Cherry Hill, NJ

Township Code prohibits barbed wire, fences topped with metal spikes, broken bottles or glass, and any fence material or construction dangerous to persons or animals on residential…

In single-family residential zones, fences may not exceed 6 feet in rear and side yards, and 3 feet in the front yard from grade level.

Cherry Hill Township requires a construction permit for every retaining wall and prices it by size and structure type under § 13-1.4a1(m). A wall over 550 square feet at a Class 3…

New Jersey common law and statute apply uniformly statewide to spite fences, boundary fences, and shared maintenance disputes between adjoining landowners.

Cherry Hill Township bans dogs running at large on public streets, in parks, public buildings or any public place, and requires any dog in a public or semi-public area of a…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-7.3 requires every cat over seven months old to be rabies-vaccinated and licensed, renewed annually by July 31, while § 8-6.2 separately bars cats from…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-2.13 has no breed-specific dog ban; instead it lets the Municipal Court declare an individual dog 'vicious' or 'potentially dangerous' under N.J.S.A…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-3.4 bars pet shops from selling dogs or cats except those obtained from or displayed in cooperation with an animal care facility or an animal rescue…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-8 regulates keeping sheep, goats and swine: a Township Division of Health certificate is required before keeping any of the three, and § 8-8.7 bars…

Cherry Hill Township bans feeding unconfined wildlife, including deer and geese, anywhere on Township-owned or Township-operated property, including its public parks. The Police…

In every Cherry Hill Township park, it is illegal to hunt, molest, harm, trap or kill any bird, wildlife or reptile, or to take their eggs or nests, with a narrow exception only for…

New Jersey requires beekeepers who overwinter colonies to register annually with the Department of Agriculture, and statewide beekeeping rules limit how far towns may restrict…

New Jersey's animal cruelty laws apply statewide, prohibiting neglect and overcrowding that constitute hoarding, with enforcement by humane officers and police.

Cherry Hill Township designates specific curb segments on Church Road, Third Avenue and Wynwood Avenue as loading zones under Code § 10-16. Parking there is banned around the clock…

Cherry Hill Township bans parking any truck, tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or omnibus with a registered gross weight over five tons on any county or municipal street between 10:00…

Cherry Hill Township prohibits parking any camper or trailer, including camper trailers, landscaping equipment trailers and boat trailers, on any county or municipal street between…

Cherry Hill Township bans keeping an unregistered, uninsured or uninspected motor vehicle on any premises, and bars any vehicle in major disassembly or disrepair, unless a 90-day…

Cherry Hill Township restricts parking on specific residential streets, such as Chapel Avenue and Cooper Run Drive, to vehicles displaying a current Township-issued permit under Code §…

Cherry Hill Township requires every driveway, sidewalk and parking space on a property to be kept in proper repair and free of hazards, with the owner responsible clear to the curb…

Cherry Hill Township triggers an automatic parking ban the moment snow covers its streets. Section 10-8.3a bars parking on the affected streets or highways starting one hour after…

Cherry Hill Township does not impose one citywide overnight parking ban. Instead, Section 10-8.8 lists specific streets and sides where parking is prohibited during set hours, some…

Camden County does not run on-street parking on residential streets; your municipality and its police set and enforce those rules. The county's own parking authority applies only to…

New Jersey's Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq., and its implementing rule, N.J.A.C. 13:45A-31, control every non-consensual tow in the state. A private property…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 8-2.12 makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor a dog whose barking creates a noise disturbance across a residential property line, defining a violation as…

Cherry Hill Township's Noise Control ordinance bars exterior radios, TVs, musical instruments and similar sound devices outside the hours of 8:00 a.m. to dusk or 8:00 p.m., whichever…

Cherry Hill Township bans outdoor loudspeakers and PA systems whose sound is plainly audible at the property line or on a public way unless the operator holds a permit. Section 5-1.6.c…

