Elizabeth, NJ

City Code Section 17.36.110(C)(5)(e)-(f) bars barbed wire or razor wire from any fence or wall material in residential zones, and a separate citywide clause repeats the ban for the…

City Code Section 17.36.110(C)(5) caps residential fences at 6 feet in a side or rear yard and 3 feet in front, with taller limits of 8 feet commercial and 12 feet industrial. Section…

Elizabeth requires a zoning permit before a retaining wall is built, reconstructed or altered on multi-family or nonresidential property, confirming compliance with the zoning…

Elizabeth requires a zoning permit before installing a fence. City Code § 17.08.065 lists fences among the accessory alterations to one- and two-family homes, alongside decks, sheds…

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

When snow covers the street, Elizabeth bars parking on dozens of named city and county roads until plowing is complete. Police may tow unoccupied vehicles left in violation, and the…

Elizabeth prohibits property or vehicle owners from allowing off-street parking of any commercial motor vehicle weighing 5,000 pounds or more in a residential zone; such vehicles must…

Elizabeth designates dozens of specific curb segments as loading zones by street ordinance, many restricted to set hours like 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays or Monday through Saturday…

In Elizabeth's public market district, Chapter 10.24 requires every parking prohibition at the Center Street, High Street, Second Avenue and South Street intersections to be marked…

Elizabeth City Code Section 17.36.110(C)(3) lets driveways and accessory parking sit in any yard but keeps them at least 3 feet off every lot line except where they cross to reach the…

Elizabeth's general parking rules in City Code Chapter 10.28 layer local no-parking, no-standing and no-stopping schedules on top of New Jersey's parking statutes. Drivers must still…

Elizabeth bars parking of commercial vehicles on city streets between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., with truck tractors barred even earlier, starting at 6:00 p.m. The rule applies whether…

Elizabeth outright bars parking any trailer, pole trailer, recreational vehicle, camper, or boat on any street or part of a street, even if it is hitched to another vehicle, with…

Union County bars leaving an abandoned or junked motor vehicle on any county-owned, leased or controlled property. A vehicle left without consent for more than 48 hours, or lacking…

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…

Elizabeth bars short-term rentals from disrupting a neighborhood's residential character: Code Section 5.90.020(C)(1) requires the STR's impact to be no greater than a private home…

Elizabeth short-term rental owners must submit proof of general liability insurance covering at least $500,000.00 alongside their license application. The requirement is attached to…

Elizabeth only allows a short-term rental in a dwelling unit that is the owner's actual principal residence, defined under Code Section 5.90.010 as the address where the owner spends…

No one may rent, operate, or advertise a short-term rental in Elizabeth without first obtaining a license from the city's bureau of central licensing, under Code Section 5.90.030…

Elizabeth's short-term rental license costs $200 a year, broken into a $75 application/registration fee, a $75 carbon monoxide inspection fee, and a $50 zoning inspection fee for the…

Elizabeth STR applications must disclose every off-street and adjacent on-street parking space, and owners must agree that renters are limited to one vehicle for every two occupants…

Elizabeth limits home occupation signage in residential zones to a single non-illuminated sign of six square feet under City Code Section 17.48.060(A)(1). The sign may show only the…

Elizabeth caps how much a home business can change a residential block. City Code § 17.36.030(A)(2)(g)(iv) bars a home occupation whose vehicular or pedestrian traffic volume and…

Elizabeth treats a home-based business as an accessory use: it must be the only home occupation on the lot, stay under thirty percent of the dwelling's floor area with no outdoor…

Elizabeth allows in-home child care as a home occupation, but caps it hard: City Code § 17.36.030(A)(2)(e) bars any home occupation that "involve[s] child care for more than five…

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…

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…

Elizabeth's fire prevention code requires any permitted outdoor cooking or barbecue fire to be kindled in a proper receptacle placed at least ten feet from combustible buildings or…

Elizabeth prohibits open burning of refuse, garbage, rubbish, plant life and trade waste citywide. Trade waste can only be burned under a special permit from the director that also…

Elizabeth prohibits bulk storage and use of liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas everywhere in the city except properties zoned M2 and M3, under a limit the fire…

