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 255 Handbills
- 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 255 Handbills
- Ch 255 Art I Distribution
- § 255-1 License required.
- § 255-2 Manner of distribution.
- § 255-3 Hours of distribution.
- § 255-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 255 Art II Posting
- § 255-5 Posting of bills prohibited.
- § 255-6 Enforcement.
- § 255-7 Violations and penalties.
- 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
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council (now the Council)
of the City of Perth Amboy: Art. I, 10-18-1897 as Ord. No. 379, amended in its entirety
at time of adoption of Code 12-21-1976 by Ord. No. 121-76 (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I); Adopted by the Council of the City of Perth Amboy: Art. II, 5-3-1994 as Ord. No. 719-94. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-18-1897 as Ord. No. 379; amended in its entirety 12-21-1976 by Ord. No. 121-76]
Any person or person desiring to distribute handbills or circulars within the City of Perth Amboy shall obtain a license from the City Clerk as required by Chapter 275, Licensed Occupations, and shall pay thereof the fee required by § 275-2 of said chapter; provided that no person shall be permitted to distribute handbills under the provisions of this chapter who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years.
Persons distributing handbills or circulars shall do so by handing
such materials to willing recipients upon the public streets or in
public places or at private residences, and no such materials shall
be placed under the windshield wipers of automobiles or in mailboxes
or newspaper tubes, and no such materials shall be thrown upon streets
or lawns.
Handbills may not be distributed before the hour of 9:00 a.m.
nor after the hour of 5:00 p.m.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not
more than ninety (90) days, or both.
[Adopted 5-3-1994 as Ord.
No. 719-94]
It shall be unlawful to post, attach or affix in any manner
any bill, poster, leaflet or sign of any kind on any tree, utility
pole, traffic sign post or any other post or pole on or along any
public right-of-way.
This Article shall be enforced by the Department of Police and
authorized employees of the Department of Public Works.
Any person, individual, firm or corporation who or which shall
violate or cause another to violate any of the provisions of this
Article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000) or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days,
or both, and each and every day in which said violation exists shall
constitute a separate violation.
