Piscataway, NJ

Playing a radio, phonograph or other sound device louder than needed for convenient hearing violates Piscataway Township Code § 3-2.2.a. Audibility at 100 feet from the source is…

Piscataway Township Code § 3-2.2.h limits noisy construction, demolition, excavation or repair work to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. or sundown on Saturdays, and 9 a.m…

Piscataway Township Code § 3-2.2.d bans keeping animals or birds that cause frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort or repose. Licensed dog pounds and kennels…

Piscataway Township tightens its noise rules overnight. Yelling or shouting on public streets between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. violates § 3-2.2.c, and running a pile driver, steam shovel…

Piscataway Township caps outdoor sound at a residential property line to 65 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 decibels from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Commercial and public-service…

Piscataway's noise ordinance, § 3-2.2, singles out vehicle radios and mufflers as unlawful noise. A vehicle stereo audible from 100 feet away is prima facie evidence of a violation…

Piscataway Township reserves designated Loading Zones for goods loading and unloading only, with any other parked vehicle treated as a nuisance the Police Department can tow. Zones…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-17.1 bars parking in designated residential permit areas without a displayed resident or visitor permit. The Business Administrator designates streets…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-8.2 requires that any motor vehicle parked on the exterior of a property be both currently registered and operable. Added in 2019, the rule targets junk or…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-8.3 caps parking on non-paved yard areas at two vehicles for no more than 24 hours without a permit. Beyond that, or if the owner charges for yard parking…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-8.4 limits parking at publicly-accessible, municipally-owned EV charging stations to vehicles actively connected and charging, capped at three hours, with…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-10 bans parking townwide on any street once snow accumulation covers the roadway, an automatic "emergency" under the ordinance. The ban stays in force…

Piscataway Township bans leaving any partially dismantled, wrecked or junked vehicle on a street under § 3-5.3, and § 3-5.4 gives property owners and tenants only 14 days before a…

Piscataway Township bans parking a commercial vehicle or trailer outdoors overnight, from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., in any residential zone, on a residential lot or on the adjoining…

Piscataway lets a resident store one boat, camping trailer or personal watercraft on a paved driveway, but bans front-yard storage anywhere else on the lot. Section 21-626 also sets…

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…

Short-term rental hosts in Piscataway Township pay a $250 annual application and registration fee to the Department of Planning and Engineering, plus the same $250 fee on every…

Piscataway short-term rental guests must follow all Township noise and nuisance ordinances, and a violation can fine the guest, the owner, the responsible party and the booking agent…

Piscataway requires every short-term rental permit applicant to prove general liability insurance of at least $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury, dropping to…

Piscataway short-term rental applicants must disclose every off-street and on-street parking space near the property and pledge to avoid neighborhood parking shortages. Renters are…

Piscataway revokes a short-term rental permit once a property draws two or more substantiated civil or criminal complaints, or three substantiated excessive-vehicle complaints, and…

Booking platforms like Airbnb or VRBO cannot legally collect a fee on a Piscataway short-term rental unless they first register the listing with the Code Enforcement Officer and verify…

Piscataway Township lets a homeowner rent out a single spare room short-term only if the rest of the house stays occupied by the owner as a legally identified principal residence and…

Piscataway Township requires every short-term rental owner to obtain a Short-Term Rental Permit from the Department of Planning and Engineering before renting or advertising the…

Piscataway Township caps most short-term rentals at 180 total nights per calendar year, with the cap waived only for owner-occupied properties; every night beyond the 180th is treated…

Piscataway Township only allows a short-term rental where at least one owner legally identifies the property, or the paired unit on the same lot, as their principal residence; condos…

Piscataway Township's open-burning ordinance bans outdoor burning of any material townshipwide, but Section 10-12.1 exempts township-organized fireworks displays and any fireworks use…

Piscataway's Property Maintenance Code requires a smoke detector on every story of a dwelling unit, including basements, and near every sleeping area, with the detector within 10 feet…

