Camden County sets no brush-clearance ordinance; defensible-space rules are handled by municipalities and the NJ Forest Fire Service. State guidance recommends 30 feet of clearance around homes, and 100 feet in the Pinelands region.
New Jersey has no statewide mandatory defensible-space law for most homeowners, but the NJDEP Forest Fire Service strongly advises maintaining clear space around structures in and near forested areas. For Camden County—part urban, part wooded near the Pinelands fringe—the Forest Fire Service recommends at least 30 feet of space between homes and flammable vegetation, and 100 feet in Pinelands areas. Municipalities enforce their own weed-and-brush nuisance ordinances requiring overgrown lots to be cleared. Camden County itself does not impose a brush-clearance rule; check your town code and the NJ Wildfire SMART program.
Overgrown-vegetation violations are enforced through municipal property-maintenance codes; towns can order abatement, clear the lot, and bill the owner. No county-level brush-clearance penalty exists.
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Cherry Hill, NJ
Township Code Chapter 5 (Police Regulations) prohibits exterior radios, musical instruments, televisions, phonographs, drums, or other sound-producing device...
Cherry Hill, NJ
Chapter 5 forbids using a motor vehicle in a manner that creates a noise disturbance, including modified or defective exhaust, repeated horn-honking off publ...
Cherry Hill, NJ
Chapter 40 Zoning limits the storage of recreational vehicles, boats, and utility trailers on residential lots. Storage is generally restricted to rear yards...
Cherry Hill, NJ
Chapter 10 bars trucks, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, or omnibuses with a registered gross weight over 5 tons (10,000 lbs) from parking on any Township ...
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Chapter 10 (Traffic On-Street Regulations) governs on-street parking. During declared snow events, vehicles may not park on the street from 1 hour after snow...
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...
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