[1991 Code § 200-1; Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(B)]
As used in this section:
GARBAGE
Shall mean animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Shall mean any unused or unconsumed substance or waste material
which has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic,
rubber, paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or
any top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material, or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other
extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
PARK
Shall mean a park, playground, recreation center or any other
public area owned or used by the Township or local authorized governmental
agencies and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Shall mean any dwelling house, building or other structure
designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential
purposes, whether inhabited or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps
or vestibule belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling house, building
or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Shall mean any or all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys
or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
Shall mean all solid waste, including garbage, rubbish, ashes,
street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market
and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Shall mean solid waste consisting of both combustible and
noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigars, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, scrap metals, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
Shall mean every device in, upon or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway.
[1991 Code § 200-2; Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(B)]
No person shall throw, drop, discard or otherwise place any
litter of any nature upon public or private property other than in
a litter receptacle, or having done so, to allow such litter to remain.
[1991 Code § 200-3]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
or other public place the accumulation of any litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons
owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of the
property free of Utter. This provision shall not apply to those periods
of time fixed by the Township for the collection of litter.
[1991 Code § 200-4; Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(B)]
No person in a vehicle or boat shall throw, discard or allow
to fall, any litter from such vehicle. In such case, the operator
and owner of the vehicle or boat shall be deemed to also be in violation
of this section.
[1991 Code § 200-5]
No person shall load, drive or move any truck or other vehicle
unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load,
contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street or
other public place.
[1991 Code § 200-6]
No person shall throw or deposit any litter in any fountain,
stream, river, skating rink or any other body of water in a park or
recreation area or elsewhere in the Township.
[1991 Code § 200-7]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied or vacant
private property, whether owned by such person or not, provided that
the owner or person in control of the property may maintain private
receptacles for the collection of litter.
[1991 Code § 200-8]
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person who
manages or controls a building or lot shall be jointly or severally
responsible for keeping the sidewalk, flagging, curbstone and the
air shafts, areaways, backyards, courts, parking lots and alleys free
from litter.
[1991 Code § 200-9A]
No person shall deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbills
or litter in or upon any public place within the Township. No person
shall hand out or distribute handbills in any public place.
[1991 Code § 200-9B]
No person shall deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbills
or litter in or upon any private premises within the Township.
[1991 Code § 200-9C]
No person shall post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise affix,
or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill,
card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to
attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk,
curb or curbstone, flagstone or any other portion or part of any public
way or public place, or any lamppost, electric light, telegraph, telephone
or trolley line pole or railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or
tree box, or upon the piers, columns, trusses, girders, railings,
gates or other parts of any public bridge or viaduct or other public
structure or building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire
alarm or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized
or required by the laws of the United States or State and Township
ordinances.
[1991 Code § 200-9D]
No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or
cast any handbill in or upon any automobile or other vehicle.
[1991 Code § 200-9E]
No person receiving a handbill shall discard same upon any public
place or private premises.
[1991 Code § 200-9F]
Newspapers, United States mail and nonprofit, public-service,
political and religious noncommercial handbills shall be exempted
from the regulations in this section.
[1991 Code § 43-1; Ord. No. 88-18]
In accordance with and pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A.
2C:35-7, the Drug-Free School Zone Map produced on or about November
16, 1987, by Leo J. Eckmann, Municipal Engineer, is hereby approved
and adopted as an official finding and record of the location and
areas within the municipality of property which is used for school
purposes and which is owned by or leased to an elementary or secondary
school or school board and of the areas on or within 1,000 feet of
such school property.
[1991 Code § 43-2; Ord. No. 88-18]
The Drug-Free School Zone Map approved and adopted pursuant to subsection
3-5.1 shall continue to constitute an official finding and record as to the location and boundaries of areas on or within 1,000 feet of property owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board which is used for school purposes until such time, if any, as this section shall be amended to reflect any additions or deletions with respect to the location and boundaries of school property and drug-free school zones.
