[Ord. 11/17/88, § 1; Ord. No. 08-016G § II]
For violation of any provision of this chapter, any other chapter
of this revision, or any other ordinance of the Borough where no specific
penalty is provided regarding the section violated, the maximum penalty,
upon conviction, shall be one or more of the following: a fine not
exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days,
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-5, any municipality that chooses
to impose a fine in an amount greater than $1,250 upon an owner for
violations of housing or zoning codes shall provide a 30 day period
in which the owner shall be afforded the opportunity to cure or abate
the condition and shall also be afforded an opportunity for a hearing
before a court of competent jurisdiction for an independent determination
concerning the violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the 30 day
period, a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if a court has not
determined otherwise or, upon reinspection of the property, it is
determined that the abatement has not been substantially completed.
(N.J.S.A. 40:49-5)
[New]
Except as otherwise provided every day in which a violation
of any provision of this chapter or any other ordinance of the Borough
exists shall constitute a separate violation.
[New]
The maximum penalty stated in this section is not intended to
state an appropriate penalty for every violation. Any lesser penalty,
including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate
for a particular case or violation.
[New]
The governing body may prescribe that, for the violation of
any particular code provision or ordinance, at least a minimum penalty
shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed
at an amount not exceeding $100.
(N.J.S.A. 40:49-5)
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 1]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, appear on
any street, road, avenue, park or other public place in a state of
nudity or make any indecent exposure of his person, or commit or do
any lewd or indecent act or behave in a lewd or indecent manner.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 2]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, bathe, swim
or be found in a state of nudity in the waters of any pond, stream
or lake located therein.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 3]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, disrobe in
any automobile, truck or vehicle while the same is upon any parking
place, street, park or other public place.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 4]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, sell or offer
to sell any indecent or lewd picture, book or thing or exhibit or
perform any indecent, immoral or lewd play or other representation.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 5]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, keep or maintain
a disorderly house or a house of ill fame or allow or permit any house,
shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied by him
to be used as a disorderly house or house of ill fame.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 6]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, permit any
house, shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied
by him to be frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or disorderly
persons or by prostitutes, gamblers or vagrants.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 7
& § 8]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, operate or
use any radio receiving set, phonograph, horn or other sound producing
instrument, device or apparatus in such manner that the sound thereof
shall annoy any person or disturb the comfort, rest or repose of any
person being in his place or places of abode. No person shall, within
the limits of the Borough, make or continue or cause to be made or
continued, or permit any unnecessary noise which shall disturb the
comfort, rest or repose of any person or persons or annoy any person
being in his place or places of abode.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 9]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, discard,
deposit, throw or leave any waste paper, tin cans, bottles, garbage,
waste or refuse of any kind whatsoever upon any parking place, street,
road, avenue, park or other public place or upon any lot or other
premises, except in receptacles or containers provided for such purposes.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 10; Ord. 8/13/87, § 1]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, loiter on
any street or other public place or in or about any public building,
and that no person shall, on any street or other public place within
the limits of the Borough, utter any loud and offensive or indecent
language or make offensive remarks to or upon any person or persons
passing along or being upon any such street or other public place
or obstruct or interfere with any person lawfully being upon any of
the same.
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be, cross or remain upon the
public land of the Borough of Rumson known as the "Borough Leaf Disposal
Area," also known and designated as Block 115, Lot 23 on South Buena
Vista Avenue, except Borough employees during their course of duties
or persons with written Borough authorization to remove leaf mulch.
The Police Department is hereby directed to post appropriate
signs on the property in question and to treat any person found upon
the premises as trespassing and subject such person, upon conviction,
to such penalties as provided herein.
