As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DISORDERLY ASSEMBLAGE
Any two or more persons gathered together and acting in a
boisterous, offensive or threatening manner towards each other or
others, or committing an act or acts which are a breach of the peace
or which tend to create a breach of the peace.
DISORDERLY HOUSE
Any house, store or building or any part thereof which is
used for gambling or is frequented by gamblers, prostitutes, vagrants
or disorderly persons or in which the law is habitually violated.
HOUSE OF ILL FAME
Any house or building or any part thereof in which prostitution,
lewdness or any other immoral or unlawful sexual acts are permitted.
JUDGE
Any Judge of the Municipal Court or other officer invested
with jurisdiction to hear complaints of violations of the criminal
laws of the state or of ordinances of the City of Hackensack, and
to either hold the persons so charged for action of the grand jury
or hear and determine the complaint, and to impose penalties for the
violation of any of the ordinances of the City of Hackensack.
VAGRANT
A person without visible means of support who is idle and,
though able to work for his or her maintenance, refuses to do so and
lives without labor or on the charity of others.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 23-2020]
A. During
a state of emergency declared by federal, state or county authorities
affecting the City of Hackensack, or a state of emergency declared
by the City Council, the City Manager shall be empowered to issue
temporary emergency orders that shall be enforceable during the declared
period of emergency.
B. Such emergency orders shall be enforced by the Police Department, Fire Department, City Constable and/or any other City official or employee empowered to issue complaints alleging violations of the Chapter
119 of the City Code.
C. Emergency
orders issued by the City Manager shall be limited to those necessary
to promote or enhance the general peace and good order of the community,
including, but not limited to, protecting the health, safety and welfare
of Hackensack residents during the period of emergency.
D. All emergency
orders issued by the City Manager pursuant to this authority shall
be reviewed and approved in writing by the City's Municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator prior to taking effect. Upon such approval
they shall become immediately effective and enforceable unless by
the terms of an emergency order it shall become effective at some
other date and time. Such orders shall remain in effect until the
declared state of emergency is over or upon such terms as the emergency
order provides, whichever is sooner.
E. All emergency
orders issued by the City Manager shall be provided to the City Council
in writing no later than the next City Council meeting after issuance
and, as soon as practicable after issuance, shall be posted at City
Hall at the location where City public notices are posted, filed in
the office of the City Clerk, and published on the City's Internet
web site. All emergency orders shall also be submitted for publication
in the City's official newspaper(s) as soon as practicable, although
they shall remain effective and enforceable during the period prior
to publication.
F. No emergency
order issued by the City Manager shall violate the United States or
New Jersey constitutions or any applicable federal or state law or
regulation, or contradict any order issued by the Governor of New
Jersey pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40 during a declared state of
emergency. However, an emergency order may temporarily modify, expand
upon, enhance or clarify existing provisions of the City Code.
G. Violations
of an emergency order may be issued against an individual and/or a
business or other corporate entity. The minimum fine for a first offense
shall be $250, and for a second and subsequent offense the minimum
fine shall be $500. The maximum fine for any offense shall be $2,000.