Cherry Hill, NJ Outdoor Cooking: BBQ & Propane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Limit
- LPG containers over 1 lb prohibited
- Applies to
- apartment/multi-family balconies, porches, patios
- Excludes
- detached one- and two-family homes
- Penalty
- up to $50 fine or 15 days jail
- Adopted by
- Ord. No. 2008-7 and 2014-13
Summary
Cherry Hill Township bans liquefied petroleum gas containers over one pound, the size that fuels a standard propane grill, on apartment and multi-family balconies, porches, patios and building entrances. The rule targets the tank, not the grill itself, and by its terms reaches only multi-family dwelling units, not detached single-family houses.
The operation, use, maintenance or storage of any liquefied petroleum gas (LP gas or LPG) containers with the capacity in excess of one (1) pound LPG, is prohibited in or on any apartment or multi-family dwelling unit, porch, balcony, covered patio area, entrance, exits, or any other private area of an apartment or multi-family dwelling unit.
Full Breakdown
11(o) of the Township Code, one of the Fire Prevention Bureau's Technical Amendments adopted under Ordinance No. 2008-7 and expanded by Ordinance No. 2014-13, prohibits the operation, use, maintenance or storage of any LP-gas container with a capacity over one pound anywhere on an apartment or multi-family dwelling unit's porch, balcony, covered patio area, entrance, exits, or any other private area of the unit. Because a standard grill tank holds twenty pounds, this provision functions as a full ban on keeping a propane grill's fuel supply in those spaces; only very small, sub-one-pound camp-style cylinders fall outside it.
The subsection sits among a list of technical amendments to Cherry Hill's local enforcement of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Safety Act, alongside separate rules in the same section for fire-lane obstruction, storage of gas-engine equipment on balconies, and combustible ground covering. The Fire Marshal's Office administers these Chapter 16 provisions and can flag a violation during routine inspections of apartment and multi-family buildings. The ordinance does not extend the same balcony restriction to detached one- and two-family homes, which are addressed elsewhere in the chapter.
Violations & Fines
The Cherry Hill Fire Marshal's Office enforces the LPG storage ban during Uniform Fire Safety Act inspections of apartment and multi-family properties. Chapter 16's general penalty clause, § 16-1.11(a)(5), makes a conviction for violating any provision of the chapter punishable by a fine of up to $50.00, imprisonment of up to fifteen days, or both, unless a different penalty is set by New Jersey statute.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the propane grill ban apply to single-family houses in Cherry Hill?
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