Berlin, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-11. Official source: https://ecode360.com/BE0276

Every town writes its own rules, and Berlin's live in its municipal code — 98 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Berlin code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 3 — Administration of Government (§ 3-1 – § 3-5)
• Ch 6 — Celebration Advisory Committee (§ 6-1 – § 6-9)
• Ch 7 — Claims Procedure (§ 7-1 – § 7-10)
• Ch 8 — Community Center, Use of (§ 8-1 – § 8-5)
• Ch 9 — Contracts, Public (§ 9-1)
• Ch 11 — Court, Municipal (§ 11-1 – § 11-18)
• Ch 13 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 13-1 – § 13-7)
• Ch 16 — Business Advisory Committee (§ 16-1 – § 16-8)
• Ch 18 — Emergency and Ambulance Services (§ 18-1 – § 18-2)
• Ch 20 — Fire Department (§ 20-1 – § 20-9)
• Ch 25 — Health, Board of (§ 25-1 – § 25-5)
• Ch 28 — Historic Preservation Commission (§ 28-1 – § 28-15)
• Ch 35 — Local Assistance Board (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
• Ch 42 — Nepotism (§ 42-1 – § 42-3)
• Ch 46 — Officers and Employees (§ 46-1 – § 46-36)
• Ch 47 — Open Space Trust Fund (§ 47-1 – § 47-5)
• Ch 49 — Personnel Policies (§ 49-1 – § 49-4)
• Ch 52 — Police Department (§ 52-1 – § 52-21)
• Ch 55 — Political Fund-Raising (§ 55-1 – § 55-5)
• Ch 59 — Records, Public Access to (§ 59-1 – § 59-3)
• Ch 61 — Retirement (§ 61-1 – § 61-3)
• Ch 62 — Salaries (§ 62-1 – § 62-11)
• Ch 67 — Water Department (§ 67-1 – § 67-7)
• Ch 76 — Airports (§ 76-1 – § 76-3)
• Ch 79 — Alarms (§ 79-1 – § 79-5)
• Ch 80 — Key Lock Box Emergency Access System (§ 80-1 – § 80-6)
• Ch 82 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 82-1 – § 82-14)
• Ch 89 — Animals (§ 89-1 – § 89-38)
• Ch 92 — Bamboo and Other Invasive Plant Species (§ 92-1 – § 92-4)
• Ch 98 — Boardinghouses, Rooming Houses and Hotels (§ 98-1 – § 98-9)
• Ch 101 — Brush, Weeds and Obnoxious Debris (§ 101-1 – § 101-7)
• Ch 105 — Buildings and Structures, Dangerous and Unfit (§ 105-1 – § 105-7)
• Ch 111 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 111-1 – § 111-7)
• Ch 119 — Checks, Returned (§ 119-1 – § 119-4)
• Ch 129 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 129-1 – § 129-6)
• Ch 132 — Contractors and Sign Erectors (§ 132-1 – § 132-8)
• Ch 136 — Criminal Registration (§ 136-1 – § 136-11)
• Ch 140 — Curfew (§ 140-1 – § 140-5)
• Ch 148 — Drug- and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones (§ 148-1 – § 148-15)
• Ch 150 — Disturbing the Peace (§ 150-1 – § 150-3)
• Ch 162 — Fire Prevention (§ 162-1 – § 162-21)
• Ch 164 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 164-1 – § 164-2)
• Ch 167 — Flood Management Regulations (§ 167-1 – § 167-88)
• Ch 173 — Games of Chance (§ 173-1 – § 173-7)
• Ch 176 — Garage Sales (§ 176-1 – § 176-10)
• Ch 179 — Gas- and Oil-Burning Equipment (§ 179-1 – § 179-5)
• Ch 182 — Gasoline Service Stations (§ 182-1 – § 182-20)
• Ch 188 — Hazardous Substances (§ 188-1 – § 188-4)
• Ch 190 — Lead-Based Paint (§ 190-1)
• Ch 193 — Housing, Affordable (§ 193-1 – § 193-19)
• Ch 197 — Insurance (§ 197-1)
• Ch 207 — Littering (§ 207-1 – § 207-19)
• Ch 211 — Loitering (§ 211-1 – § 211-5)
• Ch 218 — Mercantile Licenses (§ 218-1 – § 218-21)
• Ch 219 — Mercantile Licensing and Liability Insurance (§ 219-1 – § 219-12)
• Ch 226 — Nuisances (§ 226-1 – § 226-10)
• Ch 232 — Parking (§ 232-1 – § 232-14)
• Ch 234 — Parking Areas, Municipal (§ 234-1 – § 234-9)
• Ch 236 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 236-1 – § 236-8)
• Ch 237 — Nonprofit Organizations (§ 237-1 – § 237-2)
• Ch 238 — Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers in (§ 238-1 – § 238-9)
• Ch 241 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers (§ 241-1 – § 241-37)
• Ch 244 — Property, Defaulted Mortgage (§ 244-1 – § 244-13)
• Ch 246 — Property Maintenance (§ 246-1 – § 246-34)
• Ch 253 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 253-1 – § 253-3)
• Ch 256 — Rental Properties (§ 256-1 – § 256-26)
• Ch 256A — Rental Properties, Short-Term (§ 256A-1 – § 256A-17)
• Ch 261 — Sewers (§ 261-1 – § 261-25)
• Ch 263 — Sex Offender Residency Prohibition (§ 263-1)
• Ch 266 — Shows, Circuses, Carnivals and Amusements (§ 266-1 – § 266-7)
• Ch 268 — Signs (§ 268-1 – § 268-2)
• Ch 270 — Smoking (§ 270-1 – § 270-3)
• Ch 274 — Soil Removal (§ 274-1 – § 274-8)
• Ch 278 — Solid Waste (§ 278-1 – § 278-23)
• Ch 282 — Sound Trucks (§ 282-1 – § 282-4)
• Ch 283 — Storage of Salt, Private (§ 283-1 – § 283-6)
• Ch 284 — Storm Sewers (§ 284-1 – § 284-11)
• Ch 285 — Stormwater Management (§ 285-1 – § 285-12)
• Ch 287 — Streets, Sidewalks and Curbs (§ 287-1 – § 287-39)
• Ch 292 — Swimming Pools (§ 292-1 – § 292-5)
• Ch 296 — Tattooing, Body Piercing and Body Branding (§ 296-1 – § 296-7)
• Ch 299 — Taxation (§ 299-1 – § 299-22)
• Ch 301 — Taxicabs (§ 301-1 – § 301-23)
• Ch 306 — Towing (§ 306-1 – § 306-13)
• Ch 309 — Trailers and Camp Cars (§ 309-1 – § 309-17)
• Ch 315 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 315-1 – § 315-60)
• Ch 320 — Vehicles, Unlicensed (§ 320-1 – § 320-8)
• Ch 327 — Water (§ 327-1 – § 327-7)
• Ch 332 — Youth Programs (§ 332-1)
• Ch 335 — Zoning and Land Use (§ 335-1 – § 335-95)
• Ch 336 — Stormwater Control (§ 336-1 – § 336-30)
• Ch 341 — General Provisions, Board of Health
• Ch 345 — Cannabis and Cannabis Products (§ 345-1)
• Ch 355 — Sanitation (§ 355-1 – § 355-22)
• Ch 358 — Sewer Connections (§ 358-1 – § 358-4)
• Ch A365 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A365-1 – § A365-25)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)