Piscataway Township bans burning any solid or liquid material outdoors, including household waste, under Code § 10-12.1a. The ban applies everywhere in the Township except for narrow…

Piscataway Township exempts a fire set within an outdoor fireplace, or a metal, ceramic, or other approved lined fire pit or chimenia, from its general ban on outdoor burning under §…

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…

Piscataway Township requires any pool, spa or hot tub deeper than 24 inches to be fully enclosed by a fence or barrier at least 48 inches tall, with gates that self-close and…

Piscataway Township Code § 10-7.1 adopts the New Jersey Public Recreational Bathing Code (N.J.A.C. 8:26) to regulate the location, construction, alteration, and operation of swimming…

Piscataway Township lets residents keep chickens, fowl, rabbits and other domestic animals, but Code § 5-21.1 bars letting them stray or run at large anywhere in the Township. The rule…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-23.3 makes it illegal to feed deer, geese or any other wild animal in a Township park or on other Township-owned property. The rule targets unconfined…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-3 does not target dog breeds; it adopts New Jersey's vicious and potentially dangerous dog law, N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., for any dog a Municipal Judge…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-5 bars dogs from running at large on public streets, parks or buildings and requires any dog in a public place to be on a leash no longer than six feet…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-5.h caps most households at five dogs on any residential, commercial or industrial property, and at two dogs per unit in a townhouse, condominium…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-11 lets pet shops sell dogs and cats but requires a Township Clerk license before opening. Annual license fees run $10 for a pet shop, $10 for a small…

Piscataway Township Code § 5-16 requires every cat past licensing age to be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the Township. Section 5-18 makes it unlawful for a cat to run at…

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…

Piscataway Township defines a retaining wall as any structure built between lands of different elevations to protect structures or prevent erosion, and its construction permit fee…

Piscataway's Zoning Chapter bans barbed wire and metal spikes on any fence, residential or otherwise, under Section 21-619.3. The same fence article requires every fence to be…

Piscataway caps residential front-yard fences that block visibility at 4 feet and 50% solidity, while commercial and industrial fences may reach 6 feet at the setback line and 8 feet…

A fence in Piscataway Township that stands over 6 feet high, or a pool enclosure, needs a construction permit under Piscataway Township Code § 14-1.3, priced at $27 per $1,000 of cost…

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

Piscataway Township's only code reference to artificial turf sits in the Abandoned Property ordinance: Property Maintenance Code § PM-113.6.B lists artificial turf/sod designed…

Piscataway's Property Maintenance Code, adopted at Township Code § 17-1, caps weeds and grass on any exterior property at eight inches under § PM-303.4. Noxious weeds are banned…

Piscataway Township Code Section 30-1.4 bars removing or destroying any tree without a tree removal and site clearing permit from the Department of Community Development, with a $100…

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.

Converting a garage into living space in Piscataway Township is treated as a residential addition under the Zoning Board of Adjustment's fee schedule: if the conversion needs a…

Piscataway limits any residential shed to nine feet in height and 100 square feet of floor area under Section 21-621. Sheds must sit at least three feet from every property line…

Piscataway Township Code allows a home occupation in any residential zone only if it stays inside the house: Section 21-3 caps it at one-third of one floor's area, bars machinery not…

Piscataway Township caps a home occupation or home professional office sign at two square feet under Township Code Section 21-1201.6. The sign must sit at least 10 feet back from the…

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…

Piscataway Township sets a four-foot minimum width for any designated bicycle lane and bars motorized vehicles from Class I bikeways except emergency and maintenance vehicles. A 2025…

Piscataway Township regulates shared electric scooter companies under Code § 7-41.7: any operator must agree with the Township Council on a citywide scooter cap, which the Council can…

Piscataway Township Code § 7-42.2 defines Class 1 e-bikes (pedal-assist only, cutting off at 20 mph) and Class 2 e-bikes (throttle-capable, same 20 mph cutoff), both limited to motors…

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…

Piscataway Township requires a use permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation before groups can reserve any public park, playground, field, rink or court under § 12-1.2…

