First a portion of her letter to the public:
All available police officers, firefighters, the Office of Emergency Management, and other municipal officials will be enforcing all codes and regulations regarding public behavior with a zero tolerance level.
This includes an absolute restriction on parties or gatherings on rooftops for viewing of the fireworks celebration unless said property has been properly zoned and approved for rooftop access. Gathering on fire escapes is strictly prohibited. The use of balconies, porches, or any other structures for viewing will be strictly enforced within the confines of the codes for such structures. It is imperative that no overcrowding occur in any of these locations. All codes for the use of rooftops and other aforementioned structures will be strictly enforced with a zero tolerance policy.
No alcohol will be permitted on any walkways or parks along the waterfront. Visitors will need to pass through checkpoints to access the waterfront. Coolers with non-alcoholic refreshments will be permitted access.
Yeah, after all, Americans hate getting together and having parties to celebrate the birth of their nation.
So if you like to be out on your porch or balcony you could be cited. Wanna know why? It really has nothing to do with YOUR safety but police detest citizens holding any kind of higher ground than themselves hence they get all defensive and overreact to balcony situations. Frau Zimmer appears to be doing their bidding for them here. No roof viewing? Please. Dawn, Johnny's from Jersey City and will be on his roof (and would be if you ran JC anyway) or the beautiful walkway along the Hudson in Jersey City (much nicer than the FuHo section truth be told) skipping FuHo entirely. Maybe after your little tantrum Johnny will be forced to avoid FuHo more and more for which he intends to call some of the businesses where he sometimes does buy goods and services and telling them why his money is no longer coming in.
CHECKPOINTS?! CHECKPOINTS?! Good lord, so in essence the freedoms fought and died for by our brave Revolutionary forefathers will be suspended by Dawn Zimmer and the FuHo police ON the 4th of July. What a perfect dichotomy.
Also on the list of don't set forth by Mayor (Hey I got this job by default) Zimmer:
*No laughing
*No running
*No saying "ooooooooo and Ahhhhhh" as the shells burst
*No singing
*No fun of any kind, just sit there, watch and shut your pie holes.
Children of Sombertown, your days of fun are OVER.
(FuHo Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Jersey City Desk file photo)
You're right about a lot of this, Johnny - seems like a thinly veiled effort to collect a lot of revenue in the form of fines. But I agree with telling people to observe the legal limit of people on balconies for safety reasons - it seems like every year there is a terrible balcony collapse in Chicago and people are killed - no one wants to see that happen. Other than that I could really do without someone inspecting my Snapple or someone else's Yoo-Hoo.
ReplyDeleteOh you better believe this is a cash cow on the way with all the citations they'll be writing that any other day they'd wink at.
ReplyDeletewhat's the issue with the Mayor enforcing codes that are in place for safety reasons? Should the city of Hoboken allow parties on roof-tops that aren't up to code to hold people? Then, if emergency services are needed, taxpayer dollars are wasted. And checkpoints for alcohol is perfectly reasonable. takes 5 seconds to have a cooler or bag searched.
ReplyDeletesome people just love making a big deal about nothing.