Public Conduct in New Jersey (2026)

Asking park visitors for donations, alms, or contributions is flatly prohibited anywhere in the Bergen County Park…

Brick Township bans begging or gathering alms on any public street, road, beach, parkway or other public place, with an…

Passaic County flatly bans soliciting alms or contributions on county park property. Article II, Section 9 of the Park…

Village of Ridgewood, Bergen County, law flatly bars begging: Code § 215-1 says no person shall go door to door or…

Somerset County parks bar all solicitation outright: Section 5(b)(4) states plainly that "solicitation for any purpose…

Essex County bars soliciting donations or services, and distributing handbills or ads, in county parks unless the…

Gloucester County bars begging or soliciting money in a Park Area when it's done in a way that causes annoyance or…

Hackensack's nuisance code declares it a public nuisance to use city streets, alleys, sidewalks or store entrances for…

Irvington's Peace and Good Order chapter makes it unlawful to station yourself on a street to beg or to follow…

Newark bans begging, soliciting or panhandling in an aggressive manner, defining it to include following a person…

Trenton bans begging or soliciting in an aggressive manner anywhere in public, and separately bars any solicitation…

Union County bans soliciting alms or contributions of any kind on property it owns, leases or controls. The rule…

Edison Township lets residents register their address on a "No Knock List," after which peddlers, panhandlers and…

Urinating or defecating outside a restroom is banned everywhere in the Bergen County Park System under Article III's…

Brick Township makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place unless the location is specifically…

Rule 15 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations flatly prohibits public urination and defecation…

Camden County parks flatly ban urinating or defecating anywhere except in provided restroom facilities. The Schedule of…

Clifton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk or other public place…

Urinating, defecating, or committing 'any kindred nuisance' in an Edison Township street, highway, or public place is…

Essex County bans urinating or defecating anywhere on county park property except in designated restrooms, washrooms or…

Section 119-23 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place not designated as a restroom, adopted in…

Township Code Section 439-38 makes it unlawful to urinate in public anywhere in Irvington: on streets, sidewalks…

Jersey City makes it unlawful to urinate on any street, sidewalk or public place under § 242-5, adopted 9-12-1985 by…

Lakewood Township Code § 3-24 makes it unlawful to urinate in any public place, defined broadly to include streets…

Long Branch makes it unlawful for anyone to urinate in public on any property, private or public, anywhere in the city…

Newark makes it a Municipal Court offense to urinate or defecate anywhere outside a proper restroom, including…

Passaic makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, sidewalk or other public place outside a designated…

Trenton bans urinating, defecating, or depositing bodily waste anywhere in public view, or anywhere the public has…

Woodbridge Code § 3-31.2 makes it unlawful to urinate, defecate or expectorate in public anywhere in the Township…

Cherry Hill Township bans public urination and defecation at its synthetic-surface athletic fields, and any user group…

Freehold Township Code Section 232-1N makes it a disorderly-conduct violation to urinate or defecate in a public place…

Gloucester County's Parks Rules & Regulations flatly ban public urination and defecation in any County Park Area under…

Hamilton Township makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on a public street, sidewalk or any other public place…

Linden makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk or other public place, or outdoors on…

Urinating on any Paterson street, sidewalk, or public place carries a $50 fine plus $30 in court costs, payable…

Somerset County Park Commission Regulations Section 6(c) confine urinating and defecating strictly to restroom…

Bergen County treats a skateboard as a 'Motorized Vehicle or Device' under its park ordinance, and that classification…

Hackensack bans skateboarding and roller skating outright on Main Street, including its sidewalks, at any time, and…

Jersey City bans riding a skateboard or scooter on the streets and sidewalks of any commercially zoned district under §…

Lakewood Township confines roller-skating, rollerblading and skateboarding in its parks to areas specifically…

Linden bans skateboarding on public sidewalks and public parking lots, and separately bans building or using any ramp…

Long Branch bans rollerblades, in-line skates, skates and skateboards at Martin Luther King Memorial Park on Atlantic…

Village of Ridgewood Code Section 241-2 bans riding a skateboard, scooter, bicycle, or micromobility device on any…

Toms River Township bans skateboarding, hobbyist activities and organized sporting activities on the grounds of the…

Woodbridge bans riding a skateboard on any public street, sidewalk, park, parking lot or other public place except in…

Bergenfield's Parks and Playgrounds ordinance bars operating a skateboard, roller blade, minibike, snowmobile or…

Brick Township restricts skateboarding to the fenced skate park inside the Sports Complex; riding a skateboard anywhere…

Camden County keeps Ulysses S. Wiggins Waterfront Park pedestrian-only. Skateboards, along with bicycles, mopeds…

