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Township of Hamilton, NJ
Atlantic County
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New Laws (5) Index Notes (2)
[Adopted 8-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1475-2003]
[Amended 2-7-2011 by Ord. No. 1684-2011]
The health, litter, refuse and debris hazards and burdens referenced above[1] are sufficient reasons for action to attempt to reduce and eliminate such problems at the locations indicated.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble of this ordinance reads: “Whereas medical and scientific evidence indicates that tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States; and whereas numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a contributor to air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer in nonsmokers. At special risk are children, elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease ...whereas, smoking tobacco and other plants or vegetation used for smoking, paper, packages, matches and matchbook covers or boxes, and other materials which customarily accompany smoking, and often are discarded by smokers and create litter, refuse and debris at such locations, and that are difficult to clean up and dispose of, and create an undue burden on the Township’s facilities and its sanitation crews charged with such responsibility...”
[2]
Editor's Note: The locations indicated in the preamble to this ordinance are:
(1) Mizpah ball field, Railroad Blvd., Mizpah Section, 9.26 acres.
(2) Knight Avenue ball field, Harding Lakes, Mays Landing Section, 3.82 acres.
(3) Underhill Park, Old Egg Harbor Road, Mays Landing Section, 71.13 acres.
(4) Hickory Street Soccer Facility, Laureldale Section, 33.53 acres.
(5) Cologne Avenue ball field, Cologne Section, 5.49 acres.
(6) Liepe Tract Recreation Complex, Leipzig Avenue, Cologne Section, 60 acres.
(7) Township Hall, 6101 Thirteenth Street, Mays Landing, New Jersey, and all adjacent parking lots and ancillary facilities located on the northern side of Thirteenth Street.
(8) Frank Grieco Social Services Center, 1309 Route 50, Mays Landing, New Jersey, and all adjacent parking lots and ancillary facilities located on the western side of Route 50.
[Amended 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 1829-2016]
Smoking of any kind shall be and hereby is prohibited at all such locations referenced above. In addition, smoking of any kind shall be and is hereby prohibited at a certain area of the Cove, Park Road, Mays Landing Section, to be designated "NO SMOKING" by the Township Committee. The Township of Hamilton will post signs at all locations referenced above designating the locations as areas where smoking is prohibited. The areas restricted are listed below:
Location
Block
Lot
Tax Map Page
Location
Mizpah ball field
515
1
14
6925 Railroad Avenue
Knight Avenue ball field
693
1
26.02
6207 Knight Avenue
Underhill Park
809
32
31.05
129 Old Egg Harbor Road
Hickory Street Soccer Facility
948
8
35
5670 Hickory Street
Cologne Avenue ball field
1140
1
47
2850 Cologne Avenue
Liepe Tract Recreation Complex
1141
12
47
3155 Leipzig Avenue
Township Hall
786
1.01
31.03
6101 Thirteenth Street
Frank Grieco Social Service Center
786
1.01
31.03
1309 Route 50
Cove Beach
588
114
28.04
577 Park Road
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SMOKING
The act of lighting by fire by any means, and/or the act of inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted smoking product, including but not limited to a cigarette, electronic smoking devices (ESD), cigar, pipe, tobacco, weed, plant or other vegetation or similar material.
[Amended 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 1829-2016]
It shall also be unlawful to discard litter, refuse and debris as described above at such locations.
The Township Committee of the Township of Hamilton shall have the power and obligation to prepare reasonable rules and regulations and amendments thereto intended to notify the public by signage and other means, and to encourage compliance by the public with the smoking and smoking materials litter prohibitions.
Any person violating any of the no smoking and smoking materials littering terms of this article may be required by any member of the Township’s Police Department to remedy the situation immediately in the following manner:
A. 
Stop smoking in the locations referenced above.
B. 
Pick up, remove, arid dispose of smoking materials litter created by him or her into a proper receptacle.
C. 
Leave the locations referenced above if he or she wishes to continue smoking.
The Township’s Police Department may charge the violator with the offense of violation of this article, said offense to be listed and heard in Municipal Court, the fine for which in the event of a finding of guilty shall be not less than $50 for a single offense and not more than $500 for more than a single offense, as shall be determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. Nothing herein shall preclude the Police Department from charging a violator with a charge or charges of violation under any other ordinance or law of the State of New Jersey that may apply to the offense, in addition to or as an alternative to a charge or charges under this article.