Any person in violation of this subsection shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or 90 days in jail, or
both, at the discretion of the sentencing magistrate.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 11]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, go about
from door to door or place himself or herself in any street or other
public place to beg or gather alms, except upon obtaining a written
permit from the Police Department.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 12]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, engage or
participate in any practice, sport or exercise having a tendency to
annoy, disturb or frighten any person or persons on any street, park
or other public place, or having a tendency to annoy or frighten horses
or other animals on any street or other public place.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 13]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, willfully
and maliciously ring or cause to be rung any bell or alarm of any
fire company and thereby give or cause to be given a false alarm of
fire.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 14]
No person shall on any street, park or other public place within
the limits of the Borough ring any bell or blow any horn or make any
public outcry at or for any public sale, auction or venue or to advertise
any goods, wares or merchandise for sale or to attract any attention
to or gain passengers for any cab, taxicab, hack or omnibus.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 15]
No person shall within the limits of the Borough, maliciously
destroy, damage or injure any property.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 16]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, leave or
threaten to leave his family to be maintained by the Borough or to
become chargeable thereto, and no person that is a pauper shall without
lawful authority return to the Borough after having been legally removed
therefrom.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 17]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, deal, play
or engage in faro, roulette or other games of chance, either as banker,
player, dealer or otherwise for the purpose of gaming or gambling
for money or other valuable thing.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 18]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, and without
lawful authority, have concealed upon his person any offensive or
dangerous weapon.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 19]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, have upon
his person any picklock, key, crow, jack, bit or other implement with
an intent to break and enter into any building, or have upon his or
her person any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon or other offensive
or dangerous weapon with intent to assault any person; and no person
shall hide or be found in or near any dwelling house, warehouse, stable,
barn, garage, schoolhouse or any place of public resort or assemblage
for business, worship, amusement or other lawful purposes, with an
intent to steal any goods or chattels.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 20]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, enter the
building or go upon the lands of any public school, and break, injure
or deface such building or any part thereof or the fences, structures
or outhouses belonging to or connected with such building or lands,
and no person shall disturb the exercises of any public school or
molest or give annoyance to the children attending such school, or
annoy any teacher therein.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 21]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, disturb the
quiet and peace of any public library, reading room, or other public
building.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 22; Ord. 6/12/80, § 1; Ord. No. 09-006G, § 1]
No person shall serve, sell, dispense, drink, consume or retain or have in his or her possession in any open container any alcoholic beverage on a public street, highway, avenue, alley or road of the Borough, or upon any public grounds, parks, sidewalks, beaches, marine basins, beachfronts, or boardwalks in the Borough, or in any automobile, other vehicle or in any other means of transportation on the public streets, highways, alleys, avenues, grounds, sidewalks, beaches, parks, marine basins, beachfronts, or boardwalks in the Borough, except as stated in Subsection 10-1.2(g) of the Revised General Ordinances of the Borough of Rumson.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 23]
No person shall use or operate, or cause to be used or operated,
a loud speaker, sound wagon, public address system or other sound-producing
device or apparatus in, on, about or near any public street, park,
building or other public place within the limits of the Borough, without
first making written application to and obtaining the permission of
the Police Department. The application shall set forth the name and
address of the applicant and of the person who is to operate the loud
speaker, sound wagon, public address system or other sound-producing
device or apparatus, the purpose for which the same is to be employed,
the specific time it will be in use, and the approximate proposed
range of audibility of the apparatus sought to be used. The Police
Department shall thereupon cause an investigation to be made, and
if satisfied that the granting of the permit will not constitute a
nuisance or be inimical to the peace, good order or quiet of the Borough,
shall issue a written permit to the applicant. No person shall use
or operate any such loud speaker, sound wagon, public address system
or other sound-producing device or apparatus in such a manner that
its range of audibility shall be greater than that named in the application
for its use.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 24; Ord. 2/19/04, § 1]
No person or company shall obstruct any street, road or public
place within the limits of the Borough with any kind of dumpster,
vehicle, box, trailer, lumber, bricks, wood or any other construction
material without Borough Council approval.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 25]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, hinder or
obstruct any Borough officer in the performance of his duties, nor
shall any person willfully refuse or neglect to assist any Borough
officer when lawfully called upon by him so to do in the execution
of any process or in the suppression of any breach of the peace or
disorderly conduct or in case of an escape, or when such officer is
resisted in the discharge of his duty; nor shall any person knowingly
resist or oppose any officer or person authorized by law in serving
or attempting to serve any writ, bill, order or process, or when making