Edison Township bans skateboards, rollerblades and rollerskis from township sidewalks except where a sidewalk is…

Mercer County parks bar coasting with hand sleds, bobs, skis, carts or any other wheeled or runner vehicle, the…

Passaic County limits electric skateboards and similar power-assisted wheeled devices to roadways, drives and parking…

Union County requires a helmet at any skateboard facility it owns or operates, or that sits on county park property…

Irvington bans roller-skating and skateboarding in Township parks and recreation areas except in spots specifically…

Clifton Code § 332-15, added in 2023, declares that an unruly social gathering or party is a public nuisance if it…

City Code § 193-13A bans causing, allowing, or permitting any "noise disturbance," verbal or mechanical: language broad…

Brick Township bans idling, loitering, or sleeping on public streets, sidewalks, and other public places unless you can…

Anyone who stays in a Burlington County park without following the Board's posted conditions can be treated as a…

Edison Township Code § 10-5.2 bars loitering in streets, highways or other public or quasi-public places, along with…

Hamilton Township lets police order a group to disperse when an officer observes a criminal street gang member engaged…

Paterson bans criminal gang loitering in police-designated public areas, letting officers order suspected gang members…

Trenton does not ban loitering generally; Chapter 154 targets two specific purposes. Article I bars wandering or…

Atlantic County bans loitering, fishing, crabbing, swimming and diving on nine named county bridges, limiting use to…

Chapter 205 of the Bergenfield Borough Code bars loitering in any public place that risks a breach of the peace…

Clifton's loitering rule only reaches a narrow situation: standing around in a street, public or quasi-public place, or…

Elizabeth prohibits loitering in any public place in a manner that risks a breach of the peace, disturbs the comfort of…

Anyone who won't follow Essex County park rules or a ranger's lawful directions must leave promptly and peaceably or…

Freehold Township Code § 207-2 bans loitering in any public place in a manner that risks a breach of the peace…

Hackensack has no citywide loitering law; its original Loitering article was repealed in 1983. What remains is…

Irvington repealed its general loitering ordinance when it recodified in 1981; the only loitering offense still on the…

Jersey City makes it a crime to knowingly loiter in any public place where a controlled dangerous substance is being…

Lakewood Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, bans loitering in any public place that breaches the peace, blocks…

Mercer County parks are open sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year, and the Park Commission's rules bar anyone from…

Newark makes it unlawful to loiter or refuse to move along sidewalks and streets once a police officer orders a person…

Passaic County prohibits unauthorized loitering on county park premises outside posted open hours. Article II, Section…

In Village of Ridgewood municipal parking facilities, Code § 215-7 bars loitering for any purpose other than parking or…

Toms River Township prohibits loitering that breaches the peace, disturbs others, or blocks pedestrians and vehicles in…

Union County Police can order anyone to leave county-owned or county-controlled land if their presence is likely to…

Cherry Hill Township bars anyone from loitering or remaining in a park pavilion or structure section reserved by the…

Smoking, vaping, and using tobacco, cannabis, or hookah products, including electronic delivery devices, is banned…

Rule 6 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations bans smoking and tobacco use everywhere on County…

Atlantic County bans smoking and tobacco use across its park system, including outdoor parking lots, playgrounds and…

Bergenfield bans smoking within 20 feet of any municipal building entrance and in every public park and recreation…

Smoking is banned on all public beaches in Brick Township unless the area is posted with a "Smoking Permitted Area"…

Camden County parks ban smoking and vaping inside all buildings, within 50 feet of any entrance or exit, on playgrounds…

Cherry Hill Township bans smoking anywhere on Township-owned property, including every park, playground, recreation…

Hackensack bans smoking, including vaping, in all municipal buildings, within a 35-foot radius of their front…

Jersey City bans smoking in every city park and within 35 feet of park entrances. Code § 182-29.1 requires No Smoking…

Linden bans smoking in every public park, playground, and recreational facility under City Code § 19-1.1, and…

Long Branch bans smoking and vaping of any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco, anywhere on the…

Newark bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and hookah, in all public parks and recreation facilities the city owns or…

Passaic bans smoking within 35 feet of the front entrance of every municipal building and throughout all city-owned or…

Paterson prohibits smoking anywhere inside city parks, playgrounds and ball fields, including adjacent lots posted with…

Village of Ridgewood Code Section 244-11 bans smoking, tobacco use, and e-cigarette or vapor use across all Village…

Trenton bans smoking in every City-owned or leased park, playground, ball field, and recreation facility, including…

Union County bars smoking and vaping within 25 feet of any entrance to a county building and within 50 feet of county…

Clifton prohibits smoking within 35 feet of City Hall's front entrance at 900 Clifton Avenue and in all city-owned…