Cherry Hill Township requires every gas-powered vehicle to run with a working muffler and bans revving engines, under Section 5-1.6.l of its Noise Control ordinance. The ordinance also…

Cherry Hill Township limits construction, repair, excavation and demolition noise to weekdays 7:00 a.m. to dusk or 8:00 p.m., and weekends 8:00 a.m. to dusk or 8:00 p.m., under Section…

Cherry Hill Township confines outdoor power tools, including leaf blowers, saws, and other garden equipment, to 8:00 a.m. through dusk or 8:00 p.m. in residential zones, under Section…

Camden County's Noise Control Ordinance caps stationary-source sound with Table I and § 5.1.2: no more than 65 dBA at a residential property line from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., dropping to 50…

Camden County's stationary-source noise ordinance does not cap aircraft in flight; under § 3.3 the county's noise control administrator instead consults directly with the airport…

Every swimming pool in Cherry Hill Township, existing or newly built, must be completely enclosed by a fence at least six feet high with no opening wider than two inches unless it has…

No one may locate, construct, alter or operate a swimming pool in Cherry Hill Township without a Township license: $100 to build, $10 to alter, and an annual operating license from $10…

Cherry Hill Township allows recreational outdoor fires only in an approved fire pit, chiminea or outdoor fireplace no larger than 3 feet across and 2 feet high, kept 20 feet from…

Cherry Hill Township bans possessing, exploding or discharging firecrackers, torpedoes, rockets or other fireworks in any township park, though the Recreation Department can issue a…

Cherry Hill Township's Fire Prevention Code requires listed smoke detectors in every hotel and multiple dwelling, placed within ten feet of each sleeping area's exit door. Owners must…

New Jersey's Air Pollution Control Act prohibits open burning of refuse, leaves, and most yard waste statewide, with narrow permitted categories overseen by NJDEP and the Forest Fire…

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildland fire prevention, declares burn bans, and enforces forest fire districts that supersede conflicting municipal…

Cherry Hill Township caps weeds and other plant growth at ten inches on any improved or unimproved lot. Property Maintenance Code § 15-16.4a bans noxious weeds outright and exempts…

Removing, cutting or trimming more than 30% of any tree five inches or greater in diameter anywhere in Cherry Hill Township needs a Tree Removal Permit from the Department of Public…

Cherry Hill Township property owners must care for every tree on their land out to the curb line, and the Director of Public Works can trim or remove any tree that blocks sight lines…

New Jersey's statewide stormwater rule, N.J.A.C. 7:8, requires major developments to manage runoff with green infrastructure and expressly counts storing stormwater runoff for reuse…

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection may impose statewide or regional water use restrictions during drought warnings or emergencies under the Water Supply Management Act.

Cherry Hill Township's zoning ordinance flatly bans accessory dwelling units. Section 40-401J lists "Accessory dwelling units, 'mother-in-law' suites, and the like" among nine uses…

Converting a garage to habitable space requires a NJ Uniform Construction Code permit statewide, with mandatory inspections for framing, insulation, electrical, and plumbing changes.

New Jersey allows for-profit home food production only through a Cottage Food Operator Permit issued by the Department of Health's Public Health and Food Protection Program under…

The New Jersey Family Day Care Provider Registration Act creates a uniform statewide registration system for home daycares serving up to five children, with the state preempting most…

New Jersey has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no way to license a home kitchen as a restaurant. N.J.A.C. 8:24-2.1(c)1 makes the person in charge responsible for ensuring…

New Jersey applies state sales tax and the State Occupancy Fee to transient short-term rentals statewide, regardless of which municipality the property sits in.