any arrest, either with or without a warrant.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 26]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, intentionally,
willfully or maliciously destroy or injure any of the wires, posts,
machines, bells, sirens, boxes, locks or other apparatus of any fire
or police alarm system; nor shall any person intentionally, willfully
or maliciously interfere with the same or any part thereof with intent
to create a false alarm or obstruct the efficient operation of the
same or any part thereof, or hinder or impede any of the operations
intended to be accomplished thereby; nor shall any person intentionally,
willfully or maliciously cause a false alarm of fire to be given in
any manner.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 27]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, during an
alarm of fire, hinder, prevent or deter by any device whatsoever,
any fireman, police officer or other person from rendering lawful
assistance in abating or quelling such fire, or hinder or interfere
with any fireman or police officer from going to or returning from
the place where any building or other property is on fire, or from
which an alarm proceeds; nor shall any person hinder or obstruct the
passage of any fire engine, hook or ladder truck, hose cart or any
fire apparatus in going to or from the place from which an alarm or
fire proceeds, or where any building or other property may be burning.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 28]
No person shall, within the limits of the Borough, distribute
upon the public streets, avenues and places of the Borough any bills,
circulars, cards, pamphlets or other advertising matter without having
first made written application to and receiving from the Police Department
a permit for such purpose.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 29]
No person shall engage in, or attempt or offer to engage in,
or aid, abet or participate in any fight, assault, quarrel, brawl,
battery, altercation, disturbance, riot or unruly, boisterous, noisy,
unlawful or disorderly assemblage, or shall any person in any way
breach or disturb the peace.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 30]
No person shall fire or discharge any pistol, revolver, rifle,
gun, air-gun or fowling piece, or any kind of firearm or cannon, in,
on or along any street, sidewalk, footpath, park or other public place
within the limits of the Borough except when expressly permitted by
law.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 31]
No person shall in any way injure, destroy, break, mutilate,
deface or tamper with any street light, pole or fixture, or any part
thereof, in any street, park or other public place within the limits
of the Borough.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 32]
No person shall paste, write, clip, paint, print, nail, clamp
or otherwise fasten, inscribe or affix any notice, placard or advertisement
against or upon any way, gate, house, store, shop, shed, fence, rock,
stump, tree, shrub, bush, building or structure without the written
consent of the owner or occupant of the same, except when done by
a public officer in the performance of his duties.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 33]
No person shall paste, clip, paint, nail, clamp or otherwise
fasten, inscribe or affix any notice, placard or advertisement upon
any public building, sidewalk, fence, curbstone, wall, bulletin board,
park or other public property or place, within the limits of the Borough
except with the permission of the Police Department.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 34]
No person shall open, injure, destroy, deface, mutilate, break
or tamper with any fire hydrant in any public street or public place
within the limits of the Borough, except members of the Borough Fire
Department actually engaged in the performance of their duties.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 35]
No person shall within the limits of the Borough travel on any
auto bus or taxicab without having paid his fare, with intent to avoid
payment thereof.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 36]
No person shall dump on or tow to open fields or other private
property without having first obtained the permission of the owners
of such property, any abandoned automobile, part thereof or other
junk or refuse or waste matter.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 37]
No person shall obtain food, lodging or other accommodation
or service at any hotel, inn, boarding or eating house or restaurant
with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 38]
Riotous conduct, indecent conduct, breaches of the peace, vagrancy
and prostitution not hereinbefore mentioned are hereby prohibited
within the limits of the Borough.
[Ord. 4/14/38, § 40]
All fines imposed and collected under and by virtue of this
section shall be paid into the treasury of the Borough.
[Ord. 7/12/73; Ord. No. 07-010G, § 1]
No fence, hedge, ornamental bush, growing crops or shrubbery
shall be permitted at a height in excess of three feet above the center
of the adjacent roadway on any land within a radius of 25 feet from
the corners formed by the intersections of the sides or lines of any
streets, in the Borough; nor shall limbs or foliage on any tree be
permitted to grow nearer the ground than 10 feet where such limbs
or foliage overhang or are upon or over land within such radius. The
purpose of this section is to provide a clear view so that the driver
of a vehicle passing along one street may observe another vehicle
approaching on an intersecting street.
[Ord. No. 07-010G, § 1]
Unless more stringent regulations are required by site plan
or subdivision approval, or by other provisions of this chapter, at
the intersection of two or more streets, no hedge, fence, screening
strip, wall, or landscape improvement, structure nor any other obstruction
to vision, between all points between 30 inches and (84) inches above
the center line of the intersecting streets, other than a pole, post,
tree trunk or similar vertical obstruction, not exceeding 18 inches
in diameter, shall be permitted within the triangular clear sight
area formed by lot right-of-way lines and the line which connects
the sight points, determined from Exhibits 9-9A and 9-9B, Case A,
B, C1 or C2,[1] as applicable, located on the cartway, curbline or pavement
edge of each intersecting street.
[Ord. 2/14/57]
It is hereby determined and declared that the existence of obnoxious
growths and other matter upon lands lying within the Borough constitutes
a menace to public health, safety and general welfare or constitutes
a fire hazard; and it is deemed necessary and expedient for the preservation
of the public health, safety and general welfare or for the elimination
of a fire hazard that it is in the public interest that an ordinance
controlling the existence of such obnoxious growths and other matter
be enacted.
