Hamilton, NJ

Hamilton Township bans feeding wildlife on any property it owns or operates, including its parks. Township Code § 317-11 makes feeding deer, geese, ducks, or other wild animals on…

Hamilton Township bans commercial-breeder pet sales: a licensed pet shop may only offer dogs and cats obtained from or displayed in cooperation with an animal shelter or animal rescue…

Hamilton Township does not run its own beekeeping permit program. Township Code § 317-8 instead requires every beekeeper in Hamilton to follow New Jersey's state beekeeping statute…

In Hamilton's RRC Rural Resource Conservation District, § 550-73B(1)(i) caps livestock at one saddle horse, one cow or two goats per half-acre of lot area, and fowl at 100 birds per…

Hamilton caps household pets at four dogs or four cats total per single-family detached home in the R-15, R-10 and R-7 Zones under § 550-74B(9), dropping to two dogs or cats altogether…

Hamilton Township has no breed-specific ban; instead it regulates individually declared dangerous dogs. A dog a court declares "potentially dangerous" under state criteria must be…

Hamilton Township bans dogs running at large anywhere in the Township and requires any dog on a public street or public place to be on a leash no more than six feet long or another…

Hamilton Township's Land Development Ordinance permits an animal hospital, described as a hospital for small animals including a kennel, as a principal use only in the HC Highway…

In Hamilton Township parks and recreation areas, Township Code § 340-1(A)(8) bans hunting, harming, trapping, or throwing objects at any bird, reptile, or other wildlife, and bars…

Hamilton Township does not require pet owners generally to spay or neuter their animals, but its TNVR program requires community-cat caregivers to make all reasonable efforts to…

Hamilton Township does not require microchipping of ordinary pets, but its Trap Neuter Vaccinate and Return program mandates that community-cat caregivers microchip every trapped…

Hamilton Township requires every free-roaming owned cat to wear a collar and tag, and it permits community cat colonies to be cared for on private property only under a formal Trap…

Hamilton's noise chapter sets hard decibel ceilings by receiving property and time of day. Outdoors at a residential line the cap is 65 dB from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 50 dB…

A dog barking five straight minutes at four or more barks a minute, or 20 intermittent minutes at two or more a minute, is prima facie evidence of an unlawful animal-noise violation…

Hamilton bans disabling a vehicle's factory noise-control equipment and caps in-car music at 25 feet audible overnight versus 50 feet by day, with motorcycles held to the federal…

Construction and demolition work in Hamilton cannot run between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays. Outside those…

The Nuisances chapter bans operating any sound source outdoors within 100 feet of a residential property line from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekends…

Amplified sound cannot push total sound above the neighborhood's residual level by more than 3 dB(C) at night or 6 dB(C) by day, and portable speakers in public spaces have their own…

Leaf blowers fall under Hamilton's yard-maintenance-equipment noise rule: homeowners and tenants cannot run them between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., and commercial landscapers face tighter…

Hamilton Township bans open burning outright: no salvage-operation fires, no burning of rubbish, garbage or trade waste, and no burning of plant debris like leaves or brush anywhere in…

Hamilton Township allows residential fire pits, but Township Code § 317-10 requires wood-burning pits to use a screened cover and bans burning unseasoned firewood, brush, trash…

Hamilton requires a smoke detector on every level of a dwelling, including the basement, installed as the manufacturer recommends. Section 268-14C(10)(b) sets the placement rule…

Hamilton Township bans discharging fireworks and dangerous fireworks anywhere in the municipality, on private property or Township-owned land, at any time of day or night. Township…

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…

Hamilton's zoning code requires in-ground pools to file a sealed engineer's grading plan and aboveground pools to file a plot plan, but small pools under 24 inches deep or 250 square…

Hamilton requires every private residential swimming pool area to be secured with fencing or other safety devices under the Uniform Construction Code, on top of separate rear-yard…

Hamilton Township requires designated fire lanes to be marked with a yellow-painted curb and yellow diagonal striping under Code § 228-3. The Fire Marshal sets the lane's location and…

Hamilton bars parking motor vehicles anywhere in a front, side, or back yard except in a driveway or a designated parking area. Section 268-11D of the housing code requires those…

Hamilton Township designates specific curb locations as loading zones under Code Section 485-39, reserving them for loading and unloading goods during posted hours. Parking there for…

Once snow covers Hamilton Township streets, an automatic parking emergency kicks in under Code § 485-8: no vehicle may sit on the affected streets, and the ban stays in force until…

