No person in a public place shall:
A. With respect to buildings and other property:
(1) Willfully mark, deface, disfigure, injure, tamper
with, or displace or remove, any building, bridges, tables, benches,
fireplaces, railings, paving or paving material, waterlines or other
public utilities or parts or appurtenances thereof, signs, notices
or placards whether temporary or permanent monuments, stakes, posts,
or other boundary markers, or other structures or equipment, facilities
or public property or appurtenances whatsoever, either real or personal.
(2) Fail to cooperate in maintaining rest rooms and washrooms
in a neat and sanitary condition.
(3) Dig, or remove any beach sand, whether submerged or
not, or any soil, rock, stones, trees, shrubs or plants, down-timber
or other wood or materials, or make any excavation by tool, equipment,
blasting, or other means or agency.
B. With respect to trees, shrubbery, lawns:
(1) Damage, cut, carve, transplant or remove any tree
or plant or injure the bark, or pick the flowers or seeds of any tree
or plant, nor shall any person attach any rope, wire, or other contrivance
to any tree or plant. A person shall not dig in or otherwise disturb
grass areas, or in any other way injure or impair the natural beauty
or usefulness of any area.
(2) Climb any tree, or walk, stand or sit upon monuments,
vases, fountains, railings, fences or gun carriages or upon any other
property not designated or customarily used for such purposes, or
improperly lounge or sit on any bench.
No person in a public place shall:
A. Throw, discharge, or otherwise place or cause to be
placed in the waters of any fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or other
body of water in or adjacent to any public place or any tributary,
stream, storm sewer, or drain flowing into such waters, any substance,
matter or thing, liquid or solid, which will or may result in the
pollution of said waters.
B. Have brought in or shall dump, deposit or leave any
bottles, broken glass, ashes, paper, boxes, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste,
garbage, or refuse, or other trash. No such refuse or trash shall
be placed in any waters in or contiguous to any public place or left
anywhere on the grounds thereof, but shall be placed in the proper
receptacles where these are provided; where receptacles are not so
provided, all such rubbish or waste shall be carried away from the
public place by the person responsible for its presence, and properly
disposed of elsewhere.
[Amended 9-16-2008 by Ord. No. 08-8; 10-3-2023 by Ord. No. 23-33]
No person shall have in his or her possession
any open container with unconsumed alcohol while in any place to which
the public has access, including any street, highway, road, alley,
boardwalk or sidewalk, public grounds, and parking lots which are
generally open to the public.
[Amended 5-2-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-05]
No person in a public place shall bring, or
have in his possession, or set off or otherwise cause to explode or
discharge or burn, any firecrackers, torpedo, rocket, or other fireworks
or explosives of inflammable material, or discharge them or throw
them into any such area from land or highway adjacent thereto without
a permit issued by the City of Bridgeton Fire Official in accordance
with the New Jersey State Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70-1 et seq.). This
prohibition includes any substance, compound, mixture, or article
that in conjunction with any other substance or compound would be
dangerous from any of the foregoing standpoints.
A. Applications
to permit the use, display, or possession of fireworks or pyrotechnics
in the City of Bridgeton shall be made to the City of Bridgeton Fire
Prevention Bureau and approved in accordance with the New Jersey State
Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70-1 et seq.).
B. All public
display applications shall also comply with N.J.S.A. 21:3-1 et seq.
regarding fireworks and explosives such that City Council adopts a
resolution prior to the scheduled use of the fireworks display.
No person in a public place shall build or attempt
to build a fire except in such areas and under such regulations as
may be designated by the Director. No person shall drop, throw, or
otherwise scatter lighted matches, burning cigarettes or cigars, tobacco
paper or other flammable material, within any public place area or
on any highway, road or street abutting or contiguous thereto.
No person in a public place shall enter an area
posted as "Closed to the Public," nor shall any person use, or abet
the use of any area in violation of posted notices.
No person in a public place shall go onto the
ice on any of the waters except such areas as are designated as skating
fields, and provided a safety signal is displayed.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court be punished as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.