9 rules for unincorporated Burlington County, New Jersey.
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Burlington County, NJ has no countywide grass-height limit. Overgrown-lawn and weed rules are set and enforced by each municipality (Willingboro, Evesham, Mount Laurel, etc.) under state home-rule authority, not by the county.
Burlington County, NJ sets no rule for trimming trees on private property; that is a municipal matter. The county only manages trees and brush within county-road rights-of-way, where a permit may be required before cutting.
Burlington County itself does not regulate tree removal, but every NJ municipality must now enforce a tree-removal/replacement ordinance under NJDEP's MS4 stormwater permit. In Medford, removing a non-street tree 6 inches DBH or larger requires a permit.
There is no Burlington County weed ordinance for private yards. New Jersey towns regulate weeds, brush and overgrowth under their own property-maintenance codes; the county acts only on county roads, drainage and health-nuisance issues.
Burlington County sits in NJ's Southwest and Coastal South drought regions. During a NJDEP Drought Warning, watering limits are statewide, not county-set: water no more than two days a week, before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m.; drip and hand watering stay unrestricted.
Rainwater harvesting with rain barrels or cisterns for lawn and garden use is legal and encouraged in New Jersey. Burlington County requires no permit. A well permit (N.J.A.C. 7:9D) is a separate matter that applies to drilled wells, not rooftop rain collection.
Burlington County does not mandate or restrict native plantings on private property. New Jersey and NJDEP encourage native and pollinator-friendly landscaping, but planting choices are a municipal and personal matter, subject only to local property-maintenance and weed rules.
Burlington County has no artificial-turf ban, but synthetic turf counts as impervious surface under NJ's Stormwater Management rules (N.J.A.C. 7:8). Small residential lawns are usually fine; larger installs may trigger municipal stormwater review as a major development.
N.J.A.C. 7:8 (Stormwater Management Rules)
Any project that proposes 0.25 acres of "new" impervious surface and/or 1 acre of disturbance overall is considered a "major development" and triggers the [Stormwater Management] rules.
Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged in Burlington County. Statewide, the NJ Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.11) bans landfilling leaves and requires source separation of leaves and grass; municipalities run the collection.
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