Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Township Tree Commission can order removal of a dead or diseased private tree that is a hazard. The owner has 60 days after service of…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, every owner of a tree overhanging a street or right-of-way must prune it to leave eight feet of clear space above the street or sidewalk, keep…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, requires every new permanent irrigation or sprinkler system, on municipal or well water, to include a rain switch and a bypass switch. The rule…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, grass and weeds on the premises of any building cannot be allowed to attain a growth of more than 10 inches under Township Code §…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, every application for major development must include a landscaping or revegetation plan under § 175-147. The plan must use shrubs and trees…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the annual cat license costs $5 for a spayed or neutered cat and $8 for a cat that is not. Every license expires on December 31, the fee is not…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 175-90(E) bars poultry in any non-Pinelands residential zone or use and requires a minimum of two acres to keep poultry in a Pinelands…

Gloucester County bans feeding geese, ducks, waterfowl and other wildlife at any time in any Park Area under Section 2(v) of the Parks Rules & Regulations. Violators face ejection from…

Gloucester County bars bringing any pet or animal into its parks, not just requiring a leash. Section 2(l) of the Parks Rules & Regulations exempts only guide, service, and seeing-eye…

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…

New Jersey's animal cruelty laws apply statewide, prohibiting neglect and overcrowding that constitute hoarding, with enforcement by humane officers and police.

Section 175-89G(4) of the Monroe Township Code (Gloucester County) prohibits living units over or attached to garages, with an exception for garages attached to residential dwellings…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a storage shed is a permitted accessory use in every zone under § 175-89F. A shed up to 300 square feet must sit five feet from the side property…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, an accessory dwelling unit cannot be used for stays shorter than 12 months, and the owner must live in either the main house or the ADU and…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ requires the property owner to live in either the principal dwelling or the accessory dwelling unit as his or her principal residence under §…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot as an accessory use to an existing single-family detached dwelling under § 175-157J. The unit is a…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, requires the maximum number of occupants to be posted in every rental unit. Under § 162-14B it is unlawful to let more people than that posted…

Under § 162-27B(4) of the Monroe Township Code (Gloucester County), a stay of less than 28 days is lawful when the owner physically resides on the premises for the entire rental period…

Section 162-27 of the Monroe Township Code (Gloucester County) sets no short-term rental permit. It makes it unlawful to take consideration for the use of any dwelling unit for less…

Section 162-31 requires the owner of a business or a rental unit in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, to carry liability insurance of no less than $500,000 combined, or no less than…

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.

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the construction fee schedule charges $50 for a residential fence over six feet in height or any residential fence used as a pool barrier…

Section 175-100 of the Monroe Township Code caps fences, walls and screening at six feet in the side and rear yard and four feet in the front yard, and keeps them out of any required…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a retaining wall over three feet in height on a residential lot must be designed and then reviewed and approved by the Engineer under…

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

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, charges $150 for an in-ground pool up to 550 square feet and $210 above that, and $100 or $140 for an above-ground pool, under § 104-18 C(1)(a)…

Every swimming pool in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ must meet the barrier requirements of Section 305 of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (2018), as adopted by…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a home professional office cannot require parking on the adjacent residential streets and is held to not more than four off-street…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a home occupation is a permitted accessory use with any residential use in any zone, under § 175-111 of the Township Code. It is…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 175-135B(1) permits one home occupation or home professional sign of no more than two square feet measured on one side, and EMC signs are not…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, section 175-123 limits drives to two per street, sets spacing from intersections and property lines, and requires driveway areas approved with a…

Section 169-15 of the Monroe Township Code (Gloucester County) makes it unlawful to deposit or leave an abandoned or unlicensed automobile, truck or other automotive equipment, or any…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, section 175-139 allows automobiles, station wagons, small pickups or panel trucks under two tons, jeeps and travel-alls used commercially in all…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, every retail, wholesale, commercial and industrial use needs adequate off-street loading and maneuvering space under § 175-123. A building over…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, single-family properties can store an unoccupied RV, motor home, travel trailer, camper, utility trailer or small boat outdoors, but never in a…

Gloucester County bars leaving any motor vehicle in a park parking area or elsewhere after closing hours. Section 2(h) of the Parks Rules & Regulations also confines driving to…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 175-126 caps noise at 55 dBA in residential districts, 60 dBA in agricultural districts and 65 dBA in all other districts. Residential readings…