[1991 Code § 43-3; Ord. No. 88-18]
The school board or the chief administrative officer in the
case of any private or parochial school is hereby directed and shall
have the continuing obligation to promptly notify the Municipal Engineer
and the Municipal Attorney of any changes or contemplated changes
in the location and boundaries of any property owned by or leased
to any elementary or secondary school or school board and which is
used for school purposes.
[1991 Code § 43-4; Ord. No. 88-18]
The Township Clerk is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to subsection
3-5.1 and to provide at a reasonable cost a true copy thereof to any person, agency or court which may request such a copy, along with a certification that such copy is a true copy of the map approved and adopted herein and kept on file. It is hereby further directed that a true copy of such map and of this section shall be provided without cost to the County Clerk and to the office of the Union County Prosecutor.
[1991 Code § 43-5; Ord. No. 88-18]
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared,
recited and stated:
a. It is understood that the map approved and adopted pursuant to subsection
3-5.1 was prepared and is intended to be used as evidence in prosecutions arising under the criminal laws of this State, and that pursuant to State law, such map shall constitute prima facie evidence of the following:
1. The location of elementary and secondary schools in the municipality.
2. The boundaries of the real property which is owned by or leased to
such schools or school board.
3. That such school property is and continues to be used for school
purposes.
4. The location and boundaries of areas which are on or within 1,000
feet of such school property.
b. All of the property depicted on the map approved and adopted herein
as school property was owned by or leased to a school or school board
and was being used for school purposes as of July 9, 1987, that being
the effective date of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7.
c. Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7, a prosecutor is not precluded from introducing or relying upon any other evidence or testimony to establish a violation of the offense defined in that statute, including use of a map or diagram other than the one approved and adopted pursuant to subsection
3-5.1. The failure of the map approved herein to depict the location and boundaries of any property which is, in fact, used for school purposes and which is owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board, whether the absence of such depiction is the result of inadvertent omission or the result of any changes in the location and boundaries of such property which have not yet been incorporated into a revised approved map, shall not be deemed to be an official finding and record that such property is not owned by or leased to a school or school board or that such property is not used for school purposes.
d. All of the requirements set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7 concerning
the preparation, approval and adoption of a Drug-Free School Zone
Map have been complied with.
[1991 Code § 187-1]
a. No person shall, within the limits of the Township, discharge, use
or carry a gun, pistol, revolver or firearm, BB gun, air rifle, pellet
gun, crossbow, hunting bow or cannon for the purpose of hunting, shooting,
recreation or amusement. The Township Committee, however, shall have
the right and authority in its discretion to grant a permit or permits
to members of gun clubs or shooting clubs within the Township to carry
or discharge such gun or guns, pistol or pistols, revolver or revolvers,
firearm or firearms for such purpose, under such conditions and at
such times and places as the Committee may designate, by resolution.
The permit or permits so issued shall be revocable at will by the
Committee.
b. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be in conflict with State
laws regulating hunting.
[1991 Code § 187-2; New]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5.
[1991 Code § 270-1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or abandon a motor
vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle on off-street lands in the Township.
[1991 Code § 270-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person, owner, possessor or occupant
to permit, store or place on off-street lands in the Township any
motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle which is unregistered, not licensed
or in such a state of disrepair as to be incapable of operation, unless
stored in a garage.
[1991 Code § 270-3]
This section does not counteract any rights flowing from any
regulation of the Township or variance of the Board of Adjustment.
[1991 Code § 265-1]
Whenever any words and phrases are used in this section, the
meaning respectively ascribed to them in Subtitle 1 of Title 39 of
the Revised Statutes of New Jersey shall be deemed to apply to such
words and phrases used herein.
[1991 Code § 265-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or store a trailer or boat on property used for residential purposes, except as otherwise permitted in Section
3-10, Abandoned Vehicles.