Vendors at Piscataway street fairs and similar Public Relations Advisory Commission events pay a set entry fee under Piscataway Township Code § 2-80.7: $40 for craft and merchandise…

Any event, party or assembly in Piscataway expected to draw 100 or more people needs a large-gathering permit under Township Code § 3-32.3, filed with the Municipal Clerk at least 14…

Piscataway Township allows sidewalk cafes only as an accessory use tied to a permitted restaurant, under Section 21-32.1 in the TC, Towne Center Zone, and under Section 21-26.2 as part…

Piscataway's rent control chapter defines seven grounds of just cause a landlord may use to refuse to rent, relet or dispossess a tenant, from nonpayment of rent to disorderly conduct…

A Piscataway landlord raising rent must notify the tenant by certified mail, spelling out the Consumer Price Index at lease signing and 60 days before expiration plus the allowable…

Every landlord in Piscataway Township must file a Landlord Registration Statement with the Rental Housing Officer for each building containing a rented dwelling unit, renewing it…

Piscataway Township caps annual rent increases under Code § 16-2.1: a landlord cannot raise an existing tenant's rent by more than the lesser of the average twelve-month Consumer Price…

Piscataway Township Code § 16-11.8 sets minimum habitability standards for every rented dwelling unit: windows providing at least 12% of a room's floor area, never less than 12 square…

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…

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…

Piscataway Township runs trash pickup through a coupon system tied to a household decal, not a fixed weekly curb schedule. Under Piscataway Township Code § 22-1.2, each household gets…

Piscataway Township requires every household and business to separate specific materials for curb-side recycling under a mandatory program, Piscataway Township Code § 22-2. Newspaper…

Dumping solid waste, junk, tires, appliances or furniture along any Piscataway street or right-of-way without the landowner's written consent is banned outright under Piscataway…

Piscataway Township bans dumpsters and roll-off containers on public sidewalks and streets entirely, and requires a zoning permit before one goes on private property. Only one…

Piscataway Township's Solid Waste Code requires every owner, tenant, or occupant to arrange refuse pickup at least twice a week through a licensed garbage collector, per § 10-10.4a…

Piscataway Township requires residents to sort recyclables into specific curbside containers under its mandatory recycling program. Newspapers and cardboard go in tied bundles no…

Piscataway households get two free by-appointment curbside pickups of solid waste, separate from recyclables, each year under Section 22-1.2, while Section 3-1.6 bars storing bulky…

Piscataway Township Code Section 32-2.3 limits loose, non-containerized leaves and grass clippings at the curb to the seven days before an announced collection, and it must sit at…

Piscataway Township runs a mandatory recycling program under Section 22-2.3, requiring residents, offices and commercial sources to separate steel cans, plastic containers, mixed…

Piscataway Township bans drinking or possessing any alcoholic beverage, in an open or closed container, in any Township park or playground at any time under § 12-2.1. The Director of…

Piscataway's chronic nuisance property ordinance turns repeated noise and disorderly-conduct calls into a billable offense. Once a one- or two-family home draws five qualifying Police…

Piscataway Township bans skateboarding on municipal property unless a sign says otherwise, and separately bars skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates from any Township-owned…

Piscataway Township bans smoking, indoors and outdoors, on all municipal property under § 3-27.2, including the Municipal Building, Police Headquarters and the Community/Senior Center…

Piscataway Township bans consuming cannabis Edibles, defined as any food item containing cannabis or THC, in every public park and recreation facility it owns under § 3-27.2b…

Piscataway Township closes every public park, playground, field, rink, court and parking area between dusk and dawn under § 12-1.1, making it unlawful for any person or vehicle to…

Piscataway Township requires a Township permit before flying any drone or unmanned aircraft, other than a toy aircraft, in a public park under § 12-9.2, and once airborne, § 12-9.4…

Piscataway Township treats recreational drone flying in its parks the same as any other drone use: § 12-9.1 defines 'hobby or recreational purposes' as flying outside one's regular…

