[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 86:72 as Sec. 3-5 of the 1986 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide regulations for the posting
of campaign advertising material and to prescribe penalties for the violation
of these regulations.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any circular, handbill, banner, card, statement, advertisement, poster,
printed sticker, painted words or material having reference to any primary,
general or special election or to the adoption or rejection of any public
question at any primary, general or special election.
Any individual, candidate, corporation, political committee, citizens'
committee, partnership, organization, association or any committee or group
of persons.
Any place or thing used for public purposes, including but not limited
to traffic signal poles, traffic signal facilities, utility poles, parking
meters, any other type of pole, trees, United States mail receptacles, litter
receptacles, benches, bus shelters, vacant buildings, fences bordering vacant
lots, public buildings, or any object affixed to or placed upon the street
or sidewalks, which are affixed or placed thereon, for public purposes, or
for the use of the public.
Any sign, bulletin, poster or other written or printed advertising,
or any such reference to a gathering, meeting, show or other event of a public,
quasi-public or private nature.
A.
Painting on streets or public facilities prohibited.
No person, as defined herein, shall paint or cause to be painted any words
or symbols upon any street or sidewalk, or upon any public facility, as defined
herein.
B.
Posting on public facilities prohibited. No campaign
material or special event material shall be affixed upon any public place
or public facility.
C.
Signs on private property. No campaign or special event
material shall be painted or affixed upon any private property or private
fence or private tree without the consent of the owner.
Any campaign or special event material posted in a lawful manner upon any vacant or unattended place shall be removed by the person responsible not later than 14 days subsequent to the event or election to which it refers. All persons responsible for removal of the material who do not remove same within this fourteen-day time period shall receive by certified mail a warning of violation, requiring removal within seven days from receipt thereof. After expiration of this seven-day grace period, the penalty provision of § 334-7 shall go into effect.
All campaign material and special event material shall bear upon the
face thereof a statement of the name and address of the person
by whom the cost of the printing, copying or publishing and posting therefor
has been or is to be defrayed and in a case of campaign material, shall bear
the name and address of the person by whom the same is printed, copied or
published in accordance with N.J.S.A. 19:34-38.1.
[Amended by Ord. No. 91:4]
The person responsible for removal of campaign or special event material in accordance with § 334-4 shall be liable for fines and penalties as described in Chapter 1 of the Township Code entitled "General Provisions," § 1-17 entitled "Violations and penalties," for any material which has been unlawfully posted or which has not been removed within seven days of receipt by certified mail of a warning of a violation pursuant to § 334-4. Each day the person responsible to remove said campaign or special event material shall fail to remove same, subsequent to the seven-day grace period, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punishable as such.
The Police Department shall be charged with the enforcement of this
chapter.