[1991 Code § 265-3]
a. The temporary standing or parking for unloading and loading is not
prohibited by this section.
b. The parking or storing of trailers or boats which are owned by the
occupant, in a fully enclosed garage, is not prohibited by this section.
c. The parking or storing of boats on trailers owned by the occupant,
not in dead storage for a period of one year or more, less than 21
feet in length from the stem to the stern and less than seven feet
in overall height, without cabins or overhead structures in the rear
yard of the property, is not prohibited by this section.
d. The parking or storing of travel and camping trailers owned by the
occupant, not in dead storage for a period of one year or more, less
than 21 feet in length and less than 10 feet in overall height, in
the rear yard of the property, is not prohibited by this section.
e. The parking of boats or trailers on any corner lot, alongside the
garage, in compliance with all setback lines, is not prohibited by
this section.
[Prior ordinance history includes portions of Ordinance No. 94-18]
[Ord. No. 2011-12]
DUMPSTER
Shall mean any waste or refuse container, commonly known
as a roll-off dumpster or roll-off container.
STORAGE CONTAINER
Shall mean any temporary freestanding open or closed container,
used to store or move non-waste items, whether movable or fixed.
[Ord. No. 2011-21]
No person shall park, leave, place or be in control of any dumpster
or storage container on any street or highway, public property or
private property within the Township without first obtaining a permit
as set forth herein.
[Ord. No. 2011-21]
a. No person will be issued for a dumpster on a State or County highway,
or for a dumpster or storage container on State or County property,
without the prior written consent of the appropriate County or State
authority having jurisdiction over the highway or public property.
b. A complete permit application shall be filed with the Zoning Official.
c. A permit for a dumpster on public or private property shall be issued
for a period of up to 30 days, and may thereafter be renewed for up
to two additional thirty-day periods.
d. An extended permit for a dumpster on private property only, may be
issued for no more than a third additional 30 days, upon a showing
of extenuating circumstances as authorized by the Zoning Official.
e. A permit for a dumpster on a public street shall be for 30 days,
and may not be extended.
f. A permit for a storage container on public or private property shall
be issued for a period of up to 30 days, and may thereafter be renewed
for up to one additional thirty-day period.
g. No dumpster permit shall exceed a total of 120 days. No storage container
permit shall exceed a total of 60 days.
h. All permit fees must be paid in advance before issuance or extension
of any permit.
[Ord. No. 2011-21]
a. Any dumpster or storage container parked on any public street or
anywhere within the public right-of-way, shall be equipped with and
display markers consisting of all yellow reflective diamond-shaped
panels having a minimum size of 18 inches by 18 inches. These panels
shall be mounted at the edge of the dumpster or container at both
ends nearest the path of passing vehicles and facing the direction
of oncoming traffic. These markers shall have a minimum mounting height
of three feet from the bottom of the panels to the surface of the
roadway.
b. Any dumpster parked on any public street shall be placed so as to
avoid damage to the street. The repair of any such damage shall be
the responsibility of the permit holder and shall be done upon notice
to and approval of the Township Engineer or a designate.
c. Any dumpster or storage container on private property shall be placed
no less than five feet from the public right-of-way.
d. No dumpster or storage container shall be placed so as to interfere
with or be within any sight triangle.
e. All dumpsters shall be appropriately maintained and covered so as
to ensure that the contents will not spill out, overflow, be blown
out by the wind, or in any other way be removed from the container.
f. All dumpsters shall be maintained so as to ensure no liquid of any
kind, other than clean water, shall leak or otherwise discharge from
the container.
g. All dumpsters and storage containers shall comply with any applicable
State, County or local law, including but not limited to zoning, health
and building codes.
[Ord. No. 2011-21]
Dumpster application for permit first 30 days
|
No fee
|
Dumpster permit renewal second 30 days
|
$100
|
Dumpster permit renewal third 30 days
|
$200
|
Dumpster permit renewal fourth 30 days
|
$300
|
Storage container application for permit first 30 days
|
No fee
|
Storage container permit renewal second 30 days
|
$100
|
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-24]
The Township shall waive all fees that would otherwise be assessed
under this section for any applicants who require a dumpster or storage
container permit for reasons directly related to a natural disaster
or other occurrence which results in a declaration of a State of Emergency,
within a period of 365 days subsequent to such declaration.