[Ord. 2/14/57, § 1; Ord. No. 07-010G, § 1; Ord. No. 18-015G § 1]
Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer, Chief of the Fire Department,
Chief of Police or Health Officer of the Borough shall determine that
there exists upon any lands lying within the limits of the Borough
brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths,
bamboo that is extended onto neighboring property, filth, garbage,
trash and debris, removal of which may be necessary and expedient
for the public health, safety or general welfare or to eliminate a
fire hazard, he shall file with the mayor and council a written report
identifying the property and describing the brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, bamboo that is extended
onto neighboring property, filth, garbage, trash and debris, removal
of which may be necessary and the reason or reasons for which such
removal may be necessary. For the purposes of this chapter, the term
"bamboo" shall mean any monopodial or running tropical or semi tropical
grass or plant.
[Ord. 2/14/57, § 12; Ord. No. 07-010G, § 1; Ord. No. 18-015G § 1]
After receipt of such report, the Mayor and Council shall proceed
to ascertain the condition existing upon and with respect to such
lands and if the Mayor and Council determines that the removal of
such brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, bamboo that is extended onto neighboring property, filth,
garbage, trash and debris is necessary and expedient for the preservation
of the public health, safety or general welfare or to eliminate a
fire hazard, the Mayor and Council shall adopt a resolution to that
effect. The resolution shall also direct that the Code Enforcement
Officer of the Borough give notice in writing to the owner or owners,
tenant or tenants of such lands to remove such brush, weeds, dead
and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, bamboo that is
extended onto neighboring property, filth, garbage, trash and debris
within 10 days after such notice. Such notice shall be given by registered
mail, return receipt requested, directed in case of an owner to the
address of such owner as the same appears upon the last tax duplicate
of the Borough and in the case of a tenant to the street address of
the lands in question.
[Ord. 2/14/57, § 3; Ord. No. 18-015G § 1]
It shall be the duty of the owner or tenant of such lands to
remove such brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, bamboo that is extended onto neighboring property, filth,
garbage, trash and debris within 10 days after notice is given as
hereinabove provided.
[Ord. 2/14/57, § 4; Ord. No. 18-015G § 1]
Should the owner or tenant to whom such notice is given fail
to remove such brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, bamboo that is extended onto neighboring property,
filth, garbage, trash and debris within the 10 day period prescribed
in such notice, the superintendent of streets of the Borough shall
proceed to remove such brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, bamboo that is extended onto neighboring
property, filth, garbage, trash and debris or cause the same to be
removed under his direction and completion of such removal shall certify
the cost thereof to the Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council shall
examine the certificate and if it shall be found correct, the Mayor
and Council shall cause the cost as thereon to be charged against
the lands from which said brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, bamboo that is extended onto neighboring
property, filth, garbage, trash and debris shall have been removed;
and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such
lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes
next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest
at the same rate as taxes and shall be controlled and enforced by
the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Ord. 9/24/70]
Unregistered and inoperable motor vehicles located on public
and private lands and premises within the Borough constitute attractive
nuisances insofar as children are concerned and thereby invite injury,
and they likewise tend to attract vermin and thereby cause disease
and are otherwise a menace to the health, morals and well being of
the people of the Borough.
[Ord. 9/24/70, § 1]
No person shall park, leave or store any unregistered or inoperable
motor vehicle on any public lands or premises except in case of emergency
and then for a period of not more than 48 hours.
[Ord. 9/24/70 § 2; Ord. No. 14-010G § 2]
a.
No person shall park, leave, store or maintain any unregistered or
inoperable motor vehicle or trailer for a period of more than 30 days
upon any private lands or premises.
b.
Construction trailers must be parked in the existing or proposed
driveway. Trailers must be parked with the short side toward the street
and be located behind the front of the existing or proposed structure.
When not practical, the Code Official or Construction Official shall
work with the contractor to position the trailer to meet the intent
of the subsection as outlined above.
[Ord. 9/24/70, § 3]
No owner or occupier of any private lands or premises shall
permit or suffer any unregistered, abandoned or inoperable motor vehicle
to be parked, left, stored or maintained on his or her lands or premises
for more than 30 days.
[Ord. 9/24/70, § 4]
This section shall not apply to lawfully operated junk yards,
or to motor vehicles located or stored in garages or other buildings.
[Ord. 9/24/70, § 7]
The imposition of a penalty, or penalties, for any violation
of this section shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
within 10 days. If said violations are not corrected or remedied within
10 days, then each day thereafter that the prohibited conditions are
maintained shall constitute a separate offense hereunder.
[Ord. 11/12/36, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any two persons at the same time to
ride a bicycle intended to carry only one person in or upon any street
within the limits of this Borough.
[Ord. 11/12/36, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle at night
upon any street of this Borough without a white light in front or
a red light or red reflector in the rear of the bicycle.
