[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Barnegat 8-19-85 as Ordinance No. 1985-25. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Editor's Note: Former Chapter 72, Vehicles, Unlicensed,
adopted 10-15-73, was repealed and replaced in entirety by Ordinance
No. 1985-25.
The purpose of this chapter is to control and regulate unlicensed
motor vehicles and certain licensed vehicles within the Township of
Barnegat in order to preserve the public peace and order and to protect
the health and welfare of the general public of the township.
MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLES
Includes but is not limited to mini-bikes, motor scooters,
go-carts, swamp buggies, mopeds and snowmobiles and any other motor-driven
vehicle not capable of being registered under Title 39, Motor Vehicles,
of the New Jersey revised statutes, as amended, except such vehicles
as are in such title expressly exempted from registration.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit and
suffer to be operated a motor-driven vehicle, as defined herein, within
the Township of Barnegat, under the following circumstances:
A. On private property of another without the express, prior, written
consent of the owner and the occupant of said property.
B. On any public grounds or property.
C. In such manner as to create loud, unnecessary or unusual noise so
as to disturb or interfere with the peace and quiet of other persons.
D. In a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger or
be likely to endanger the safety or property of any person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit and
suffer to be operated a licensed motor vehicle upon private property
without the express prior, written consent of the owner and the occupant
of said property. This shall apply to publicly-owned property such
as parks and playgrounds but shall not apply to streets and roadways.
A. Any person under the age of eighteen (18) years who shall violate
any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a juvenile
delinquent and shall be proceeded against as such.
B. Any person who violates any one (1) or more of the provisions of
this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.) for each separate offense and/or confinement in the
Ocean County Jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days.
In the case of a continuing violation or violations, a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars ($500.) may be assessed for each day
that said violation or violations are not corrected. A separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.