Piscataway Township lets businesses fly drones commercially without the Township's park-drone permit process in two situations: over private property with the owner's consent, and over…

In Piscataway Township, the owner and occupant of any abutting property must keep the sidewalk and curb in front of it maintained and properly repaired. Ignoring a Township repair…

Piscataway Township Code Section 31-3.1 bars anyone from obstructing the free passage of pedestrians and vehicles on public sidewalks and rights-of-way with structures, posts, poles…

Piscataway Township's Construction Official, housed in the Building Division of the Department of Community Development under § 14-1.1, enforces the State Uniform Construction Code and…

Piscataway Township requires every exterior door or doorway on a multi-family building, garages, hallways, terraces and balconies included, to carry a dead lock with an interlocking…

Piscataway Township enforces the State Uniform Construction Code through its own Building Division inside the Department of Community Development, with a Construction Official as chief…

Electrical work in Piscataway Township runs through the Electrical Subcode Official inside the Building Division's State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency. Every job, from…

Piscataway Township retained its own authority to administer and enforce the elevator subcode rather than leaving it to the state, so the Construction Official's Building Division…

Piscataway Township requires a plumbing permit before any work on a property's sewer service lateral, connections or fixtures. Under Code § 23-11.2, the Township Plumbing Subcode…

Piscataway Township requires a Certificate of Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Compliance (CSDCMAC) before any change of occupancy, issued by the Office of the Municipal…

Piscataway Township encourages, but does not require, green building design in the TC, Towne Center Zone. Section 21-32.15c tells developers that projects are encouraged to create…

Piscataway Township opted out entirely under the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act. Township Code § 3-28.1 bars cannabis…

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.

Piscataway Township charges a $900 annual license fee for a tattoo parlor or body piercing establishment under the Chapter 10 fee schedule at § 10-2.4h. Operators apply through the…

Piscataway Township treats vape and e-cigarette retailers as a conditional zoning use under Township Code Section 21-1019.2, added in 2019. Stores are limited to the C, G-B, BPI, BPII…

Piscataway Township Police Department dispatches vehicle tows from an approved rotating list of licensed wrecker companies under Code § 4-12.14. Light duty companies rotate daily and…

Selling food or any other merchandise on Piscataway's streets and sidewalks requires a $50 hawker-and-peddler license from the Township Clerk under Code § 4-2.1. Vendors can only sell…

Piscataway Township lets mobile food truck operators skip repeat fire permits by buying one $250 semiannual permit from the Fire Prevention Bureau, valid at multiple venues for six…

Piscataway Township's zoning code allows kiosks and street vending carts only as an accessory use within the TV, Transit Village Zone under Section 21-26.2, tied to a principal…

At hotels and multiple dwellings in Piscataway Township, owners must clear ice and snow from every path, walk, driveway and parking area within 24 hours after it accumulates. Missing…

Piscataway Township requires every vacant structure and every vacant lot to stay clean, safe, secure and sanitary, and caps weed and plant growth on any exterior property at eight…

Piscataway's code official can condemn any structure found unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or unlawful under Property Maintenance Code § PM-108.1. An unsafe structure is one so…

Canvassing, soliciting or itinerant vending door-to-door in Piscataway requires a license under Township Code § 4-3.1, which makes operating without one unlawful. The Township Clerk…

Piscataway limits door-to-door solicitation to daylight hours. Township Code § 4-3.11 confines canvassing, soliciting and itinerant vending to between 9:00 a.m. and sunset, and…

Piscataway allows up to two garage-sale signs per sale under Township Code § 4-4.d, capping each at two feet by three feet, and requires every sign to come down immediately at the end…

Piscataway Township limits billboards to the HC, LI-5 and SC zones along Interstate 287, per Township Code Section 21-1017.2. Signs must sit within 100 feet of the I-287 right-of-way…

Piscataway Township does not ban bamboo outright, but any bamboo planted directly in the ground on a property triggers a written removal notice, and the Township can remove it itself…