Elizabeth allows only permitted seasonal sale of state-approved sparkling devices and novelties, sold from temporary structures between May 1 and September 15, and bans all other…

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…

Elizabeth bans letting a dog run loose on public streets, in parks, public buildings or any other public place. Section 6.04.270 requires every dog off its owner's property to be…

Elizabeth's municipal code makes it unlawful to hunt, molest, injure, capture, or otherwise interfere with the freedom of any wild, undomesticated bird in a city park, along with…

Elizabeth bans keeping goats anywhere in the city and bans live swine entirely. Cattle and chickens are allowed but must stay at least 150 feet from any residence other than the…

Elizabeth bans letting any dangerous or vicious animal run at large, and requires a police chief's permit before anyone can exhibit or parade an animal that is legally "ferae naturae,"…

Elizabeth requires every pet shop to hold an annual $200.00 license from the central license bureau, plus added per-dog fees for animals kenneled for sale. The code sets licensing and…

No Elizabeth household may hold more than five total dog and/or cat licenses. Owners who need more can petition the director of health and human services for an exception based on…

Elizabeth regulates dogs by behavior, not breed. City code defines a "vicious dog" only by what it does, attacking or biting a person or habitually attacking other animals, and in 2016…

Elizabeth requires every animal adopted from the city shelter to be spayed or neutered within thirty days of adoption by a licensed veterinarian. Animals adopted under four months old…

Union County prohibits feeding unconfined wildlife, deer, geese, or strays alike, in any public park or on any other county-owned property, under Laws of Union County § 131-36 through…

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…

Elizabeth requires a license or permit before anyone locates, constructs, or alters a private swimming pool. City Code Chapter 8.60 puts the administrative authority in charge of…

Every permanent swimming pool in Elizabeth must be enclosed by a substantial four-foot fence with self-latching, lockable gates under Section 8.60.350. The fence must block access…

Elizabeth treats frequent, continual or habitual barking, howling, meowing or squawking by a dog, cat, bird or other animal that causes a noise disturbance as a prohibited noise under…

Elizabeth's noise ordinance bans tampering with a vehicle's muffler or noise control device and separately outlaws driving a car, truck, bus or motorcycle so out of repair or loaded…

Elizabeth bars outdoor leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other power garden tools between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. before a Sunday or legal holiday…

Elizabeth bars excessive or unusually loud noise at any hour and layers on a specific nighttime curfew: radios, TVs and similar sound devices cannot run audibly across a property line…

Elizabeth bars loudspeakers and amplified sound equipment, whether used for advertising or non-commercial purposes, from being plainly audible or creating a noise disturbance between…

Elizabeth caps noise from industrial and commercial operations at the residential property line: City Code § 17.36.060(E)(4) sets a 65 dBA continuous-sound ceiling from 7:00 a.m. to…

Construction noise in Elizabeth is barred between 7:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and banned outright on Sundays and legal holidays under the city's noise control ordinance, unless the work is…

Elizabeth has no standing lawn-watering schedule; instead, the mayor can declare a water emergency by executive order and then impose either a complete ban on outdoor water use…

Elizabeth requires anyone removing a street tree of 2.5 inches DBH or more, or six or more trees at 6 inches DBH per acre, to replace them under a tiered table or pay $500 per tree…

Elizabeth requires a written permit from the department of public works before anyone cuts, prunes, trims, breaks, climbs or otherwise injures a tree growing in a public street…

Elizabeth prohibits letting brush, weeds, or obnoxious growths accumulate on any property when it creates a health, safety, or fire hazard under Section 8.72.010. The director of…

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…

Elizabeth caps residential sheds and other detached accessory buildings at 8 feet tall (10 feet to a pitched roof peak) and limits any building over 100 square feet to one per lot, set…

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

Elizabeth requires a sidewalk cafe license from the health officer before any restaurant sets tables on a public sidewalk. Chapter 7.54 fixes an April 1 to October 31 season, seating…

Elizabeth requires a parade permit from the license inspector for nearly any organized march or procession on city streets, applied for 10 to 30 days ahead for a $30 fee. Funerals…