[Ord. 6/27/46]
In order to protect the health, welfare and safety of the inhabitants
of the Borough, it is deemed advisable to prohibit the parking or
placing of trailers or camp cars as herein defined, for use as living
quarters, within the limits of the Borough.
[Ord. 6/27/46, § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any vehicle, whether self-propelled or otherwise,
used or maintained to be used as a conveyance upon the public streets
or highways and so designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to
by means of accessories in such manner as to permit the occupancy
thereof as a temporary or permanent dwelling or sleeping place and
having no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirtings so arranged
as to be integral with or portable by the trailer or camp car.
[Ord. 6/27/46, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any trailer or camp
car on any street in the Borough or on any premises within the limits
of the Borough except for the purpose of making repairs or storage,
for any period longer than two hours.
[Ord. 6/27/46, § 3
& 4; Ord. 9/9/82]
No person shall use any such trailer or camp car while parked
within the limits of the Borough as a dwelling or sleeping place.
No person shall use any such trailer or camp car undergoing repairs
or stored as a dwelling or sleeping place.
This subsection shall not preclude the use, subject to whatever
conditions the Borough Council may impose, of a portable medical facility
provided the Borough Council following a public hearing, (a) finds
that the portable medical facility is necessary and (b) determines
what conditions, if any, shall be imposed upon the use of the portable
medical facility to protect neighboring properties and the public
safety and welfare.
[Ord. 6/27/46, § 5]
No person shall engage in the business of conducting or operating
a camp for trailers within the limits of the Borough and all trailer
parks, trailer camps or camp parks are hereby prohibited.
[Ord. 11/12/53, § 1]
It is hereby found and determined by the Mayor and Borough Council
that abandoned, unattended and discarded ice boxes, refrigerators
and other containers having airtight doors or other doors or a lock,
snap-lock, door catch or door fastener and left outside of any building
or dwelling in a place accessible to children are a menace to the
health, welfare and safety of the children of the Borough.
[Ord. 11/12/53, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave outside of any
building or dwelling in a place accessible to children any abandoned,
unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container of
any kind, any of which has an airtight door or other door or a lock,
snap-lock or other door catch or door fastener without first removing
therefrom such airtight door or other door and such lock, snap-lock
or other door catch or door fastener.
[Ord. 10/25/28]
No person shall gun, or fire, discharge or set off, upon any
of the public streets, driveways and parks of the Borough any gun,
rifle, pistol, or other firearm of whatsoever name or description.
[Ord. 9/13/28]
It shall be unlawful to permit the emission of dense smoke from
any chimney or smoke stack connected with any stationary engine, steam
boiler, furnace, range or fireplace within the limits of the Borough
which smoke contains soot or other substance in sufficient quantities
to permit the deposit of such soot or other substance on any surface
within the limits of the Borough.
Any owner, agent, manager, lessee or occupant of any building within the limits of the Borough to which is attached any chimney or smoke stack connected with any stationary engine, steam boiler, furnace, range or fireplace who permits or allows to be emitted from such chimney or smoke stack dense smoke which contains soot or other substance in such quantities to permit the deposit of such soot or other substance on any surface within the limits of the Borough shall, upon conviction be liable to the penalty in § 3-1.
Former § 3-11, Fishing, Crabbing and Picnicking Prohibited
in Certain Areas and containing portions of Ordinance 11/9/76, and
Ordinance Nos. 07-010G and 08-016G was deleted in its entirety by
Ordinance No. 13-009G.
[Ord. 3/12/92, § 1]
On October 30 in each year, it shall be unlawful for any person
under the age of 18 years to engage or participate in any "trick or
treat" activities, parades or other Halloween celebrations upon any
public street, park or other publicly owned property or private property
not their own or not the property of his/her parent or guardian after
6:00 p.m. in the Borough of Rumson unless accompanied by his/her parent
or guardian. This restriction shall not apply to any person under
the age of 18 years who is participating in a parade or celebration
sanctioned by and/or under the supervision of the Recreation Commission
of the Borough of Rumson.
[Ord. 3/12/92, § 1]
On October 31 in each year, it shall be unlawful for any person
under the age of 18 years to engage or participate in any "trick or
treat" activities, parades or other Halloween celebrations upon any
public street, park or other publicly owned property or private property
not his/her own or not the property of his/her parent or guardian
after 8:00 p.m. in the Borough of Rumson unless accompanied by his/her
parent or guardian. This restriction shall not apply to any person
under the age of 18 years who is participating in a parade or celebration
sanctioned by and/or under the supervision of the Recreation Commission
of the Borough of Rumson.
