[Amended 3-3-1980; 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03; 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 19-18; 7-29-2024 by Ord. No. 24-08]
No person shall, within the limits of the Township of North Brunswick, New Jersey, engage in any of the following activities:
A.
Engage in any practice, sport or exercise having a tendency to annoy or interfere with persons passing on the streets or sidewalks, persons sitting or standing on porches or lawns or yards, or impact the ability of persons to peacefully reside within a residential property; or
(1)
Possess a radio, phonograph, tape or cassette player, television, musical instrument, loudspeaker, or amplifier, or other machine or device for the electronic or stereophonic production or reproduction of sound that is operated on any public street, highway, building, sidewalk, park, recreation area, thoroughfare, or other public place or private lot, and any vehicle on a public street, area, thoroughfare, or other public place, and any vehicle on a public street, highway or public space or private lot that disturbs the quiet enjoyment of the Township and impacts neighboring residents.
B.
Loiter, lounge, sleep or create a disturbance on any street, sidewalk or other public place or in or about any park, public building, school, store or other business establishment, or utter any loud and offensive or indecent language or make offensive remarks to any person or persons passing along, in or upon any such sidewalk, street, park, school, store or other public place or business establishment.
C.
Obstruct, molest, hinder, annoy, frighten, threaten, insult or interfere with any other person lawfully upon the streets, parks, public places or in any automobile, bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully upon any street.
D.
Permit any house, shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied by him or her to be used, frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes, gamblers or transients.
E.
Throw or discard any tin cans, paper posters, glass, metal or any hard or dangerous substance whatsoever upon any public street, sidewalk, highway or public place.
F.
Make or assist in making any riot, noise or disturbance at any house, shop, theater or other place of amusement.
G.
Appear on any street or in any park or other public place or in public view in a state of nudity, or make any indecent exposure of his or her person or commit or do any lewd or indecent act or behave in a lewd or indecent manner.
H.
Maliciously destroy, damage or injure any property, public or private.
I.
Cause or permit to be emitted any vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating smoke or odor, or any smoke or odor that may be vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating to any of the residents of the Township of North Brunswick.
J.
Enter any building or trespass upon lands belonging to the Board of Education of the Township of North Brunswick, or break or injure or deface such building or any part thereof or the fences or outbuildings belonging to or connected with such building or lands, or disturb the exercises of such school or molest or annoy the children attending such school or any teachers thereof.
K.
Hinder or obstruct any officer in the performance of his duties, or willfully refuse or neglect to assist any 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 any escape or when such officer is resisted in the discharge of his duty, or 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.
L.
Intentionally enter upon or trespass upon the land or property of any person without permission so to do.
M.
Invade the privacy of any person by going upon the private property of others in stealth and at night for the purpose of "peeping" through windows, doors or other openings, thereby engaging in conduct associated with what is commonly known as a "Peeping Tom."
N.
Any person, while operating a motor vehicle on any street or highway in the Township of North Brunswick, who knowingly flees or attempts to elude any police or law enforcement officer after having received any signal from such officer to bring the vehicle to a full stop is a disorderly person.
O.
No person shall purposely interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct any retail or wholesale business operation, function or activity, nor shall any person purposely interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct any retail or wholesale business owner, employee, agent or personnel acting in the furtherance of the interests of that business with the intent to prevent, undermine or otherwise obstruct the lawful retail or wholesale practices of the business. This subsection does not apply to conduct considered lawful competitive economic practices.