The purpose of this article is to create or otherwise establish designated restricted areas within buildings and/or offices where municipal operations are conducted so as to limit access to those areas to authorized employees and their invitees, to protect and safeguard public records and documents containing confidential and other personal identifying information.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Kinnelon as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-20-2025 by Ord. No. 16-25[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch. 3 but was renumbered to maintain the organization of the Code.
Means any municipal employee, vendor, repair person, or invitee authorized to access an otherwise restricted area.
Means any person who, after scheduling an appointment with a municipal employee is invited into a restricted area for the purposes of conducting business with a municipal employee.
Means any building or office space owned, leased, or utilized by the City of Kinnelon.
Means any individual, partnership, cooperative association, private corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity.
Means any room, chamber, lobby, hall, corridor, staircase, meeting or conference space open to the public.
Means any area closed to the public and shall include the private offices of all municipal employees and any work area where municipal employees work with documents and records.
All persons entering into or onto Borough owned property, buildings, structures, and facilities shall be subject to the following conditions upon entering onto, into or remaining in any such property, building, structure or facility:
A.
All persons shall have access only to areas that are open to the public and shall not proceed past any posted sign as provided for herein and shall not enter before such time that the property, building, structure, or facility has been opened to the public, or remain therein after such property, building, structure, or facility has been closed to the public.
B.
All persons entering into or onto Borough property, buildings, structures, and facilities shall comply with the directions of any Borough employee, official, or agent to immediately leave any area that has been designated as a restricted area, and to immediately relocate to the nearest public area. Such directions, notwithstanding any posted signage, shall constitute notice of violation of the conditions of entry imposed upon persons of the public.
B.
The Borough Administrator may, in his or her discretion, restrict access to any municipal space or property for reasons of safety, privacy or for the efficient operation of the public facility. In all cases where access is limited, there shall be "authorized personnel" or similar signs prominently displayed.
The Borough of Kinnelon shall post signs outside of those areas designated as restricted areas that provide adequate warning to the public.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person to trespass upon a restricted area. Any person who is found guilty of violating this article shall pay fines as follow:
The Police Department is hereby charged with the enforcement of this article. All members of the Police Department are hereby designated as enforcement officers for the purpose of enforcement of this article.