In addition, on October 31, in each year it shall be unlawful
for any person under the age of 18 years to appear or to be upon any
public street, park or other publicly owned property or private property
not his/her own or not the property of his/her parent or guardian
after 8:00 p.m. in the Borough of Rumson unless accompanied by his/her
parent or guardian.
[Ord. 3/12/92, § 1; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty as stated in Chapter 3, § 3-1, provided, however, that if such person is a juvenile under the age of 18 years he or she shall be subject to such penalty as the juvenile conference committee or juvenile court, as the case may be, may see fit to impose consistent with the powers conferred by law upon the juvenile conference committee and the juvenile court.
[Ord. 3/24/83, § 1]
For purposes of public safety and welfare, any person using
the public streets of the Borough of Rumson during the period from
one half-hour after sunset to one half-hour before sunrise and at
any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly
discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500
feet ahead, shall be required to wear on his or her person some type
of reflective apparel or materials of sufficient size and placement
so as to be visible to vehicular traffic from a distance of 200 feet,
in addition to complying with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:4-32 et
seq. which apply to pedestrians.
[Ord. 3/24/83, § 2; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
a.
Any person who desires to own, operate, lease or maintain an alarm
system in the Borough of Rumson shall file a registration application
on the form provided by the Borough of Rumson Police Department. The
application shall contain the location of the alarm system, the installer's
name and address; the type of device; information relating to false
alarms and testing procedures; a list of the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of persons to be contacted in the event of an alarm,
at least one of whom shall have an address and phone number different
than the registrant; and such other necessary information as may be
required by the Police Department. It shall be the registrant's
obligation to file a written amendment with the Police Department
within 10 days indicative of any changes contained in their present
registration application.
b.
The Police Department shall issue a registration certificate for
the ownership, operation or maintenance of an alarm system to any
person desiring to own, operate, lease or maintain an alarm system
if the Police Department is satisfied that the registration information
is complete and that the alarm system is capable of being operated
in conformance with this section. The registration certificate may
be granted subject to any special conditions stated thereon, if this
is deemed necessary by the Police Department.
c.
A registration certificate shall be valid for as long as the registrant
occupies the premises for which the certificate has been issued, provided
all required amendments thereto have been filed. A registration certificate
shall automatically terminate upon a change in occupancy for the premises
for which the certificate was issued.
d.
The Borough of Rumson shall not charge any fee to any person filing
a registration application or an amendment thereto.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
a.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any person who owns,
operates, leases or maintains any alarm system situated in the Borough
of Rumson, if the alarm system has an audible signaling device, or
a device which requires a response by the Police Department, Fire
Department, First Aid Squad, or other Borough agency. The provisions
of this section shall in no way prohibit service by private source
to persons within or without the Borough, so long as such activity
is not in violation of this section, and provided further, that any
person owning, operating, leasing or maintaining a premises protected
by an alarm system shall be responsible for the registration thereof
in accordance with this ordinance.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
All components of an alarm system shall be maintained in good
repair, and shall operate in a proper manner. When evidence exists
that there has been failure to comply with the maintenance and operation
requirements of this section, the Police Department shall then be
authorized to demand that such alarm system be disconnected until
such time as compliance with the provisions of this section has been
established. The Police Department shall have the right to disconnect
any malfunctioning equipment from any alarm system until such time
as the malfunction has been corrected, and the alarm system is operating
in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
All audible signaling devices in the Borough shall be equipped
with a timing device to limit the sounding of the signaling device
to 15 minutes or less regardless of whether they are connected to
police headquarters.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
The Police Department shall have the authority to promulgate
written rules and regulations and incorporate recommendations proposed
by the Fire Department, first aid squad or other Borough agencies,
subject to the approval by a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Rumson, which rules and regulations shall supplement
this section, and provide for record keeping and the efficient operation
and management of alarm systems in the Borough of Rumson.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1; Ord. 4/23/92, § 1; Ord. 9/19/96, § 1; Ord.
No. 07-002G, § 1; Ord.
No. 07-016G, § 1]
In the case of a false alarm, or of improper maintenance or
operation of an alarm system, any person having knowledge thereof
shall immediately notify the Police Department. The Police Department
shall cause an investigation to be made of all false alarms and of
all improper maintenance or operation of alarm systems, and shall
keep a record of such false alarms on file.
For such false alarms (or unfounded alarm), this section prescribes
the following penalties.
a.
For the first and second false alarm in any given calendar year,
a warning shall be issued.
b.
For the third false alarm in the same calendar year, a fine in the
amount of $100 shall be paid to the Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G007G]
c.
