[Adopted 9-7-1965]
[Amended 3-3-1980; 3-2-2009 by Ord. No. 09-03; 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 19-18]
No person shall, within the limits of the Township of North Brunswick, New Jersey, engage in any of the following activities:
A. 
Engage in any practice, sport or exercise having a tendency to annoy or interfere with persons passing on the streets or sidewalks of the Township of North Brunswick.
B. 
Loiter, lounge, sleep or create a disturbance on any street, sidewalk or other public place or in or about any park, public building, school, store or other business establishment, or utter any loud and offensive or indecent language or make offensive remarks to any person or persons passing along, in or upon any such sidewalk, street, park, school, store or other public place or business establishment.
C. 
Obstruct, molest, hinder, annoy, frighten, threaten, insult or interfere with any other person lawfully upon the streets, parks, public places or in any automobile, bus or other public or private conveyance lawfully upon any street.
D. 
Permit any house, shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied by him or her to be used, frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes, gamblers or transients.
E. 
Throw or discard any tin cans, paper posters, glass, metal or any hard or dangerous substance whatsoever upon any public street, sidewalk, highway or public place.
F. 
Make or assist in making any riot, noise or disturbance at any house, shop, theater or other place of amusement.
G. 
Appear on any street or in any park or other public place or in public view in a state of nudity, or make any indecent exposure of his or her person or commit or do any lewd or indecent act or behave in a lewd or indecent manner.
H. 
Maliciously destroy, damage or injure any property, public or private.
I. 
Cause or permit to be emitted any vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating smoke or odor, or any smoke or odor that may be vile, offensive, obnoxious or nauseating to any of the residents of the Township of North Brunswick.
J. 
Enter any building or trespass upon lands belonging to the Board of Education of the Township of North Brunswick, or break or injure or deface such building or any part thereof or the fences or outbuildings belonging to or connected with such building or lands, or disturb the exercises of such school or molest or annoy the children attending such school or any teachers thereof.
K. 
Hinder or obstruct any officer in the performance of his duties, or willfully refuse or neglect to assist any officer when lawfully called upon by him so to do in the execution of any process or in the suppression of any breach of the peace or disorderly conduct or in case of any escape or when such officer is resisted in the discharge of his duty, or knowingly resist or oppose any officer or person authorized by law in serving or attempting to serve any writ, bill, order or process or when making any arrest, either with or without a warrant.
L. 
Intentionally enter upon or trespass upon the land or property of any person without permission so to do.
M. 
Invade the privacy of any person by going upon the private property of others in stealth and at night for the purpose of "peeping" through windows, doors or other openings, thereby engaging in conduct associated with what is commonly known as a "Peeping Tom."
N. 
Any person, while operating a motor vehicle on any street or highway in the Township of North Brunswick, who knowingly flees or attempts to elude any police or law enforcement officer after having received any signal from such officer to bring the vehicle to a full stop is a disorderly person.
O. 
No person shall purposely interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct any retail or wholesale business operation, function or activity, nor shall any person purposely interfere with, hinder, disturb or obstruct any retail or wholesale business owner, employee, agent or personnel acting in the furtherance of the interests of that business with the intent to prevent, undermine or otherwise obstruct the lawful retail or wholesale practices of the business. This subsection does not apply to conduct considered lawful competitive economic practices.
[Added 11-28-2022 by Ord. No. 22-27]
A. 
Purpose and intent. The public purpose and intent of this section is to protect the rights of all people to exercise their First Amendment rights, as well as the people and/or property who choose not to participate.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AGGRESSIVE MANNER
(1) 
Approaching or speaking to a person, or following a person before, during or after soliciting, if that conduct is intended or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself or to another, or damage to or loss of property or otherwise to be intimidated into giving money or other thing of value;
(2) 
Continuing to solicit from a person after the person has given a negative response to or ignored such soliciting;
(3) 
Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with another person or their property without that person's consent in the course of soliciting;
(4) 
Intentionally blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means, including unreasonably causing a pedestrian or vehicle operator to take evasive action to avoid physical contact;
(5) 
Using violent or threatening language and/or gestures toward a person being solicited;
(6) 
Following the person being solicited with the intent of asking that person for money or other things of value;
(7) 
Soliciting money from anyone who is stationary, such as waiting in line for tickets, for entry to a building or for any other purpose;
(8) 
Soliciting in a manner with conduct, words or gestures intended or likely to cause a reasonable person to fear immediate bodily harm, danger or damage to or loss of property or otherwise be intimidated into giving money or any other thing of value;
(9) 
Begging in a group of two or more persons in an intimidating fashion;
(10) 
Soliciting any person within 25 feet of the entrance to, or parking area of, any bank, automated teller machine, automated teller machine facility, check cashing business, mass transportation facility, mass transportation stop, public restroom, pay telephone or theater or place of public assembly, or of any outdoor seating area of any cafe, restaurant or other business;
(11) 
Soliciting any person in public after dark, which shall mean the time from 1/2 hour before sunset to 1/2 hour after sunrise.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
A device, linked to a financial institution's account records, which is able to carry out transactions, including, but not limited to, account transfers, deposits, cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, and mortgage and loan payments which are made available to banking customers.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE FACILITY
The area comprised of one or more automatic teller machines and any adjacent space which is made available to banking customers during and after regular banking hours.
BANK
A state or federally chartered bank, savings bank, or savings-and-loan association which has trust powers and which has its principal office in New Jersey, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17:20-1(a)(1).
BEG, BEGGING or PANHANDLING
Shall be synonymous with and shall mean asking for money or objects of value with the intention that the money or object be transferred at that time and at that place.
CHECK CASHING BUSINESS
A business governed by the New Jersey Check Cashiers Regulatory Act, N.J.S.A. 17:15A-30 et seq.
PUBLIC PLACE
A place to which the public has access, including, but not limited to, a place to which a governmental entity has title, any street open to public use, bridge, sidewalk, walkway, driveway, parking lot, plaza, transportation facility, school, park, or playground, and the doorways and entrances to buildings and dwellings.
SOLICIT or SOLICITATION
Shall include using the spoken, written, or printed word, bodily gestures, signs, or other means of communication with the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation of money or other thing of value and also include the offer to immediately exchange and/or sell any goods or services.
C. 
Prohibited activity. It shall be unlawful for any person to beg, panhandle or solicit any other person in an aggressive manner. Any police officer observing any person violating this provision may request or order such person to cease and desist such behavior and may issue a summons to each person if the person fails to comply with such request or order.
A. 
All other riotous, indecent or disorderly conduct, breach of the peace and vagrancy not hereinabove specifically mentioned are hereby prohibited.
B. 
The term "person," as used in this Article, shall, wherever appropriate in connection with the context, include "individual," "firm," "corporation," "partnership," "association," "company" or "organization" of any kind and shall include the plural. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
[Amended 9-6-1977; 7-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-31; 4-17-2006 by Ord. No. 06-06]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Judge. The continuation of such violation on each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.