Street fairs, festivals and other special events in Elizabeth require an operator's permit from the chief license inspector, filed and paid for at least two weeks before the event…

Elizabeth's mayor may close any city street to motor vehicle traffic for events, including block parties, under Chapter 10.20 of the City Code. Applicants must file with the mayor's…

Union County requires a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation to reserve county recreational facilities and park land for organized events, athletic fields, and group…

Elizabeth permits billboards only as a conditional use near state or federal highways or rail lines, under Schedule III(O) of the zoning code. The planning board must approve a…

Elizabeth's design standards ordinance caps how much light can spill onto a neighboring lot: maximum illumination at any property line, at ground level and above, cannot exceed one…

Elizabeth's design standards chapter requires every outdoor light source, not just billboards, to be shielded so no fixture is visible at a property line four feet above grade, and…

Elizabeth imposes a 15 percent tax on fees for parking, garaging or storing motor vehicles, including valet and hospital or nonprofit lots. A separate 3.5 percent mass transit access…

Elizabeth doesn't levy a formal vacancy tax, but Section 8.80.030 forces owners of vacant or foreclosing property to register annually and pay an escalating fee, starting at one…

A motor vehicle burglar alarm in Elizabeth must shut itself off automatically within ten minutes of sounding; letting it ring longer violates the stationary signaling devices clause of…

Delivery trucks and haulers in Elizabeth cannot load, unload or handle boxes, crates, containers or garbage cans in residential areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., stretching to…

Elizabeth's noise control ordinance singles out places of public entertainment, including bars and nightclubs, for a ban on amplified sound: operating a radio, sound amplifier or…

Elizabeth's noise ordinance bans any device that creates ground or structure-borne vibration a person can feel or see, such as heavy bass, once that vibration crosses the property…

Elizabeth bans consuming cannabis or any cannabis product in any public or private establishment that isn't a licensed cannabis consumption area, under Section 8.70.020(B). The same…

Elizabeth bans smoking on the outdoor grounds of every city building, in city parking lots, and throughout the city's parks and recreational areas under Section 8.66.020. The ban also…

Elizabeth bans drinking any alcoholic beverage on public streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, public conveyances, and in a private vehicle in motion or parked on a public street or…

Elizabeth prohibits loitering in any public place in a manner that risks a breach of the peace, disturbs the comfort of others, obstructs pedestrian or vehicle passage, or involves…

Union County requires a helmet at any skateboard facility it owns or operates, or that sits on county park property. Adopted as Ordinance 680-2009, the rule applies to riders of every…

Union County bans soliciting alms or contributions of any kind on property it owns, leases or controls. The rule, Safety Code Section 115-33.D, is a blanket ban rather than one limited…

Elizabeth enforces the State Uniform Construction Code through a designated agency, the Department of Construction, Division of Building Inspections, with separate subcode officials…

Elizabeth requires day care centers to renew their certificate of occupancy for a flat $450 fee, listed separately from every other CO category in the city's Uniform Construction Code…

Elizabeth adopts the National Electrical Code of 1975, as later amended by the state, as its electrical subcode, and every electrical installation needs a permit reviewed by the city's…

Elizabeth requires a building permit from the building inspector before anyone erects, alters, or converts any structure, or changes the use of land. A residential construction permit…

Elizabeth charges a flat $100.00 fee for a scaffold placed in the public right-of-way, and the work needs prior sign-off from the Department of Engineering before the Department of…

Elizabeth does not run a standalone elevator maintenance program, but it enforces elevator upkeep at the point of sale: before a certificate of occupancy for resale issues, City Code §…

Elizabeth requires owners of single-family, two-family and covered multiple-dwelling rentals to get a lead-based paint inspection from the municipal lead inspector, or a private…

Elizabeth requires every short-term rental to pass a carbon monoxide inspection by the fire prevention bureau before an owner can obtain the rental certificate of occupancy needed to…

Elizabeth adopts the National Standard Plumbing Code as its plumbing subcode by reference, and every plumbing installation needs a permit reviewed by the city's subcode plumbing…

