Freehold Township, NJ

Freehold Township bars dogs from running loose on public streets, parks or private property without the owner's permission under § 79-8E of the Township Code, and any dog off its own…

Freehold Township caps ownership at five dogs or cats, in any combination, per person under § 79-2D of the Township Code, unless the animals are kept at a duly licensed kennel or pet…

Freehold Township does not restrict dog ownership by breed. Instead, § 79-6 of the Township Code lets the Municipal Judge declare an individual dog vicious or potentially dangerous…

Freehold Township requires every pet shop, kennel, shelter and pound to hold a Health Department license under § 79-3 of the Township Code, and pet shops must additionally disclose the…

Freehold Township bars large exotic animals and potentially dangerous species from residential zones under § 79-16B of the Township Code, and anyone possessing a potentially dangerous…

Freehold Township carves backyard and songbird feeding out of its general wildlife-feeding ban. Section 79-19(B) lets residents feed songbirds and other backyard birds outdoors so long…

Freehold Township bans housing or storing farm animals, defined to include livestock and poultry, in any residential zone unless the property itself qualifies as a farm under the…

Freehold Township Code § 79-19 bars feeding, baiting or otherwise providing food to any wild animal, bird or waterfowl anywhere in the Township, public or private land alike. The ban…

Freehold Township has no separate coyote cull or hazing ordinance. Its animal-control code addresses coyotes only by naming them in the general wild-animal definition and folding them…

Freehold Township zones veterinary hospitals and offices as a permitted use only in the PUD-1 Planned Unit Development-1 Zone, grouped alongside medical offices and walk-in clinics…

Freehold Township requires every cat seven months or older to be licensed annually with the Board of Health, carry proof of rabies inoculation, and stay off public streets and parks…

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…

Freehold Township requires a UL-listed smoke detector in every guest room, hotel suite, motel suite and apartment dwelling unit, installed to National Fire Protection Association…

Freehold Township allows permit-free open burning of firewood at single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes, but only inside an approved chiminea, outdoor fireplace or fire pit and…

Freehold Township caps backyard fire pits, chimineas and outdoor fireplaces at a three-foot diameter and two-foot height, requires spark-screening mesh, a 10-foot clearance from any…

Freehold Township Code Section 232-1M bans manufacturing, selling, transporting or using any fireworks that New Jersey law prohibits anywhere in the Township, and puts the burden on…

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…

Freehold Township bars front yards in residential zones from being used to store vehicles over 10,000 pounds or to park boats, trailers or equipment, under Land Use Code Section…

Freehold Township requires vehicles to be parked on paved surfaces, not on lawns or buffer strips, under Land Use Code Section 190-162N. Unpaved parking is allowed only as a stopgap…

Freehold Township runs a free residential parking permit program on select streets under Township Code § 11-4.8.1 and § 11-4.8.2. On streets designated in Schedule IIIB, only vehicles…

Freehold Township bans parking on any street once snow or ice has accumulated into a continuous cover on the pavement, under Township Code § 11-4.7. The ban applies the moment plowing…

Freehold Township Code § 11-6 bars parking a truck, commercial vehicle, trailer, boat, recreational vehicle, pole trailer, piece of equipment, tractor, or bus on any street between…

Freehold Township Code § 11-19 reserves designated loading zones for commercially registered vehicles actively loading or unloading. A commercial vehicle sitting idle in the zone for…

Freehold Township bans leaving a partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street, and bars keeping one on private property for more than 30 days. Chapter…

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…

Freehold Township allows low-intensity home office uses under Land Use Code Section 190-118, but caps them at 10% of a home's gross habitable floor area and 300 square feet, and limits…

Freehold Township bars any on-premises advertising or signage for a home office use, and forbids listing the home street address in business advertising, under Land Use Code Section…

Freehold Township only allows infrequent or sporadic customer visits to a home office, under Land Use Code Section 190-118B(1)(i), and caps deliveries of goods to a frequency typical…

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…

The New Jersey Family Day Care Provider Registration Act creates a uniform statewide registration system for home daycares serving up to five children, with the state preempting most…

