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Township of Maplewood, NJ
Essex County
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[Adopted 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 1438 as Section 3-10 of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances]
It shall be unlawful for any person:
A. 
To enter upon any portion of lawn or other cultivated ground in any Township park or parkway within the Township when forbidden so to do by an official sign or other official notification.
B. 
To throw, drop, discard or otherwise place litter of any nature upon any public or private property other than in a litter receptacle; to throw or deposit litter in any pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in any park or elsewhere within the Township.
[Amended 12-2-1997 by Ord. No. 2045-97]
C. 
Above the age of 14 years, to play at any game in any Township park or parkway in the Township, except at times and in places which may be designated, in writing, by the Director of Recreation, under such regulations as the Township Committee may from time to time adopt.
D. 
To engage in any sport unless provision for the same is made in the park.
E. 
To play golf or ride horseback in any portion of the park.
F. 
To ride a bicycle or motorcycle on the paths or in any section of the parks, including the sidewalks along the marginal streets of the park.
G. 
To cut, break, deface, defile or ill-use any building, fence, tree, bush, plant, turf, lighting standard or other thing belonging to the park.
H. 
To throw a stone or other missile, or to have possession of firecrackers, torpedoes or fireworks, or to discharge or have possession of any firearm, or to make a fire in any part of the parks.
I. 
To utter any profane, threatening or abusive language or loud outcry or to perform any obscene or indecent act, or to commit any nuisance or to solicit any contribution or subscription, or to play any game of chance in any park or parkway of the Township or to bring into the park or parkway any instrument of chance or gambling whatsoever.
J. 
To hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any bird being free and undomesticated in any Township park or parkway in the Township, or to hunt, molest, injure, capture or in any way interfere with the freedom of any squirrel, fish or any other animal being the property of the Township in any park or parkway.
K. 
To allow a dog, of which he is in charge, to go upon any part of the parks unless held by a leash not longer than seven feet.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within any Township park or parkway in the Township any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever or to display or distribute any advertising device, circular or card in any park or parkway, except upon a written permit of the Chief of Police, to be specially authorized for each occasion at the direction of the Township Committee only.
The Township Committee may, in its discretion, from time to time adopt and provide, by resolution, regulations under which the various permits above mentioned may be granted and which govern the proper care of the shade trees in the public highways of the Township and of the shade trees, shrubs and plants and lawns and open places in the Township parks and parkways and which otherwise govern Township parks and parkways.
[Added 8-21-1984 by Ord. No. 1656]
No person shall be permitted to be present in, loiter in or make or create unnecessary or unusual noises within a park or parking area in the Township of Maplewood between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. "Park" means a park, playground, recreation center or other area in the Township which is owned, used or maintained by the Township and is directed to active and passive recreation. "Parking area" means an off-street area located within a park or adjacent thereto, set aside for the parking of a vehicle. Every member of the Police Department of the Township and all other officials charged with law enforcement within the Township are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enforce the provision of this article by arresting all persons who refuse to remove themselves after being requested to do so from said parks or parking areas. Any person who shall violate this article shall be subject to the penalty provided herein in § 193-5.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 1607]
Any person who shall violate or authorize or procure a violation of any provision of this article or of any permission given as aforesaid shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed $500 for each and every offense.