Borough of Bergenfield, NJ
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2023-10-17
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 142 Disorderly Conduct
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Organization
- Ch 3 Antinepotism Policy
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 13 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Departments
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy
- Ch 25 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fiscal Year
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Housing Authority
- Ch 38 Interlocal Services
- Ch 42 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 46 Mayor and Borough Council
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 54 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 56 Personnel
- Ch 65 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 69 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 73 Volunteer Ambulance Corps
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 Alarms
- Ch 87 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 91 Amusements
- Ch 95 Animals
- Ch 99 Auctioneers
- Ch 103 Autobuses
- Ch 107 Barbershops
- Ch 111 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 118 Builders, Contractors and Landscapers
- Ch 120 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 126 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 127 Cannabis Tax
- Ch 128 Carnivals
- Ch 136 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 138 Cranes
- Ch 142 Disorderly Conduct
- § 142-1 Improper behavior.
- § 142-2 Offensive language.
- § 142-3 Definitions.
- § 142-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 142-5 Severability.
- § 142-6 When effective.
- Ch 149 Filming
- Ch 153 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 161 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 165 Games of Chance
- Ch 170 Graffiti
- Ch 174 Handbills
- Ch 178 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 186 Land Development
- Ch 190 Laundromats
- Ch 198 Licensing
- Ch 200 Lightning Detection System
- Ch 194 Library
- Ch 202 Littering
- Ch 205 Loitering
- Ch 207 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 208 Massage Parlors, Rules and Regulations
- Ch 211 Motor Vehicles on Open Lots
- Ch 215 Noise
- Ch 221 Parking
- Ch 223 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 227 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 232 Property Maintenance
- Ch 233 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 236 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 239 Rental Property
- Ch 240 Rent Control
- Ch 241 Restricted Areas in Municipal Offices
- Ch 244 Sales, Special
- Ch 246 Salt Storage, Privately Owned
- Ch 248 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 252 Sewers
- Ch 256 Shopping Carts
- Ch 262 Soil Removal
- Ch 266 Solid Waste
- Ch 268 Stormwater Management
- Ch 270 Street Fairs
- Ch 273 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 277 Swimming Pools
- Ch 279 Taxation
- Ch 280 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 282 Tobacco Products; Smoking
- Ch 284 Towers
- Ch 288 Trailers
- Ch 291 Trees
- Ch 295 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 297 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 299 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 303 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 306 Water
- Ch 310 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 312 Cosmetology
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 341 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 344 Sanitary Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Bergenfield 8-16-2022 by Ord. No. 22-2604. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense if,
with a purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm,
or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he/she:
A person is guilty of petty disorderly persons offense, if,
in a public place and with a purpose to offend the sensibilities of
a hearer or in reckless disregard of the probability of so doing,
he/she addresses unreasonably loud and offensively coarse or abusive
language, given the circumstances of the person present and the setting
of the utterance to any person present.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Affecting or likely to affect persons in a place to which
the public or a substantial group has access; among the places included
are highways, transport facilities, schools, prisons, apartment houses,
places of business or amusement or any neighborhood.
Any violator determined by any court of competent jurisdiction
to have violated this chapter shall be subject to pay a fine of not
less than $100, nor more than $1,000, as well as up to 100 days of
community service.
All provisions of this chapter are severable. If for any reason,
any provision of this chapter is held to be invalid, the validity
of the remainder of the chapter shall not be affected.
This chapter shall become effective upon final approval and
publication, pursuant to law, and upon completion of all outstanding
cases.
