[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Brooklawn 9-30-1935 by Ord. No. 98. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall operate or use any radio receiving
set, phonograph or other sound- producing device or cause or allow
to be made any unnecessary noise, or allow any noise made by domestic
animals, which shall annoy or disturb the comfort, rest or repose
of any person or persons being in his, her or their place or places
of abode.
No person shall go about from door to door or
place himself or herself in the streets to beg, solicit or gather
alms without the consent of the Mayor and Council.
No person shall engage in any practice, sport
or exercise having a tendency to annoy persons passing in the streets
or on the sidewalks or driving or riding on the public highway.
No person or persons shall make, aid, countenance
or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance or breach
of peace, or utter loud, indecent and offensive language in the streets
or highways or in any other place in such manner as to disturb the
peace and good order of the community, nor collect in bodies or crowds
for idle or unlawful purposes to the annoyance or disturbance of citizens
or pedestrians.
[Amended 5-9-1988 by Ord. No. 7-88]
A.
No person shall intentionally or otherwise, within
the limits of said borough, discard, deposit, throw or leave any wastepaper,
trash, dirt, stone or any other material upon the public streets,
roads, avenues, parks or other public place or upon any lot or other
premises except in containers for that purpose or so placed as to
be collected by the proper authorities.
B.
Litter receptacles and their servicing is required
in the Borough of Brooklawn at the following public places: sidewalks
used by pedestrians in active retail commercially zoned areas, such
that there shall be no single linear quarter mile without a receptacle;
buildings held out for use by the public, including schools, government
buildings and railroad and bus stations; parks; drive-in restaurants;
any street vendor location; self-service refreshment areas; construction
sites; gasoline service station islands; shopping areas; parking lots;
marinas, boat moorage and fueling stations; boat-launching areas;
public and private piers operated for public use; beaches and bathing
areas; and at special events to which the public is invited, including
sporting events, parades, carnivals, circuses and festivals. The proprietors
or governmental agencies in charge of these places or the sponsors
of the events shall be responsible for providing and servicing the
receptacles.
C.
No person shall discard or dump any household or commercial
solid waste in any place not specifically designated for the purpose
of solid waste storage or disposal.
D.
No person shall store in any area zoned residential
any bulky household item such as an appliance, furniture or mattresses,
except in a fully enclosed structure.
E.
No person shall store tires in any area zoned residential
except in a fully enclosed structure.
F.
All vehicles shall be properly covered to prevent
any loads from dropping, leaking or otherwise escaping from said vehicle.
G.
No person shall accumulate debris on or around construction
sites or the storage of debris in such a manner that it is likely
to be removed by natural forces unto adjacent property.
H.
No commercial, industrial or residential waste disposal
bins shall be permitted to be open or overflowing.
I.
Every owner, leasee, tenant, occupant or person in
charge of any building or structure shall keep an Id cause to be kept
the: sidewalk and curb-abutting area, if there is no sidewalk, free
from obstruction and nuisances of every kind and shall keep said sidewalks,
areaways, back yards, courts and alleys free from litter and other
offensive material.
J.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter,
street, catch basin or other public place any accumulation of litter
from any public or private sidewalk or driveways.
It shall be unlawful for any rag picker, scavenger
or other person to cut, untie or otherwise unbundle on any street,
highway or public place any paper or other combustible rubbish or
refuse so tied or fastened together and placed for collection by any
householder, owner, occupant or tenant on the sidewalk in front of
or alongside of the property of such householder, owner, occupant
or tenant.
A.
Any landlord and/or owner of real property located within the Borough
of Brooklawn shall be responsible for any activities, actions, events
and conduct of any person and/or animal which occurs in, on or about
said premises or property. The landlord and/or owner's responsibility
shall extend to and include but not be limited to any disorderly conduct,
nuisance, offensive language and any other behavior or conduct which
is a violation of any state statute or of any of the provisions of
the Code of the Borough of Brooklawn.
B.
The landlord and/or owner of any such property located within the
Borough of Brooklawn shall be responsible and liable for the activities,
actions, events and conduct of any tenant, invitee, guest or any other
person who is in, on or about the premises and/or property with the
permission, either expressed or implied, of the landlord, owner, tenant,
guest or invitee.
C.
Upon the occurrence of a violation of this section, the landlord
and/or owner of the property shall be put on notice by receiving written
notification of said violation from the person so designated by the
Mayor and Borough Council to forward said notice. Said notice shall
generally inform the landlord and/or owner of the nature of the violation
and the date upon which said violation occurred. Said notice shall
also state that any subsequent violation of this section may result
in said landlord and/or owner being cited and otherwise charged with
a violation of said section, which may result in a hearing on said
violation to be heard in the Borough of Brooklawn Municipal Court.
D.
If any violation of this section occurs subsequent to written notification
being sent to said landlord and/or owner in accordance with the above
provisions, then said landlord and/or owner shall be cited for violation
of this section and noticed for a hearing to be held in the Borough
of Brooklawn Municipal Court.
[Added 12-19-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022[1]]
No person shall possess a firearm on any municipally owned building,
municipal property, or municipal park or grounds, with the exception
of:
A.
Any law
enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm (on or off
duty);
B.
Any retired
law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm under
18 U.S.C. § 926C(c) (Federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety
Act, aka "LEOSA"); or
C.
Any person
who receives permission, in writing, by the Chief of Police of the
Borough of Brooklawn.
[Amended 4-21-1986 by Ord. No. 7-86; 12-19-2005 by Ord. No.
18-05; 12-19-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the fines and/or penalties as are set forth in § 1-15 of the Code of the Borough of Brooklawn. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation subject to the penalty provisions of this chapter.
