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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