[HISTORY: 1973 Code §§ 73-1—73-31 as
amended through October 13, 2016, now codified as §§ 73-1—73-20.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
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, road, avenue, highway, park or other public place.
[New]
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, bathe, sun
or swim out of doors, in public or on public streets, parks and places,
in a state of nudity.
[New]
No person, within the limits of the borough, shall display or
permit to be displayed, at any business premises, any obscene material
as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3, at a height of less than five feet
or without a blinder or other covering placed or printed on the front
of the material displayed. Any violation of this section shall constitute
presumptive evidence that the retailer knowingly made or permitted
the display.
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, enter the
building or go upon the lands, of any school and break, damage or
deface such building or any part thereof, or the fences or other property
belonging to, or connected with, such building or lands.
[New]
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, destroy or
damage any real or personal property belonging to another.
[New]
No person shall throw any debris, organic matter, stones, sticks,
glass, metal or any hard, dangerous or offensive substance or any
object or any substance or material, into or onto any street, road,
avenue, highway or public place, or at any car, vehicle, house, building,
fence or person within the borough limits.
No person shall nail, tack, paste or in any manner affix any
advertisement or any notice of any kind or description, on any tree,
streetlight, pole or utility structure in, upon or within any street;
and no person shall place, post, mark, draw or assist in the same,
or cause to be placed, posted, marked or drawn upon any fence, billboard,
door, wall, window, building, pavement or any street or on public
or on private property without permission from the owner, any picture,
drawing, writing or representation.
[New]
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, throw or
discard any tin cans, bottles, garbage, grass clippings, leaves, debris
or refuse, litter or garbage of any kind whatsoever into the waters
of any watercourse, pond, stream or lake or into waters adjacent thereto
or into any catch basin in the public streets or discharge any sewage
or waste into said waters or pollute said waters in any manner whatsoever.
No person shall deposit upon any public or private property
or upon any street or roadway of North Caldwell any rubbish, leaves
or matter likely to decompose or be blown about by the wind or use
any such substances to fill in or grade the surface or level of any
ground in the borough. Nothing herein shall prohibit the deposit of
leaves and other suitable decaying matter in a properly contained
compost heap in rear yards of residential lots.
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, keep or maintain
on any public or private property any open cistern, open hole or unsafe
structure which would be likely to endanger the health or safety of
any person.
No person shall burn leaves within the limits of the borough
at any time.
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, kindle or
maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize any such fire to
be kindled or maintained on or in any public street, alley, road or
other public or private ground at any time.
Any person who shall be apprehended, either on foot or in any
automobile, vehicle or public conveyance, within the limits of the
borough who cannot give a good account of himself or herself, or who
is engaged in an illegal occupation, or who is in the borough for
an unlawful purpose, shall be deemed and adjudged to be a disorderly
person and subject to the penalties hereinafter set forth in this
chapter.
[New]
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, go about from door to door or place themselves in any street, road, avenue, highway or other public place to gather donations, except in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
33, Canvassing and Soliciting, of the North Caldwell Borough Code.
[New]
No person shall, within the limits of the borough, willfully
or maliciously take down, remove or injure any notice, advertisement
or other placard legally and publicly set up or posted by an officer
or person on official borough, state or federal business, regarding
any official borough, state or federal business in accordance with
the law, before the time to which such notice, advertisement or placard
relates.
[New]
A. Permit required. No person shall, within the limits of the Borough of North Caldwell, allow, suffer or permit the display for sale of any goods, wares or merchandise upon the streets, walkways or sidewalks of the borough, or upon private property in any residential district, as defined in Chapter
107, Zoning and Land Use. A sale of used goods, wares and merchandise, commonly known as a garage sale, lawn sale or attic sale, may be permitted in any residential district as defined in the Zoning and Land Use chapter upon a permit from the Zoning Officer, which permit shall be valid for not more than two consecutive days. Unless such sale is held within two months of the date of the permit, such permit shall expire by limitation. Each owner-applicant may apply for said permit not more than twice each calendar year. The fee for such permit shall be $10.
B. Hours of sale. All garage sales shall be conducted between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only.
[New]
No person shall construct or maintain any pipe, culvert or artificial
watercourse of any kind or nature which shall collect subsurface water
or water from washing machines, dishwashers or similar appliances
for the purpose of discharging it via a sump pump or similar device
onto the public streets or thoroughfares of the borough. Any discharge
from sump pumps must be into the storm sewer system upon proper application
to and inspection and approval by the Construction Official or his
designee, pursuant to the State Uniform Construction Code, and any
discharge from washing machines or similar appliances must be into
the sanitary sewer pursuant to applicable municipal and state construction,
environmental and health regulations.
[New]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalties stated in Chapter
1, Article
II General Penalty, Section
1-5, et seq.
[New]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Borough of North Caldwell
Police Department.
It shall be unlawful for any residential property owner to park, or permit the parking of, any vehicle on a residential lawn. (1973 Code §
58-7)
[Ord. No. 6-2018]
A. The smoking of tobacco or any tobacco derived product, the carrying
of lighted tobacco, or the use of any electronic smoking or vaporizing
device shall be prohibited from all indoor or outdoor property of
the Borough of North Caldwell;
B. The smoking of tobacco or any tobacco derived product, the carrying
of lighted tobacco, or the use of any electronic smoking or vaporizing
device shall be prohibited on any public conveyances, within the Borough,
including but not limited to, buses and other public transportation;
and
C. The smoking of tobacco or any tobacco derived product, the carrying
of lighted tobacco, or the use of any electronic smoking or vaporizing
device shall be prohibited on the grounds of, any public or private
elementary or secondary schools within the Borough of North Caldwell;
and
D. Any person held in violation of this chapter shall be subject to
a civil penalty of $200 per violation, in accordance with N.J.S.A.
26:3D-65(a)-(b), enforceable by the municipal court.