Backyard smokers are treated as open-flame cooking devices under the NJ Fire Code. At apartments and condos they cannot sit on combustible balconies or within 5 feet of the building; detached homes are exempt.
New Jersey's Uniform Fire Code Section 308 covers charcoal, wood, and pellet smokers along with grills. On combustible balconies and decks of multifamily buildings, these devices are prohibited, and they must stay 5 feet from combustible construction—unless the building is a detached one- or two-family dwelling or is sprinklered. For single-family homeowners, backyard smoking is essentially unrestricted at the county level. Camden County has no dedicated smoker or barbecue ordinance; smoke that drifts and annoys neighbors is handled as a municipal nuisance, not a county rule. In county parks, use designated grilling areas and get a permit for any open fire.
A smoker used against the fire-code setback at a multifamily building can draw a fire-code citation. Persistent smoke nuisance is enforced under municipal nuisance ordinances, not county law.
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Township Code Chapter 5 (Police Regulations) prohibits exterior radios, musical instruments, televisions, phonographs, drums, or other sound-producing device...
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Chapter 5 forbids using a motor vehicle in a manner that creates a noise disturbance, including modified or defective exhaust, repeated horn-honking off publ...
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Chapter 40 Zoning limits the storage of recreational vehicles, boats, and utility trailers on residential lots. Storage is generally restricted to rear yards...
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Chapter 10 bars trucks, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, or omnibuses with a registered gross weight over 5 tons (10,000 lbs) from parking on any Township ...
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Chapter 10 (Traffic On-Street Regulations) governs on-street parking. During declared snow events, vehicles may not park on the street from 1 hour after snow...
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Township Code prohibits barbed wire, fences topped with metal spikes, broken bottles or glass, and any fence material or construction dangerous to persons or...
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