Cherry Hill Township sets a Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE) above the mapped or state flood elevation for new construction and substantial improvements, adding at least one foot of…

Cherry Hill Township requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, grading, filling or land disturbance in a mapped flood hazard area under Chapter 12 of the Township…

Cherry Hill Township prohibits any illicit connection that discharges domestic sewage, industrial waste or process wastewater into its municipal storm sewer system, and separately bans…

Cherry Hill Township ties erosion control to its residential grading-plan review: every single-family building permit application must include a sealed grading plan showing, under §…

In Camden County, trucks and other vehicles over 10,000 pounds cannot idle more than five minutes in any hour while parked within 150 feet of a residential area between 8 p.m. and 8…

The Coastal Area Facility Review Act gives the New Jersey DEP exclusive permit jurisdiction over development in the coastal zone, applying uniform statewide standards regardless of…

Cherry Hill Township gives property owners 48 hours after snow or ice stops falling to clear sidewalks, driveways and parking areas, or to salt or sand ice too frozen to remove. A…

Cherry Hill Township caps weeds and plant growth on any property, vacant or occupied, at 10 inches and requires owners of vacant or undeveloped land to keep a maintained strip at least…

Cherry Hill Township lets the Property Maintenance Inspector condemn and placard any structure found unsafe, unfit for human occupancy or unlawful, and can order it repaired, closed or…

Cherry Hill Township requires painted surfaces on dwellings and child or day care facilities that carry more than 0.06 percent lead by weight to be removed or safely covered, with any…

Cherry Hill Township requires a construction permit for electrical work under the State Uniform Construction Code, enforced by the Electrical Subcode Official. Permits are priced per…

Cherry Hill Township's Property Maintenance Regulations require elevators to be kept safe and operational, and buildings with passenger elevators must keep at least one running…

Cherry Hill Township requires a construction permit before any plumbing work begins, issued through the state-adopted Uniform Construction Code enforcement program. The Township's…

Cherry Hill Township requires every one- and two-family dwelling to keep a working smoke alarm in each sleeping area, and it requires smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors alike…

Cherry Hill Township runs building inspections through its own Department of Construction Code Enforcement and Inspections, staffed by a Construction Official plus Building…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 10-23 designates a striped bicycle lane on King's Highway in both directions, five feet wide on the northeast side from roughly Oxford Street to Connector…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 10-21.2 authorized a traffic control signal monitoring system, the Township's red-light camera program, at the intersection of Route 70 and Springdale Road…

New Jersey has a full low-speed vehicle regime and no golf cart regime at all. An LSV must be titled, registered, insured and plated with the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it may be…

Cherry Hill Township bars renting out any dwelling unit, including apartments, houses, duplexes and condos, without a Rental Housing Certificate of Occupancy showing the unit meets the…

Cherry Hill Township landlords of one- and two-unit non-owner-occupied rentals must register with the Township Clerk under state law, and owners of multi-family buildings must file…

Before a Cherry Hill landlord's rent-increase petition can be heard, § 14-1.6f requires the landlord to serve every tenant and each tenants' association president with a copy of the…

Cherry Hill Township has run rent control since the 1970s through its Rent Review Board. Landlords holding seven or more units cannot charge rent above the level in effect on September…

Under New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may evict a covered tenant only on a statutory good-cause ground. Non-payment under subsection a. needs no advance…

The New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act preempts local landlord-tenant law and limits residential evictions to specifically enumerated good-cause grounds statewide.

New Jersey sets no general statutory cap on residential late fees, leaving the amount to the lease subject to reasonableness. For senior citizens on government pensions and recipients…

To end a month-to-month residential tenancy in New Jersey, either party gives at least one month's written notice expiring at a rental period. Because the Anti-Eviction Act bars…

New Jersey caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times one month's rent, and any later additional deposit may rise by no more than 10% per year. After a tenancy ends, the landlord…

A squatter cannot gain title quickly in New Jersey. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-30, thirty years of actual, continuous possession of real estate vests title in the possessor, and sixty years…

Cherry Hill Township confines loading, unloading and container-handling noise, the kind delivery trucks generate, to 8:00 a.m. through dusk or 8:00 p.m. under Section 5-1.6.f of its…

Cherry Hill Township requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rat infestation, with prompt extermination when rats appear, and sets specific storage rules for…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 9-1.2b requires every retail food establishment to have at least one staff member complete the Camden County Food Service Management Training Course and…

