City of Camden, NJ
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2023-11-16
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 89 Municipal Property
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Article II Political Fund-Raising
- 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 89 Art II Political Fund-Raising
- § 89-5 Definitions.
- § 89-6 General rules.
- § 89-7 Enforcement.
- 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 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 5-13-1999 by Ord. No. MC-3478 (Ch. 72, Art. II,
of the 1987 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any individual seeking election to a public office of the
federal government, state, county, municipality, school district or
political organization at an election.
Includes all loans and transfers of money or other thing
of value to or by any candidate, elected official or political organization
and all pledges or other commitments or assumptions of liability.
This municipality and any officer, department, board, commission
or agency thereof.
Any person holding elective municipal office or holding an
appointed position in the municipal government or in any agency, commission,
board or office thereof, whether the position is full-time or part-time,
compensated or uncompensated; and any employee of municipal government
or any agency, commission, board or office thereof, whether the position
is full-time or part-time.
Buildings, land, vehicles, phones, fax machines, computers
or other office equipment or supplies and other real or personal property
owned, leased or controlled by the municipality, except for public
roads and open park land.
To seek by oral or written communication a contribution as
same is defined herein.
A.
Prohibition against soliciting or accepting political contributions
on public property.
(1)
No municipal official, employee or appointee may solicit, commit
to pay or receive payment of or a commitment to pay any contribution
for any candidate, elected official or political organization while
in or on the property of the municipality or utilizing the property
of the municipality.
B.
Prohibited forms of fund-raising.
(1)
Prohibited forms of fund-raising shall include but are not limited
to:
(a)
Soliciting or accepting contributions using municipal telephones,
fax machines or computers.
(b)
Soliciting or accepting contributions using personal telephones
while on the property of the municipality.
(c)
Soliciting or accepting contributions through the use of publicly
owned computers or privately owned personal computers while on the
property of the municipality.
(d)
Using municipal letterhead to solicit or accept contributions.
(e)
Sending correspondence while on the property of the municipality
which solicits contributions.
(f)
Face-to-face soliciting of an individual or an owner or representative
of a business entity while on the property of the municipality.
(g)
Use of automobiles owned or leased by the municipality to accept
or solicit contributions.
C.
Reporting requirements. It shall be the responsibility of any employee
or appointed or elected official who observes any prohibited forms
of fund-raising to report such conduct to the Municipal Clerk who
shall refer said report to this Council.
D.
Whistle-blower provision. It shall be unlawful for any employee,
elected official or appointee to be dismissed, reprimanded, retaliated
against or otherwise intimidated for complying with the reporting
requirements mandated by this article.
E.
Violation. Violation of any provision of this article shall be punished
by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a fine not
exceeding $1,000.
The provisions of this article may be enforced by complaint
filed in the Municipal Court by the Municipal Clerk if authorized
by a resolution of the governing body.