[Ord. No. 2001-02]
As used in this section.
PUBLIC PLACE
Shall mean any outdoor area to which the public has access
and shall include, but not be limited to, any street, highway, road,
alley, sidewalk or gathering place for public transportation.
[Ord. No. 2001-02]
It shall be a violation of this section for any person to consume,
from any container, whether concealed or not, including but not limited
to bottles, cans, cups or plastic containers, any alcoholic beverage
as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1-1, while in or upon any public place within
the Township of Springfield, except within a designated area pursuant
to an outdoor cafe license issued pursuant hereto.
[Ord. No. 2001-02]
Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be
liable for each offense for a fine not less than $25 and not to exceed
$100.
[Ord. No. 2001-03]
As used in this section:
GUARDIAN
Shall mean a person who has qualified as a guardian of an
underage person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment.
RELATIVE
Shall mean an underage person's grandparent, aunt or uncle,
sibling, or any other person related by blood or affinity.
[Ord. No. 2001-03]
It shall be a violation of this section for any person under
the legal age to, without legal authority, knowingly possess or knowingly
consume an alcoholic beverage on private property within the Township
of Springfield.
[Ord. No. 2001-03; Ord. No. 2010-24 § I]
This section shall not prohibit:
a. An underage person from consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage
in connection with a religious observance, ceremony, or rite or consuming
or possessing an alcoholic beverage in the presence of and with the
permission of a parent, guardian or relative who has attained the
legal age to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages.
b. Possession of alcoholic beverages by an underage person while actually
engaged in the performance of employment by a person who is licensed
under N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq., or while actively engaged in the preparation
of food while enrolled in a culinary arts or hotel management program
at a county vocational school or postsecondary educational institution;
however, this exception shall not be construed to preclude the imposition
of a penalty under N.J.S.A. 33:1-81, or any other section of law against
a person who is convicted of unlawful alcoholic beverage activity
on or at premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
[Ord. No. 2001-03]
a. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be liable
for a fine of $250 for a first offense and $350 for any subsequent
offense.
b. In addition to the fine authorized herein, upon conviction, the court
may suspend or postpone for six months, the driving privileges for
such person, and the courts shall forward a report to the Division
of Motor Vehicles stating the first and last day of the suspension
or the postponement period imposed by the court pursuant to this section.
If a person at the time of the imposition of such sentence is less
than 17 years of age, the period of license postponement, including
a suspension or postponement of the privilege of operating a motorized
bicycle, shall commence on the day the sentence is imposed and shall
run for a period of six months after the person reaches the age of
17 years.
c. If a person at the time of the imposition of a sentence hereunder
has a valid driver's license issued by this State, the court shall
immediately collect the license and forward it to the Division along
with the report. If for any reason the license cannot be collected,
the court shall include in the report the complete name, address,
date of birth, eye color, and sex of the person convicted, as well
as the first and last date of the license suspension imposed by the
court.
d. The court shall inform the person orally and in writing that if a
person is convicted of operating a motor vehicle during the period
of license suspension or postponement, the person shall be subject
to the penalties set forth in N.J.S.A. 39:3-40. A person shall be
required to acknowledge receipt of the written notice in writing.
Failure to receive a written notice or failure to acknowledge receipt
of the written notice shall not be a defense to a subsequent charge
of a violation of N.J.S.A. 39:3-40.
e. If a person convicted hereunder is not a New Jersey resident, the
court shall suspend or postpone, as appropriate, the nonresident driving
privilege based on the age of the person and submit to the Division
the required report. The court shall not collect the license of a
nonresident convicted hereunder. Upon receipt of a report by the court,
the Division shall notify the appropriate officials in the licensing
jurisdiction of the suspension or postponement.
[Ord. No. 2010-24 § II]
As used in this section:
DELINQUENCY
Shall mean:
a.
The commission of an act by a juvenile which, if committed by
an adult, would constitute:
2.