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…

Sheds and other accessory buildings in Freehold Township must sit in the rear yard, and any accessory structure over 192 square feet has to be built with materials that match the main…

Freehold Township allows an 'accessory apartment,' defined as a self-contained unit with its own kitchen, bathroom, and entrance, only as a conditional use requiring Planning Board…

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

Freehold Township requires Municipal Engineer approval of lot grading and drainage before anyone installs a retaining, gabion, or crib wall, under Code § 190-121. Walls of four feet or…

Putting up a fence in Freehold Township triggers a $35 zoning application under Code § 150-55, even though no separate building permit is required for an ordinary fence. Section…

Freehold Township caps residential fences at six feet behind the front building line and three feet in the front yard, with a corner-lot rule keying 'front' to whichever facade holds…

Freehold Township bans barbed wire fencing townwide except on farms and in the industrial zone, where it may only top a six-foot fence for security. Electrically charged fences are…

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

Freehold Township requires a permit from the Building Inspector before anyone builds, alters or adds to a permanent private swimming pool or permanent wading pool, backed by sketch…

Freehold Township requires every private swimming pool to be enclosed by a permanent fence four to six feet high with openings no larger than four square inches, and every gate must…

Freehold Township Code § 217-2A(1) bars playing a radio, TV, phonograph or similar device louder than needed for convenient hearing by voluntary listeners where it plays, if it…

Freehold Township Code § 217-2A(3) makes it a form of prohibited noise to keep animals or birds that cause frequent or long-continued noise disturbing the comfort or repose of anyone…

Freehold Township Code § 217-2A(7) confines excavation, demolition, construction, repair or alteration work to 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., though a homeowner working on his or her own…

Freehold Township Code § 217-2A(2) bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets that annoys or disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of nearby residents…

Freehold Township Code § 217-2A(5) and (6) require an effective muffler on vehicle exhaust and bar operating a vehicle so out of repair or overloaded that it grinds, rattles or grates…

New Jersey's Noise Control Act sets uniform statewide decibel limits for stationary commercial and industrial sources, preempting conflicting local rules.

Owners of property fronting a Township-planted street tree must trim overhanging branches to keep 15 feet of clearance above the street and 10 feet above the sidewalk. If an owner…

Freehold Township bars injuring, girdling, removing or destroying any tree, defined as a woody perennial four inches or more in trunk diameter, without a tree removal permit from the…

Freehold Township caps brush, hedges, and other plant growth within 10 feet of any roadway, and within 25 feet of a road intersection, at 30 inches tall, whenever cutting it is…

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…

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection may impose statewide or regional water use restrictions during drought warnings or emergencies under the Water Supply Management Act.

New Jersey applies state sales tax and the State Occupancy Fee to transient short-term rentals statewide, regardless of which municipality the property sits in.

Freehold Township protects mature heritage and historic trees under Chapter 336, Article II. The Township Forester decides removal permits, presumes heritage tree removal prohibited…

Freehold Township requires a permit from the Shade Tree Commission before anyone plants, cuts, prunes, or otherwise disturbs a tree standing in a street, parkway, or other public…

Freehold Township singles out heritage trees (mature trees of a size the Township Forester defines by species) and historic trees (those tied to a documented historic event) for the…

Freehold Township bars artificial lighting that shines directly onto a neighbor's land or into windows, porches or patios, or that creates glare or a nuisance. The rule sits in the…

Freehold Township requires every multifamily residential zone to light its parking areas and access drives from sunset to sunrise whenever the property is in use, but that illumination…

Freehold Township bars billboard-type signs outright, so there is no separate billboard lighting standard to comply with. Section 190-184 bans outdoor advertising companies from…

Freehold Township allows adult bookstores, adult theaters, body painting studios, exotic dance or strip clubs, modeling shops and tattoo shops only as a conditional use in specified…

Freehold Township licenses every junk dealer, junk shop keeper and motor vehicle junk dealer under Code § 186-2, capping the number of junkyard licenses in effect at any one time at…

Freehold Township requires a Health Department license before anyone can operate a body art or ear-piercing establishment, layered on top of the state Sanitary Code's Body Art…

Freehold Township regulates police-called towing through a rotating tow list run by the Police Department under Chapter 327. Contractors must apply annually by January 30, meet…

New Jersey regulates vape retailers under NJSA 54:40B and NJSA 26:3D, requiring licensing, prohibiting flavored vape sales, and applying age-21 minimum purchase rules statewide.