Cherry Hill Township requires used injection needles broken from the syringe and hub, separated, and placed in marked metal or plastic hazardous-materials containers before collection…

Cherry Hill Township taxes hotel and motel room rentals at a flat 3% rate under Section 3-3 of its Revised General Ordinances, on top of the state's hotel occupancy fee and sales tax…

Cherry Hill Township residents report unsafe or unfit buildings by petition to the Public Officer, who is the Township Construction Official, and any violation of another ordinance…

Cherry Hill Township Code § 9-1.2 requires any food vendor, including a mobile food retail unit, to hold a license from the Township Division of Food Licensing before operating, and §…

Cherry Hill Township requires every mobile food unit, including lunch trucks, ice cream trucks and hot dog carts, to hold a license from the Division of Food Licensing before setting…

Camden County limits food vending in its parks to locations the Parks Department has specifically approved. Article 4, Section 3(B) of the Park Regulations bans vending anywhere else…

Cherry Hill Township prohibits every class of cannabis business defined by New Jersey's cannabis legalization law, including cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors…

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered medical patients, and municipalities cannot legalize personal grows.

Tattoo and body piercing shops in Cherry Hill Township need a $50 annual license from the Township Clerk, and individual operators must separately register with the Camden County…

Operating a massage business in Cherry Hill Township requires a $2,000 annual license from the Township Clerk, and every massage and bodywork therapist must separately hold a New…

Buying scrap gold, jewelry, electronics or other used goods from the public in Cherry Hill Township requires a $300 annual dealer license, fingerprinting, and a Police Department…

New Jersey regulates vape retailers under NJSA 54:40B and NJSA 26:3D, requiring licensing, prohibiting flavored vape sales, and applying age-21 minimum purchase rules statewide.

Cherry Hill Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, makes it a disorderly persons offense to drink alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, parking lot, park, or public conveyance, or…

Cherry Hill Township bans smoking anywhere on Township-owned property, including every park, playground, recreation facility, the Municipal Complex, the Department of Public Works, the…

Cherry Hill Township bans public urination and defecation at its synthetic-surface athletic fields, and any user group needing a portable toilet on site must get Township approval and…

Cherry Hill Township bars anyone from loitering or remaining in a park pavilion or structure section reserved by the Recreation Department for the opposite sex, with an exception for…

Camden County keeps Ulysses S. Wiggins Waterfront Park pedestrian-only. Skateboards, along with bicycles, mopeds, roller skates and other wheeled vehicles, are barred entirely, with an…

Cherry Hill Township requires every rental dwelling unit, from single-family rentals to apartments and condominiums, to pass an inspection and hold a Certificate of Occupancy before it…

Before the Cherry Hill Rent Review Board approves a rent increase, tenants get a formal complaint window: a repair checklist under § 14-3.4b7, then a Rent Review Officer-coordinated…

Cherry Hill Township has no separate block party application in its code. A resident event that needs a street closed still runs through Section 10-2, which lets the Chief of Police…

Anyone holding a special event in a Cherry Hill Township park must get a permit from the Recreation Department, which reviews applications against five standards and can be appealed to…

Anyone who wants to canvass, solicit, distribute materials, or peddle merchandise door-to-door in Cherry Hill Township must first get a written permit from the Chief of Police, submit…

Cherry Hill Township bans liquefied petroleum gas containers over one pound, the size that fuels a standard propane grill, on apartment and multi-family balconies, porches, patios and…

Cherry Hill Township collects bulk items like furniture and mattresses on residents' regular weekly collection day under Section 19-2.10, but tied bundles of lumber, carpet or…

Cherry Hill Township limits when loose leaves, grass clippings and brush can go curbside: only within the seven days before a scheduled pickup, and never closer than ten feet to a…

Cherry Hill Township collects residential solid waste and recyclables once a week, and containers may only go out between 5:30 p.m. the evening before pickup and 7:00 a.m. on…