A disorderly person's offense or petty disorderly offense under
State law; or
3.
A violation of any other penal statute, ordinance or regulation.
b.
The commission of an act which constitutes a violation of Chapters
3,
4,
6 or
8 of Title 39, Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, or of any amended supplement thereof, by a juvenile of or over the age of 17 years, shall not constitute delinquency as defined in this section.
JUVENILE
Shall mean any person who has not yet attained his or her
eighteenth birthday.
PARENT
Shall mean natural father or mother or any adult who has
a juvenile in his or her charge by virtue of an order of the court.
[Ord. No. 2010-24 § II]
a. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or his/her designee of
the Township, or an appropriate member of the Department of Police,
to notify the parent of every child convicted of a juvenile offense
which offense shall have been committed within the jurisdiction of
the Township, placing that parent upon notice of the potential liability
of such parent for the further unlawful acts of his or her juvenile(s).
The notice shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a copy
of this section.
b. Upon a second conviction of any juvenile or minor and after due notice
as prescribed herein, there shall arise a rebuttable presumption that
the juvenile's parent(s) has failed to exercise parental responsibility,
control and supervision of such juvenile delinquent, and for such
conduct the parent(s) shall be charged with a violation of this section
within the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court of the Township.
[Ord. No. 2010-24 § II]
The remedies and penalties provided elsewhere in this section
shall not be exclusive, nor shall they conflict with any of the laws
of the State of New Jersey, it being the express intention of this
section that the penalty and remedies set forth shall be cumulative
and in addition to any other penalties and remedies set forth in the
statutory laws of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. No. 2010-24 § II]
Any parent who shall be convicted of violating the terms of this section in the Municipal Court of the Township shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5.
[1991 Code § 194-1]
No person shall retain or fail to return any book or article
borrowed from the Springfield Public Library contrary to the rules
and regulations of the library.
[1991 Code § 194-2]
a. Times and Charges. No person shall fail to pay to the library any
fine or change contrary to the rules and regulations of the library
for failure to return books or other property of the library.
b. Any fine or charge to a person under the age of 18 may also be charged
to any parent or guardian of such person, provided that the parent
or guardian of such person is first notified in person or in writing
by ordinary mail of the amount of the fine or charge.
[1991 Code § 194-3]
If any person retains or fails to return any book or article
or fails to pay any fine or charge, such person shall be notified
in person or in writing by ordinary mail of the failure to return
the book or article or failure to pay the fine or charge as per rules
and regulations of the library.
[1991 Code § 194-4]
No person shall damage or destroy or permit to be damaged or
destroyed any book or other article or any part thereof which is owned
by or is in the custody of the library.
[1991 Code § 194-5]
No person shall register or furnish a false name or address
or use any card other than the one issued to the person for the purpose
of borrowing any book or other article from the library.
[1991 Code 194-6; Ord. No. 93-6]
Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this
section shall be liable for each offense by a fine not to exceed $100.
[Ord. No. 77-6 § 1]
No retail establishment of any nature, other than pharmacies
or restaurants, shall conduct business between the hours of 9:00 p.m.
of each day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day in any N-C Neighborhood
Commercial zone.
[Ord. No. 2002-01]
No property owner, tenant, employee, agent, or other person,
shall shovel, plow, blow, or in any other manner place snow, ice,
or other similar precipitation on or around any fire hydrant within
the Township, either before, during or after same has been cleared
of such precipitation for access by or on behalf of the Township.
[Ord. No. 2002-01]
No property owner, tenant, employee, agent, or other person
shall place, or allow to be placed, on or around any fire hydrant
within the Township, any garbage, refuse, or other item which would
block or interfere with prompt, free and lawful access to such fire
hydrant.
[Ord. No. 2005-26 § I]
No person shall take water from any fire hydrant within the
Township unless that person has written permission from the water
purveyor and the flow of water from such hydrant is metered at all
times.
