City of Hoboken, NJ
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2024-02-21
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Part I Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 29 Ethics
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Article III Political Campaigning or Politicking on City Property
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration, Department of
- Ch 5 Revenue and Finance, Department of
- Ch 6 Administrative Affairs
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing, Council on
- Ch 9 Alcoholic Beverage Control, Board of
- Ch 11 Assessor
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Budget Operations
- Ch 19 Clerks, Municipal
- Ch 20 Community Development, Department of
- Ch 20A Professional Services Contracts
- Ch 20B Land Use Applicant Contribution Disclosure Statements
- Ch 20C (Reserved)
- Ch 20D (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Required Wage, Benefit and Leave Standards for Building Service Workers on Covered Development Projects
- Ch 25 Electronic Accessibility of Public Information
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 28 Public Records
- Ch 29 Ethics
- Ch 29 Art III Political Campaigning or Politicking on City Property
- § 29-13 Purpose.
- § 29-14 Definitions.
- § 29-15 General regulations.
- Ch 29A Financial Disclosure Statements
- Ch 30 Gift Policy
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 First Source Agreements
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 34A (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Civic Green Buildings
- Ch 36 Cannabis Review Board
- Ch 36A Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority
- Ch 37 Hoboken Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 38 Housing Authority
- Ch 39 Climate Action and Innovation, Department of
- Ch 42 Historic Preservation
- Ch 43 Self-Insurance Plan and Fund
- Ch 44 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 46 Public Property
- Ch 48 Library: Board of Trustees
- Ch 51 Mayor, Office of
- Ch 53 Nursing Service, Public Health
- Ch 54 Officers and Employees
- Ch 55 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 56 Transportation and Parking Utility
- Ch 56A Parklands
- Ch 57 Water Utility
- Ch 58 Parks, Recreation, and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 59 Police Department
- Ch 59A Public Safety, Department of
- Ch 60 Purchasing
- Ch 61 Rainforests, Protection of
- Ch 62 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 63 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 64 North Hudson Sewerage Authority
- Ch 64A Transportation and Parking, Department of
- Ch 65 Youth-Serving Organizations
- General Legislation
- Ch 65A Affordable Housing
- Ch 65B Development Fees
- Ch 66 Alarms
- Ch 68 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 68A Alcoholic Beverages: Temporary Provisions
- Ch 74 Amusement Devices; Vending Machines
- Ch 76 Asbestos and Dust Protection
- Ch 77 Auctioneers
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 79A Building Demolition
- Ch 80 Buildings and Dwellings, Dangerous or Unfit
- Ch 83 Certificates of Occupancy; Certificates of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 85 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 86 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 87 Crane Regulations
- Ch 89 Curfew; Civil Disturbances
- Ch 93 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 94 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 95 Dwellings; Minimum Standards
- Ch 97 Filming
- Ch 98 Firearms
- Ch 99 Fire Insurance Liens
- Ch 101 Fire Prevention
- Ch 104 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 108 Games of Chance on Sundays
- Ch 110 Garbage, Rubbish and Litter
- Ch 113 Glue, Sale and Use of
- Ch 115 Health/Sanitary Code
- Ch 116 Heating of Buildings; Fuel Oil
- Ch 118 Horse Flesh
- Ch 120 Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 125 Lead Paint
- Ch 128 Licenses
- Ch 133 Noise Control
- Ch 135 Nuclear-Free Zone
- Ch 136 Nuisances
- Ch 138 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 140 Parking Lots, Surface
- Ch 141 Parking Garages and Lots, Public
- Ch 141A Parking Permits
- Ch 145 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 146 Peddlers; Transient Merchants
- Ch 147 Mobile Retail Food Vendors
- Ch 148 Property Maintenance
- Ch 151 Recycling
- Ch 154 Rental Housing; Warehousing
- Ch 155 Rent Control
- Ch 158 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 Sales
- Ch 163 Sewers and Sewerage Disposal
- Ch 166 Stormwater Management
- Ch 168 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 168A (Reserved)
- Ch 171 Strike Employees
- Ch 177 Taxation
- Ch 179 Special Improvement District
- Ch 179A Taxicabs
- Ch 180 Shuttle Buses
- Ch 180A Limousines
- Ch 183 Tattoo, Body Piercing, and Body Art Establishments
- Ch 184 Towing
- Ch 185 Body-Piercing Parlors
- Ch 187 Union Label, Use of
- Ch 190 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 191 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 192 Parking for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 193 Water
- Ch 194 Waterfront
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 196 Zoning
- Ch 197 Government Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 198 Third-Party Takeout and Delivery Service Fees
- Ch 199 Service Worker Retention
- Ch 201 Rebuild by Design Regulations
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 200 Board of Health Legislation
- Appendix
- Ch A260 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A261 Mobile Digital Data Communications Systems
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 7-18-2019 by Ord.
No. B-180]
The purpose of this article is to ban the use of government
buildings, property and equipment for political campaigning and politicking.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any activity that tries to persuade or even force others
to vote for or against a particular political party, candidate or
ballot proposition.
A.
No elected official nor any employee of his or her office nor any person appointed to, employed by or contracting for the City may use or authorize the use of any public property (as defined in § 29-11), directly or indirectly, for the purpose of political campaigning or politicking for or against election of any person to any office or for the promotion of or opposition to any ballot proposition. This section shall include the use of public employees of the City during working hours, vehicles, office space, publications created by the City of Hoboken, the City's website, official City communications, and e-mail lists of persons served by the City.
B.
The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to the following
activities:
(1)
Action taken at an open public meeting by the City Council to express
a collective decision or to actually vote upon a motion, proposal,
resolution, order or ordinance, or to support or oppose a ballot proposition
so long as a) any required notice of the meeting includes the title
of the ballot proposition, and b) members of the City Council or members
of the public are afforded an approximate equal opportunity for the
expression of an opposing view;
(2)
A statement by an elected official in support of or in opposition
to any ballot proposition at an open press conference or in response
to a specific inquiry.
C.
Reporting requirements. It shall be the responsibility of any employee,
appointee or elected official who observes any prohibited forms of
political campaigning or politicking to report such conduct to the
Business Administrator or the Corporation Counsel, who shall report
same to the Mayor and the City Council.
D.
Violation. A violation of any provision of this article shall be
considered a violation of the City Code of Ethics and may subject
the municipal official, employee or appointee to disciplinary action.