New Jersey statute permits only non-aerial, non-explosive sparklers and novelties for adult consumers; aerial fireworks remain banned across every municipality with no local opt-in…

New Jersey's Air Pollution Control Act prohibits open burning of refuse, leaves, and most yard waste statewide, with narrow permitted categories overseen by NJDEP and the Forest Fire…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, smoking, including vaping, is prohibited at all times in Township parks and recreation areas and within 25 feet of the entrances and exits of…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 89-18 bans consuming an alcoholic beverage, or carrying one out of its original container, in a public place or on Township property without…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ lists loitering in groups of three or more on any public street, highway or alley as an offense in its juvenile conduct article, along with…

Gloucester County bars begging or soliciting money in a Park Area when it's done in a way that causes annoyance or alarm, or blocks other visitors' path. Section 2(ff) of the Parks…

Gloucester County's Parks Rules & Regulations flatly ban public urination and defecation in any County Park Area under Section 2(mm). The rule sits beside a companion dress-code…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, treats overgrown landscaping, deteriorated exteriors, peeling paint, broken glass and commercial storage in public view as maintenance violations…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a body art or tattooing establishment pays a $500 initial application fee, a $250 annual renewal fee and a late fee of $100 per month under §…

Chapter 169 of the Monroe Township Code (Gloucester County) bars anyone from establishing, operating or maintaining a junkyard or junk business, or from storing, purchasing, selling or…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ permits adult bookstores, adult movie houses and massage parlors, as the Code defines them, in the RD-C Zoning District as local retail sales and…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, § 162-4 of the Township Code bars storing any nonoperable vehicle at a residential location and limits any motor vehicle repair that…

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.

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, prints no clock deadline for clearing snow. Section 104-7 treats uncleared snow and icy conditions on paths and walks as hazards the owner or…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Construction Code Official can order a building repaired, vacated or demolished after a hearing when it is unfit for human habitation. Costs…

Subsection C of § 162-4 in the Monroe Township Code, Gloucester County, names any lot on which no building is located. Such a lot cannot hold junk, rubbish, debris, used or unused…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 74-27 sets a food vendor's license at a $100 annual fee plus a $25 ID fee. Mobile food units at Township-run events pay separate vendor fees…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, street trees must come from the official species list kept by the Township Tree Commission. The Township Code sets minimum spacing of 30, 40 or…

Section 175-147 of the Monroe Township Code, Gloucester County, NJ, bars development that would cause irreversible harm to threatened or endangered Pinelands plants and protects trees…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, regulates its bicycle path under Chapter 100 of the Township Code. Riders must keep a safe speed, stay near the right side, sound an audible signal…

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…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, protects required yards under § 175-152. A yard counted for one building cannot count for any other building, and a required yard must stay open to…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Township Code prints a hard coverage cap for single-family attached (townhouse) developments: maximum site coverage of 40%, with at least 25%…

Section 175-109(B) of the Monroe Township Code caps structures at 35 feet, other than farm buildings, and sets the initial maximum at 45 feet in commercial or industrial zones outside…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 74-53 prices park permits: a pavilion costs residents $50 for a half-day block or $100 all day, and nonresidents $100 or $200. Baseball and…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, anyone who wants to run a carnival, traveling circus or similar enterprise applies to the Township Clerk, and the Township Council approves…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, charges plumbing permit fees under § 104-18 C(1)(b): $15 per fixture, piece of equipment or appliance connected to the plumbing system, $91 per…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Construction Code Enforcing Agency periodically inspects all permitted construction, and starting work means consenting to inspection of the…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, prices electrical permits under § 104-18 of its Township Code by the receptacle, fixture, motor and service panel. One to 50 receptacles or fixtures…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, construction or alteration of a building or structure cannot start until the Monroe Township Construction Code Enforcing Agency issues a…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, charges $196 for a permit for lead hazard abatement work and $40 for a lead abatement clearance certificate under § 104-18 C(2)(i). The state…

