2670-21 Ordinance Amending the Smoking Prohibition to Add Cannabis Products and E-Cigarettes-Redlined.pdf

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 17.5, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 33.1, AND CHAPTER 12, SECTION 12-10 OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE (SMOKING PROHIBITED) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY that Chapters 2, 4, and 12 of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange be and are hereby amended as follows: I. PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to extend the smoking prohibition for certain public areas to include cannabis products and electronic cigarettes and to update the penalty provision governing violation of the smoking prohibition in municipally owned buildings and lands. II. CHAPTER 2, SECTION 17.5 SHALL BE AND HEREBY IS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING: 2-17 DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 25-17.5 Regulations. The following acts are expressly prohibited and/or regulated by the Recreation Department and shall require enforcement under Chapter 4. The following such acts are prohibited and/or regulated: a. Other than in regulated parking areas, no vehicle shall be allowed within any park owned by the Township or under its jurisdiction at any time except for emergency vehicles or others with written permission from the Recreation Director. b. It shall be strictly prohibited for one to start or maintain a fire of any kind or to use barbecue equipment of any kind in any park owned by the Township or under its jurisdiction or on other Township owned or maintained property. c. It shall be strictly prohibited for one to operate a powered flight model in any park owned by the Township or under its jurisdiction or on other Township owned or maintained property. d. It shall be unlawful for a person to enter into any park owned by the Township or under its jurisdiction or on other Township owned or maintained property and post bills of any sort without the express permission of the Recreation Director. e. A permit shall be required for organized group/team practices, games and/or activities. All permits are issued through the Recreation Department. This shall include all recreational facilities and open space located within the parks and playgrounds deemed to be under the jurisdiction of the Recreation Department. The Recreation Department shall establish reasonable guidelines, policies, and prohibitions for the issuance of said

s and playgrounds deemed to be under the jurisdiction of the Recreation Department. The Recreation Department shall establish reasonable guidelines, policies, and prohibitions for the issuance of said permits.