5 rules for unincorporated Morris County, New Jersey.
Verified from official government sources
Morris County sets no countywide rule for how residents store or place trash cans. Container type, screening, and set-out timing are governed by your municipality's ordinances and its trash/recycling collector. The county's MCMUA handles the countywide solid-waste plan, not curbside cans.
MCMUA Recycling Program
Much of the recycling that occurs in Morris County is performed by individuals with the help of their municipality, recycling collectors and recycling markets.
Morris County does not enforce a countywide blight or property-maintenance code. New Jersey delegates property upkeep to municipalities, which adopt their own housing and property-maintenance codes. Parsippany-Troy Hills, for example, prohibits filth, debris, and hazardous conditions on private property.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Housing & Property Maintenance Code
Brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuse and debris are prohibited upon properties.
Morris County has no countywide vacant-lot maintenance ordinance. New Jersey towns regulate overgrowth, dumping, and nuisance conditions on vacant and unimproved lots through their own property-maintenance codes and can compel owners to clean up or bill them for abatement.
Parsippany-Troy Hills Housing & Property Maintenance Code
Brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuse and debris are prohibited upon properties.
Morris County has no countywide garage-sale ordinance. New Jersey towns regulate yard and garage sales locally, often requiring a permit, limiting the number of sales per year, and restricting hours and signs. Rules vary by municipality, so check your town.
Morris County does not set a grass-height or weed limit. New Jersey municipalities enforce their own overgrowth ordinances. Many Morris County towns cap grass and weeds and require owners to keep growth cut; the county has no jurisdiction over lawn height.
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