Camden County, NJ Ordinances (2026)

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…

On Camden County park land, no vehicle may be parked between 10 PM and 6 AM. On residential streets, overnight parking rules are set by your municipality, not the county.

Camden County parks close their land to random vehicle parking: Article 4, § 10(B) of the Park Regulations lets you park only in areas the Parks Director designates and posts for that…

Camden County does not restrict where oversized vehicles park at a residence; your municipality does. The one county rule is that no vehicle over 6,000 pounds may park on a paved…

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…

Camden County parks bar drinking, carrying or selling beer and liquor outright. An unsealed, partially consumed container in your possession is presumed proof of violation, and alcohol…

Camden County parks flatly ban urinating or defecating anywhere except in provided restroom facilities. The Schedule of Fines charges $100 per offense, enforced by county park staff…

Camden County parks ban smoking and vaping inside all buildings, within 50 feet of any entrance or exit, on playgrounds and sports fields, and inside any county vehicle, layering local…

Camden County bans dumping or discarding any material anywhere in its park system without the Board of County Commissioners' written authorization, and separately bars fouling park…

Camden County bars soliciting of any kind on county park land unless the person holds a permit, grouping it with other commercial activity under Article 4, Section 3 of the Park…

Camden County bars feeding any animal, fish or waterfowl in its park system, singling out geese for a strict ban. Park personnel enforce a flat $50 fine per Section 20(B) of the Camden…

Camden County requires every domestic animal in its parks to be on a leash no longer than six feet, and owners must immediately clean up after their pets. An unleashed dog can be…

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…

Camden County's Noise Control Ordinance bars running construction, drilling, earthmoving, excavating, or demolition equipment between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and at any…

Camden County treats a barking dog as a noise-ordinance violation, not just a nuisance complaint. Section 6.2.3 bars owning, possessing or harboring any pet animal or bird whose sound…

Camden County bars two kinds of amplified sound as a stationary-source noise disturbance: § 6.2.1 stops any radio, TV or phonograph from creating a disturbance for anyone besides its…

Camden County's noise ordinance tightens its sound limit every night: the daytime cap on stationary sources drops from 65 dBA to 50 dBA at a residential property line the moment the…

Camden County exempts leaf blowers and other domestic power tools from its numeric noise limits only if they run with a muffler inside set hours, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and…

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 ordinance restricts idling of vehicles over 10,000 lbs to five minutes per hour when stationary within 150 feet of a residential area between 8:00 pm and 8:00 am…

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…

Camden County has no tree-removal permit for private land, that sits with your municipality, but inside its own parks the county bans damaging, removing or tampering with any tree…

Camden County requires a permit to reserve athletic fields and courts, picnic areas, shelters, pavilions, amphitheaters, parking lots, or boat slips at the Wiggins Park Marina. The…

Selling food or beverages anywhere in a Camden County park requires a vendor permit from the Parks Department under Article 4, Section 3 of the Park Regulations. The sale has to tie…

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…

Backyard residential pools are permitted by your municipality under the state Uniform Construction Code, not the county. The Camden County Department of Health only permits and…

Camden County requires a permit before anyone lights a bonfire, campfire, or firework display on county park land. Article 3, Section 2(a) of the Park Regulations groups those three…

Camden County parks are closed to loitering and parking between 10 PM and 6 AM, so this is a genuine county rule. One exception applies on North Park Drive (Route 130 to Cuthbert…