[Added 10-1-2024 by Ord. No. 35-2024]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. X, Noise Pollution Control, as amended, was repealed 1-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2-2017 and 3-7-2017 by Ord. No. 12-2017. See now Art. LV, Noise.
CAMPING
The act of occupying a location outdoors for temporary habitation as evidenced by one or more of the following actions: the erection or use of tents, tarps or other shelters; the laying down of sleeping bags, blankets, pillows or other items used for bedding; the placing or storing of personal belongings; the act of cooking or making a fire.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any public property or place dedicated to the public use.
QUASI-PUBLIC PLACE
Private or publicly owned property utilized for proprietory or business uses, which invites patronage by the public or which invites public ingress or egress.
SIDEWALK
That portion of the street or way intended for the use of the public and pedestrians, comprising that portion of the pavement extending from the curblines or the lateral lines of the roadway to the buildings or building lines of the adjacent property.
STREET, PUBLIC STREET or HIGHWAY
That portion of the street, public street or highway set apart for the use of vehicular traffic or as a parkway and which is included between the gutter curbline.
STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT
That portion of City-owned or -controlled property within, adjacent to or along the street that contains one or more of the following: crosswalks, curbs, sidewalks, landscaping, drainage enhancements, benches, street furnishings, planters, lighting and traffic calming measures.
No person or entity shall detach from any vehicle and place, suffer or permit to be detached and placed or continued, any trailer within the public right-of-way of any roadway in the City of Millville without first obtaining a permit from the City Clerk's office.
A. 
No person or entity shall place, store or continue to be placed or continued any article of traffic, merchandise, or any wares or any case or box containing the same or any packing boxes, barrels, personalty or personal belongings or other obstructions of any kind whatsoever upon any sidewalk, street, highway or streetscape improvement of the City of Millville, or any part quasi-public place, except for purposes of transit or delivery and for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary for such purposes. This provision shall not apply to sidewalk sales, City functions, or special events for which a permit has been issued by the City Clerk's office.
B. 
No person shall be permitted to camp or sleep on any street, highway, sidewalk or streetscape improvement, or quasi-public place, at any time.
C. 
For a first offense, an offender shall, upon conviction under Subsection A above, be punished by the assessment of a fine not less than $100 and not exceeding the sum of $500.
D. 
For a second offense, the Municipal Court shall have discretion upon a conviction under Subsection A to enter an order restraining the offender from returning to the public or quasi-public place where the offense occurred and, in addition, the offender shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and not exceeding the sum of $2,000.
E. 
For a third offense upon conviction under Subsection A or a violation of a restraining order imposed under Subsection D, an offender shall be subject to up to 30 days' imprisonment in the Cumberland County Jail, up to 30 days of community service and/or a fine of not less than $1,000 and not exceeding the sum of $2,000.