[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of West Amwell as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-20-2019 by Ord. No. 12-2019]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All lands and grounds owned by the Township of West Amwell
Board of Education or the South Hunterdon Regional High School Board
of Education, including but not limited to all recreation fields,
parking areas and grounds adjacent to the buildings owned or operated
by the West Amwell Board of Education or the South Hunterdon Regional
High School Board of Education.
Any Township- or Board of Education-owned or -leased building,
including but not limited to all schools, municipal buildings, library,
senior center, recreation center, etc., in which the public is invited,
or the public is permitted.
The burning or use of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, e-cigarette,
vape or any other matter or substance which contains tobacco and/or
emits a vapor or smoke.
A.
Smoking in public buildings, on recreation properties and on Board
of Education properties as herein defined within the Township of West
Amwell is prohibited.
B.
"No Smoking" signs or the international no-smoking symbol (consisting
of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a
red circle with a diagonal red line through its cross-section) shall
be posted at each public building entrance and within said building,
as well as at conspicuous locations on recreation properties and Board
of Education properties, in a number and in a manner determined by
the administrator in charge of each such building or recreation property
to be sufficient to inform the public that there is no smoking allowed
within the building or on any such recreation property. The signs
may contain a warning that smoking within the building or on any such
recreation property is subject to a fine. The failure to post any
such sign shall not be a defense to a violation of this chapter.
The enforcement authorities of this chapter shall be the police
officers of the Township of West Amwell.
B.
The Municipal Court shall have the right, upon conviction for a first
violation, to suspend such penalty upon the condition that the violator
attend a program or programs relating to the harmful use of smoking
and the use of tobacco products and that the violator produces proof
of attending said program.
