Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Section 169-1 is the licensing trigger. No person shall establish, operate or maintain a motor vehicle junkyard or any other junkyard or junk business, nor store, purchase, sell or deal in junk, unless he first obtains a license from the Township Council of the Township of Monroe. The chapter licenses junk dealing and uses no separate secondhand-goods category.

Section 169-2 defines junk by list: old, discarded or unused waste iron or other metal, glass, paper, used lumber, rags, machine parts, discarded machinery, unregistered motor vehicles unfit for reconditioning or for sale for highway transportation, used parts of motor vehicles, tires, drums, canisters and storage containers.

The application goes to the Township Clerk and states the applicant's name and residence, the detailed nature of the business, the place by metes and bounds with its zoning class, a plan or survey of entrances, and the type and location of fencing (§ 169-3A). The applicant must show all real estate tax bills are paid in full and attach cash or certified check for the whole license fee, which is returned if the license is refused (§ 169-3B and C). The Director of Code Enforcement reviews the file and the Township Council acts by resolution (§ 169-4). The fee is $500 per year, with a $100 transfer fee, under § 74-20.

Licenses expire at 12:00 midnight on December 1, and the renewal application is due before November 1 (§ 169-5). A separate license is required for each location, and a transfer needs Council consent (§ 169-6). After the 60-day window in § 169-19, no new license issues unless the number outstanding is fewer than five.

Operating rules include no junk within 50 feet of a dwelling house (§ 169-9A), a fence at least six feet high (§ 169-11), piles no higher than 20 feet (§ 169-13), and quarterly inspection by a designated Township official (§ 169-14).