Cherry Hill Township requires every dumpster, trash can and other outdoor refuse container to stay covered at all times so nothing spills or leaks into the township's storm sewer…

Cherry Hill Township requires every resident served by its collection program to separate newspaper, glass, metal and aluminum cans, plastics, e-waste and yard waste from solid waste…

Cherry Hill Township suspends residential trash and recycling collection on six named holidays each year under Section 19-2.5(a): New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor…

Cherry Hill Township provides automated weekly collection of residential solid waste and recyclables under a Township contract, with the Mayor or a designee setting and adjusting the…

Cherry Hill Township requires collection carts placed within 3 feet of the curb with handles facing the house, limits residences to one collection point, and requires stored carts to…

Cherry Hill Township requires recyclables loaded loose into its single-stream cart, bans plastic bags in that cart, and directs tires, batteries, CFLs, electronics and plastic shopping…

Cherry Hill Township bans depositing dirt, garbage, rubbish or debris on any street or land Township-wide, requires same-day removal by 6 p.m. if it happens anyway, and enforces the…

Cherry Hill Township parks, playgrounds and recreation areas open at dawn and close at dusk, except lighted facilities, which must close by 10:30 p.m. Anyone in a park after closing is…

Any work that disturbs Cherry Hill Township streets, curbs, sidewalks or driveway aprons within the public right-of-way needs a Street Opening Permit from the Engineering Department…

Cherry Hill Township places the cost and duty of sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the Township. Code § 15-16.3 requires owners to keep sidewalks, driveways, stairs…

Cherry Hill Township bans placing or maintaining any encroachment, obstruction or encumbrance on a street, sidewalk, walkway or right-of-way open to public use. Township Code § 20-2…

Cherry Hill Township zoning caps building height by district in Chapter 40's bulk requirements tables. Single-family zones RA and R1 hold structures to 35 feet, while the R20 High-Rise…

Cherry Hill Township defines lot coverage as any impervious surface covering a lot, and every zoning district caps it directly in its own bulk table. In the Residential Agriculture…

Cherry Hill Township permits residential and commercial solar installations through the Electrical Subcode, with photovoltaic system fees tiered by system size under § 13-1.4a3(f): $65…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.2 forbids a New Jersey community association from adopting or enforcing any restriction, covenant, bylaw, rule or regulation that prohibits solar collectors on two…

Planting a tree in a Cherry Hill Township right-of-way or on public property needs a Street Opening Permit from the Engineering Department under § 21-4.1, and the species must be…

Cherry Hill Township maintains a dedicated Residential Agriculture (RA) zoning district under § 40-402, intended for low-intensity agricultural operations and large-lot single-family…

The New Jersey Right to Farm Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) shields eligible commercial farms from nuisance suits and preempts unreasonable municipal ordinances when farms follow…

Commercial drone operations in New Jersey are governed by federal FAA Part 107 plus the uniform state criminal restrictions in N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27, leaving little room for conflicting…

New Jersey state law (N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27) sets uniform criminal restrictions on drone operations statewide, including bans on flying impaired, near critical infrastructure, or near…

New Jersey sets a uniform statewide minimum wage under NJSA 34:11-56a, scheduled to reach $15 per hour, with limited authority for municipalities to enact higher local wage floors.

The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law at NJSA 34:11D provides up to 40 hours of paid sick time and preempts local sick leave ordinances, creating a single statewide standard.

New Jersey issues concealed carry permits under NJSA 2C:58-4 with strict justifiable need replaced by shall-issue standards post-Bruen, while sensitive-place restrictions limit where…

New Jersey effectively prohibits open carry of handguns without a Permit to Carry under NJSA 2C:39-5, and long-gun open carry is restricted in most public contexts.

