Seaside Heights Municipal Court

116 Sherman Avenue

Seaside Heights, NJ 08751

 

Directions

 

Phone: 732-830-2202

 

Jane Carrozza

Municipal Court Administrator

Phone: 732-830-2202

 

Hours

 

Monday - Friday

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

The Municipal Court is located on the second floor of the:

George E Tompkins Municipal Complex

116 Sherman Avenue

Seaside Heights, NJ 0875

 

Seaside Heights Truck Ticket Lawyer

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Beach Fees/Rules

 

Staff

Beach control operations are led by Anne VanHise from the North Beach office located on the Boardwalk at Kearney Avenue. The staff includes dozens of beach attendants and cashiers.

 

Beach Fees

Seaside Heights charges a beach fee to help defray expenses related to providing visitors one of the cleanest and safest public beaches on the East Coast.

Daily fee - $8

Weekly badge - $35 (Sunday through Saturday)

Season badge - $45 if purchased on or before May 15th

Season badge - $60 if purchased after May 15th

Senior Citizen season badge - $10 for persons 65 years of age and older

Children 11 years of age and under - free every day

Active and retired military personnel and their dependents - free every day with the appropriate Common Access Card, Uniformed Services ID Card, DD Form 214, or Veterans Benefit ID Card issued by the VA.

Free & Discount Days

Bay beach - free every day.

 

Seaside Heights offers beach fee discounts throughout the summer, including Mom and Me Days, Dad and Me Days, and Bring a Friend Days.

 

Underage Drinking Ordinance

 

Municipal Ordinance 17-37, Possession of Alcoholic Beverage Under Age 21 While on Private Property

 

 

 

Property Maintenance Ordinances

 

§ 171-10

Violations and penalties.

[Amended 11-3-1999 by Ord. No. 99-29; 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 06-19]

A.

Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,250, by imprisonment for not to exceed 90 days or by community service of not more than 90 days or any combination of fine, imprisonment and community service, as determined in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.

B.

The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Code

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Chapter 154:

Peace and Good Order

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Seaside Heights as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Chapter 154 :

Peace and Good Order

Article I General Provisions

§ 154-1

Consumption and possession of alcohol prohibited in certain areas; sealed containers exception.

§ 154-2

Urinating and defecating in public places; public nudity.

§ 154-3

Noise.

§ 154-3.1

Certain noise prohibited.

§ 154-3.2

Unlawful acts.

§ 154-3.3

Exceptions.

§ 154-4

Motorboats.

§ 154-5

Solicitation or distribution.

§ 154-6

Disturbances.

§ 154-7

Malicious injury or destruction of property.

§ 154-8

Parking on private property.

§ 154-9

Outdoor storage or repair of vehicles.

§ 154-10

Nuisances declared.

§ 154-11

Nuisances prohibited.

§ 154-12

Use or discharge of firearms prohibited; exception.

§ 154-13

Violations and penalties.

Article II Residency Restrictions for Certain Sex Offenders

§ 154-14

Restrictions established.

§ 154-15

Violations and penalties.

Article I:

General Provisions

§ 154-1

Consumption and possession of alcohol prohibited in certain areas; sealed containers exception.

 

No person shall drink, imbibe or consume any alcoholic beverage in or upon a public street, lane, roadway, avenue, sidewalk, public parking place, park, playground, recreation area or any other public or quasi-public place, or in a public conveyance or private motor vehicle while the same is in motion or parked in any public street, lane, public parking lot or public or quasi-public place, or on any private property not his own without the express permission of the owner or other person having authority to grant such permission. No person shall have in his possession or possess any alcoholic beverage in, on or upon any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, park, playground or in, on or upon any land or building owned or occupied by the Borough government, unless the same is contained within a closed or sealed container.

 

§ 154-2

Urinating and defecating in public places; public nudity.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in any public place, except in such places as may be provided for such use.

B. No person shall appear or travel on any street, avenue, highway, road, boardwalk, beach, beachfront or waterway located in the Borough of Seaside Heights or appear in any public place, store or any business open to the public in said Borough in a state of nudity. A person shall be found in a state of nudity when clothing or absence of clothing completely exposes to public view a person's anus, genitals, pubic area or female breasts. No person shall dress or undress in any public place or in public view within the Borough of Seaside Heights

 

§ 154-3

Noise.

Whereas it is found that excessive sound and vibration are a serious hazard to the public health, safety, and welfare and the quality of life, and technology exists by which excessive sound and vibration may be substantially abated, and whereas the people have a right to and should be ensured an environment free from excessive sound and vibration that may jeopardize their health, safety or welfare or degrade the quality of life, it is hereby declared the policy of the Borough to prevent excessive sound and vibration which may jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of its citizens and degrade the quality of life.

 

§ 154-3.1

Certain noise prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any unreasonably loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which either unreasonably disturbs or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the Borough.

 

 

§ 154-3.2

Unlawful acts.

A. The following acts are hereby declared to be examples of unlawful noise that annoy, disturb, injure, or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others and are in violation of this article:

(1) Radios; televisions; phonographs. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, television, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound at any time, in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring inhabitants [including neighboring inhabitants in attached residential units sharing a common wall(s)]. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facia evidence of a violation of this article.

(2) Yelling; shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, dwelling, hotel, motel or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity.

(3) Animals; birds. The keeping of any animals or birds which, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, disturbs the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.

(4) Horns. The sounding of any horn or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle except when required by law or when necessary to give timely warning of the approach of the vehicle or as a warning of impending danger to persons driving other vehicles or to persons upon the street. No person shall sound any horn or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle which emits an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or for any unreasonable period of time.

(5) Exhaust. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust/engine noise of any engine, stationary internal-combustion engine or motor vehicle, motorcycle except through a muffler or other device which effectively prevents loud or explosive noises therefrom.

(6) The operating of landscape machinery, including any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal-combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is adequately muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden such noises. In no event shall such landscaping equipment or machines be operated except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday or any state or federal holiday.

(7) Defect/modification in vehicle or load. The use of any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or specifically modified in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, combustion or other noise.

(8) Schools; courts; churches. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court while the same is in use, or which unreasonably interferes with the working of such institution, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in such street indicating that the same is a school, hospital or court street.

B.

The above enumeration is intended to give typical illustrations of noise prohibited pursuant to § 154-3.1 and shall not be construed as exclusive.

 

§ 154-3.3

Exceptions.

The following are exempt from the noise regulations contained herein.

A. Sounds from any municipality-sponsored or -approved celebrations or events.

B. Sounds from any police, fire, ambulance or other emergency vehicles in the discharge of their official duties, garbage trucks or such other vehicles used for the removal of residential or commercial garbage, together with the removal of snow and ice from Borough and county roadways and from residential, commercial and office properties located within the Borough.

C. Sounds emanating from the performance of any municipal, county or state generators, construction, or improvements project(s).