Hamilton Township bans parking outright on a long list of named streets under Code § 485-9, layers on posted time limits elsewhere, and defers to state law for the basic rules on…

Certain Hamilton Township residential streets are permit-only: Township Code § 485-16 bars anyone using public transportation from parking on any residential street and requires a…

Hamilton Township charges electric-vehicle drivers to use municipal EVSE charging stations under Code § 215-16: $1.50 for the first two hours, then $3 per additional hour. Vehicles may…

Hamilton Township caps how long a trailer, camper, or boat trailer can sit on a street or on private land at three weeks, and bans anyone from living or sleeping in one while it's…

Hamilton Township prohibits parking any truck, bus, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer on any street in town between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The ban, set out at Township Code § 485-15…

A vehicle parked seven straight days on a public street, disabled and blocking traffic, mechanically inoperative for seven days, or unregistered, counts as abandoned and is declared a…

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…

Hamilton caps grass and weed growth at 10 inches on any residential property covered by its housing code. Section 268-11C bars yards from accumulating junk and unstacked firewood, and…

Hamilton Code § 550-117 requires written Township approval before removing any tree with a trunk 4 inches or more in diameter, or an evergreen/ornamental tree 6 feet or taller. The…

Hamilton Township makes property owners responsible for cutting back trees, shrubs, and hedges within 10 feet of any roadway, and within 25 feet of a street intersection, to no more…

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.

A home occupation sign in Hamilton is capped at 150 square inches, cannot be illuminated, and must name only the resident and the occupation, staying inside the property lines under §…

Hamilton Township caps the client and delivery traffic a home business can generate: § 550-161.K(11) bars any home occupation from increasing vehicular traffic or parking at the…

Hamilton Township allows a home occupation in any dwelling by right under § 550-161.K, but caps it at 25% of the home's gross floor area, bars nonresident employees, limits signage to…

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…

Hamilton Code § 550-114.D bars installing a fence 'in a location or in a manner so as to adversely affect the utility of an adjacent property,' overriding any other fence provision in…

Hamilton Code § 550-114.A bars barbed wire, metal spikes, and any fencing material or design dangerous to people or animals on residential property. The ban does not reach working…

Hamilton Township charges a $50 construction permit fee for any retaining wall four feet or taller that serves a Class 3 residential structure, under § 167-2A(15) of the Township Code…

Hamilton Township caps residential fences at four feet along the front lot line and six feet along side and rear lot lines under Code § 550-114.B(2). Fences between the front lot line…

Every fence installed in Hamilton Township needs a construction permit, per the closing sentence of Code § 550-114.B(1): 'A construction permit is required for the installation of all…

Hamilton's Land Development Code defines a garden or tool shed as an accessory building no larger than 12 by 12 by 12 feet, buildable within three feet of the rear and side lot lines…

Adding an accessory dwelling unit to an existing home in Hamilton triggers the Township's affordable housing development fee. Section 550-167D(1)(a) sets the fee at 1.5% of the…

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

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.

Before raising rent, a Hamilton landlord must notify the tenant by certified mail or personal service under § 5-165, using a form approved by the Business Administrator. The notice…

Hamilton Township requires every landlord to hold a valid rental registration before renting any unit, under § 268-18D of the Housing Standards chapter. Registration must be filed…

Hamilton Township caps annual rent increases in residential multi-family buildings under § 5-162 of the Rent Leveling Commission ordinance. Landlords who furnish heat may raise rent…

Chapter 268 of Hamilton's Township Code bars anyone from occupying or renting out a dwelling that doesn't meet baseline structural and safety standards. Section 268-8 covers…

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…

Filming that blocks pedestrian or vehicular traffic on Hamilton Township public lands requires an insurance-backed permit and an off-duty police officer under an agreed public safety…

Hamilton Township exempts student films from its commercial filming permit and fees, as long as the makers and the school agree in writing to pay all permit costs if the film is ever…

Hamilton Township requires a Municipal Clerk permit before any commercial filming that uses public property for vehicles, equipment or blocking devices. Applications must be filed at…

Hamilton Township requires filming permit holders to minimize inconvenience to adjoining property owners and, where practicable, abate noise from the production and keep vehicles off…

A Hamilton Township property vacant six months or more can be declared abandoned and, separately, declared a nuisance if its dilapidated condition or unsecured state harms neighborhood…

