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City of Salem, NJ
Salem County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Salem: Art. I, 3-7-1983 as Ord. No. 8305. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-7-1983 as Ord. No. 8305]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:61-1, regarding regulation of public areas and the requirement that any such regulation must be conspicuously posted.
No person shall be permitted within a city park or recreation area under the influence of intoxicating beverages, drugs or narcotics. No person shall possess or consume alcoholic beverages, drugs or narcotics in any city park or recreation area without the express permission of the Council or its designated representative.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
No group of 25 or more persons shall use a city park or recreation area without first having obtained a group use permit from the Council not later than seven days before the proposed date of use. Group use shall be limited to designated areas. Adult supervision of children's groups is required at all times.
B. 
No person shall call or hold any public meeting or give any concert or public entertainment of any kind within a city park or recreation area without first having obtained written permission in advance from the Council or its designated representative.
C. 
No person shall use loudspeakers, public address systems or amplifiers within a city park or recreation area without first having obtained written permission in advance from the Council or its designated representative, no later than seven days before the proposed date of use.
A. 
Dogs and cats must be kept on a leash not exceeding six feet in length. No domestic animal shall be permitted to run at large within any city park or recreation area, either with or without a keeper, except in those areas designated for that purpose by the Council or its designated representative.
B. 
No person shall ride, drive, lead or keep a saddle horse or other animal within a city park or recreation area, except on such roads, trails or areas and subject to such regulations as the Council may, from time to time, especially designate. No horse or other animal shall be hitched to any tree or shrub in a manner that may cause damage.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
No person shall leave bottles, broken glass, ashes, wastepaper or other rubbish within a city park or recreation area, except in a properly provided receptacle designated for that purpose.
B. 
No person shall throw or place any dirt, stone, rock, debris, foreign or waste substance into or upon a city park or recreation area or in any stream or river within or bordering upon land of a city park or recreation area.
C. 
No person shall throw, cast, lay or drop, discharge into or allow to remain in the water of a city park or recreation area or any tributary, brook, stream or storm sewer or drain flowing into said waters any substance, matter or thing which may or shall result in the pollution of said waters.
A. 
No person shall pick flowers, foliage, berries or fruit or cut, break, dig up or in any way mutilate or injure any tree, shrub, plant, fern, grass, turf, railing, seat, fence, structure or any other object within a city park or recreation area.
B. 
No person shall bring into or upon a city park or recreation area any tree, shrub or plant or any newly plucked branch or portion of a tree, shrub or plant.
C. 
No person shall dig up or remove any dirt, stone, rock or other substance whatever; make any excavation; quarry sand or stone; or lay or set off any blast; or cause or assist in doing any of said things within a city park or recreation area.
No person shall build, light or maintain a fire within a city park or recreation area, except in a camp stove or a fireplace provided, maintained, or designated for such purpose by the Council or its designated representative; except, however, that oil or gasoline camp stoves may be used in established camp sites or picnic areas where other stoves are provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
No person shall discharge or set off within a city park or recreation area any fireworks, except with the approval of the Council or its designated representative.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
No person shall discharge any weapon or firearms or shoot a bow and arrow within or into a city park or recreation area.
No person shall molest, trap, capture, hold, remove, injure or kill any animal or disturb its habitat within a city park or recreation area.
A. 
No person shall enter upon any portion of a city park or recreation area where persons are prohibited from going by direction of the city as indicated by sign or notice.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
B. 
No person shall engage in any commercial enterprise, including but not limited to the offering of services, soliciting, selling or peddling any liquids or edibles for human consumption or to distributing circulars or to hawking, peddling or vending any goods, wares or merchandise within a city park or recreation area, except where permitted by the Council.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
C. 
No person shall cut, carve, paint, mark, paste or fasten on any tree, fence, wall, building, monument or other object within a city park or recreation area any bill, advertisement or inscription; nor shall any person distribute, cast, throw or place any handbill, pamphlet, circular, advertisement or notice of any kind within a city park or recreation area.
D. 
No person shall tell fortunes, play at games of chance or use any gambling device within a city park or recreation area.
A. 
No person shall use any portion of a city park or recreation area for the purpose of way, except drives, parking areas, roadways, paths, walks and trails established for such purpose by the Council; and footpaths or walks established for pedestrian travel shall not be used for vehicular travel. The use of mopeds or motorized bikes will be limited to roadways, drives and parking areas as established and opened to all other vehicular traffic.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
B. 
No person shall drive or propel or cause to be driven or propelled along or over any road within a city park or recreation area any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than 25 miles per hour or the speed limits as established by the Council and indicated by speed limit signs erected along the right-of-way.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
C. 
No person shall drive or propel or cause to be driven or propelled along or over any road, parkway, drive or parking area within a city park or recreation area any motor vehicle in a reckless manner or in a manner to endanger the life, limb or property of pedestrians or the drivers or occupants of other vehicles or any other person within a city park or recreation area. The motor vehicle operator and the motor vehicle operated within a city park or recreation area shall be in compliance with New Jersey State motor vehicle license and safety laws.
D. 
No person shall park or store any motor car, motorcycle, bicycle, wagon or other vehicle within a city park or recreation area, except in areas designated and posted for such purposes. Parking areas and thoroughfares are limited to use by park patrons only and for the purpose of driving to park vehicles. Loitering in or around parked vehicles is not permitted unless special permission has been granted by the Council.
E. 
No person shall set or place or cause to be set or placed any goods, wares or merchandise or property of any kind as to obstruct travel within a city park or recreation area.
F. 
No person shall enter any part of a city park or recreation area or park roads with a commercial vehicle, except in the service of or by permission of the city.
[Amended 10-16-1995 as Ord. No. 95-15]
G. 
No person shall use park drives or parkways within a city park or recreation area for the purpose of demonstrating any vehicle or for learning to drive or operate any vehicle.
[Amended 10-16-1995 as Ord. No. 95-15]
A. 
No person shall remain within a city park or recreation area who does not abide by conditions adopted and posted by the city for the preservation of good order and the protection of property within a city park or recreation area; and no person shall remain within a city park or recreation area who does not abide by the instructions and directions of duly authorized officers or agents of the Mayor and Common Council in the lawful performance of their duties. Any person directed by an agent or officer of the City of Salem to leave a city park or recreation area shall do so promptly and peaceably.
B. 
No person shall interfere with or in any manner hinder any agent or officer of the city while engaged in constructing, repairing or caring for any park property or interfere with any improvements being made within or about a city park or recreation area.
C. 
No person shall use threatening, abusive, boisterous, insulting or indecent language or gesture within a city park or recreation area, nor shall any oration, harangue, public demonstration or any nuisance be made.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to be in or upon any portion of any park or recreation area between the hours of dusk and dawn, prevailing local time, unless a written permit from the Council has been issued to such person or persons on application made.
[Amended 10-16-1995 as Ord. No. 95-15; 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-06]
Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000; or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person who is convicted of violating this article within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same article and who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by a court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the article, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of the article.