[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Egg
Harbor 8-11-1975.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this chapter are derived from Section
4-11 of Chapter IV of the former Revised Ordinances, adopted 8-11-1975, as
amended.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes but is not expressly limited to minibikes, motor scooters,
go-carts, swamp buggies and snowmobiles and any other motor-driven vehicle
not capable of being registered under N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq., as amended,
Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations, of the New Jersey Statutes, as amended,
except such vehicles as in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq., as amended, which are
expressly exempt from registration.
No person shall operate, or permit and suffer to be operated, a motor-driven
vehicle, as defined herein, within the Township under the following circumstances:
A.
On private property of another without the express prior
written consent of the owner and the occupant of the property. Where such
express prior written consent has been obtained, the operator shall keep it
on his person, available for immediate display, during the period of such
operation.
B.
On any public grounds or private property inclusive of
sidewalks and parking lots.
C.
In such manner as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual
noise so as to disturb or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
To this end, no person shall operate such a motor-driven vehicle before the
hour of 9:00 a.m. and after the hour of 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, or sunset,
whichever shall first occur.
D.
In a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to
endanger or be likely to endanger the safety or property of any person.
It shall be rebuttably presumed that any person under the age of 18
years who operates a motor-driven vehicle in violation of the terms of this
chapter, and who resides with his parent, guardian or other person having
custody of such person, is operating the motor-driven vehicle with the sufferance
and permission of such parent, guardian or other person, and each of these
shall be subject to prosecution the same as the minor who actually operates
the motor-driven vehicle in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Any person under the age of 18 years who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be deemed to be a juvenile delinquent and shall be proceeded
against as such.
[Amended 12-9-1987 by Ord. No. 60-1987; 4-12-2006
by Ord. No. 20-2006]
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a minimum fine of $100 or a maximum of $2,000 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not exceeding
90 days. Each and every violation shall be considered a separate violation.
Any person who is convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter within
one year of the date of a previous violation and who was fined for the previous
violation may be sentenced by the Court to an additional fine as a repeat
offender. The additional fine imposed as a repeat offender shall not be less
than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine provided herein, and same shall
be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of this chapter.
