[HISTORY: Adopted by the Bloomfield Council 11-19-1962 as Ch. 20 of the 1962 Code (Ch. 190 of the 1987 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall encumber or obstruct any sidewalk or other areas of any park in the Township with any article or thing whatsoever without having first obtained permission therefor from the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, deposit or leave any paper or waste material whatsoever in or upon any part of the surface of any park within the Township or in or upon any park property or appurtenance therein except in the receptacles provided in such park for that purpose.
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or erect any booth, stand or other structure or to place any wagon or other vehicle, except such as may be propelled by hand and adapted for the carrying of children, invalids or dolls, on or in any park of the Township without the written permission of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within any park of the Township any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever or to display or distribute any advertising device, circular or card in any such park without the written permission of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any bird, being free and undomesticated, in any park in the Township or to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any squirrel, fish or other animal, being the property of the Township, in any such park.
[Amended 5-19-2025 by Ord. No. 25-19]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to utter any profane, threatening or abusive language or loud outcry, perform any obscene or indecent act, commit any nuisance, solicit any contribution or subscription or play any game of chance in any park within the Township or bring into such park any instrument of chance or gambling whatsoever.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal to cause, suffer or allow such dog or cat to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any Township Park athletic fields, athletic courts, or playground areas.
(1) 
Any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal which soils, defiles, defecates on or commits any nuisance on any Township Park athletic fields, athletic courts, or playground areas shall immediately remove all feces deposited and shall be subject to all provisions of § 134-10 of this Code.
C. 
Pursuant to § 134-12 of this Code, it shall be unlawful for any dog or cat, whether licensed or not, to run at large on any Township Park athletic fields, athletic courts, or playground areas. A dog or cat shall be deemed to be running at large when off the premises of its owner or of the person keeping or harboring such dog or cat, which dog or cat is not on a leash, tether, chain, rope or the like, the overall length of which, including the hand grip, shall not exceed six feet, held by its owner or other person able to control such dog or cat.
D. 
Any dog or cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the dog or cat which the Animal Control Officer of the Township or their agent has reason to believe is a stray dog or cat, and any dog or cat without a current registration tag on its collar, may be subject to impoundment in accordance with § 134-15 of this Code.
[Added 11-2-1987; amended 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code.