The City Council finds and declares that the uncontrolled and unsupervised
activities of minor persons within the City are detrimental to the maintenance
of public safety and contrary to the general welfare. It is further found
and declared that parental responsibility for the proper control and supervision
of minor children is essential to effective law enforcement within the City.
The following word meanings shall apply herein:
MINOR
Any unemancipated person under the age of 18 years.
PARENT
Includes either or both natural parents of a minor, the legal guardians
of the minor or any other adult persons who have voluntarily or otherwise
assumed the responsibilities of a natural parent with respect to custody,
care and control of the minor. For the purposes of the enforcement of this
chapter, the term "parent" shall not apply to natural parents, legal guardians
or other persons whose responsibility for the custody and control of the minor
has been transferred to another person or otherwise terminated by court order
or by the emancipation of the minor by marriage, military service or other
circumstances. Persons claiming the benefit of any such termination or transfer
of responsibilities shall bear the burden of establishing the same in any
proceedings hereunder.
VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC PEACE
Includes any of the following acts: defacing, damaging or destroying
public property or the private property of another within the City; or committing
an assault or assault and battery upon another in the City; robbery, stealing
or larceny including shoplifting; knowingly receiving stolen property; violation
of any existing loitering or curfew laws of the City; or breaking and entering
or entering without breaking into the property of another with the intent
to steal; or threatening another with the intent of extorting money or anything
of value; or possession or use of a controlled dangerous substance, as same
shall be defined under N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et seq., or juvenile delinquency based
upon any of the above offenses.
Any parent who shall violate the terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to punishment as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty.
The remedy provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative, not exclusive,
and the state or any other person shall have the right to proceed under any
legally available remedies.