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Township of Bloomfield, NJ
Essex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Bloomfield Council 11-19-1962 as Ch. 20 of the 1962 Code (Ch. 190 of the 1987 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any portion of lawn or other cultivated ground in any park within the Township when forbidden so to do by an official sign or other official notification.
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall encumber or obstruct any sidewalk or other areas of any park in the Township with any article or thing whatsoever without having first obtained permission therefor from the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, deposit or leave any paper or waste material whatsoever in or upon any part of the surface of any park within the Township or in or upon any park property or appurtenance therein except in the receptacles provided in such park for that purpose.
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or erect any booth, stand or other structure or to place any wagon or other vehicle, except such as may be propelled by hand and adapted for the carrying of children, invalids or dolls, on or in any park of the Township without the written permission of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
[Amended 11-2-1987; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within any park of the Township any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever or to display or distribute any advertising device, circular or card in any such park without the written permission of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any bird, being free and undomesticated, in any park in the Township or to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any squirrel, fish or other animal, being the property of the Township, in any such park.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, damage or anywise injure any statuary, pedestal or other structure or park appurtenance whatsoever in a park in the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to utter any profane, threatening or abusive language or loud outcry, perform any obscene or indecent act, commit any nuisance, solicit any contribution or subscription or play any game of chance in any park within the Township or bring into such park any instrument of chance or gambling whatsoever.
[Added 11-2-1987; amended 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 08-18]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in § 1-15, General penalty, of this Code.