[Ord. No. 2005-26 § I]
No person shall take water from any service connection unless
that person is the customer of record for such service connection,
or has express permission from the customer of record. No person shall
use water from any service connection except on the property served
by such service connection.
[Ord. No. 2005-26 § I]
This section shall be enforceable by the Police Department and
the Fire Department of the Township.
[Ord. No. 2005-26 § I]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5, as well as for restitution as concerns any damage done to any municipal fire hydrant.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(D)]
The purpose of this section is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife on Township owned property, so as to protect the public health,
safety and welfare.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(D)]
As used in this section:
FEED
Shall mean to give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or
scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting
or enticing wildlife, but does not include baiting in the legal taking
of fish or game.
WILDLIFE
Shall mean all animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(D)]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Township, any wildlife, excluding confined
wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in a zoo, park or rehabilitation
center).
[Ord. No. 2006-18 § I(D)]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the Health Department.
[Ord. No. 2012-25]
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following
offenses within the Township:
a. Disturbing the quiet of the Township or of any lawful assembly of
person, or of any neighborhood, family or person within the Township
by using any profane, indecent or obscene language or any indecent
conduct whatever or by quarrelling, assaulting, fighting or otherwise
disturbing the public peace.
b. Intentionally obstructing, molesting, hindering, annoying, frightening
or interfering with any other person upon the streets, parks, public
or private place, or in any automobile, bus, or other means of transportation
or conveyance, public or private.
c. Engaging in any conduct the purpose of which is to defraud or cheat
any individual or entity within the Township.
d. Keeping or casing or permitting to be kept a house, shop, room or
place of any description in which any kind of disorder is made or
permitted, to the alarm, annoyance or disturbance of the neighborhood,
or in which persons assemble, or which place is injurious to the public
health, public quiet or public morals, or which is used for the purpose
of prostitution, or in which is kept any table or device of any kind
upon or by which any game of chance or hazard shall be played.
e. Engaging in any riotous conduct, indecent conduct, breaches of peace,
vagrancy, begging, prostitution in any street or alley or other public
place in the Township.
f. Knowingly causing a false alarm of fire or intentionally breaking
or injuring or causing to be broken or injured any fire alarm box
owned by the Township or any street lamp used or lighted by or rented
to the Township.
g. Fleeing or attempting to elude, on foot or by any other means, any
Police or Law Enforcement Officer after having received any signal
from such officer to halt or bring his or her vehicle to a full stop.
h. Resisting, obstructing or interfering with any Township officer or
official, including a member of an emergency services organization,
in the performance of his or her duty, disobeying the lawful order
or instructions of any such officer or official or, without good reason,
refusing or neglecting to assist him or her in the performance of
his or her duty when requested to do so.
i. Trespassing on private property and surreptitiously or sneakingly
invading the privacy of another by peering into windows or other openings
of dwelling places located thereon for no lawful purpose.
j. Willfully or maliciously torturing, tormenting, beating, kicking,
striking, mutilating, injuring, disabling or killing any dog used
by the Police Department of the Township of Springfield in which performance
or duties of such Department or interfering with or meddling with
any such dog while being used by said Department, or any member thereof,
in the performance of any of the functions or duties of said Department
or of any officer or member of said Department.
k.
1. Individually or as agent or representative of another person, or
as an officer or agent of any corporation, or as members of partnership,
with intent to defraud, making, drawing, uttering or delivering any
check, draft or order for the payment of money in a sum not in excess
of $100 upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time of
so doing that the maker or drawer has no funds or insufficient funds
in, or credit with, such bank or other depository for the payment
in full of such instrument upon its presentation although no express
representation is made in reference thereto.
2. The making, drawing, uttering or delivering of a check, draft or
order as stated in the preceding paragraph shall be prima facie evidence
of intent to defraud, and the certificate of protest of nonpayment
of same shall be presumptive evidence that there were no funds or
insufficient funds in or credit with such bank or other depository
and that the person making, drawing, uttering or delivering the instrument
knew that there were no funds or insufficient funds in or credit with
the bank or other depository.