Collingswood, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-10-06. Official source: https://ecode360.com/CO0317

Every town writes its own rules, and Collingswood's live in its municipal code — 83 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 Collingswood code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-14)
• Ch 7 — Claims Procedure (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 15 — Court, Municipal (§ 15-1 – § 15-8)
• Ch 23 — Environmental Commission (§ 23-1 – § 23-3)
• Ch 24 — Energy (§ 24-1 – § 24-3)
• Ch 29 — Fire Department (§ 29-1 – § 29-9)
• Ch 33 — Health (§ 33-1 – § 33-8)
• Ch 35 — Housing Authority (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
• Ch 45 — Officers and Employees (§ 45-1 – § 45-25)
• Ch 51 — Parking Meter Account (§ 51-1 – § 51-3)
• Ch 53 — Parking Utility (§ 53-1 – § 53-8)
• Ch 57 — Police Department (§ 57-1 – § 57-34)
• Ch 61 — Public Works Department (§ 61-1 – § 61-12)
• Ch 63 — Residency Requirements (§ 63-1 – § 63-3)
• Ch 65 — Retirement (§ 65-1 – § 65-3)
• Ch 69 — Salaries, Payment of (§ 69-1 – § 69-7)
• Ch 72 — Shade Tree Advisory Committee (§ 72-1 – § 72-3)
• Ch 77 — Waterworks (§ 77-1 – § 77-2)
• Ch 85 — Affordable Housing (§ 85-1 – § 85-22)
• Ch 89 — Air Pollution (§ 89-1 – § 89-6)
• Ch 93 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 93-1 – § 93-5)
• Ch 97 — Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated (§ 97-1 – § 97-15)
• Ch 101 — Amusements (§ 101-1 – § 101-4)
• Ch 105 — Animals (§ 105-1 – § 105-64)
• Ch 113 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 113-1 – § 113-7)
• Ch 115 — Buildings, Fire Damaged (§ 115-1)
• Ch 117 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 117-1 – § 117-11)
• Ch 121 — Cannabis Licensing and Enforcement (§ 121-1 – § 121-18)
• Ch 123 — Canvassing and Soliciting (§ 123-1 – § 123-16)
• Ch 131 — Condominium Conversion (§ 131-1 – § 131-3)
• Ch 135 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 135-1 – § 135-4)
• Ch 139 — DE-Icing Materials, Storage of (§ 139-1 – § 139-8)
• Ch 141 — Development Regulations (§ 141-1 – § 141-111)
• Ch 149 — Drug Paraphernalia; Drug- and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones (§ 149-1 – § 149-15)
• Ch 155 — Emergency, State of (§ 155-1 – § 155-12)
• Ch 157 — Environmental Hazards (§ 157-1 – § 157-8)
• Ch 160 — Filming (§ 160-1 – § 160-8)
• Ch 163 — Fire Prevention (§ 163-1 – § 163-24)
• Ch 167 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 167-1 – § 167-90)
• Ch 171 — Games of Chance (§ 171-1 – § 171-7)
• Ch 173 — Garage Sales (§ 173-1 – § 173-14)
• Ch 175 — Green Development (§ 175-1)
• Ch 177 — Hazardous Substances (§ 177-1 – § 177-4)
• Ch 181 — Insurance (§ 181-1 – § 181-3)
• Ch 186 — Key Boxes (§ 186-1 – § 186-5)
• Ch 189 — Library (§ 189-1 – § 189-4)
• Ch 193 — Licenses and Permits (§ 193-1 – § 193-3)
• Ch 195 — Lighting, Outdoor (§ 195-1 – § 195-4)
• Ch 197 — Littering and Dumping (§ 197-1 – § 197-14)
• Ch 201 — Loitering and Curfew (§ 201-1 – § 201-6)
• Ch 207 — Noise (§ 207-1 – § 207-13)
• Ch 211 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 211-1 – § 211-4)
• Ch 217 — Parks and Recreation (§ 217-1 – § 217-26)
• Ch 221 — Political Fund-Raising (§ 221-1 – § 221-16)
• Ch 223 — Poolrooms (§ 223-1 – § 223-18)
• Ch 225 — Precious Metals and Gems (§ 225-1 – § 225-14)
• Ch 227 — Property Maintenance (§ 227-1 – § 227-20)
• Ch 228 — Property, Abandoned (§ 228-1 – § 228-18)
• Ch 233 — Recycling (§ 233-1 – § 233-7)
• Ch 237 — Rental Property (§ 237-1 – § 237-29)
• Ch 241 — Reports, Documents and Photographs (§ 241-1 – § 241-11)
• Ch 244 — Rooming and Boarding Houses (§ 244-1 – § 244-9)
• Ch 247 — Sewers (§ 247-1 – § 247-17)
• Ch 255 — Skateboards (§ 255-1 – § 255-7)
• Ch 258 — Smoking (§ 258-1 – § 258-7)
• Ch 261 — Solid Waste (§ 261-1 – § 261-13)
• Ch 263 — Stormwater Management (§ 263-1 – § 263-22)
• Ch 265 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 265-1 – § 265-43)
• Ch 269 — Swimming Pools, Private (§ 269-1 – § 269-13)
• Ch 271 — Tattooing and Body Piercing (§ 271-1 – § 271-7)
• Ch 273 — Taxation (§ 273-1 – § 273-20)
• Ch 277 — Taxicabs (§ 277-1 – § 277-17)
• Ch 281 — Tobacco Sales (§ 281-1 – § 281-8)
• Ch 282 — Towing and Storage of Motor Vehicles (§ 282-1 – § 282-8)
• Ch 283 — Trees (§ 283-1 – § 283-13)
• Ch 285 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 285-1 – § 285-9)
• Ch 286 — Vehicles, All-Terrain, Snowmobiles, and Dirt Bikes (§ 286-1)
• Ch 287 — Vehicles, Electric (§ 287-1 – § 287-6)
• Ch 289 — Vehicle Sales Lots (§ 289-1 – § 289-18)
• Ch 293 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 293-1 – § 293-72)
• Ch 301 — Water (§ 301-1 – § 301-15)
• Ch A312 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A312-1 – § A312-23)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)