Piscataway Township's open-burning ban carves out an exception for cooking: § 10-12.1b(6) allows an outdoor grill burning charcoal, seasoned dry wood, natural gas, or liquified…

Piscataway Township bans operating any barbecue grill, propane or charcoal, within five feet of a building, wall or overhang. Grills fueled by propane with the tank attached also…

A written complaint is one of the grounds Piscataway's code official can cite when seeking a Municipal Court search warrant to inspect a property under Property Maintenance Code §…

Before the Township approves a Landlord Registration Statement, the Rental Housing Officer must inspect the dwelling under Code § 16-11.9.c, completing the inspection within 10…

Piscataway Township requires new subdivision streets to be lined with shade trees planted in the public right-of-way no closer than 35 feet apart and no farther than 75 feet apart. The…

Piscataway's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure and yard to stay free of rat infestation, promptly exterminating any rats found, under § PM-303.5. Foundation walls must…

Piscataway Township caps truck idling at three consecutive minutes in the rear or side yard of a non-residential use within 300 feet of a residential zone or lot, under § 3-26.1. A…

Piscataway Township Code Article II of Chapter 26 requires a Township Engineer-approved soil erosion and sediment control plan and a land disturbance permit before any land area is…

Piscataway Township Code Chapter 32, Article II requires "major development," projects disturbing one acre of land or creating a quarter acre of new impervious or motor vehicle…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-8A, the Floodplain Management Regulations, requires anyone who intends to develop in a mapped flood hazard area to first apply to the Floodplain…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-802A.3 sets the Local Design Flood Elevation, the freeboard standard for how high a new or substantially improved building must sit above base flood…

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…

Piscataway Township's Zoning Chapter sets a Township-wide front yard floor: no front yard may be less than 25 feet deep, and it must match the block's average front yard depth once…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-805 caps building coverage at 45 percent of lot area for development in the LI-1 and M-1 Industrial Zones. The cap applies under Chapter 21's…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-807 caps building height in the LI-1 and M-1 Industrial Zones at three stories and 40 feet for a principal building, and one and a half stories and…

Piscataway's Zoning Chapter requires every light source on a building or lot to be shielded so no glare reaches a public right-of-way or a neighboring property. Site plan applications…

Piscataway Township requires billboard lighting along Interstate 287 to stay confined to the sign face under Township Code Section 21-1017.2. Lighting must avoid glare and spillover…

In Piscataway Township, every solar energy system needs Zoning Officer and Construction Official approval before installation, per Township Code Section 21-1014.2. Rooftop panels can…

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…

Piscataway Township Code Chapter 25 recognizes farming as a natural right and shields qualifying farm operations from nuisance-based restrictions. Noise, odor, dust and fumes from…

Piscataway Township Code Chapter 29 lets the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission survey and designate historic landmarks and districts, and it requires a Commission-issued…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-627 requires every outdoor heating, ventilation and air-conditioning unit or compressor to be muffled so it meets the New Jersey Noise Control Act…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-627(e) sets a separate, tighter rule for home backup generators than for AC units. A generator in a residential zone must sit only in a side or rear…

Piscataway Township Code § 4-4 limits garage, yard, patio and rummage sales to two per year at any one premises. Each sale can run no more than two consecutive days between 8:00 a.m…

Piscataway Township requires any television, movie or commercial film shoot on Township property, public rights-of-way or private property to run under a written film agreement per…

In the TC, Towne Center Zone, Piscataway Township lets developers build beyond the eight-unit-per-acre base residential density up to a 12-unit-per-acre bonus under Section 21-32.1…

Section 21-32.15 sets pedestrian-scaled design guidelines for Piscataway's TC, Towne Center Zone, requiring building front facades and pedestrian entries to face a street or mews and…

Piscataway Township permits data centers as a principal use only within the Warehouse/Light Industrial Redevelopment Overlay Zone along River Road, defined at Section 21-30.3. The…

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…