Township of Hillside, NJ
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2015-12-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 134 Circuses, Carnivals and Traveling Shows
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Fire Department
- Ch 44 Health, Board of
- Ch 47 Historian, Local
- Ch 55 Library
- Ch 58 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 60 Local Emergency Management Council
- Ch 64 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 75 Physician
- Ch 78 Police Department
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Recreation Advisory Council
- Ch 89 Senior Citizen Transportation Services
- Ch 91 Senior Citizens Advisory Council
- Ch 93 Swimming Pool Commission
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 103 Air Pollution
- Ch 106 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 114 Arts, Council on the
- Ch 115 Body Art Facilities
- Ch 117 Bowling and Skee-Ball Alleys and Poolrooms
- Ch 121 Building, Housing and Property Maintenance
- Ch 122 Vacant Property Registration and Maintenance
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 130 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 134 Circuses, Carnivals and Traveling Shows
- § 134-1 Permit required.
- § 134-2 Limitation of licenses.
- § 134-3 Fees.
- § 134-4 Application for license.
- § 134-5 Insurance.
- § 134-6 Compliance with state statutes.
- § 134-7 Hours.
- § 134-8 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 140 Dance Halls
- Ch 143 Disabled Veteran Tax Refund
- Ch 147 Drugs
- Ch 151 Emergencies
- Ch 154 Filming
- Ch 155 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 160 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 164 Games of Chance
- Ch 167 Golf Courses
- Ch 171 Graffiti
- Ch 178 Insurance
- Ch 182 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 186 Landscaping
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 203 Licenses
- Ch 207 Liquid-Fuel-Burning Equipment
- Ch 210 Loitering
- Ch 210A Public Urination and Defecation
- Ch 211 Schools
- Ch 212 Massage Parlors and/or Therapy Centers
- Ch 213 Salons and Ancillary Services
- Ch 214 Newsracks
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 220 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 223 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 228 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 232 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 239 Records
- Ch 249 Sales
- Ch 253 Sewers
- Ch 257 Soil Removal
- Ch 261 Solid Waste
- Ch 265 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Swimming Pools
- Ch 272 Taxation
- Ch 274 Taxicabs, Omnibuses, Jitneys and Liveries
- Ch 277 Tennis Courts
- Ch 279 Towing
- Ch 280 Trailers
- Ch 282 Tree Removal
- Ch 283 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 295 Vending Machines
- Ch 300 Yard Waste
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 306 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 310 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Electronic Smoking Device Establishments
- Ch 316 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 322 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 326 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 330 Graduate Nurse, Public Health
- Ch 336 Heat, Furnishing of
- Ch 341 Inspections
- Ch 345 Meat, Sale of
- Ch 349 Milk
- Ch 355 Personnel
- Ch 359 Poultry
- Ch 363 Records
- Ch 367 Rodent Control
- Ch 371 Rummage and Secondhand Sales
- Ch 375 Sanitation and Drainage
- Ch 381 Toilet Facilities
- Appendix
- Ch A390 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A391 Utilities
- Ch A392 Veterans Memorial Building and Property
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Township Council)
of the Township of Hillside 3-18-1980 as Ord. No.
G-182-80 (Ch. VII, Sec. 7-18, of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person or corporation shall conduct a circus, carnival or other traveling
shows to be conducted out of doors or under tents and not in a licensed theater
or other building without having first obtained a license for the same from
the Township Clerk, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Licenses shall be limited to charitable and nonprofit organizations,
50% of whose membership are residents of the Township of Hillside.
The fee for a license shall be the sum of $50.
The application for a license shall be submitted to the Police Chief,
the Fire Chief and the Health Officer, who shall investigate the application
and indicate thereon their approval or disapproval. The Police Chief, the
Fire Chief and the Health Officer shall, respectively, satisfy themselves
as to the public safety, the sanitary requirements and conditions and the
fire hazards involved and shall make reports thereon, together with their
approval or disapproval, within 10 days after the application has been submitted
to them. Upon their return of the application to the Township Clerk, the Township
Clerk shall then refer the application for a license to the Township Council
for consideration and determination; upon favorable action of the Township
Council, the license shall be issued. In the event of approval of the license,
the Police Chief, the Fire Chief and the Health Officer shall make continuing
inspections of the place of the circus, carnival or traveling show, in order
to ensure compliance with the laws and the public safety hazard, the sanitary
requirements and conditions.
No license shall be issued unless proof of adequate and satisfactory
insurance coverage is submitted along with the application for a license.
The amount of insurance required shall be determined by the Township Council.
No license shall be issued unless the applicant has shown proof of full
compliance with applicable state statutes, particularly N.J.S.A. 34:15-71,
regarding workers' disability insurance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.1.
No circus, carnival or other traveling shows shall be conducted or operated
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days.