Elizabeth's mandatory recycling program requires institutional, commercial and industrial facilities serving 500 or more meals a day, plus major food processors, to separate…

Elizabeth requires a director of public works permit before dumping garbage, animal or vegetable matter, sweepings, muck or dirt anywhere in the city. Unpermitted dumping draws a fine…

Elizabeth residents may only put garbage, trash, refuse or recyclables at the curb directly in front of their own property, and never before 6:00 p.m. the day before their ward's…

Elizabeth's scavenger service will only collect garbage, trash or refuse packed in metal or plastic containers with regulation covers; loose bags, open boxes and baskets are barred…

Elizabeth homeowners can only place garbage, trash, refuse and recyclables at the curb directly in front of their own property, never before 6:00 p.m. the evening before their ward's…

Elizabeth runs a mandatory residential recycling program: City Code § 8.36.020(A) requires owners and occupants to separate twenty-three categories of clean, uncontaminated…

Elizabeth's mandatory recycling program requires every household to separate 23 categories of recyclables, from aluminum cans and glass to grass, leaves, electronics and construction…

Elizabeth residents must gather leaves, branches and underbrush at the curbline in double-sheath biodegradable paper bags, never plastic. Branches and small trees must be bundled under…

Placing a roll-off dumpster on private property or a city street in Elizabeth requires a permit from the bureau of construction, with police traffic-division sign-off for street…

Elizabeth bars any pleasure or commercial boat from operating out of the city waterfront without a permit from the director of public works. Permits come with fixed operating hours…

Elizabeth regulates all proposed development in flood hazard areas under Chapter 17.44, adopting FEMA's September 20, 2006 Flood Insurance Study and rate maps for Union County…

Elizabeth ties construction-site erosion control to New Jersey's own minimum standard: Section 13.24.030 requires every major development's stormwater measures to meet the…

Elizabeth sets a Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE) above FEMA's mapped base flood elevation, adding at least one foot of freeboard on a delineated watercourse under § 17.44.130, with…

Elizabeth requires every major development, and many smaller residential and nonresidential projects, to control flooding, recharge groundwater and cut pollutants through green…

Trucks and buses over 10,000 pounds gross weight cannot idle their engines or auxiliary equipment for more than three minutes in any hour while parked in a residential district, quiet…

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…

Elizabeth taxes hotel and transient accommodation rent at 3 percent under Chapter 3.40, and separately taxes hotel room use and occupation at 6 percent under Chapter 3.41. The two…

Elizabeth requires a written permit from the license inspector at the central license bureau before anyone canvasses, solicits, or goes door-to-door selling goods, services, or taking…

When Elizabeth residents remove a tree with a DBH of 2.5 inches (street trees) or 6 inches per acre (other trees), Chapter 17.45 requires replacement plantings, but bars any species on…

Digging into an Elizabeth street or tunneling under it for a private connection requires a permit from the public works/engineering division, with the police traffic division notified…

Elizabeth places sidewalk repair squarely on the abutting property owner or occupant, not the city. Owners must lay and keep sidewalks in good repair at their own expense, and the…

Elizabeth bars placing advertisements or displays of food, clothing, appliances or merchandise on any street, highway, sidewalk or gutter. The director of public works can remove an…

Elizabeth caps garage sales at two permits per calendar year for any one applicant or address, requires a permit application at least 10 days before the sale, and limits sale hours to…

Elizabeth allows garage-sale signs only on the day of the sale during permitted hours, on the premises covered by the permit, and requires every sign, whether on the property or posted…

City Code Schedule III, Item O, referenced by Section 17.36.070, permits billboards in any district only within 300 feet of a state or federal highway route or passenger rail facility…

Elizabeth commercial display windows may carry the store's name, description or logo inscribed on the glass, but that lettering cannot cover more than 25 percent of the total window…

Elizabeth requires a separate license for every massage business premises and for each individual masseur or masseuse, issued by the supervisor of licenses. Establishment licenses cost…

Elizabeth requires a tobacco business license from the bureau of central licensing before any smoke shop can sell tobacco, e-cigarettes, or paraphernalia. New shops must apply within…

