Township of Readington, NJ
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2023-11-06
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 162 Obscene Materials
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Ch 9 Claims
- Ch 11 Contracts
- Ch 13 Court
- Ch 18 Environmental Commission
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 27 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 29 Housing Committee
- Ch 32 Museum Committee
- Ch 36 Officers and Employees
- Ch 38 Open Space Advisory Board
- Ch 39 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 40 Payroll
- Ch 41 Personnel Policies
- Ch 43 Police Department
- Ch 46 Recreation Committee
- Ch 47 Retirement
- Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 52 Sewer Authority
- Ch 60 Waterwatch Advisory Committee
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 65 Alarms
- Ch 66 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 68 Amusements
- Ch 70 Animals
- Ch 82 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 85 Business Operations, Unattended
- Ch 88 Cannabis and Medical Cannabis
- Ch 96 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 101 Curfew, Halloween
- Ch 103 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 106 Driveways
- Ch 107 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 109 Dumpsters
- Ch 112 Emergency Services
- Ch 116 Farming
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 129 Games of Chance
- Ch 132 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 135 Hotels, Motels and Other Rental Units
- Ch 137 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 138 Housing Standards
- Ch 142 Improvement Standards
- Ch 145 Insurance
- Ch 148 Land Development
- Ch 152 Littering
- Ch 158 Noise
- Ch 162 Obscene Materials
- § 162-1 Sale or display prohibited.
- § 162-2 Definitions.
- § 162-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 166 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 168 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 173 Plastic Bags, Limitation on
- Ch 174 Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 175 Privately Owned Salt Storage
- Ch 176 Property Maintenance
- Ch 187 Sewers
- Ch 192 Smoking
- Ch 194 Snow Removal
- Ch 197 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 200 Solid Waste
- Ch 201 Special Events
- Ch 202 Sports Programs and Events
- Ch 203 Storm Sewers
- Ch 204 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 215 Taxicabs
- Ch 217 Towers and Wreckers
- Ch 219 Trailers and Trailer Parks
- Ch 225 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 227 Vehicles, Inoperable
- Ch 236 Water
- Part III, Board of Health
- Ch 247 Alternate Members
- Ch 248 Animals
- Ch 254 Fees and Charges
- Ch 257 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 265 Sanitation
- Ch 268 Sewers
- Ch 274 Tobacco
- Ch 277 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A282 Housing Rehabilitation Program
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Readington 8-16-1982.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer for sale or display
obscene material.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any description, narrative account, display or depiction of sexual
activity or anatomical area contained in or consisting of a picture or other
representation, publication, sound recording, live performances or film which,
by means of posing, composing, format or animated sensual details:
A.
Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate
sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, masturbation, excretory
functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals;
B.
Lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific
value when taken as a whole; and
C.
Is a part of a work which, to the average person applying
contemporary community standards, has a dominant theme, taken as a whole,
which appeals to the prurient interest.
Any person who violates the provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any such
violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued.
