City of Gloucester, NJ
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2024-02-26
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 63 Smoking and Vaping on Public Property
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 (Reserved)
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Administrative Code
- Ch 4A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 4B Green Team
- Ch 5 Housing Authority
- Ch 5A Length of Service Awards Program (Losap)
- Ch 5B Political Contributions by Professional Business Entities; Transfer of Contributions
- Ch 5C Award of Professional Services Contracts
- Ch 6 Public Records
- Ch 7 Salaries
- Ch 8 Stormwater Program Coordinator
- Ch 9 Wards: Change of Lines and Boundaries
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 Adult Uses
- Ch 13 Air Pollution
- Ch 14 Alarm Systems
- Ch 15 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Amusements, Licensed
- Ch 18 Cats
- Ch 19 Autobuses
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 28 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 31 Cannabis
- Ch 32 Cemeteries
- Ch 33 Fowl and Other Animals, Keeping of
- Ch 34 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 35 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 36 Coin-Controlled Devices
- Ch 37 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Curfew
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Disorderly Persons
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Dogs
- Ch 44 Drugs
- Ch 45 Donation Bins
- Ch 46 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 46A Filming
- Ch 47 Firearms
- Ch 48 Fire Prevention
- Ch 48A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 48B Sale of Split Firewood
- Ch 49 Games of Chance
- Ch 50 Garbage Collection
- Ch 51 Garbage, Littering and Handbills
- Ch 51A Graffiti
- Ch 52 Handbills and Notices
- Ch 53 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 53A Charitable Solicitations in Roadways
- Ch 54 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 55 Housing Code
- Ch 56 Insurance
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Junk Dealers
- Ch 59 Licenses, Permits, Certificates and Fees
- Ch 59A Littering
- Ch 60 Lounging
- Ch 61 Minors; Tobacco Products
- Ch 61A Noise
- Ch 61B Nuisances
- Ch 62 Obscene and Crime Publications
- Ch 63 Smoking and Vaping on Public Property
- § 63-1 Definitions.
- § 63-2 Prohibited activity.
- § 63-3 Posting signs.
- § 63-4 Enforcement.
- § 63-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 64 Pet Shops
- Ch 65 Playgrounds
- Ch 65A Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 66 Property Maintenance
- Ch 66A Public Facilities User Fees
- Ch 67 Real Estate Warehousing
- Ch 68 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 69 Refuse Containers and Dumpsters
- Ch 69A Rental Property
- Ch 70 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 71 Sewers
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 Sidewalks, Streets and Shade Trees
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Smoke-Free Business District
- Ch 76 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 78 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 80 Taxation
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 Taxis
- Ch 83 Theaters
- Ch 84 Towing
- Ch 85 Trailer Camps and Campsites
- Ch 86 Urban Homestead Program
- Ch 86A Utility Connections and Fees
- Ch 86B Property Registration
- Ch 86C Abandoned Property and Buildings Unfit for Habitation, Occupancy, or Use
- Ch 86D (Reserved)
- Ch 87 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 88 Vehicles or Other Machinery Abandoned or Inoperable
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Water
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Youth Sports
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 96 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Public Health Nuisance Code
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Ch 101 Retail Food Establishment Code
- Ch 102 Swimming Pool Code
- Appendix
- Ch A105 Block Parties
- Ch A110 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Gloucester City 4-22-2021 by Ord. No. O06-2021. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Whenever used in this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings:
A device that can be used to deliver nicotine, cannabis/marijuana,
or any other substance to the person inhaling from the device, including,
but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo or pipe.
The burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or
the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, cigarillo or pipe or
any other matter or substances which contains tobacco, cannabis/marijuana,
or any other substance.
The burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from an
electronic smoking device.
A.
No person
shall engage in smoking or vaping on any property owned or controlled
by the City of Gloucester City.
B.
No person
shall engage in smoking or vaping in any public park, ballfield, playground,
courts, trails, or grounds, including sidewalks immediately adjacent
to said property.
C.
No person
shall engage in smoking or vaping on or in any public, elementary
school or school property, regardless of whether the area is an indoor
public place or outdoor public place, including sidewalks immediately
adjacent to said property.
D.
No person
shall engage in smoking or vaping in any public building or facility
in the City of Gloucester City.
Signs shall be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted
where smoking is prohibited by this chapter. The sign(s) shall state
"100% Smoke-Free Public Property" or substantially similar language,
written in lettering that is not less than 3/4 inch in height, and
shall contain the international no-smoking sign or symbol.
The Police Department and any municipal officer charged with
code enforcement are hereby charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
All members of the Police Department and code enforcement officers
are hereby designated as enforcement officers for the purpose of enforcement
of this chapter.