Smoking, including e-cigarettes and cannabis, is banned in Edison Township parks and recreation facilities that carry…

Elizabeth bans smoking on the outdoor grounds of every city building, in city parking lots, and throughout the city's…

Freehold Township bans smoking, including vaping, in all municipal parks and recreational facilities and the parking…

Irvington bans smoking in every Township public park and within 100 feet of entrances to indoor public places. Section…

Lakewood Township bans smoking at the John Patrick Sports Complex to protect players and spectators from secondhand…

Mercer County parks ban smoking around any playground or recreation area whenever children are present. The Park…

Somerset County parks ban smoking in five specific zones under Section 5(a)(5): all interior spaces, within 50 feet of…

Smoking is banned on Ortley Beach's North and South Beaches, Shelter Cove Beach, and at the Municipal Swimming Pool…

Woodbridge prohibits smoking at all times on Municipal Grounds, defined to include parks, recreation facilities, the…

Gloucester County parks allow tobacco and e-cigarette use outdoors. Section 2(aa) of the Parks Rules & Regulations bars…

Smoking, vaping, and cannabis, tobacco, or hookah use of any kind is banned everywhere in the Bergen County Park System…

Elizabeth bans consuming cannabis or any cannabis product in any public or private establishment that isn't a licensed…

Hackensack's nuisance code makes it unlawful to smoke, vape or aerosolize cannabis, medical or recreational, in any…

Hamilton Township bars smoking, vaping, aerosolizing or consuming cannabis in any public or quasi-public place, and…

Linden bans consuming cannabis anywhere in the city except inside a private residence: City Code § 18-24(b) makes…

Long Branch bans smoking, vaping or otherwise consuming cannabis anywhere on public streets, sidewalks, parking lots…

Passaic's cannabis ordinance bars consuming marijuana anywhere in the city except inside a private residence: smoking…

Cannabis use, including via vape or other electronic delivery devices, is strictly prohibited anywhere in the Passaic…

Freehold Township bans consuming cannabis items in public, other than by smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing, for anyone…

Woodbridge Code § 3-35.1 bars adults from consuming cannabis items in public, other than by smoking, vaping or…

Brick Township bans bringing or drinking intoxicating liquor on the municipal beachfront and its parking lot, and…

Rule 5 of the Burlington County Parks System Rules and Regulations bars possessing or drinking alcoholic beverages…

Clifton Code § 137-24 makes it unlawful for anyone of legal drinking age to drink, serve or dispense alcoholic…

Gloucester County bans possessing or consuming alcoholic beverages anywhere in a Park Area under Section 2(z) of the…

Township Code Section 439-18 makes every street, park, playground and Township-owned property alcohol-free: no one may…

Township Code § 3-4 bars drinking alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, parking lot or public conveyance, in a…

Possessing, displaying, bringing, using or being under the influence of intoxicating liquor on Passaic County park…

Drinking or possessing alcohol anywhere in a Somerset County park is prohibited under Section 5(b)(7), which reaches…

Union County bans buying, selling, possessing, or drinking alcohol on any property it owns, leases, or controls…

Atlantic County bans possessing, consuming or bringing alcohol into any County parks area under § 97-20, with narrow…

Drinking, possessing, or bringing in alcohol is banned throughout the Bergen County Park System under Article IV…

Camden County parks bar drinking, carrying or selling beer and liquor outright. An unsealed, partially consumed…

Cherry Hill Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, makes it a disorderly persons offense to drink alcohol on any…

Drinking intoxicating liquor in Edison Township's open streets, highways, or other quasi-public open places is a…

Elizabeth bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, public conveyances…

Essex County bans bringing, possessing or drinking alcohol in county parks at any time, except beer and wine at…

Hackensack bans consuming or possessing an open alcoholic beverage on streets, sidewalks, parks and other public…

Jersey City bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol in any public place, streets, sidewalks, parks and…

Long Branch bans serving, selling, dispensing, drinking or consuming any alcoholic beverage on public streets…

Mercer County's Park Commission bans possessing or consuming alcohol, drugs or narcotics in any county park or…

Passaic bars drinking or possessing an unsealed alcoholic beverage on any street, sidewalk, park or other public place…

Paterson bans consuming alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, parking lot or other public property citywide, at…

Toms River Township bars drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on streets, sidewalks, parks, and in parked or…

Woodbridge bans drinking or possessing alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots and any public place, plus in…

Bergenfield prohibits drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park…

Hamilton Township bans consuming or carrying an open container of alcohol in public and quasi-public places, including…

Linden bans open containers and public drinking on streets, sidewalks, parks, public conveyances and in a parked or…

Newark bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol anywhere the public or a substantial group has access…

Trenton bans consuming or possessing an open container of alcohol on any public or quasi-public property, including…