Section 162-11(D) of the Monroe Township Code in Gloucester County, New Jersey, requires each dwelling unit going through a certificate of occupancy inspection to have at least one…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ leaves business drone use alone on private property during daylight hours with the owner's consent, but limits data collection to the consenting…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, it is unlawful to take off from or land a drone on Township-owned property, which the Code defines to include parks and playgrounds, except…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ writes its drone chapter to work alongside FAA rules. Operators must show an FAA registration certificate on request, and careless flying, FAA…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ regulates all development in flood hazard areas through Chapter 144, using the FEMA Flood Insurance Study dated August 17, 2016 and the stricter…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, the local design flood elevation is the best available flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard for a delineated watercourse. Zone AO areas…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, section 175-140 requires major development outside the Pinelands to manage erosion, groundwater recharge, runoff quantity and runoff quality…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 175-136 requires every site plan and major subdivision to include a soil erosion and sediment control program phased with the development…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a door-to-door solicitor pays a $100 annual license fee and a $25 ID fee after approval. A peddler pays the same two amounts. Section 74-27…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a public officer must conduct an inspection within 72 hours of receiving a complaint alleging a reported violation of Chapter 162…

Under § 162-12 of the Monroe Township Code, every rental unit in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey must be inspected at least once every twelve-month period. A unit that…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ, a minor under 18 may not be in a public place between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless with a parent or legal guardian, at lawful employment…

Gloucester County parks stay open daily during daylight hours only, except Christmas and New Year's Day, under Section 3(b) of the Parks Rules & Regulations. Illuminated ballfields…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ sets aside an Agricultural Production Zoning District to foster the continuation and expansion of agriculture. Under § 175-159, homes at one unit…

The Township Council of Monroe Township, Gloucester County, protects farms from nuisance claims through an irrebuttable presumption in § 175-90. An agricultural operation, activity or…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, a permit is required for a dumpster or bagster used for construction or household debris. Residential dumpsters stay 10 feet from an abutting…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, every use except single family detached and two-family homes must keep outdoor trash in metal receptacles inside a screened refuse area. Section…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, any construction, renovation or demolition project that needs a building or demolition permit and a dumpster must file a debris recovery plan…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, multifamily, commercial and other non-single-family uses must provide storage for recyclables as well as trash, sized for one week of waste…

Gloucester County bans dumping trash or refuse anywhere in its park system. Section 2(f) of the Parks Rules & Regulations requires visitors to use provided receptacles or carry trash…

Every building or structure used, occupied or offered as a rental unit in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey must be registered in writing with the Township under § 162-9…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, § 162-23 bars anyone from occupying or renting out a dwelling unit that does not conform to the New Jersey State Housing Code, which the Township…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, § 175-116 requires light shields on all lights, bars the light source from being visible from adjacent properties, and permits a…

Section 175-91.2(C)(4) of the Monroe Township Code bars any billboard illumination that interferes with aircraft flight, with neighbors within 50 feet of the property, or with a…

Monroe Township's density bonus runs through Pinelands development credits under § 175-157F of its Code. Each credit used on a parcel in a regional growth district yields a bonus of…

New billboards in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, are allowed only in billboard corridors on the Black Horse Pike from Berlin-Cross Keys Road to Sicklerville Road and on Berlin…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, treats digital displays as electronic message center (EMC) signs under § 175-135(G)(4) and bars them from carrying off-site advertising, other than…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, nobody can alter, remove, disturb or demolish a designated historic resource without a certificate of appropriateness. Under §…

Installing solar panels in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, takes two permits under § 175-97(G): a zoning permit from the Zoning Officer and then a building permit from the…

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…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, every rental facility has to be free from rodents, vermin and insects under § 162-26F. The inspecting officer or the Board of Health can require…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, § 175-113 requires every property owner in a project to belong to the homeowners' association, and the assessment it levies can…

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…

Gloucester County bans propane tanks and other bottled cooking fuel in every park area under Section 2(t) of the Parks Rules & Regulations. Charcoal is the only fuel permitted for…

Gloucester County bars park visitors from sleeping or protractedly lounging on benches, seats, or other park equipment under Section 2(kk) of the Parks Rules & Regulations. The…

Gloucester County bars erecting tents or any temporary shelter for overnight camping in its parks. Section 2(r) of the Parks Rules & Regulations also bans leaving house trailers, camp…

Under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-45, New Jersey lets each municipality decide whether cannabis dispensaries operate locally: a town may ban or cap retailers by ordinance. If it does not prohibit…

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.

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 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…