For the fourth false alarm in a calendar year, a fine in the amount
of $200 shall be paid to the Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G]
d.
For the fifth false alarm in a calendar year, a fine in the amount
of $400 shall be paid to the Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G]
e.
For the sixth false alarm in a calendar year, a fine in the amount
of $800 shall be paid to the Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G]
f.
For the seventh or any subsequent false alarm in a calendar year,
a fine in the amount of at least $1,000 to the minimum municipal fine
shall be paid to the Borough.
[Amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G]
g.
Where the investigation of the Police Department discloses a continued
disregard by the owner for taking remedial steps for avoiding false
alarms, or for continued failure to maintain or operate an alarm system,
the Police Department shall have the right to require disconnection
for a limited or permanent time of the alarm system, giving the owner
an opportunity to show cause to the Police Chief why such action should
not be taken. A person aggrieved by the decision of the Police Department
shall have the right to appeal said decision to the mayor and council
within 10 days of the decision.
h.
Any unauthorized equipment pertaining to an alarm system may be ordered
to be disconnected by the Police Department for noncompliance with
this section. Any placing, installing or maintaining unauthorized
equipment or failing to file a required registration application or
amendment thereto shall be a violation of this section, and shall
be subject to a fine in the amount of $100 which shall be paid to
the Borough. Each and every day that such equipment is installed,
or maintained, shall be considered a separate violation. Any person
placing, installing or maintaining any alarm system shall be deemed
as having consented to inspection of the premises on which said alarm
system is installed or maintained at reasonable hours by the Police
Department.
i.
Any flood, hurricane, earthquake, storm, etc. which affects the operation
and performance of an approved alarm system, shall, after such determination
by the Police Department, not subject the owner, operator, lessee
or maintainer, to any fine or penalty as herein prescribed in this
section.
j.
All Rumson municipal and historic buildings and facilities owned
or leased by the Borough of Rumson or any one of the following entities
listed below shall be exempt from the penalties enumerated in this
section:
Borough Hall, Municipal Court, Police Department, Bingham Hall,
Parks and Recreation, Road Department, Wastewater Management Stations,
Fire Department, First Aid Squad and Public Schools.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1; Ord. No. 07-010G, § 1]
As used in this section the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
a.
ALARM SYSTEM - Shall mean any device, such as a bell, siren, whistle,
horn, gong, or clackson, employed to call attention to, or provide
warning of, intrusion by any person, or by fire, smoke, flood, or
other peril, whether the same provides a visual or audio response,
alarm, or warning, and whether or not transmitted by any method to
police headquarters, or any other Borough agency, if such warning
is capable of being heard or received at any point beyond the interior
walls of the house, apartment, office, store, industrial building
or other structure in or on which the alarm system has been placed.
b.
DIAL ALARM - Shall mean that type of automatic telephone dialing
service using the telephone system to transmit an alarm of intrusion,
fire, smoke, flood, or other peril to the Police Department or any
third party.
c.
FALSE ALARM or UNFOUNDED ALARM - Shall mean any alarm for which a
patrol is dispatched and upon inspection there are no signs of forced
entry or attempt and no pry marks or broken windows or doors or for
any alarm which the Fire Department is dispatched to the premises
and no fire or other related peril is found.
d.
LOCAL ALARM - Shall mean any alarm device, which when actuated, produces
an audible signal to give a warning of intrusion, fire, smoke, flood,
or other peril.
e.
PERSON - Shall mean any individual, person, firm, association, partnership,
corporation, joint venture, society, club, trustee, trust, or incorporated
activity.
f.
REGISTRANT - Shall mean any person owning, operating, leasing or
maintaining an alarm system within the scope of this section, who
has been issued a registration certificate to operate and maintain
such alarm system.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1]
Except as the same may be clearly inconsistent herewith, this
section shall not be deemed to repeal any ordinance, rule or regulation
which regulates any activity in the Borough of Rumson. All ordinances,
or part of ordinances, inconsistent with the term of this section
shall be, and the same are, hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistencies. If any subsection, or part of a subsection, of this
section is declared to be held illegal or unconstitutional, no other
part of a subsection of this section, or other ordinance, shall be
affected thereby, but the unconstitutional subsection or part thereof
shall be rescinded, and the remaining provisions of this section shall
continue in full force.
[Ord. 12/23/86, § 1; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
[Ord. 12/14/89, § 1]
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 October
26, 1989, by C. Bernard Blum, Jr., P.E.P.P., 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 any elementary
or secondary school or school board, and of the areas on or within
1,000 feet of such school property.
