Long Beach Township has established a municipality-wide curfew for those 17 years of age and under. An order issued Tuesday, June 23, mandates that juveniles cannot be outside after 9 p.m. and until 5 a.m. on a “public street, avenue, boulevard, place, walkway, alley, park or any public area or unimproved private property located in the township” unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

In late May, the municipality banned unsupervised juveniles from accessing the beaches after 9 p.m., as officials had…