Morris County does not enforce a countywide blight or property-maintenance code. New Jersey delegates property upkeep to municipalities, which adopt their own housing and property-maintenance codes. Parsippany-Troy Hills, for example, prohibits filth, debris, and hazardous conditions on private property.
Under New Jersey home rule, blight and property-maintenance standards are set and enforced at the municipal level, not by Morris County. Each of the county's 39 municipalities adopts its own property-maintenance or housing code. In Parsippany-Troy Hills, the 'Housing and Property Maintenance Code' bars brush, broken glass, filth, garbage, trash, refuse, and debris on properties, and requires hazardous dead or dying trees and limbs to be removed. Enforcement is handled by the township's Senior Housing Inspector and subordinates. Check your own municipal code and code-enforcement/zoning office for the exact standards and complaint process where you live.
Penalties are set by each municipal property-maintenance code and enforced by the local housing/code inspector, typically via notice of violation, fines, and abatement.
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Morris County, NJ
Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged. The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) runs two vegetative-waste compost facilities and gives...
Morris County, NJ
Morris County sets no artificial-turf ordinance. Whether synthetic turf is allowed, and any lot-coverage or drainage limits, is decided by your municipality....
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Morris County does not require native plants, but New Jersey encourages them. NJDEP model tree and stormwater ordinances favor native, non-invasive species f...
Morris County, NJ
New Jersey has no state or Morris County law restricting residential rainwater harvesting. Rain barrels and cisterns for non-potable outdoor use are legal, a...
Morris County, NJ
Morris County sets no watering ordinance. Lawn-watering limits in New Jersey are declared statewide by the NJDEP under its drought tiers (Watch, Warning, Eme...
Morris County, NJ
There is no Morris County weed ordinance. New Jersey municipalities regulate weeds, brush, and noxious growth through their property-maintenance codes. In Mo...
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