[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders (now Board of County Commissioners) of Atlantic County: Art. 1, 4-9-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-9-1980]
For any county building construction or renovation costing over $100,000, this Article shall enable the county to reserve 1% of the total cost of the project for fine arts.
The fine arts in any project that might be proposed to be constructed are subject to the recommendation of the Atlantic County Cultural and Heritage Advisory Board and the approval of the Board of County Commissioners and the County Executive.
[Adopted 8-1-2023 by Ord. No. 5-2023]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COUNTY BUILDINGS
Buildings to which the County owns legal title or buildings/locations that it leases from other entities and from which it conducts governmental services or operations.
PUBLIC PORTIONS OF COUNTY BUILDINGS
Includes:
A. 
Areas of County libraries typically open to the public but shall not include administrative offices or areas specifically designated as employee break rooms.
B. 
Public access areas such as the atrium area of the County Office Building and the entrance area to other County buildings.
PUBLIC SPACE
An area that is accessible and open to the public and where an individual has a legal right to be present such as County parks or streets and sidewalks abutting County owned or controlled roadways.
County Administration shall have the right to designate areas of County buildings where public access is prohibited or is limited to those members of the public who have legitimate business to conduct with the County.
A. 
The County Administration may designate building areas where access is either prohibited or limited for any of the following reasons:
(1) 
To preserve the security of County equipment, operations, or programs, especially those items the security of which could be compromised by public access including but not limited to:
(a) 
The County's information technology programs and equipment.
(b) 
The County's training programs particularly those involving law enforcement or emergency management functions, where security sensitive training takes place.
(c) 
All areas of the County's Adult Detention Facility, except for designated visiting areas pursuant to the rules and regulations governing inmate visits.
(2) 
To preserve the safety of workers and the public in facilities where equipment, either stored or in operation, or substances being utilized may pose a danger to persons traversing those areas, such as the County's Public Works Facilities.
(3) 
To preserve the confidentiality of records protected from disclosure pursuant to federal and/or state statutes, administrative regulations or executive orders such as the following:
(a) 
Patient records maintained by Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center along with those records maintained by the Division of Public Health as mandated by HIPAA and other applicable statutes and administrative regulations.
(b) 
Personnel records maintained by the County's Division of Human Resources.
(c) 
Internal affairs/investigatory records required to be maintained by the Atlantic County Division of Adult Detention pursuant to New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines.
(d) 
Records of applicants for various social services maintained by the County's Department of Family and Community Development.
(e) 
Records maintained by the County's Division of Intergenerational Services (DIGS).
B. 
The categories listed above in Subsection A(1), (2), and (3) of this § 12-4 are for illustrative purposes and shall not preclude the inclusion of other designated areas where public access is either prohibited or limited for purposes of security, safety, and the preservation of confidentiality.
A. 
Annexed hereto and incorporated herein as part of this article is a certified compilation formulated by each County department, containing those areas where public access is either precluded or limited. The compilation contains the justification supporting the prohibition of access or limitations upon access in those areas. The Board of County Commissioners adopts the certified compilation and the rationale proferred by each County Department.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said compilation can be found in the County offices.
B. 
The above-referenced compilations of locations maybe amended to reflect location or address changes of the agency or facility without the need for an amendatory ordinance. Any addition of facilities not presently contained on the list or any change or an agency or facility function which may affect access must be adopted by an amendatory ordinance.
County Administration shall take all necessary steps to ensure that those areas previously identified where access is prohibited or limited shall be appropriately secured and clearly designated by posting appropriate signage. The securing of these areas shall be undertaken by the County's Director of Public Safety or his/her designee. The posting of signage shall be undertaken by the Director of Public Safety in consultation with County Counsel's office.
A. 
The previsions of this article shall be enforced against any transgressor by the filing of a complaint in any court of competent jurisdiction.
B. 
Any person who is adjudicated as having violated any provision of this article shall be subject to a monetary fine of not more than $500 and/or confinement for not more than 90 days in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:41A-101b(7).
The provisions of this article shall be severable. Should any portion of this article be declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction the offending provision shall be severed to the extent practicable, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
This article shall take effect following adoption and publication according to law.