Egg Harbor City, NJ Article II Fire Hydrants

[Adopted 8-12-1993 by Ord. No. 13-1993]

§ 255-21 Permission for use required.

No person shall open, use or turn on or assist in the use, opening or turning on of any fire hydrant without the permission of the head of the City of Egg Harbor City's Utility Department and/or the City of Egg Harbor City's governing body's Utility Committee.

§ 255-22 Exception.

This article shall not apply to the use of any fire hydrant by a fire company or fire department rendering public fire service.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 38, Fire Department, § 38-8, Property and equipment.

§ 255-23 Damage to fire hydrants prohibited.

No person shall damage, injure or deface, or assist in the damaging, injuring or defacing, of any fire hydrant.

§ 255-24 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 8-26-1999 by Ord. No. 16-1999]

Each and every person violating any provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Judge before whom said conviction shall be had.