>During their Public Meeting on May 9, Village Council members introduced Ordinance 3065 – “Consumption and/or possession of Alcoholic Beverages by Underage Persons”.
The Public Hearing for this ordinance will be at 8:00pm on June 13 in the Sydney V. Stoldt, Jr. Court Room at Village Hall.
Click Here for the ordinance’s full text.
Readers speak out…..
At the “News you can use” meeting last week Shelia claimed that 52 towns in Bergen County have already adopted similar ordinances. They sited and provided the NJ statute allowing municipalities to create local ordinances regarding private property – I have still yet to find the section where it states that underage drinking is probable cause for police to enter private property.
Captain Killion stated that Cops can already enter your property “to check things out” I don’t know you about you but if this has been the case in the past they wouldn’t be able to arrest anybody.
Fairl Lawn was the most recent to pass this ordinance which relatviely mirrors the one proposed by the council. I personally disagree with the ordinance but know it is going to pass. I suggest that the monetary fines be removed and only impose community service sanctions. The suspension of driving priveleges for a non-driving offense is not right in my opinion either.
I agree it is up to the parents. An “arrest” for a village ordinance is simply a summons to court to determine the fine – Has no long term affect on kids “Permenant Record” and this ordinance will do nothing to stop underage drinking.
They claimed there was no way to track the degrees of success by this ordinance. That means they haven’t been writing tickets to the homeowners that are providing the alcohol and the place to drink. They claim that this will magically fix everything.
COME ON!
>Oh, this will strike the fear of God in them. What a joke. Get real.
Parents and only parents are responsible for their children, no matter who’s home they may be in.
Why don’t we just wrap them in bubble wrap so they don’t get hurt.
Or better yet, lets get every teen their own personal drug and alcohol counselor. We can put it in next year’s school budget.
This is another instance of big brother government. Only this time it comes from the Republican on our village council.
>republican in new jersey no such thing only stupid RINO’s
>Remember the Ridgewood Police Dept. tried this in the mid 90s and the New York Times even wrote a story about it. It didn’t happen then, and it won’t happen now. But I think the sponsors of such heresy are more interested in getting the public’s credit for the effort. It’s a “caring footprint,” not unlike its ubiquitous cousin, the “carbon footprint.”
>Time and money would better be spent with offering all residents swimming lessons for there visits to the village hall
>it makes the council look like a bunch of Dilatants
>Once again, our benevolent government hard at work, goose stepping into the future. Gotta love it!
>If Shelia Brogan could apply herself to such paper issues as this why can’t she apply herself to the math issue in this town?
Oh, let me guess. Understanding the math issue would actually require work on her part.
>At the “News you can use” meeting last week Shelia claimed that 52 towns in Bergen County have already adopted similar ordinances. They sited and provided the NJ statute allowing municipalities to create local ordinances regarding private property – I have still yet to find the section where it states that underage drinking is probable cause for police to enter private property.
Captain Killion stated that Cops can already enter your property “to check things out” I don’t know you about you but if this has been the case in the past they wouldn’t be able to arrest anybody.
Fairl Lawn was the most recent to pass this ordinance which relatviely mirrors the one proposed by the council. I personally disagree with the ordinance but know it is going to pass. I suggest that the monetary fines be removed and only impose community service sanctions. The suspension of driving priveleges for a non-driving offense is not right in my opinion either.
I agree it is up to the parents. An “arrest” for a village ordinance is simply a summons to court to determine the fine – Has no long term affect on kids “Permenant Record” and this ordinance will do nothing to stop underage drinking.
They claimed there was no way to track the degrees of success by this ordinance. That means they haven’t been writing tickets to the homeowners that are providing the alcohol and the place to drink. They claim that this will magically fix everything.
COME ON!
>Any rights given away are rights lost forever (like a temporary parkway toll). While Captain Killian is right to try to expand his powers to make his job easier, the American people cannot allow law enforcement, local,county, state ,or, federal to erode their constitutional rights. Look at the Patriot Act and the damage that it has done.Americans have been taking the role of victims for too long, insisting that others protect them. This protection comes at a very high price I’m not willing to pay. I vote no.
>I dont want to rain on anyones parade but has this type of ordinance worked anywhere ?
>”Captain Killion stated that Cops can already enter your property “to check things out” ……………If Captain Killion has expressed this attitude, he should be fired.
He has some nerve.