Elizabeth requires every private-property tower to hold an annual mercantile license, cap towing fees at $100 to $400 by vehicle weight, post warning signs at every lot, and get police…

Elizabeth requires anyone buying and reselling secondhand goods to hold two separate licenses, a premises license for the location and an individual license for every person who…

Elizabeth landlords covered by the rent control chapter must register every rental dwelling annually with the Fair Rental Housing Board by March 1st, listing rents, services, and…

Elizabeth caps most annual rent increases at 3% over the prior year's base rent through its Fair Rental Housing Board, applying to buildings with five or more units (owner-occupied…

Elizabeth's Housing Code sets hard numeric minimums for rental habitability: landlords must supply potable water, 160-degree hot water, and heat that keeps habitable rooms and…

Elizabeth landlords covered by the rent control ordinance must give tenants written notice at least 30 days before any rent increase takes effect, and must also supply the state…

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…

Elizabeth requires every mobile food unit to hold an annual $750 peddler's license from the central licensing bureau before selling on city streets, sidewalks or from a truck. Vendors…

Elizabeth bars all licensed peddlers, vendors and pushcart operators from the downtown special improvement district, and blocks pushcarts specifically from Exit 13 of the New Jersey…

Mobile food trucks in Elizabeth need a retail food establishment license from the health division before operating, costing $175 per truck annually. Licenses expire June 30 each year…

Elizabeth declares it a public nuisance for an owner to let a vacant property fall out of the maintenance and security condition Section 8.85.090 requires, covering everything from…

Elizabeth caps weeds on vacant lots and every other exterior property area at six inches under the city's housing code. Anything taller, whether it is a weed considered noxious or a…

Elizabeth gives property owners and occupants just 12 daylight hours after snow, ice or sleet falls to clear a four-foot-wide path on the abutting sidewalk. Ice that forms must be…

Installing a photovoltaic solar system in Elizabeth requires an electrical subcode permit issued through the city's Uniform Construction Code office, with the fee set by system size…

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…

Elizabeth's code enforcement agency can inspect any dwelling to check for unsafe or unsanitary conditions under Code Section 15.12.720, and occupants must let inspectors in at any…

Elizabeth bars Uber and Lyft drivers from parking or standing at taxicab stands, metered curbs, or within 15 feet of a station, theater, hotel or restaurant entrance. Section 5.150.190…

Union County bars low-speed electric bicycles and other e-bikes, along with electric and motorized scooters, from every footbridge, bridle path, bicycle path, lawn, wooded area, park…

Anyone riding a scooter on Union County-controlled property must wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet meeting the ANSI Z90.4 bicycle helmet standard or the Snell Memorial…

On county-controlled property, Union County bars leaving a bicycle where it blocks a sidewalk or path, requires cyclists to use a marked bicycle path once one exists rather than the…

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…

Elizabeth's design standards set the minimum size for new street trees at two-inch caliper, measured one foot above the root crown at planting, sited on the street line clear of…

Elizabeth bars juveniles under 18 from being on any public street between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or guardian or traveling to or from lawful work…

City Code Section 17.36.120(A) caps R-1 and most other residential buildings at three stories and 38 feet, or the prevailing height on the block if one exists, with no occupancy above…

City Code Section 17.36.110(F) caps impervious surface, roofs, pavement and sidewalks alike, on a sliding scale for residential lots: 77 percent on lots of 2,500 to 3,500 square feet…

Elizabeth City Code Section 17.36.110(A) sets minimum yard setbacks for one- and two-family homes: a 20-foot front yard, a side yard equal to 12 percent of lot width but never less…

Elizabeth confines licensed cannabis retail to its Cannabis Retail Overlay (CRO) Zone under City Code Section 17.36.210(C), where a Class 5 Cannabis Retailer may operate only at street…

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.

Elizabeth's Vermin Control chapter makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to let any premises become rat- or vermin-infested. The director or health officer can inspect suspect…

Union County allows charcoal grills and barbecues in its parks only in designated cooking areas, using approved equipment kept at least ten feet from any tree or building. A fire…

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…

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…

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…