Hamilton Township requires every owner and tenant to keep land free of brush, weeds, dead trees, invasive plants, filth, garbage, trash and debris, including the street frontage…

Owners and tenants abutting a Hamilton street must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 12 daylight hours of the snow or ice forming. Missing the deadline draws a $10 fine plus $10 per…

Hamilton Township requires anyone operating a tattoo, body piercing or permanent cosmetics business to hold an annual license from the Division of Health. Hours are capped at 8 a.m. to…

Hamilton requires every massage, bodywork or somatic therapy establishment to hold a Municipal Clerk license good for three years, and every therapist working there must already be…

Hamilton Township requires anyone in the towing or wrecking business to hold an official tower license from the Township Clerk before they can respond to police-directed tows. Licensed…

Anyone buying scrap gold, jewelry, electronics or other secondhand goods from the public in Hamilton needs a Municipal Clerk license, a $10,000 bond, and must log every transaction…

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.

Hamilton Township requires anyone peddling or soliciting door to door to hold a Township Clerk license first, backed by a Police Chief background check, under Code § 349-3. Solicitors…

Hamilton Township residents can bar door-to-door sellers by joining the Municipal Clerk's "Do Not Solicit" list, and no peddler, solicitor or canvasser may work anywhere in town…

Hamilton's housing code requires every licensed hotel, motel, rooming house, and boardinghouse to stay free of bedbugs as a condition of its Township license. Section 268-17J bans…

Hamilton Township requires every retail food establishment to hold a Township license and post its most recent state inspection evaluation placard near the main entrance, under Code §…

Hamilton Township's housing code makes every occupant, owner or operator of a dwelling responsible for exterminating rodents and other pests on the premises, under Code § 268-15E. If…

Hamilton Township bans surgical dressings, syringes and other disposable hospital-type 'red bag waste' from curbside municipal trash collection. Residents and health care providers…

Hamilton Township confines recreational drone flying inside its parks to areas set aside for that purpose, and bans it outright during Township special events. The rule sits in the…

Hamilton Township bans flying drones and other unmanned aircraft systems during Township special events. Township Code § 340-1(A)(26) singles out drone flights for a blanket ban…

Flying a drone or any radio controlled aircraft in Mercer County parks requires written permission from the Park Commission first. The Rules and Regulations place the ban inside the…

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…

Hamilton Township charges vendors a tiered fee to sell at Township-sponsored community events under Code § 215-11. Events with 15 or more vendors are "large community events" and pay…

Anyone organizing a parade or procession in Hamilton must notify the Chief of Police at least two weeks ahead and obtain a permit. The Chief can set the route and timing, deny a permit…

Hamilton allows outdoor dining as an accessory use to any permitted restaurant in every zoning district except the Rural Resource Conservation Zone, under Code § 550-95. Restaurants…

Groups of 15 or more must get a Hamilton Township permit before using a park or park facility like a pavilion or athletic field. Applications go to the Department of Health…

Hamilton Township's plumbing subcode official, created under Chapter 167, charges $30 per fixture or appliance connected to a residential plumbing system, $80 per special device such…

Hamilton's electrical maintenance code requires carbon monoxide detectors within 10 feet of every bedroom in existing dwellings. Section 268-14C(10)(c) sets the placement standard the…

Hamilton Township's housing code requires every exterior door, window, and cellar or basement entrance on an occupied dwelling to open and close easily with its locks, hinges, pulleys…

Hamilton requires every single-family, two-family and multi-family rental unit to pass a lead-based paint inspection at tenant turnover or on a fixed cycle, unless it qualifies for an…

Every building erected under a general development plan for a planned development in Hamilton Township must be fully sprinklered. Section 550-165 of the Land Development chapter, added…

Hamilton Township administers building permits through its own State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency, headed by a Construction Official under Chapter 167 of the Township…

Hamilton Township's electrical subcode official, established under Chapter 167, issues electrical permits priced by fixture count and service size. Every job carries a $50 minimum, the…

Hamilton Township's Director of Community and Economic Development inspects dwellings, hotels, motels, rooming houses and boardinghouses under Code § 268-2, and requires a certificate…

Hamilton's zoning code sets physical design standards for child- and infant-care centers at § 550-138: classrooms must sit on the entrance floor or within half a story of grade, a…

Hamilton Township parks stay open every day of the year during posted hours, but no one may remain after dusk or linger more than 30 minutes past the end of a scheduled Township event…

