Borough of Neptune City, NJ Article III Drinking or Using Cannabis Products in Public Places

[Adopted 6-25-1973 by Ord. No. 73-7]

§ 39-26 Serving, consuming or carrying of open containers of alcoholic beverages in public or quasi-public places prohibited.

[Amended 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-14; 11-22-2004; by Ord. No. 2004-18]

It shall be unlawful for any person to serve, sell, dispense, drink, consume or permit to remain open and unsealed any alcoholic beverage on a public street, highway, avenue, alley or road of the Borough of Neptune City; or upon any public grounds, parks, sidewalks, beaches, marine basins, beachfronts, shopping center common area or public places in the borough.

§ 39-27 Smoking cannabis in public or quasi-public places prohibited.

[Added 5-10-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04; amended 7-25-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-10]

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke, vape, aerosolize or ingest cannabis on a public street, highway, avenue, alley or road of the Borough of Neptune City; or upon any public grounds, parks, sidewalks, beaches, marine basins, beachfronts, shopping center common area or public places in the Borough including within any Drug Free Zone, as established by Chapter 57 “Drug Free Zones” of the Code of the Borough of Neptune City. See also § 139-53D, Prohibition of certain activities. Any person who is found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Art III, Violations and Penalties, §§ 1-16 to 1-20.