Borough of Clayton, NJ
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2022-12-29
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 59A Fireworks
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrator
- Ch 3 Attendance Policy
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Checks, Returned
- Ch 5A Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 5B Clayton Emergency Responder Award
- Ch 6 Code Enforcement Officer
- Ch 6A Communications and Notifications
- Ch 7 Contracts, Public
- Ch 8 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 9 Deputy Borough Clerk
- Ch 9A Environmental Commission
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 11 Fire Assistance, Intermunicipal
- Ch 12 Historic Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 Housing Authority
- Ch 14 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 15A Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 16 Park and Recreation Committee
- Ch 17 Parks and Recreation Escrow Account
- Ch 18 Personnel
- Ch 20 Police Assistance, Intermunicipal
- Ch 21 Police Department
- Ch 23 Recycling Enforcement Officer
- Ch 25 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 27 Tuition Credit Program
- Ch 28 Veterans Committee
- Ch 29 Water and Sewer Utility, Municipal
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 31 Address Map
- Ch 31A Affordable Housing
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 36 Amusements
- Ch 39 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 40 Body Art
- Ch 41 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 43 Buildings and Structures, Dangerous
- Ch 44 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 45 Buildings: Certificate of Occupancy
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 48 Crossing Guards
- Ch 50 Curfew
- Ch 52 Dangerous Substances, Transportation and Disposal of
- Ch 53 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 55 Drive-In Restaurants and Shopping Centers
- Ch 56 Drugs
- Ch 57 Street/Right-Of-Way Road Opening Permits
- Ch 57A Fees
- Ch 58 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 58A Fire Suppression and Key Boxes
- Ch 59 Fire Prevention
- Ch 59A Fireworks
- § 59A-1 Use and sale restricted; explosives and toy guns.
- § 59A-2 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 59B (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Garbage and Trash
- Ch 61 Grading
- Ch 62 Graffiti
- Ch 63 Housing Standards
- Ch 64 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 64A Handicapped Parking
- Ch 64B Junkyards
- Ch 65 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 65A Licenses and Permits
- Ch 66 Littering
- Ch 67 Massage Establishments
- Ch 67A Parades and Exhibitions
- Ch 68 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 68A Peace and Good Order
- Ch 69 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 71 Police Panel Alarm System
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 Precious Metal Merchants
- Ch 74 Property Maintenance
- Ch 76 Rental Property
- Ch 78 Sewers
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 80A Soil Removal
- Ch 81 Storage, Outdoor
- Ch 81A Storm Sewer System
- Ch 82 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Taxation
- Ch 86 Tobacco Sales
- Ch 86A Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 87 Trees
- Ch 88 Unified Development
- Ch 89 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 90 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 91 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 93 Water
- Ch 94 Water Conservation
- Ch 95 Yard Sales
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Youth Sports
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 99 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 102 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 108 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 110 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 116 Sanitation
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 (Reserved)
- Ch 121 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A125 Council Bylaws
- Ch A126 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A127 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Clayton 6-28-1979 by Ord. No.
79-11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 59.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without first obtaining
a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 21:3-3 et seq., to offer for sale, expose
for sale, sell, possess, use or explode any blank cartridge, toy pistol,
toy cannon, toy cane or toy gun in which explosives are used; the
type of balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the same;
firecrackers; skyrockets, Roman candles, bombs, sparklers or other
fireworks of like construction; or any fireworks containing any explosive
or flammable compound or any tablets or other device commonly used
and sold as fireworks containing nitrates, chlorates, oxalates, sulphides
of lead, barium, antimony, arsenic, mercury, nitroglycerin or phosphorous,
or any compound containing any of the same or other explosives; or
any substance or combination of substances or article prepared for
the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration or detonation, other than aviation and railroad
signal flares, except:
A.
That it shall be lawful for any person to offer for sale, expose
for sale, sell, possess or use, or explode any toy pistol, toy cane,
toy gun, or other device in which paper or plastic caps containing
.25 grain or less of explosive compound per cap are used, providing
they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with
the cap when in place for use, and toy pistol paper or plastic caps
which contain less than .20 grain of explosive mixture per cap; and
B.
As further provided in N.J.S.A. 21:3-1 et seq.
Any person violating any portion of the preceding section shall
be subject to a penalty:
A.
For selling, offering or exposing for sale or having in possession
with intent to sell any fireworks as herein mentioned, the sum of
$100 for each offense or by imprisonment in the county jail for a
period of 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court having jurisdiction.
B.
For using, discharging or causing to be discharged, ignited, fired
or otherwise set in action or having in possession any fireworks,
a sum not exceeding $100 for each offense.
