[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Montville by Ord. No. 1308 as Chs. 9.04, 9.08 and 9.12 of the
1998 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
False alarms — See Ch. 79.
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 85.
Animals — See Ch. 91.
Drug-free school zones — See Ch. 143.
Firearms — See Ch. 178.
Fishing — See Ch. 195.
Graffiti — See Ch. 213.
Littering — See Ch. 241.
Noise — See Ch. 255.
Obscene material — See Ch. 260.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 281.
Tobacco — See Ch. 348.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A retail or wholesale establishment.
Any two or more persons gathered together and acting in a
boisterous, noisy, riotous, offensive, disorderly or threatening manner
toward each other or others, or committing any act or acts which in
any way breach or disturb the peace or tend to breach or disturb the
peace.
Any building or structure or any part thereof which is used
for gambling or which is frequented by prostitutes, criminals, gamblers,
vagrants or persons violating the law or in which the law is habitually
violated.
Any building or structure or any part thereof in which prostitution,
lewdness or other unlawful sexual acts are permitted.
Any person under the age of 18 years.
Any human being, including minors. Includes corporations.
The singular number as used herein shall include the plural.
All acts constituting lewd, immoral or indecent
conduct; unlawful destruction of property; willful injuries to or
unlawful interference with persons; hazards to the public health;
and breaches or disturbances of the peace not expressly hereinbefore
mentioned, are hereby severally prohibited.
[Amended 2-28-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-09]
All fines imposed and collected under and by
virtue of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Township
of Montville.
[Amended 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-43]
No person or persons, whether owner, tenant,
occupant or guest, shall suffer or take part in any drunken, riotous
or other disorderly conduct that shall disturb the peace and quiet
of any family or neighbor or any of the inhabitants of this Township.
A.
No person shall intentionally appear on any street,
avenue, road, highway or other public place in a state of nudity,
or make any indecent exposure of his or her person, or commit or cause
to be committed or participate in the commission of any lewd or indecent
act or behavior.
B.
No person or persons shall urinate or defecate or
commit any kindred nuisance in any public street, highway, public
or quasi-public place, such street, highway, public or quasi-public
place not being provided for such purpose.
No person shall, within the limits of this Township,
disrobe in any automobile, truck or vehicle while the same is upon
any public parking place, street, road or avenue, public park or other
public place.
No person shall, within the limits of this Township,
bathe in a state of nudity, swim in a state of nudity or be found
in a state of nudity in the waters of any pond, stream or lake or
in waters adjacent thereto.
No person shall intentionally and willfully
look into any window, door or other opening of any house or building
with the intention of looking at or watching any person or persons
partially or completely disrobed therein, or engage in the practice
of what is commonly known as a "peeping Tom."
No person shall sell or offer to sell any lewd
or indecent picture, book, device or thing, or exhibit or perform
or cause to be exhibited or performed any lewd, immoral or indecent
dance, show, play or other presentation.
No person shall maintain or cause or permit
to be maintained a disorderly house or house of ill fame in any building
or structure or on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him
or her; nor shall any person permit any building or other structure
or any premises owned or occupied or controlled by him or her to be
frequented or used by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes,
gamblers or vagrants.
No person shall, by word, act, sign or other
device, invite, solicit or aid or abet in inviting or soliciting unlawful
sexual intercourse or any other unlawful, lewd, indecent or lascivious
act.
No person shall disturb the exercises of any
school or molest or give annoyance to children attending such school
or any teacher therein.
No person shall interfere with, hinder, disturb
or obstruct the proceedings, functions or deliberations of the Township
Committee, the Board of Health or any other official body of the Township
of Montville.
No person shall hinder, obstruct or molest any
officer of the law in the performance of his duties, nor shall any
person willfully refuse or neglect to assist any officer of the law
when lawfully called upon to do so. Nor shall any person knowingly
resist or oppose any person authorized by law to make arrests or to
serve any writ, bill, order or process when the person so authorized
is acting in the performance of his duty.
No person shall willfully obstruct, molest,
hinder, annoy, frighten, threaten, insult or interfere with any other
person or persons lawfully upon a public thoroughfare or in any public
place or in any automobile, bus or other public or private conveyance
lawfully upon any public thoroughfare.
No person shall willfully engage in any fight,
assault, quarrel, brawl, battery or altercation; nor shall any person
participate in or incite by overt act or acts any disturbance or riot
or any unruly, boisterous, noisy, unlawful or disorderly assemblage
constituting a breach or disturbance of the peace.
No person shall conduct himself or herself in
or about the Township of Montville having concealed upon his or her
person any picklock, key, crowbar, jack, bit or other implement with
an intent to break or enter into any building, or shall have upon
his or her person any pistol, hanger, cutlass, bludgeon or other offensive
or dangerous weapon; nor shall any person be apprehended having upon
his or her person, whether concealed or not, any of the foregoing
articles or things with the intent of committing any unlawful act;
nor shall any person be found in or near any dwelling house, warehouse,
stable, barn or coach house, garage, smokehouse or any place of public
resort or assemblage for business, worship or amusement or other lawful
purpose with intent to steal any goods or chattels; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to law officers and other persons
duly authorized under certain statutes of this state to carry proper
weapons of defense. Possession of any of the foregoing articles on
a public thoroughfare shall be prima facie evidence of such intent.
No person shall willfully and maliciously ring
or cause to be rung any bell or alarm of any fire company or ambulance
association, thereby giving or causing to be given a false alarm of
fire or ambulance call, or shall willfully send any message of false
alarm of fire or ambulance call by telephone or by any other method
or means.
