[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the City of East
Orange 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 2-2012. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Personnel policies — See Ch. 60.
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
The City of East Orange.
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No. 38-2018]
All areas between a floor and a ceiling, extending to the
outer perimeter walls of a structure.
The Department of Health and Human Services of the City of
East Orange.
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No. 38-2018]
The Health Officer of the City of East Orange or his/her
designee.
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No. 38-2018]
Any license issued by the City, including, but not limited
to, a liquor license, a license to sell or distribute food and beverages
or a license to permit vending machines and/or mechanical amusement
devices.
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No. 38-2018]
Any license to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages issued
by the City pursuant to the laws of the State of New Jersey.
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No. 38-2018]
Any male or female under the age of 18 years of age.
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No. 38-2018]
Includes all structures owned, leased, rented and/or operated
by the City of East Orange, and/or occupied by City employees and
used for official business of the City of East Orange.
Any product that is designed to deliver nicotine, nicotine
vapor or non-nicotine vapor, including, but not limited to, any type
of electronic smoking device defined as an electronic or other powered
device that can be used to deliver nicotine or other substances to
the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to,
an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo or pipe, or any cartridge
or other component of the device or related product, including, but
not limited to, any substances used in such devices, such as liquids
or powders or other forms of tobacco, but excluding United States
Food and Drug Administration approved nicotine patches or nicotine
chewing gum.
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No. 38-2018]
Includes all public parks, playgrounds, ball fields publicly
owned or leased by the City of East Orange, and all property owned
or leased by the City of East Orange upon which the public is invited
or upon which the public is permitted and where individuals gather
for recreational activities, including all areas adjacent to such
facilities, and including, but not limited to, any parking area driveway
or drive aisle.
An individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association,
personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee or any other
legal entity.
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No. 38-2018]
Any building or enclosed structure open to the general public
and any street, road, sidewalk, walkway, park or open space located
within the City and maintained for use by the general public.
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No. 38-2018]
The burning of, inhaling from, exhaling the smoke from, or
the possession of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other matter
or substance which contains tobacco or any other matter that can be
smoked, or the inhaling or exhaling of smoke or vapor from an electronic
smoking device.
Any product made from the tobacco plant for the purpose of,
including but not limited to, smoking, chewing, inhaling or other
use, including but not limited to cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco,
snuff, shisha and cigarettes in any form, or shall mean any other
matter or substance which can be smoked.
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No. 38-2018]
Any person that operates a store, stand, booth, concession
or place at which sales of tobacco are made, including a person that
owns, operates or uses a vending machine.
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No. 38-2018]
Any automated self-service device which, upon insertion of
money, tokens or other form of payment, dispenses a tobacco product
or nicotine delivery product.
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No. 38-2018]
A.
Smoking shall be prohibited in all municipal buildings as defined
herein. No-smoking signs or the international no-smoking symbol (consisting
of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a
red circle with a diagonal red line through its cross section) shall
be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted at each municipal
building entrance and within each closed area where smoking is prohibited
by this section. The signs shall be clearly visible to the public
and shall contain letters or a symbol which contrasts in color with
the sign, indicating that smoking is prohibited therein. The sign
shall also indicate that violators are subject to a fine.
B.
Smoking shall be prohibited within a thirty-five-foot radius of the
front entrance of all municipal buildings. No-smoking signs or the
international no-smoking symbol (consisting of a pictorial representation
of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a diagonal red
line through its cross section) shall be clearly, sufficiently and
conspicuously posted both on the building and at the thirty-five-foot
perimeter of the front entrance of all municipal buildings when smoking
is prohibited by this section. The signs shall be clearly visible
to the public and shall contain letters or a symbol, which shall also
indicate that violators are subject to a fine.
C.
Smoking shall be prohibited in all public parks and recreation facilities
owned or leased by the City of East Orange and all property owned
or leased by the City of East Orange upon which the public is invited
or upon which the public is permitted and where individuals gather
for recreational activities, including all areas adjacent to such
facilities, and including, but not limited to, any parking area, driveway
or drive aisle, which have been designated with no-smoking signs.
No-smoking signs or the international no-smoking symbol (consisting
of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a
red circle with a diagonal red line through its cross section) shall
be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted in all areas regulated
by this section. The signs shall be clearly visible to the public
and shall contain letters or a symbol which contrasts in color with
the sign, indicating that smoking is prohibited at the designated
area. The sign shall also indicate that violators are subject to a
fine.
D.
Smoking shall be prohibited in any vehicle registered to the City
of East Orange.
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No. 38-2018]
A.
No person shall sell, distribute or give tobacco or nicotine delivery
products in the City of East Orange unless an employee of the establishment
controls the sale of such products. A person may only sell tobacco
or nicotine delivery products in a direct, face-to-face exchange between
the retailer and the consumer. Self-service displays and all vending
machines of tobacco or nicotine delivery products shall be prohibited.