New Jersey strictly regulates firearm transport in vehicles under NJSA 2C:39-5 and 2C:39-6, requiring unloaded firearms in locked containers absent a valid Permit to Carry, with…

New Jersey splits the state into two frost zones: 2 feet 6 inches in Monmouth and Burlington counties and everything south, and 3 feet in Mercer and Middlesex counties and everything…

New Jersey's Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-1 et seq., confines legal casino gambling to a single city. State law defines an "approved hotel" eligible for a casino license as a…

New Jersey lets churches, veterans posts, fire companies, and other nonprofits run bingo or raffles only after two steps: registration with the state's Legalized Games of Chance…

New Jersey's Code of Criminal Justice defines a 'player' as a person who gambles only as a contestant or bettor and collects nothing beyond personal winnings, without otherwise…

New Jersey legalized sports betting in June 2018 under the Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-10 et seq. Only Atlantic City casinos and Meadowlands/Monmouth Park-class racetracks…

New Jersey gives both condominium and planned-community associations a foreclosable assessment lien with a limited 6-month priority over a prior first mortgage. The Condominium Act…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-46(a) requires association bylaws to open every executive board meeting to members and voting-eligible tenants, except conference or working sessions where no binding…

New Jersey associations enforce recorded covenants and architectural standards through their declaration, but PREDFDA's Radburn regulations require associations to make alternative…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.4 bars a New Jersey community association from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station in a…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.1 makes any association rule or bylaw that limits or prohibits display of the flag of the United States, yellow ribbons, or signs supporting United States troops…

N.J.S.A. 46:8B-15(f) lets a New Jersey condominium association impose reasonable fines only if the master deed or bylaws authorize it, and then caps each fine at the maximum monetary…

A New Jersey condominium or homeowners association can record a lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and foreclose it by suit in the same manner as a mortgage foreclosure. The lien…

New Jersey runs sobriety checkpoints, and the Legislature has never passed a statute authorizing or regulating them. The phrase "sobriety checkpoint" returns no documents at all in the…

New Jersey is a one-party consent state, so recording an encounter you are part of is lawful under N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4(d), and there is no New Jersey statute that bans filming police…

New Jersey has no stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the New Jersey General and Permanent Statutes returns no provision requiring a pedestrian who is stopped on suspicion…

New Jersey put its vehicle-search rule inside the legalization act itself. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10c, enacted as section 61 of CREAMMA, provides that the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis…

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey banned single-use plastic carryout bags and single-use paper bags at large grocery stores effective May 2022, the strongest such law nationally.

New Jersey prohibits polystyrene foam food service products under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, banning foam clamshells, cups, trays, and similar items statewide effective May 2022.

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey food service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws only upon customer request, effective November 2021 statewide.

Under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.4, New Jersey prohibits the sale, gift, or distribution of tobacco and electronic smoking products to anyone under 21, with escalating civil penalties for…

New Jersey bars retail sale of flavored electronic smoking devices and liquid nicotine, every characterizing flavor except tobacco, under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.12, effective April 20…

New Jersey controls add-on lighting with an aiming rule, a counting rule and a flat ban on flashing. Under R.S. 39:3-54, any lighted lamp other than a headlamp, spot lamp or auxiliary…

New Jersey gives dash cams no windshield allowance. R.S. 39:3-74 forbids driving with any sign, poster, sticker or other non-transparent material on the front windshield, wings…

New Jersey has never authorized lane splitting or lane filtering, and the words appear nowhere in the Revised Statutes. A motorcycle riding the stripe between two lines of traffic is…

New Jersey does not ban license plate frames outright. R.S. 39:3-33 makes it an offence to drive with a frame or holder that conceals or obscures the state name, the registration…

New Jersey has no statute prohibiting a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. A full-text search of the New Jersey statutes returns no provision on radar detectors at all, and…

Studded tires are legal in New Jersey, but only from November 15 to April 1 of a winter season. There is no permit, no sticker and nothing to apply for, and the window does not appear…

New Jersey publishes no legal darkness for the front of a passenger car, because add-on tint on the windshield and on the two front side windows is prohibited outright. R.S. 39:3-74…