Hamilton Township requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, grading, filling or other development in a mapped flood hazard area, administered by the Township…

Hamilton bars dumping anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system and outlaws illicit sewer connections. A 2019 retrofit article also forces certain private-property…

Hamilton Township sets a local design flood elevation under Code Section 536-13 that adds at least one foot of freeboard above the base flood data, with two feet required for critical…

Before any land in Hamilton Township can be disturbed for development, § 550-71 requires a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan approved by the USDA Natural Resources…

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…

Hamilton Township's site plan landscaping standards require street trees along every public right-of-way, spaced an average of 40 feet on center, under § 550-130A(10) of the Land…

Hamilton Township protects trees the Shade Tree Commission designates as "specimen" trees, including rare species or unusually large, healthy examples of a species, from removal…

Hamilton Township bars removal of any tree officially designated "historic" under Code § 550-117 unless the applicant first obtains the Township's approval. Historic status turns on a…

Digital billboards, called Electronic Message Center outdoor advertising signs, are allowed only along designated I-195/I-295 corridors and must meet NJDOT off-premises…

Hamilton caps political signs at 32 square feet and limits their display window to the 60 days before an election, with removal required within 15 days after. No construction permit is…

Interior window signs in Hamilton need no construction permit, but they cannot cover more than 30% of the total window area under the temporary-sign provision of the Township's sign…

Hamilton confines freeway-facing outdoor advertising signs to ten named zones bordering I-195 and I-295, capping height at 60 feet (up to 90 with a waiver) and each face at 672 square…

Mercer County bars placing advertising signs, including garage-sale signs, along any county road or right-of-way without a right-of-way occupancy permit approved by the County Engineer.

Hamilton Township requires landowners to control invasive plants such as running bamboo, ragweed, multiflora rose, kudzu vine and poison ivy or oak, and makes it a violation to let…

Hamilton Township bans planting or maintaining bamboo within 40 feet of the edge of any public roadway, and requires every bamboo owner to install a metal or equivalent underground…

Hamilton requires every rental unit to pass a Township inspection at least once every five years, and again at every change in tenancy, before a certificate of approval issues…

Under Hamilton Code § 268-18C(3), a tenant or resident who files a complaint alleging a housing code violation in a rental unit triggers a mandatory Township inspection within 10 days…

Hamilton Township Code designates specific street segments as official bicycle lanes and sets a minimum lane width of four feet, following the state Manual on Uniform Traffic Control…

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…

Hamilton Township lets police order a group to disperse when an officer observes a criminal street gang member engaged in "gang loitering" in a public place, under Code §§ 246-1 and…

Hamilton Township makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on a public street, sidewalk or any other public place unless using an enclosed restroom fixture. The ban carries limited…

Hamilton Township bars smoking, vaping, aerosolizing or consuming cannabis in any public or quasi-public place, and bars it in a private vehicle whether the vehicle is moving or parked…

Hamilton Township bans consuming or carrying an open container of alcohol in public and quasi-public places, including streets, sidewalks, parks and parking lots, and bans drinking…

Mercer County parks bar coasting with hand sleds, bobs, skis, carts or any other wheeled or runner vehicle, the category the Park Commission uses to cover skateboards, everywhere…

Mercer County parks ban smoking around any playground or recreation area whenever children are present. The Park Commission's Rules and Regulations place the restriction in the same…

Property owners must keep the sidewalk, driveway apron and curb between their lot line and the street line in good repair. The Public Works Director can order repairs within 10 days…

Vending machines, signs, lighting or utility poles cannot go into a Hamilton public right-of-way without sign-off from Public Works, Police and Community and Economic Development…

Hamilton bans any fixture resting on or projecting into a public sidewalk or right-of-way, such as a newspaper vending machine, if it endangers pedestrians or unreasonably blocks…

Air conditioners, boilers and similar fixed equipment in Hamilton are treated as stationary sound sources and must stay within the Township's decibel tables measured at the receiving…

Hamilton lets its noise officers cite a plainly audible bass beat as proof of a violation on its own, without identifying the song. Portable speakers on streets and sidewalks cannot be…

Hamilton Township's noise ordinance bans running any outdoor sound source, generators included, within 100 feet of a residential property line from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and 11…

Vehicle and building burglar alarms must silence themselves within 5 minutes of continuous airborne sound or 15 minutes of intermittent sound after activation, and the decibel tables…