Freehold Township treats mobile food vendors, including ice cream trucks and seasonal food vendors, as retail food establishments that must hold a food handler's license from the…

Freehold Township requires a Township Clerk license before anyone puts on a traveling show, circus, carnival or street parade connected with one under § 75-1 of the Township Code…

Freehold Township treats a block party as a licensed activity under Chapter 75, Article I, Places of Public Amusement, and § 75-5D specifically requires the applicant to protect the…

Freehold Township requires a permit from the Recreation Department before any group of 20 or more people, participants and spectators combined, uses one of its designated pocket parks…

New construction in a Freehold Township flood hazard area must have its lowest floor, including basement and all utilities, elevated to or above the local design flood elevation, a…

Freehold Township requires a floodplain development permit from the Township's Floodplain Administrator before any construction, filling, grading or land alteration in a mapped flood…

Major development in Freehold Township must meet the stormwater management standards in Code § 190-80, which requires green infrastructure to control erosion, groundwater recharge…

Freehold Township requires a Township Engineer-approved erosion and sediment control plan and a permit before any land area is disturbed by grading, excavation or clearing. Chapter 282…

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…

Freehold Township caps single-family homes at two and a half stories or 35 feet, and limits accessory buildings to one story or 16 feet, under Land Use Code Section 190-104…

Freehold Township's Schedule C bulk table, which sets standard per-zone setbacks, is not published as a stand-alone document; instead, the Rural Residential/Planned Adult Community…

In the Rural Residential/Planned Adult Community (RR/PAC) Zone, Freehold Township caps building coverage at 20% of the entire tract and impervious surface at 40% of the tract under…

Freehold Township limits garage sales, defined broadly to include lawn, attic, rummage and yard sales, to no more than two per year per household under Land Use Code Section…

Freehold Township prohibits every class of adult-use cannabis business, cultivators, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and delivery services, from operating anywhere…

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.

Freehold Township's Mount Laurel Contribution Zone MLC-6 lets a developer build at up to 6 dwelling units per developable acre for townhouses or 4.0 units per acre for single-family…

Freehold Township enforces the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code locally through its own Construction Division inside the Code Enforcement Department. Chapter 115 sets up the…

Freehold Township charges electrical permit fees under § 150-62(C) of its Uniform Construction Code fee schedule, administered by the Electrical Subcode Official inside the…

Freehold Township prices plumbing permits per fixture under § 150-62(B) of its Uniform Construction Code fee schedule, administered by the Plumbing Subcode Official. Standard fixtures…

When a dwelling in Freehold Township is unfit for human habitation, Code § 182-10 lets the Construction Official act on a petition from a public authority, from at least five…

Freehold Township gives owners of residential property near a public elementary or middle school 48 hours after snow or ice falls to clear the abutting sidewalk, while commercial…

Freehold Township requires every owner, tenant, or person in possession of 'any dwelling or lands' in the Township, improved or not, to keep the property free of brush, weeds, dead…

Freehold Township's curfew is not a year-round rule: it applies only during the five-day Halloween period, October 28 through November 1, when anyone under 18 must be off public…

Freehold Township puts the cost of sidewalk and driveway apron repair on the owner of the abutting lot, though the Township will step in and pay if the damage came from normal wear and…

Nobody can dig up or open a Freehold Township street, road or right-of-way for private work like a utility tap or driveway connection without a written Township Clerk permit. Chapter…

Freehold Township imposes a 3% municipal occupancy tax on every hotel or motel room rental under Chapter 311, collected by the operator, remitted monthly to the state, and then…