B.
No person shall sell, distribute, or give tobacco or nicotine delivery
products to any person under the age of 21 years.
C.
The purchase or attempted purchase, taking or borrowing of any tobacco
product by or on behalf of a person under the age of 21 is prohibited.
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No. 38-2018]
A.
Any retailer, employee or other person selling, distributing or giving
tobacco or nicotine delivery products shall verify, by means of government-issued
photographic identification containing the bearer's date of birth,
that no person purchasing the tobacco or nicotine-containing products
is younger than 21 years of age. No such verification is required
for any person over the age of 26.
B.
No clerk shall sell, furnish or give tobacco or nicotine delivery
products to a person less than 21 years of age who has a note or any
form of communication from any person, including an adult.
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No. 38-2018]
The following six-inch by eight-inch sign shall be posted in
a conspicuous place near each cash register in all retail establishments
which sell tobacco products and/or nicotine delivery products:
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SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCTS TO PERSONS
UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. LEGAL PROOF OF AGE MUST
BE SHOWN. A PERSON WHO SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL A TOBACCO PRODUCT OR
A NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCT TO A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE MAY
BE PROSECUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTES AND CITY OF EAST ORANGE
ORDINANCES. THE PURCHASE OR ATTEMPTED PURCHASE, TAKING OR BORROWING
OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCTS BY PERSONS UNDER
THE AGE OF 21 IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. A person UNDER AGE 21 who PURCHASES
OR ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE, TAKE OR BORROW a tobacco product OR A NICOTINE
DELIVERY PRODUCT to a person under 21 years of age may be prosecuted
in accordance with State Statutes and CITY OF EAST ORANGE ORDINANCES.
IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY RETAILER WHO IS VIOLATING THIS SECTION OF
THE LAW, PLEASE CONTACT THE EAST ORANGE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT (973)
266-5109.
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No. 38-2018]
Self-service displays and vending machines of tobacco or nicotine
delivery products shall be prohibited.
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A.
Whenever the Health Officer, or his or her designee, or a police
officer of the City of East Orange reasonably believes there exists
a violation of this chapter, such officer shall issue a summons and
complaint not later than 30 days after discovery of the alleged violation.
The complaint shall be written and shall state with reasonable particularity
the nature of the violation, including reference to the subsection(s)
of this chapter alleged to have been violated. The complaint shall
be delivered personally or sent via certified mail to the alleged
violator.
B.
The Health Officer, his/her designee or a police officer of the City,
after giving proper identification, and if no search or other warrant
is required by law, may summarily inspect any matter, thing, premises,
place, person, record, incident or event as necessary to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, willfully oppose,
or otherwise act to interfere with or obstruct the Health Officer
or his/her designee or any police officer in the performance of duties
under this section. The Health Officer or designee may request the
assistance of the police department when necessary to execute his
or her official duty in the manner prescribed by law.
D.
Citizens may bring complaints against violators of this chapter.
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A.
Unless otherwise provided by law, statute or ordinance, any person
violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
pay a fine of not less than $250 for the first violation, not less
than $500 for the second violation, and not less than $1,000 for the
third and each subsequent violation. Each violation, and every day
in which a violation occurs, shall constitute a separate violation.
The complaint shall be made in the Municipal Court or before such
other judicial officer having authority under the laws of the State
of New Jersey.
B.
In addition, any violator of this chapter shall be subject to having
any City license held by the violator suspended, revoked or fined.
No such action may be taken unless the requirements of due process
are satisfied.
C.
Any person who continually violates this chapter may also be charged
in the Municipal Court or in Superior Court with maintaining a nuisance.
D.
These penalties are in addition to any penalties that may be imposed,
including but not limited to penalties imposed by the New Jersey Code
of Juvenile Justice, N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51 et seq.,[1] and N.J.S.A. 2C:33-13.1 et seq.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51 was repealed by L.1999,
c. 90, § 19, effective 5-3-1999. See now N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-20
et seq.
E.
Each sale, furnishing or giving of tobacco and/or a nicotine delivery
product to any person under the age of 21, and each purchase or alleged
purchase, taking or borrowing of tobacco or a nicotine delivery product,
shall constitute a separate violation.
F.
Fines and sanctions associated with this section shall be dedicated
and forwarded to the Health Department to be used in connection with
education and enforcement of this chapter. The monies shall be maintained
by the Chief Financial Officer or Comptroller of the City of East
Orange.
G.
Individuals under the age of 21 who unlawfully purchase or attempt
to purchase, take or borrow any tobacco product or nicotine delivery
product may be subject to completing tobacco-related education classes,
diversion programs, or community service programs.
