[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Lavallette. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 46-1, Public intoxication,
was repealed 7-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-11 (1110).
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to commit any lewd act as prohibited by N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4a on any of
the streets, beaches, boardwalks or other public places of this Borough.
No person shall appear or travel on any street, avenue, highway, road,
boardwalk, beach, beachfront or waterway located in the Borough of
Lavallette or appear in any public place, store or any business open
to the public in said Borough in a state of nudity, nor shall any
person dress or undress in any public place or in public view within
the Borough. A person shall be found in a state of nudity when clothing
or absence of clothing completely exposes to public view a person's
anus, genitals, pubic area or female breasts. No person shall urinate
or defecate in or on any public place within the Borough of Lavallette.
The prohibition in this section shall not apply to children under
the age of four who are in such a state for purposes of changing or
being changed from bathing wear to outer wear.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to ring bells or to cry out, so as to disturb the peace and quiet
in the Borough of Lavallette.
It shall be unlawful to permit the exhaust of
any motorboat to emit disturbing noises on any of the waters within
this Borough between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
No person shall solicit or distribute anything,
for any purpose, on the public boardwalk or public beaches in the
Borough of Lavallette.
[Added 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-21 (956)]
A searchlight, being a lighting apparatus with
reflectors for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately
parallel rays, shall not be operated in the Borough of Lavallette
for any nonemergent purpose.
Each of the following acts are hereby prohibited
in this municipality:
A.
As defined and prohibited by N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3, no
person shall commit the disorderly persons offense of trespass in
the Borough of Lavallette.
B.
No person shall lodge in the open air on any public
property, street or highway without permission of the owner of said
property so to do.
C.
As defined and prohibited by N.J.S.A. 2C:5-5, no person
shall commit the disorderly persons offense of possession of burglar's
tools.
D.
As defined and prohibited by N.J.S.A. 2C:17-3, no
person shall commit the disorderly persons offense of criminal mischief
within the Borough of Lavallette.
E.
No person other than officers of the law shall fire
or discharge any firearm in this municipality, at any time, except
for target practice and then only under the supervision and with the
approval of the Municipal Police Department.
F.
No person shall at any time use any automobile, truck
or other vehicle located on any public or private street or any public
or private lot in the Borough of Lavallette for sleeping purposes.
A.
No person shall willfully hinder or obstruct any member
of the Fire Department, Police Department or First Aid while said
member is in the performance of his or her duty.
B.
No person shall drive any vehicle over a fire hose
except upon specific order from the Chief or other officer of the
Fire Department acting in his or her official capacity.
[Amended 6-11-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09 (1108)]
In addition to any penalty set forth therein, violations of the Ordinances of the Borough of Lavallette regarding false alarms, § 2-6, alcoholic beverages, §§ 3-1 to 3-11, animals, §§ 6-1 to 6-22, places of public resort, §§ 7-1 to 7-18, brush, grass and weeds, §§ 12-1 to 12-6, noise, §§ 43-1 to 43-13 and peace and good order, §§ 46-1 to 46-9, are hereby declared to be nuisances which unreasonably annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the Borough of Lavallette and which may be abated in accordance with such statutes or regulations as are made and provided for the appropriate municipal official or officials of the Borough of Lavallette.
[Amended 6-11-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09 (1108)]
A.
It shall be unlawful if, with purpose to cause public inconvenience,
annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof a person
engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior
which unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort,
repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the
Borough of Lavallette, or creates a hazardous or physically dangerous
condition by any act which unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures
or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others
within the limits of the Borough of Lavallette.
B.
"Public" shall mean affecting or likely to affect persons in a place
to which the public or a substantial group has access; among the places
included are places of public resort, sidewalk portions of any retail
enterprise or restaurant, highways, transport facilities, schools,
prisons, apartment houses or places of business or amusement, or any
neighborhood access leading to a place of public resort.
Any person, firm, or corporation that shall
be convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction whereof by any court authorized by law to hear and
determine the matter, be subject to a fine of no less than $100 and
no more than $1,000, imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or community
service of not more than 90 days, or any combination of fine, imprisonment
and community service, as such court in its discretion may impose.
Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
