[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-21-1980 by Ord.
No. 80-16 (Ch. 75, Art. I, of the 1977 Code)]
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted on any public
place, public street or public property in the Township of Hillsborough between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing time, of each and every
day during the period from October 28 to November 1, inclusive, of each year,
unless such person is in attendance at a program or function sponsored by
the municipality, a church or school. This section shall not apply to persons
under the age of 18 years while they are returning home from a place of employment,
school, fraternal or religious meeting or going to and from a doctor's or
dentist's office, where treatment has been rendered or is to be rendered,
or to persons under the age of 18 years who are accompanied by a parent or
guardian over the age of 21 years.
Any person who is a parent, guardian or standing in loco parentis of
any such person under the age of 18 years, who permits, consents to or approves
or allows any person under the age of 18 years to violate the provisions of
this article or any portion thereof, shall likewise be guilty of a violation
of this article, except in case of emergency.
Every member of the police force, while on duty, is hereby authorized
to detain any such minor willfully violating the provisions of this article
until the parent or guardian of the child shall take him or her into custody,
but such officer shall immediately, upon taking custody of the child, communicate
with the parent or guardian.
Any person who shall violate this article shall be subject, upon conviction
therefor, to a fine not exceeding $250.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the Township of
Hillsborough hereby reserves the right to waive the provisions of this article
to the extent of approving attendance at programs or functions sponsored by
organizations who apply to the Township for such waiver. Any waiving of said
provisions shall not be considered a precedent which would affect subsequent
enforcement or nonenforcement of the provisions of this article. In the event
the Township of Hillsborough does waive any provision, it shall be done by
resolution at a regular or special meeting of the Township Committee.
