City of Perth Amboy, NJ
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2023-07-12
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 250 Graffiti
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Article I Prohibited Acts
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Arts Council
- Ch 10 Bonds
- Ch 14 Citizens' Public Safety Advisory Board
- Ch 16 Civil Service
- Ch 20 Code of Ethics
- Ch 27 Court
- Ch 34 Education Board of
- Ch 36 Elections
- Ch 38 Electrical Bureau
- Ch 44 Fire Department
- Ch 53 Honorary Naming of Streets or Public Areas and Acceptance and Placement of Monuments
- Ch 56 Housing Authority
- Ch 59 Insurance Fund
- Ch 65 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 78 Parking Utility
- Ch 85 Personnel Policies
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Police Department
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 Public Contracting
- Ch 99 Redevelopment
- Ch 101 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 105 School Traffic Guards
- Ch 108 Seal
- Ch 115 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Ch 120 Youth Services Bureau
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 125 Abandoned Property List
- Ch 129 Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
- Ch 132 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 135 Alarm Systems
- Ch 137 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 140 Amusement Devices
- Ch 147 Auctions
- Ch 150 Auto Liveries
- Ch 153 Beach Regulations
- Ch 158 Bicycles
- Ch 162 (Reserved)
- Ch 166 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 170 (Reserved)
- Ch 173 (Reserved)
- Ch 175 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 178 Cats
- Ch 181 Certificate of Code Compliance
- Ch 182 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Clubs
- Ch 184 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 185 Construction/Demolition
- Ch 186 Construction Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 189 Curfew
- Ch 191 Dance Halls
- Ch 195 Disasters and Emergencies
- Ch 199 Dogs
- Ch 200 Downtown Family Restaurant and Entertainment District
- Ch 202 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 204 (Reserved)
- Ch 207 Emergency Damage Contractors and Board-Up
- Ch 212 Explosives
- Ch 217 Filming
- Ch 221 Fire Alarm: Boats
- Ch 222 (Reserved)
- Ch 224 Firearms and Hunting.
- Ch 227 Fire Prevention
- Ch 229 Fishing, Crabbing and Related Activities
- Ch 230 Fireworks
- Ch 231 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 233 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 234 Food Establishments, Licensing of
- Ch 238 Fumigation
- Ch 243 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 246 Gasoline: Bulk Sales and Storage
- Ch 250 Graffiti
- Ch 250 Art I Prohibited Acts
- § 250-1 Definitions.
- § 250-2 Use prohibited.
- § 250-3 Encouragement or assistance in violation.
- § 250-4 Violation by minors.
- § 250-4.1 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 255 Handbills
- Ch 255A Handicapped Parking
- Ch 256 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 258 Historic Preservation
- Ch 259 Home Improvement Contractors
- Ch 260 Identification Card Program
- Ch 261 Insurance
- Ch 266 Junkyards
- Ch 268 Land Use Deposits and Fees
- Ch 269 (Reserved)
- Ch 270 Leaf Collection
- Ch 271 Legal Capacity, Age of
- Ch 274 Library
- Ch 275 Licensed Occupations
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 281 (Reserved)
- Ch 286 (Reserved)
- Ch 287 Markets
- Ch 291 Meat Packaging and Labeling
- Ch 295 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 299 Music Vending Machines
- Ch 301 (Reserved)
- Ch 304 Noise
- Ch 308 Nuisances
- Ch 311 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 312 Parking Meter Zones
- Ch 312A Parks and Recreation
- Ch 313 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 317 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 320 (Reserved)
- Ch 321 Pet Shops
- Ch 326 (Reserved)
- Ch 327 Political Fundraising on Government Property
- Ch 329 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 331 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 332 Preparations and Medicines
- Ch 335 Property Maintenance
- Ch 337 Property Registration
- Ch 339 Property, Vacant and Abandoned; Registration and Maintenance
- Ch 341 Publications, Obscene
- Ch 343 Public Entertainment and Special Permits
- Ch 346 Railroads
- Ch 349 Ratproofing
- Ch 351 Recycling
- Ch 353 Rent Control
- Ch 356 Riparian Buffer Conservation Zone
- Ch 359 Sales, Special
- Ch 362 Sanitation
- Ch 364 Security Systems, Voluntary Registry
- Ch 365 Sewers
- Ch 366 Sex Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 368 Shopping Carts
- Ch 371 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 374 Signs and Building Facades: Business Improvement District
- Ch 377 Smoking and Lighted Objects
- Ch 380 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 381 Special Improvement District
- Ch 382 Steep Slopes
- Ch 383 Storm Sewer Systems
- Ch 384 Stormwater Management
- Ch 386 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Street Performers
- Ch 389 Strikebreakers
- Ch 392 (Reserved)
- Ch 400 Tattooing
- Ch 402 Taxation
- Ch 404 Taxicabs
- Ch 406 Telephones, Public
- Ch 408 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 411 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 412 Vehicles, Off-Road and All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 414 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 418 Water
- Ch 420 Waterfront
- Ch 422 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 425 Wreckers
- Ch 429 Zoning Applications—Contribution Disclosures
- Ch 430 Zoning and Land Development
- Ch 432 Zoning - Inclusionary Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A435 Air Pollution Control Contract
- Ch A436 Council Rules of Procedure
- Ch A437 (Reserved)
- Ch A438 Cable Television and Communications Franchise
- Ch A439 Fiber-Optic Cable Lines
- Ch A440 Redevelopment Plan Amendments
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-20-1987 as Ord. No. 424-87; amended 9-13-00 by Ord. No. 1051-2000]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this chapter:
The drawing, painting or making any mark or inscription on
public or private real property or personal property with or without
the permission of the owner.
Any paint or pigmented substance that is in an aerosol similar
spray container.
No person shall write, print or place, with ink, paint, chalk
or other substances, graffiti on the real or personal property of
another, whether said personal or real property is publicly or privately
owned.
It shall be unlawful for any parent, legal guardian or other
person having custody and care of any minor child under the age of
eighteen (18) years to assist, aid, abet, allow, permit or encourage
said minor to violate the provisions of this Article, as defined herein,
either by words, overt act, by failing to act or by lack of supervision
and control over said minor child.
Any minor child under the age of eighteen (18) years apprehended
for the violation of this Article shall be brought before a Judge
of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, and the parent,
legal guardian or other person having care and custody of said minor
shall be summoned or arrested and brought before the Judge of the
Municipal Court of the City of Perth Amboy and be subject to the penalties
provided herein.
A.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall,
upon conviction thereof before the Judge of the Municipal Court of
the City of Perth Amboy, be subject to a fine of not less than five
hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days in
the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal
Court of the City of Perth Amboy, and each violation of any of the
provisions of this Article shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.
[Amended 5-27-2009 by Ord. No. 1464B-2009]
B.
An exception to this section shall be any minor child under the age
of eighteen (18) years who shall, upon conviction, be subject to the
penalties imposed on him by the Judge of the Superior Court, Chancery
Division, Family Part.
C.
All fines paid to the City of Perth Amboy for a violation of this
chapter shall be collected and placed in a fund to be kept under the
City Clerk. The fund shall be used to cover the costs of removal of
the graffiti.
