Township of Jefferson, NJ
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2023-12-13
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 331 Obscene Material
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Adopt-A-Park Program
- Ch 21 Bids, Receipt and Opening of
- Ch 22 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 34 Economic Advisory Board
- Ch 40 Environmental Commission
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 54 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 62 Indemnification of Officials and Employees
- Ch 66 Lake Hopatcong Region Sewer Advisory Board
- Ch 70 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 75 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 82 Library
- Ch 96 Open Space Advisory Committee
- Ch 99 Personnel
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 108 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 114 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 120 Senior Citizen Advisory Board
- Ch 122 Trails Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 125 False Emergency Calls
- Ch 130 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 138 Alarm Systems
- Ch 142 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 146 Animals
- Ch 154 Bicycles, Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 169 Campgrounds
- Ch 170 Cannabis License Requirements
- Ch 175 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 182 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 183 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 186 Curfew
- Ch 193 Development Fees
- Ch 198 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 199 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 207 Driveways
- Ch 211 Drug-Free Areas
- Ch 216 Dumping; Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 222 Environmental Impact Statement
- Ch 229 Farm, Right to
- Ch 235 Fees, General
- Ch 240 Fertilizers, Application of
- Ch 247 Firearms
- Ch 251 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 256 Fire Prevention
- Ch 262 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 267 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 273 Forest, Tree and Soil Preservation and Mitigation
- Ch 279 Games of Chance
- Ch 288 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 294 Ice-Retardant Systems
- Ch 300 Junk Dealers
- Ch 309 Limousines
- Ch 313 Littering; Handbills
- Ch 320 Mailboxes
- Ch 321 Noise
- Ch 326 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 330 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 331 Obscene Material
- § 331-1 Definitions.
- § 331-2 Prohibition against display of obscene material by retailers.
- § 331-3 Presumptive evidence.
- § 331-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 337 Open Pits, Trenches and Wells
- Ch 342 Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 344 Outdoor Heating Furnaces and Boilers
- Ch 348 Parking Area Maintenance
- Ch 353 Parks
- Ch 359 Canvassing, Soliciting and Peddling
- Ch 367 Property Maintenance
- Ch 368 Recreation Fees
- Ch 369 Registration of Vacant and Abandoned Properties
- Ch 370 Riparian Zones
- Ch 380 Sales, Special
- Ch 384 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 390 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 391 Sewage Systems
- Ch 395 Sewers
- Ch 403 Smoking; Sale of Tobacco Products
- Ch 407 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 412 Solid Waste
- Ch 416 Solid Waste Code
- Ch 417 Steep Slopes
- Ch 420 Stormwater Connections and Discharges
- Ch 424 Street Naming Map
- Ch 429 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 435 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 436 Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Management
- Ch 439 Stormwater Control
- Ch 443 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 445 Tattooing
- Ch 446 Taxation
- Ch 447 Taxicabs
- Ch 456 Towing
- Ch 460 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 472 (Reserved)
- Ch 481 Water
- Ch 490 Zoning
- Ch 491 Housing and Rental Property Standards
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Jefferson 12-7-2005
by Ord. No. 17-05. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Disorderly conduct — See Ch. 198.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any description, narrative account, display, depiction of a specified
anatomical area or specified sexual activity contained in, or consisting of,
a picture or other representation, publication or film, which, by means of
posing, composition, format or animated sensual details, emits sensuality
with sufficient impact to concentrate prurient interest on the area or activity.
It shall be unlawful for a retailer to display or permit to be displayed
at any place of business any obscene material as defined herein at a height
of less than five feet, or without a blinder or other covering placed or printed
on the front of the material displayed.
In any prosecution for violation of this chapter, the public display
on any business premises of the obscene material shall constitute presumptive
evidence that the retailer knowingly made or permitted the display.
Any violation of this chapter shall be sentenced in accordance with
the provisions under state law for violation of a petty disorderly offense,
including any violations for multiple offenses.