No person shall, during an alarm of fire, willfully
hinder, prevent or deter in any manner or by any device whatsoever
any fireman or other person from rendering lawful assistance in abating
or quelling such fire, or willfully hinder or interfere with any fireman
from going to or returning from the place where any building or other
property is on fire or from which an alarm proceeds; nor shall any
person hinder or obstruct the passage of any fire engine, hook and
ladder truck or any fire apparatus in going to or from the place from
which an alarm of fire proceeds or where any building or other property
may be burning.
No person shall, within the limits of the Township,
go about from door to door or place himself or herself on any sidewalk,
street or streets or other public place or places, to beg or gather
alms, unless said persons shall first register with the Chief of Police
of the Township of Montville and unless said person shall have a permit
from the proper authorities if said permit is required by law.
No person shall play for money or other valuable
thing with a slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine
or with any other instrument, engine, apparatus or device of chance;
and no person shall have or keep in his place of business or other
premises any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine
or any other instrument, engine, apparatus or device of chance which
may be used for the purpose of playing for money or other valuable
thing.
No person shall set up, keep or maintain, or
permit to be set up, kept or maintained, in any house or premises
any faro table, faro bank, roulette wheel or other device or game
of chance for the purpose of gaming, or any cockpit or other place
for animals to fight; nor shall any person hold or permit to be held
in any house or premises any dogfight, cockfight or any sparring contest
for a purse or money prize or other prize of value; nor shall any
person attend or participate in any of the above-named activities.
A.
Prohibited acts.
(1)
No person shall maliciously destroy, damage or injure
any property within the Township, public or private, other than his
own.
(2)
No person shall destroy or aid or abet in destroying
any public building or public work and no person shall injure, tarnish,
deface or besmirch any public building, work, tree, light or traffic
post, fence, streetlight post, telephone, telegraph or electric power
pole, fire hydrant, aboveground facilities, monument, statue, flagpole
or the contents and fixtures of any public play area, park or stadium.
(3)
No person or persons shall willfully upset refuse
containers or garbage cans or containers.
(4)
No person or persons shall throw objects from a moving
vehicle within Township limits.
(5)
No person or persons shall destroy, tamper with or
injure any post, alarm box, wire, whistle, bell or other apparatus
or mechanism or equipment belonging to the fire alarm system, or interfere
with the same or any part thereof, damaging such or causing a false
alarm.
(6)
No person or persons shall injure, damage or tamper
with, at any time or at any place, any fire truck or fire engine or
similar apparatus, hose, ladders, police cars or police equipment.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle or other vehicle over fire hose
or fire equipment except as authorized by the fire officer in charge.
B.
No person or persons shall affix, in any manner whatsoever,
on telephone, telegraph or light or power poles or public buildings,
any handbills, placards or displays or advertisements of any kind
or nature; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply
to the posting of such public notices as may be required by law or
the municipal governing body.
No person shall mutilate or remove any notice,
or damage, destroy or remove any warning sign or signal, or remove
any barricade placed or posted on any highway in connection with or
relating to the closing of any road; nor drive any vehicle over or
upon the closed portion of any highway; nor violate any rule or regulation
for the use of any highway.
No person shall unnecessarily obstruct any street,
road, avenue, highway, alley or public place with any kind of vehicle
or vehicles or with a box or boxes, lumber, wood or any other thing,
but the provisions of this section shall not prevent persons who are
building from occupying, until notified by any authorized Township
official to cease such occupancy, 1/2 of the street in front of the
place where they are building, unless another person is building on
the opposite side of the street, in which case neither shall occupy
more than 1/4 of the street. No person who is building shall continue
such occupancy of any street after notice from any authorized Township
official or police officer to discontinue the same.
No person shall, within the limits of the Township,
throw, discard or litter any tin cans, bottles, garbage or refuse
of any kind whatsoever into the waters of any pond, stream or lake
or into waters adjacent thereto, or discharge any sewage or waste
into said waters of any pond, stream or lake or into waters adjacent
thereto, or discharge any sewage or waste into said waters or any
of them, or pollute the said waters or any of them in any manner whatsoever;
nor shall any person throw, discard or litter, or suffer or permit
or cause the discarding of, refuse, trash or garbage of any kind whatsoever
upon any private property, whether owned by such person or not, or
any public road, thoroughfare, etc., within the Township of Montville.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-10; 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-43]
A.
No person owning a dog, cat, or other animal shall
allow such animal to run at large within the boundaries of the Township
except in designated areas within the Montville Township Dog Park
with a permit.
B.
No person owning a dog, cat, or other animal shall allow such animal within the boundaries of any municipal playground. Pets on a leash are permitted outside playground areas in all Township parks. Any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal shall be responsible to immediately remove any animal waste in accordance with § 91-23, Defiling on public property prohibited.
No person shall utilize or enter upon the following
lands owned or operated by the Board of Education of the Township
of Montville from dusk until dawn:
A.
Playgrounds at the William Mason School, Woodmont
School, Hilldale School, Valley View School, Cedar Hill School and
Middle School. Signs containing notice of these regulations shall
be conspicuously posted on these properties by the Board of Education.
[Added 6-22-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-14]
Pursuant to Section 31b of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory,
Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L. 2021,
c. 16), all cannabis establishments, cannabis distributors or cannabis
delivery services are hereby prohibited from operating anywhere in
the Township of Montville, except for the delivery of cannabis items
and related supplies by a delivery service.