Freehold Township adopts the New Jersey State Housing Code by reference under Code § 182-1 to set habitability standards for every dwelling in the Township. Section 182-15 backs that…

Freehold Township requires every rental unit to be registered annually with the Township Clerk before it can be rented, under Township Code Chapter 257. Owners must re-register within…

Freehold Township caps rental increases on multiple dwelling units through a Rent Control Board established under Township Code Chapter 261. Any increase above what the chapter…

Freehold Township landlords seeking an automatic CPI-based rent increase under Township Code § 261-8 must give tenants at least 30 days' written notice with the CPI calculation, and…

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…

Freehold Township lets political signs go up without a permit, but requires the property owner's permission, removal within 14 days of the election, and on public property at least 100…

Freehold Township bans electronic changeable-message boards outright except for gas station price signs and multiplex cinema marquees, and even those must stay under a 0.3-footcandle…

Freehold Township lets a temporary real estate sign grow past its normal 50 or 100 square foot cap when the property fronts a state highway, allowing one square foot of sign for every…

Freehold Township's Historic Preservation Commission can nominate any building, structure, site, object or district as a historic landmark or site of historic interest under Code §…

Freehold Township Code § 203-2 flatly bars sweeping, throwing, depositing or dumping litter on any property or in any public place, pond, lake or stream in the Township, except in an…

Freehold Township requires leaves and grass clippings to be containerized in a can, bucket, or bag before they leave the property, and bans placing uncontainerized yard waste at the…

Freehold Township requires every residential, business and institutional property to separate recyclables from trash under Township Code Chapter 253. Leaves, glass, tin and bimetal…

Freehold Township requires every residential, business, and institutional property owner or occupant to separate recyclables, leaves, glass, cans, plastics 1 and 2, cardboard, and…

Freehold Township requires every household to keep tight-lidded, verminproof trash receptacles between 20 and 30 gallons, and Chapter 290 requires them to sit where they're…

Freehold Township requires residential trash pickup at least twice a week under Chapter 290, and every homeowner must sign a private hauling contract unless they haul their own waste…

Freehold Township tells residents exactly how to bag, tie and weight-limit trash before it hits the curb, and Chapter 290 requires haulers to run closed, covered vehicles between 6:00…

Anyone parking a roll-off dumpster on a Freehold Township street or public right-of-way needs a $25 Police Department permit, and Chapter 290 only issues one when a driveway is torn up…

Freehold Township Code § 207-2 bans loitering in any public place in a manner that risks a breach of the peace, disturbs others' comfort, obstructs pedestrians or vehicles, or…

Freehold Township bans smoking, including vaping, in all municipal parks and recreational facilities and the parking areas and driveways adjacent to them. The Board of Health ordinance…

Freehold Township Code Section 232-1N makes it a disorderly-conduct violation to urinate or defecate in a public place, or on private property while visible from public view. The…

Freehold Township bans consuming cannabis items in public, other than by smoking, vaping, or aerosolizing, for anyone 21 or older, backed by a civil penalty up to $200, and separately…

Freehold Township requires every retail food establishment to hold a food handler's license from the Board of Health and to have certified personnel who completed a five-hour basic…

Freehold Township inspects registered rental units under Township Code § 257-7 to confirm compliance with the Land Use, Property Maintenance, Uniform Construction, Health, Housing and…

Freehold Township must send an inspecting officer within 10 days of receiving a tenant complaint about a rental unit, under Township Code § 257-8. Routine inspections run between 8…

Freehold Township recognizes farming as a natural right and a permitted use townshipwide under Township Code § 265-1, subject only to the Township's Health and Sanitary Codes. Section…

Freehold Township's Code Enforcement Officer investigates property-maintenance complaints from residents, then sends written notice by mail or personal delivery giving the owner 72…

Commercial solicitors, peddlers, hawkers and canvassers must hold a Township license before knocking on a single Freehold Township door. Chapter 288 requires a criminal background…

Freehold Township residents can register their address on a Township-run 'Do Not Solicit' List, and Chapter 288 flatly bars any commercial or noncommercial solicitor from knocking on a…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…