Cherry Hill, NJ Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

4 of the Property Maintenance Code, Lead-based Paint, applies to interior and exterior painted surfaces of dwellings and child and day care facilities, expressly including fences and outbuildings. 06 percent lead by weight must be removed or covered in an approved manner, and section requires that any surface chosen to be covered rather than removed first be marked with warnings as to its lead content, so occupants and future workers know a hazard remains underneath. The cost of any lead testing required under this section falls on the premises owner, not the Township.

Enforcement is routed outward: the section states that any violation or complaint regarding lead-based paint is to be referred to the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services, rather than handled directly by the Cherry Hill Property Maintenance Inspector. 3, which requires peeling paint and other defective interior surface conditions to be corrected generally, giving the Inspector a maintenance-based hook to flag deteriorating paint even before a lead referral is made. 06 percent threshold and the county referral both track the New Jersey lead hazard framework the county administers, but the removal-or-cover duty and the marking requirement are set out directly in the Township's own Code section, not merely incorporated by reference to state law.