[Adopted 3-1-1976 by Ord. No. 5-76 (Ch. 94 of the 1974 Code)]
The municipal tennis courts of the Borough of
Mendham shall be under the jurisdiction of the Recreation Committee
of the Borough Council.[1]
No person or persons shall play or enter upon
the municipal tennis courts unless and until such person has received,
under this article, a regularly numbered tennis privilege badge and
unless such badge is worn by such person in plain sight on the outside
of his or her clothing.
Such badge shall be procured from the Borough
Clerk, or such other officer or employee of the borough authorized
to act, by paying the fee hereinafter prescribed. A new badge shall
be procured for each season, which shall commence April 1 of each
year and end March 31 of the following year.
Guests may secure a special badge to play or enter upon the municipal courts, which shall be good for one hour of playing time. Said special badge shall be issued in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as regular badges, as set forth in this article. The fee as set forth in Chapter 102, Fees, shall be charged for said special badge. A guest must be sponsored by a holder of a badge, as set forth in § 143-6, which is in good standing, and the guests must be accompanied and escorted at the courts by the holder thereof. No one who is a resident of the borough shall be eligible for guest status under this section.
Such badge so issued shall not be transferable
and must not be used or worn by any other person other than the person
to whom issued. Any person to whom such badge is so issued who permits
another person to use his or her badge for the purpose of playing
or entering on said courts may have his or her badge and privilege
withdrawn, and in such case shall not again play or enter upon said
courts for a period of one month. The wearing of any such badge by
any person playing or entering on said courts other than the person
to whom the badge was issued shall be evidence under this article
of its transfer.
The Recreation Committee is hereby authorized
to formulate rules of conduct for the users of said courts and others
who may be upon the grounds immediately surrounding said courts, said
rules to be approved by the governing body. The rules shall not be
in force and effect until they are conspicuously posted at the courts.
No person who shall act in a loud, boisterous, lewd or indecent manner
or who shall curse or swear or who shall be in an intoxicated condition
shall be allowed on said courts or on the grounds surrounding the
same. Any such person shall be excluded therefrom by any member of
the Recreation Committee or other authorized officer or employee of
the borough. Gross or repetitious violations of the rules of conduct
by a person shall be grounds for permanent revocation of his or her
tennis privileges by the Recreation Committee.
The Recreation Committee is hereby authorized
to schedule the hours during which the tennis courts shall be available
and may, from time to time, reserve the use of the courts for specific
periods to the West Morris Mendham High School or the Mendham Borough
Elementary School Tennis Programs, at no charge.
[Amended 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 15-99; 4-2-2007 by Ord. No. 3-07]
Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties provided in § 1-15 of this Code, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
