A.
It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or one
charged with the custody of a minor to knowingly fail to properly
supervise the conduct of any child or ward under the age of 18 years,
resulting in an adjudication that said child or ward is a juvenile
delinquent.
B.
For the purposes of this article, juvenile delinquency
may be founded upon the following:
(1)
Any violation of N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-23 (juvenile delinquency
definitions) as administered by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court.
[Amended 9-20-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-11]
(2)
Violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by
the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(3)
Violation of any ordinance of the Township of Maple
Shade.
(4)
A violation of the public peace, which shall include
the intentional, willful or malicious defacing, damaging or destroying
of public property or the private property of another.
A.
If the parent, guardian or child shall reside within the Township of Maple Shade, an offense in violation of § 121-5A shall be deemed to have occurred if the act of juvenile delinquency as defined in § 121-5B shall have occurred within or without the municipal boundaries of the Township of Maple Shade.
A.
Whenever any parent or guardian is charged with a violation of this article, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that he or she has knowingly failed to properly supervise the conduct of his or her child or ward if such violation upon which this juvenile delinquency is based occurred within 120 days after notice to the parent that his or her child or ward had violated an act under § 121-5B of this article or within 120 days of the child's or ward's being adjudicated a juvenile delinquent.
B.
Sufficient notice to the parent or guardian may be
founded upon notice, either oral or written, from a duly authorized
representative of the Burlington County Probation Department, notice
from the Maple Shade Township Police Department or a final determination
of a court of competent jurisdiction.
A.
Whenever any minor under the age of 18 years is charged with a violation of any section of Article I, Loitering, of this chapter, sufficient notice of this fact to the parent or guardian may be founded upon notice, either written or oral, from the Chief of Police of the Township of Maple Shade or any person designated by him or her to give such notice or from such other parties as are enumerated in § 121-7B.
B.
If at any time within 120 days following the giving of notice as provided in Subsection A hereof, the minor to whom the said notice relates is again charged with and subsequently convicted of a violation of Article I, it shall be presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the minor did so with the knowledge, permission or sufferance of his or her parent or guardian.