Hamilton requires every resident in a designated recycling area to separate glass, metal and plastic containers, mixed paper and cardboard, tires, white goods, batteries, used motor…

Hamilton's Department of Public Works sets collection sectors and pickup dates by regulation rather than fixing them in the ordinance itself, and it can suspend, restrict or modify…

Hamilton Township requires trash and recycling receptacles to sit where they won't become a nuisance, and sets exact hours for curbside placement: carts may go out at dusk the night…

No roll-off dumpster or container can sit on a Hamilton right-of-way or other public property without Division of Police authorization. Police can tow an unauthorized unit and bill the…

Hamilton Township suspends solid waste and recycling collection on six named holidays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus any…

Hamilton caps routine curbside pickup at seven containers per dwelling per collection day. Residents who need to put out more than seven items, or anything over four feet long or 50…

Hamilton won't take washing machines, refrigerators, sofas and other bulky household items at the curb without a special arrangement made in advance with the hauler, caps each item at…

Hamilton bars anyone from dumping litter on any property, public or private, or into any street, sidewalk, park, pond, lake or stream in the Township. It is also illegal to import…

Anyone other than the county program who wants to collect recyclables in Hamilton Township must first register as a private recycler with the Mercer County Improvement Authority…

Hamilton runs a seasonal leaf program every October, November and December, plus year-round grass-clipping and brush pickup through the Department of Public Works. Materials must be…

Hamilton's R-15, R-10, R-7 and R-5 Single-Family Districts each carry their own minimum yard setbacks under § 550-74E: front yards run from 40 feet in R-15 down to 20 feet in R-5, side…

Hamilton caps building coverage at 20% of the lot in the R-15 and R-10 Single-Family Districts, rising to 25% in R-7 and 30% in R-5, under § 550-74E's area and yard requirements table…

Single-family homes in Hamilton Township's R-15, R-10, R-7 and R-5 zones cannot exceed 35 feet or 2.5 stories under Township Code, and accessory buildings top out at 15 feet. The…

Hamilton's RRC Rural Resource Conservation zone caps base density at 0.167 units per net developable acre, but § 550-73B(15)(b)3 adds one bonus dwelling unit per qualifying tract when…

Hamilton Code § 550-115.B requires nonglare, color-corrected lighting focused downward for parking areas, walkways and other commercial or multifamily site lighting, with fixtures…

Hamilton Code § 550-120.L bars any use from producing 'a strong, dazzling light or a reflection of a strong, dazzling light or glare beyond its lot lines.' Exterior lighting must be…

Billboard lighting along Hamilton's I-195/I-295 corridors must shut off between midnight and sunset and is limited to three 400-watt fixtures per sign face, aimed upward from the…

Hamilton Township treats rooftop solar as an accessory use capped at 12 inches above the roofline under § 550-142, while ground-mounted arrays covering 10 acres or more, or exceeding a…

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…

Hamilton Township keeps cannabis establishments, delivery services and dispensaries 1,000 feet by walking distance from any school, 500 feet from parks, houses of worship, recreation…

Hamilton Township has not opted out of cannabis retail: it channels cannabis establishments and Class 6 delivery services into the HC Highway Commercial and GC General Commercial…

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.

Mobile food vendors can only sell inside Hamilton Township parks if they hold one of six Peddler, Class 2 licenses, and even then only from designated vendor parking at Veterans'…

Ice cream trucks and other mobile vendors in Hamilton Township must pull all the way to the curb and sell only from the curbside; roadway sales are strictly banned under Code §…

Hamilton Township requires every mobile food unit, defined as any truck, van, trailer or cart selling food from a temporary location, to hold an annual retail food establishment…

Hamilton's right-to-farm ordinance protects recognized farming activities, including normal noise, dust and odor from agricultural work, in the RRC and R-15 districts and preserves…

Hamilton Township's right-to-farm ordinance, § 550-136, protects established farming practices in the RRC and R-15 Zoning Districts and preserves existing farm operations in the REO…

Hamilton Township levies a 3% hotel room occupancy tax on every taxable hotel stay under Code § 449-2, on top of the state sales and hotel taxes. Guests pay it directly, and hotels are…

Hamilton Township vets cultural and historic monuments through its Historic Preservation Advisory Commission rather than a direct designation ordinance. The nine-member Commission…

Hamilton Township bans propane grills entirely on park and recreation land. Visitors may only use the grills permanently installed by the Township or bring their own charcoal grill; a…

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…

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…