[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Palisades
Park 7-8-1976 as Section 3-2 of the Revised General Ordinances
of 1975. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Remaining idle in essentially one location, and shall include the
concept of spending time idly, loafing or walking about aimlessly, and shall
also include the colloquial expression "hanging around."
Includes any adult person having care or custody of a minor, whether
by reason of blood relationship, the order of any court or otherwise.
Any place to which the public has access, and shall include any street,
highway, road, alley or sidewalk. It shall also include the front or the neighborhood
of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business and public
grounds, areas and parks, as well as parking lots or other vacant private
property not owned by or under the control of the person charged with violating
this chapter or, in the case of a minor, not owned by or under the control
of his parent or guardian.
No person shall loiter in a public place in such manner as to:
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any person in any public place is causing or is likely to cause any of the conditions enumerated in § 179-2, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
No parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 18 years shall knowingly
permit that minor to loiter in violation of this chapter.
Whenever any minor under the age of 18 years is charged with a violation
of this chapter, his parent or guardian shall be notified of this fact by
the Chief of Police or any other person designated by him to give such notice.
If, at any time within 30 days following the giving of notice as provided in § 179-5, the minor to whom such notice relates again violates this chapter, it shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the minor did so with the knowledge and permission of his parent or guardian.