City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 562 Parks and Recreation
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Article I General Use and Conduct Regulations
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Affirmative Action
- Ch 19 Ambulance Services
- Ch 26 Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils
- Ch 33 Contracts
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 44 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Empowerment Zone Corporation
- Ch 59 Fire Department
- Ch 63 Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors
- Ch 74 Living Wage
- Ch 80 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Insurance Fund
- Ch 89 Municipal Property
- Ch 97 Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 103 Personnel Policies
- Ch 110 Police Department
- Ch 118 Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 120 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 122 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 128 Seal, Official
- Ch 136 Training Requirements
- Ch 141 Urban Enterprise Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 160 Adopt a Park Program
- Ch 164 Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program
- Ch 169 Advertising Materials
- Ch 177 Alarm Systems
- Ch 181 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 188 Animals
- Ch 193 Arcades and Amusement Devices
- Ch 198 Asbestos Removal
- Ch 204 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 209 Autocabs
- Ch 217 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- Ch 225 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 232 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 240 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 246 Cannabis
- Ch 248 Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds
- Ch 253 Cemeteries
- Ch 264 Circuses and Exhibitions
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 277 Criminal History Background Check
- Ch 282 Curfew
- Ch 283 Anti-Bullying
- Ch 286 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 291 Development Plans
- Ch 303 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 309 Dumpsters
- Ch 314 Elevators
- Ch 320 Emergencies
- Ch 323 Employee Residency Reports
- Ch 325 Entertainers, Models and Dancers
- Ch 329 Entertainment, Places of Public
- Ch 340 Fees and Costs
- Ch 348 Filming
- Ch 352 Firearms
- Ch 357 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 363 Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation
- Ch 369 Fireworks
- Ch 374 Flags
- Ch 378 Flea Markets
- Ch 383 Florists
- Ch 390 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 394 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 400 Food Service Entities
- Ch 410 Games of Chance
- Ch 416 Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations
- Ch 420 Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of
- Ch 428 Graffiti
- Ch 434 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 439 Health Clubs
- Ch 445 Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 450 Housing Standards
- Ch 456 Ice Dealers and Vending Machines
- Ch 461 Improvement Districts
- Ch 467 Junkyards
- Ch 478 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 485 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 492 Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of
- Ch 496 Massage Parlors
- Ch 500 Mercantile Businesses
- Ch 507 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 508 Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 512 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 518 Noise
- Ch 523 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 534 Parades
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Parking Lots, Commercial
- Ch 550 Parking Permit Program, Residential
- Ch 556 Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street
- Ch 562 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 562 Art I General Use and Conduct Regulations
- § 562-1 Administration office.
- § 562-2 Additional rules and regulations authorized.
- § 562-3 Entering grounds where notice forbids.
- § 562-4 Littering.
- § 562-5 Age limit and restrictions on games.
- § 562-6 Booths, wagons and vehicles.
- § 562-7 Sales and distribution of advertising.
- § 562-8 Damaging of structures and appurtenances.
- § 562-9 Interference with wildlife.
- § 562-10 Prohibited conduct.
- § 562-11 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 567 Pay Telephones, Outdoor
- Ch 573 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 578 Peddlers and Vending Units
- Ch 582 Pedicabs
- Ch 587 Photographers, Street
- Ch 594 Picketing
- Ch 600 Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits
- Ch 601 Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 608 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 615 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 620 Property Maintenance
- Ch 627 Public Utilities
- Ch 635 Real Estate Transactions
- Ch 644 Rental Property
- Ch 650 Rent Control
- Ch 656 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 661 Sales, Special
- Ch 667 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 675 Sewers
- Ch 679 (Reserved)
- Ch 684 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 688 Signs
- Ch 700 Snow, Ice and Debris Removal
- Ch 705 Soft Drinks, Wholesale
- Ch 711 Solid Waste
- Ch 716 Special Events
- Ch 722 Storage Facilities
- Ch 725 Stormwater Control and Management
- Ch 729 Street Closings
- Ch 735 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 739 Sustainability Requirements
- Ch 742 Swimming Pools
- Ch 747 Tattooing and Tattooists
- Ch 753 Taxation
- Ch 758 Taxicabs
- Ch 766 Theaters
- Ch 771 Tires, Used
- Ch 776 Tobacco
- Ch 780 Toilet Facilities, Portable
- Ch 785 Towing Services
- Ch 791 Transient Merchants
- Ch 796 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 803 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 808 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 815 Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of
- Ch 822 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 827 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 840 Water
- Ch 847 Weapons-Free Zones
- Ch 852 Weights and Measures
- Ch 870 Zoning and Land Use
- Appendix
- Ch A900 Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements
- Ch A910 Historic Districts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289 as Ch. 390, Art. I,
of the 1987 Code]
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766; 6-12-2012 by Ord. No.
MC-4672]
This article shall be administered and enforced by the Bureau
of Recreation in the Department of Human Services, hereinafter referred
to in this article as the "Bureau."
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766]
No person shall enter upon any portion of lawn or other cultivated
ground in any City park when forbidden so to do by an official sign
or other official notification.
No person shall throw, deposit or leave any paper or waste material
whatsoever in or upon any part of the surface of any City park or
in or upon any park property or appurtenance therein except in the
receptacles provided in such park for that purpose.
[Amended 8-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC-1766]
No person above the age of 14 years shall play at any game in
a City park, except at such times and in such places and under such
regulations as may be designated in writing by the Bureau.
No person shall, without the written permission of the Bureau,
place or erect any booth, stand or other structure or place any wagon
or other vehicle, except such as may be propelled by hand and adapted
for the carrying of children, invalids or dolls, on or in any City
park.
No person shall sell or offer for sale within the City parks
any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever or display or distribute
any advertising device, circular or card in any such park.
No person shall deface, damage or in any way injure any statuary
or pedestal or other structure or park appurtenance whatsoever in
the City parks.
No person shall hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way
interfere with the freedom of any bird, being free and undomesticated,
in any City park, nor hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way
interfere with the freedom of any squirrel, fish or other animal,
being the property of the City, in any such park.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by Ord. No. MC-5352]
A.
No person shall utter any profane, threatening or abusive language
or loud outcry or perform any obscene or indecent act, commit any
nuisance, solicit any contribution or subscription, nor play any game
of chance in any City park, nor bring into such park any instrument
of chance or gambling whatsoever.
B.
Designated children play areas.
(1)
ADULT
CHILD or CHILDREN
Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person who is 18 years of age or older.
Any person who is 12 years of age or younger.
(2)
Children's play area. Pursuant to § 562-2 above, the Division of Recreation in the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules and regulations designating certain areas within City of Camden parks as children's play areas.
(3)
Posting of signs. Any area designated by the Division of Recreation
in the Department of Human Services as a children's play area
shall have signs posted in close proximity to and surrounding such
designated children's play area to so advise and inform the public
of such designation as a children's play area.
(4)
Illegal conduct. It shall be unlawful for an adult to enter or remain
in a children's play area unless such adult is accompanied by
a child or children.
[Added 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289; amended 10-12-2006 by Ord. No.
MC-4234]
Unless otherwise provided in the chapter, penalties against persons violating the provisions of this article shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of § 1-15.
