[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Glassboro 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 02-12. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A written specification of the behavior of the parents, guardians,
coaches and officials prepared by each sports activity which must,
at a minimum, incorporate the terms of the within chapter and must
be consented to in writing by the parents and legal guardians of the
minor participants of each youth sports activity.
Comprised of a duly elected member from each youth sports
activity and two members of the Park and Recreation Commission.
Any sports organization pursuant to a Borough-sponsored or
a nonprofit or similar charter which is affiliated with or received
monetary or other support or services from the Borough of Glassboro
or regularly utilizes any facilities owned, operated, or maintained
by the Borough, which sports organization participates in sporting
competitions involving minors.
Any competition, practice or instructional event involving
one or more youth sports activities.
Each youth sports activity shall annually advise
the Borough Clerk of the name, address, and telephone number of its
duly elected member who shall serve on the Code of Conduct Committee
commensurate with his/her term of office with the youth sports activity.
Every sports activity shall be required to follow
the code of conduct as set forth in this chapter.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall be charged
with enforcing the provision of this chapter establishing a youth
sports code of conduct.
The code of conduct will be made available to
all parents and guardians of each child participating in a sports
activity.
A.
Any parent, guest, spectator, coach, or official at
any youth sports event who initiates a fight, scuffle, or any type
of physical abuse or threats of abuse towards any player, coach, official,
parent, or spectator shall be banned from attendance at all youth
sports events within the Borough of Glassboro for a period not exceeding
12 months from the date of the incident.
B.
Any parent, guest, coach or official at any youth
sports event who enters the field of play, court or rink during any
youth sports event for the purpose of physically or verbally abusing
or confronting coaches, players or officials shall be banned from
attendance at all youth sports events within the Borough of Glassboro
for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of the incident.
C.
Any parent, guest, spectator, coach, or official at
any youth sports event who verbally abuses officials, players, or
spectators, including the use of obscene or profane language or gestures,
or racial, ethnic or sexual slurs, may be reprimanded from the date
of the incident and shall be subject to discipline as provided by
the applicable code of conduct.
D.
Any parent, guest, spectator or official at any youth
sports event who throws or causes to be deposited any object on the
field of play, court or rink during any youth sports event may be
banned from attendance at all youth events for a period of 12 months
from the date of incident and shall be subject to such discipline
as provided by the applicable code of conduct.
Any parent, official, coach or spectator at
any youth sporting event shall be subject to the authority of all
field officials, including umpires, referees, and elected league officials
or coaches of the youth sport activity. This authority shall also
include any youth teams practice or instructional event, and such
authority shall include the authorization to direct any person or
persons involved in any incident in violation of this chapter or applicable
code of conduct to immediately remove themselves from the premises.
A.
Any parent, official, coach, or spectator 18 years
old or older who is banned for 12 months from a youth sports event
for a violation of this code of conduct shall be required to complete
anger management or an equivalent counseling program consisting of
not less than 12 hours of instruction and shall provide proof of satisfactory
completion to the Code of Conduct Committee.
B.
Any person 17 years old or younger who is banned for
12 months from a youth sports event for violation of this code of
conduct shall be required to complete anger management or equivalent
counseling program consisting of not less than 6 hours of instruction
and shall provide proof of satisfactory completion to the Code of
Conduct Committee.
A.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall meet in January
of each year to elect a Chairman and Secretary, and such other officers
as the Code of Conduct Committee shall deem appropriate, and may meet
as often as is necessary to conduct its business and for the purpose
of enforcing this chapter.
B.
In order to conduct business and hearings or change
or adopt new codes of conduct, a quorum of five Committee members
must be present and will have all authority as set forth in this chapter.
C.
The Code of Conduct Committee may establish rules
and procedures as it deems appropriate for the conduct of its business
and, in default thereof, shall operate pursuant to Robert's Rules
of Order to the extent they are not in conflict with this chapter.
A.
Upon determination by a majority vote of the highest-ranking
official and the governing Board of the youth sports activity that
a parent, guest, spectator, coach or official at any youth sports
event sponsored by such youth sports has violated a provision of this
chapter or the code of conduct of the youth sports activity, the Code
of Conduct Committee shall forward to such violator a notice, via
regular and certified mail, identifying the date, location, nature
of the violation and the period of the banning or other action to
be taken in response to such violation.
B.
Any parent, official, coach or spectator at a youth
sports event who believes that there has been a violation of this
chapter or the code of conduct has been violated shall forward their
name, address, phone number, violation of ordinance, date, location
of violation and nature of the violation to the Code of Conduct Committee.
The Committee will then investigate the incident and, upon determination
by majority vote of the Committee, such official shall forward to
such violator a notice, via regular and certified mail, indicating
the date and location and nature of the violation and the period of
banning or other action to be taken in response to such violation.
C.
Any person receiving such notice who wishes to contest
same shall appeal to the Borough of Glassboro Code of Conduct Committee
within seven calendar days of the mailing of said notice by forwarding
a copy of said notice with a written request for appeal, specifically
setting forth the basis of such person's contest of the notice of
violation, via personal delivery, fax or certified mail, to the Chairperson
of the Code of Conduct Committee at the address specified and, if
none, then to the Code of Conduct Committee, c/o Borough of Glassboro,
1 South Main Street, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028.
D.
Upon receipt of such appeal, the Code of Conduct Committee
shall convene within seven days and provide an opportunity for said
person and any interested person or persons to appear and be heard
with respect to the occurrence of any violation and action taken by
the Code of Conduct Committee.
E.
The Code of Conduct Committee shall review statements,
firsthand accounts and any other pertinent information or documentation
relevant to the violation and, upon a majority vote of members of
the Committee present at such hearing, may sustain, overturn, or modify
the notice of violation consistent with this chapter or the code of
conduct.
G.
All notices of violation and banning or other actions
taken shall remain in effect until overturned or modified by the Code
of Conduct Committee.
H.
In the event any notice of violation is not appealed
within seven days of such notice, said notice of violation and action
taken by the official or Code of Conduct Committee, including banning
from youth sports events or other action taken, shall become final.