[Ord. 12/14/89, § 2]
The drug-free school zone map approved and adopted pursuant to Subsection 3-15.1 of this section 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, that this ordinance shall be amended to reflect any additions or deletions with respect to the location and boundaries of school property and drug-free school zones.
[Ord. 12/14/89, § 3]
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 leased to
any elementary or secondary school or school board and which is used
for school purposes.
[Ord. 12/14/89, § 4]
The clerk of the municipality is hereby directed to receive and to keep on file the original of the map approved and adopted pursuant to Subsection 3-15.1 of this section, and to provide at a reasonable cost a true copy thereof to any person, agency or court which may from time to time 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 Monmouth County Prosecutor.
[Ord. 12/14/89, § 5]
The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared,
recited and stated:
a.
It is understood that the map approved and adopted pursuant to Subsection 3-15.1 of this section 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 within the municipality;
2.
The boundaries of the real property which is owned by or leased to
such schools or a school board;
3.
That such school property is and continues to be used for school
purposes; and
4.
The location and boundaries of areas which are on or within 1,000
feet of such school property.
b.
(Except as is otherwise expressly noted on the face of the approved
and adopted map), 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 L. 1987, c. 101 (C.
2C:35-7).
c.
Pursuant to the provisions of L. 1988, c. 44, 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 3-15.1 of this section. 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 L. 1988, c. 44 concerning the
preparation, approval and adoption of a drug-free school zone map
have been complied with.
[Ord. 3/1/01, § 25-1; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
Any construction or property maintenance activity involving the use of tools, machinery, equipment or vehicles which creates any sound perceptible at the boundary of any property, including, by way of example but not limitation, hammers, saws, drills, generators, compressors, heavy construction equipment such as tractors, loaders, cranes, backhoes, trenchers, mixers, bulldozers, construction, compressors, pile drivers, jackhammers, or any similar building, excavation, clearing, grading or paving equipment, lawn mowers, aerators, trimmers, edgers, chippers and blowers. Operation of vehicles with a GVW greater than 7,200 pounds to deliver, move or remove tools, machinery, equipment or material in connection with any construction or property maintenance activity is also a restricted activity. Construction dumpster delivery or removal, shall be included in the above list of time-restricted activities in accordance with the schedule in Subsection 3-16.2.
[Ord. 3/1/01, § 25-2; Ord. 5/19/04, § 1; Ord. 5/4/06, § 1; Ord.
No. 08-016G, § 1]
All activities as outlined in Subsection 3-16.1 shall be and are hereby prohibited as follows:
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Weekdays:
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Prior to 7:30 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m., during those periods
of the year when eastern standard time is in effect, or after 6:30
p.m. during those periods of the year when daylight savings time is
in effect.
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Saturdays and Other Federal Holidays which are not major holidays
as defined below:
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Prior to 9:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m.
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Sundays and Major Holidays (including New Year's Day, Memorial
Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas):
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At all times (entire day), except after 9:00 a.m. and before
5:00 p.m. only for activity involving:
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a.
1.
Lawn mowers, aerators, trimmers, edgers, chippers, blowers and similar
landscape maintenance equipment; or
2.
The repair, reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing
structure for purpose of its maintenance not including any activity
for which a permit under the New Jersey Uniform Building Code has
been issued.
b.
This activity shall be limited to the owner of the property or a
tenant residing at the property under a formal lease. No commercial
contractors shall be permitted.
[Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1;
amended 12-17-2019 by Ord. No. 19-007G]
Pickup for garbage and recycling shall be permitted as follows:
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Monday through Friday
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7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
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Saturday
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8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
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Sunday and Major Holidays
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Prohibited
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Garbage pickup, recycling pickup and dumpster delivery or removal
shall be limited to the above schedule.
[Ord. 3/1/01, § 25-3; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
These prohibitions shall apply to all residents, tenants, guests,
contractors, landscapers, lawn maintenance workers, tree contractors,
and general workers.
[Ord. 3/1/01, § 25-4; Ord. No. 08-016G, § 1]
These prohibitions shall not apply to schools and governmental
agencies, athletic and recreational facilities, or utility owners
or operators, and bona fide emergency situations approved by the Borough
of Rumson.
[Ord. No. 09-008G, § 1]
The prime contractor (i.e. the construction permit applicant) shall be responsible to ensure that any and all subcontractors comply with the prohibited hours of operation as noted in Subsection 3-16.2. The prime contractor shall be provided with not more than one warning per building permit. After the warning, the prime contractor will be issued a summons in accordance with Subsection 3-16.7. Separate summons shall be issued to the prime contractor for each occurrence thereafter.
