[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Stone Harbor as Sec. 4-31 of the 1982 Revised General
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any juvenile, herein
defined as a person under the age of 17 years, to be on any public
street or in any public place between the hours of 12:00 midnight
and 6:00 a.m., unless accompanied by the juvenile's parent or guardian,
or unless engaged in or traveling to or from a business or occupation
which the laws of the State of New Jersey authorize a juvenile to
perform.
[Added 3-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1251]
It shall be unlawful for a juvenile of any age
under 18 years within the discretion of the municipality to be in
any public place during the hours when the juvenile is required to
be in attendance at either a public or nonpublic school unless the
juvenile is accompanied by a parent or guardian or is carrying written
permission from the juvenile's educational authority allowing the
juvenile to be in a public place.
A juvenile engaging in an errand involving a
medical emergency, or a juvenile attending extracurricular school
activities, or a juvenile attending activities such as cultural, educational
and social events sponsored by religious or community-based organizations,
shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 6-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1642; 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 1648]
Any person convicted of a violation of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be required to perform community
service, and shall be subject to a fine of at least $50, and no more
than $1,000. A violation of this section, in combination with conduct
by the offender that either causes terror and/or alarm to others,
incites violence, hinders or obstructs any Borough employee in performance
of its duties, is unreasonably loud and/or boisterous, offends the
sensibilities of the public given the time and place of the conduct,
and/or otherwise has a deleterious impact on public order, shall constitute
a breach of the peace.
