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However, there have been a number of Pemberton residents who previously called for a code enforcement crackdown due to a number of purported disheveled properties in the municipality.

Hornickel, who has in conjunction with the Pemberton mayor and council led an initiative to improve the quality of life in township neighborhoods, previously told this newspaper that code enforcement has since temporarily suspended prosecution of shed violations, and council is now considering a review of the shed limit, though one resident has maintained that her case continues to proceed through the court system.

Burton, during the Oct. 6 Pemberton council meeting, declared that if there is now a municipal law in place limiting the number of RVs one can have at their residence, which Hornickel pointed out also precludes the parking of them in the front of residential properties, “we need to get on top of that because there is a lot of that.”

Patriarca, following the council president’s call for action involving RVs, noted that he also recently “mentioned” to the Pemberton business administrator that “we may also want to look at boats.”

“We will get individuals who will have these 30-foot boats that they are no longer are operating, but yet they don’t want to store them at a boat yard, so they have them on blocks in their yards,” Patriarca contended.

The Pemberton mayor then recounted several properties he was already aware of that had large boats stored on them, adding that there are a number of “smaller lots where we have large boats sitting in yards for years and the owners have no intention of the using those boats.”

“Aren’t they (the boats) also supposed to be in certain places, in the sides or rears of the yard?” Burton asked.

The mayor replied that he doesn’t believe there are currently any parking requirements for stored boats, but that is why he said “we need to treat boats the same as RVs” and “bring recreational vessels into the (future) ordinance as well.”

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warrant, which has been used, he noted, to seize several of the off-road vehicles.

Patriarca noted that the elected and appointed officials of the municipality “can’t direct the police chief on how to run the operations in his department” and the departmental guidelines are set by the attorney general and state Legislature.

“OK, but why can’t we just post ‘ATVs prohibited’ signs, just like we do ‘No Littering’ and speed limit signs?” Diane Gabler asked.

The mayor responded that “we can,” but that “let’s be real” about it because “you will not stop one of those ATV drivers just by putting a sign up.”

“I know it won’t (stop them), but you know what, it has been so unaddressed in the neighborhood for so long that half the people in the neighborhood think it is OK (to ride quads and ATVs in the streets),” Diane Gabler maintained. “They think it is their God given right to ride a quad like lunatics. You need to start telling them this just isn’t your neighborhood; it is other people’s neighborhood too. And in 50 years, those signs might have actually had an effect. You have to start somewhere.”

King pointed to a gravel pit behind Wisconsin Trail in Presidential Lakes that is a draw for riders of quads and ATVs in the area. He then explained that ‘No Trespassing’ signs were posted by the township at the entrance to the pit, “but they took them down.”

That remark caused Diane Gabler to point out “$20 signs” are available online to put up in Presidential Lakes, but the mayor disagreed with that price, noting that any signs must be of a certain type that meets New Jersey Department of Transportation guidelines.

“I will go get them on the internet!” Diane Gabler asserted. “I will go get the bolts and go stick them underneath the speed limit signs, and therefore, you don’t even need to buy new poles!”

Grant Gabler added that “fines and signs” are what “kept me straight” throughout life so far, and are what “keeps us in line.”

“But you’ve scoffed at that right away for some reason,” he pointed out.

Diane Gabler, in recommending another possible option, asked, “Why can’t there be some kind of new ordinance that affects property owners?”, maintaining that several of the quads and ATV riders are coming from “rentals.”

“With regard to holding the landlord responsible, council you just approved Chapter 148, ‘Rental Code Provisions,’ and that amended our rental code to indicate should police be called for multiple services, the township has the capability to revoke the landlord’s license, and at that point, effectively force a landlord to evict that tenant,” Business Administrator Daniel Hornickel pointed out.

The business administrator added that the revocation clause is “brand new” and a “technological mechanism” is not in place yet for the police department to notify code enforcement of their service calls.

King, however, clarified that the police department frequently has discussions with code enforcement regarding troubled properties and its related service calls, but there isn’t an “automatic” notification mechanism in place at this time.

“Chief King, how many times would you be willing to act on that?” Burton asked. “How many complaints are sufficient to act on that (moving to revoke a rental license)?”

Hornickel, who is also the township’s police director, responded that the new rental code “says a minimum of two complaints in a six-month period” need to be initiated to warrant a revocation of the landlord’s license, but cautioned that “you can’t just try to revoke someone’s ability to rent a property because of a petty misdemeanor.”

“It has to be more than that,” the business administrator maintained.

Councilman Jason Allen inquired whether “speed humps, bumps or barricades” were a possibility in the neighborhood.

“We have received requests from residents in Presidential Lakes about speed tables,” Hornickel replied. “That is something we can consider. We continue to consider and look at that. We have put them in strategic locations as part of our road maintenance program.”

Grant Gabler pointed out that Maryland, facing a similar issue, began deploying stop strips (also known as spike strips/belts or tire deflation devices), and “while a little aggressive,” he sees no other options right now based on the responses of municipal officials. Patriarca noted he “agrees with stop strips, but obviously the attorney general is not going to be in agreement with us.”

Ultimately, Councilman Paul Detrick pointed out that Diane Gabler can sign a complaint at police headquarters about “offenses she witnessed herself.” King said the police department would try to “remedy” what took place and assist her with filing a complaint regarding the latest incident she described as it fell within a “30day” window that was still open as of the September council meeting.

“There was an issue a couple of years ago, and it took us awhile, but we got the job done,” said King of the one apparently involving the purported meth lab. “So, give us a chance with this.”

Diane Gabler pointed out that the latest issue with quads and ATVs riding up and down her street in the early morning hours has been going “for at least over a year.”

Patriarca, a former township police officer, noted that he was “very confident that the chief of police is in the process of reminding and refreshing all of his officers that they are not only ‘patrol officers,’ but ‘investigators,’ whether in uniform or in plain clothes” and that “they have the right to follow up on leads, cases and bring them to closure.”

“It has always amazed me, even in my years of being a police officer, when you would go up to a parent and ask, ‘What did you think your child was going to do with a $6,000 piece of equipment when you live on an 80 foot by 100 foot lot?’ and they respond, ‘Well they can ride in the forest,’” Patriarca said. “I would always ask, ‘Whose forest is it?’ It is not yours! Parents are a major part of the problem, unfortunately, in this matter. There is a limitation with what officers can do.”

Grant Gabler agreed that parents are “teaching them (their children) to run from the police” and “evade” because, as far as they are concerned, Presidential Lakes is an “untouchable region.”

The topic of Sunbury Village did not come up during the chief’s appearance, though, when the chief was requested by the council president to come before the governing body, it was, in part, because of complaints of quads and ATVs speeding down the streets of the village.