Madison, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-08. Official source: https://ecode360.com/MA0608

Every town writes its own rules, and Madison's live in its municipal code — 124 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 Madison code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-16)
• Ch 4 — Administrator (§ 4-1 – § 4-6)
• Ch 5 — Alliance Addressing Substance Abuse (§ 5-1 – § 5-6)
• Ch 6 — Attorney and Engineer (§ 6-1 – § 6-2)
• Ch 7 — Tax Assessor (§ 7-1 – § 7-4)
• Ch 9 — Cash Management Plan (§ 9-1 – § 9-8)
• Ch 9A — Advisory Audit Committee (§ 9A-1 – § 9A-6)
• Ch 9B — Complete Streets Committee (§ 9B-1 – § 9B-4)
• Ch 10 — Claims, Payment of (§ 10-1)
• Ch 11 — Clerk (§ 11-1 – § 11-5)
• Ch 11A — Contracts, Professional Service (§ 11A-1 – § 11A-10)
• Ch 12 — Court, Joint Municipal (§ 12-1 – § 12-7)
• Ch 14 — Defense and Indemnification of Municipal Officials and Employees (§ 14-1 – § 14-7)
• Ch 15 — Downtown Development Commission (§ 15-1 – § 15-12)
• Ch 16 — Environmental Commission (§ 16-1 – § 16-7)
• Ch 17 — Financial Officer (§ 17-1 – § 17-7)
• Ch 18 — Fire Department (§ 18-1 – § 18-31)
• Ch 22 — Health, Board of (§ 22-1 – § 22-4)
• Ch 24 — Housing Authority (§ 24-1 – § 24-3)
• Ch 25 — Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (§ 25-1 – § 25-6)
• Ch 26 — Sustainable Madison Advisory Committee (§ 26-1 – § 26-8)
• Ch 27 — Madison Community Garden Advisory Committee (§ 27-1 – § 27-8)
• Ch 29 — Payroll Procedures (§ 29-1 – § 29-4)
• Ch 30 — Personnel Policies
• Ch 32 — Patriotic Celebrations Committee (§ 32-1 – § 32-9)
• Ch 34 — Police Department (§ 34-1 – § 34-20)
• Ch 36 — Property Maintenance Emergency Committee (§ 36-1 – § 36-8)
• Ch 39 — Retirement (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
• Ch 42 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 44 — Seal (§ 44-1 – § 44-2)
• Ch 45 — Shade Tree Management Board (§ 45-1 – § 45-18)
• Ch 47 — Utility Advisory Committee (§ 47-1 – § 47-9)
• Ch 48 — Utilities Authority (§ 48-1 – § 48-4)
• Ch 49 — Volunteers (§ 49-1 – § 49-2)
• Ch 54 — Alarm Systems (§ 54-1 – § 54-9)
• Ch 56 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 56-1 – § 56-14)
• Ch 58 — Amusement Devices (§ 58-1 – § 58-13)
• Ch 58A — Amusement Devices, Nonprofit Use of (§ 58A-1 – § 58A-11)
• Ch 59 — Animals and Rabies Control (§ 59-1 – § 59-17)
• Ch 60 — Batteries (§ 60-1 – § 60-8)
• Ch 70 — Bowling Alleys (§ 70-1 – § 70-6)
• Ch 73 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 73-1 – § 73-10)
• Ch 75 — Building Construction (§ 75-1 – § 75-15)
• Ch 77 — Buildings and Structures, Unsafe (§ 77-1 – § 77-5)
• Ch 79 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 79-1 – § 79-9)
• Ch 80 — Business Hours (§ 80-1 – § 80-3)
• Ch 82 — Clothing Bins (§ 82-1 – § 82-6)
• Ch 91 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 91-1 – § 91-10)
• Ch 93 — Electrical Standards (§ 93-1 – § 93-8)
• Ch 94 — Electric Utility (§ 94-1 – § 94-8)
• Ch 96 — Elevator Safety (§ 96-1)
• Ch 97 — Fertilizer Application and Use (§ 97-1 – § 97-8)
• Ch 98 — Filming (§ 98-1 – § 98-12)
• Ch 99 — Firearms and Hunting (§ 99-1 – § 99-4)
• Ch 101 — Fire Prevention (§ 101-1 – § 101-12)
• Ch 103 — Fire Zones (§ 103-1 – § 103-7)
• Ch 105 — Games of Chance (§ 105-1 – § 105-2)
• Ch 107 — Garbage, Municipal Solid Waste and Recyclables (§ 107-1 – § 107-29)
• Ch 109 — Gasoline Storage Tanks (§ 109-1 – § 109-5)
• Ch 110 — Handicapped Parking (§ 110-1 – § 110-4)
• Ch 111 — Hazardous Materials (§ 111-1 – § 111-5)
• Ch 112 — Historic District Preservation (§ 112-1 – § 112-15)
• Ch 113 — Housing Standards (§ 113-1 – § 113-14)
• Ch 115 — Identification Card Program (§ 115-1 – § 115-13)
• Ch 118 — Landscaping (§ 118-1 – § 118-14)
• Ch 119 — Library Property and Books (§ 119-1 – § 119-10)
• Ch 120 — Littering; Handbills; Brush and Trash (§ 120-1 – § 120-16)
• Ch 125 — Model Car Raceways (§ 125-1 – § 125-11)
• Ch 128 — Newspaper Distribution Boxes (§ 128-1 – § 128-13)
• Ch 131 — Official Map (§ 131-1 – § 131-7)
• Ch 132 — Open Space Trust Fund (§ 132-1 – § 132-5)
• Ch 134 — Parking Lots (§ 134-1 – § 134-10)
• Ch 136 — Parks (§ 136-1 – § 136-38)
• Ch 137 — Recreation Department Code and Policies (§ 137-1 – § 137-13)
• Ch 139 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 139-1 – § 139-16)
• Ch 141 — Police Escort Services (§ 141-1 – § 141-5)
• Ch 142 — Pool and Billiard Halls (§ 142-1 – § 142-15)
• Ch 145 — Property Maintenance (§ 145-1 – § 145-20)
• Ch 146 — Multiple Dwellings and Hotel Maintenance (§ 146-1 – § 146-24.1)
• Ch 147 — Public Records and Documents, Fees for (§ 147-1 – § 147-5)
• Ch 149 — Restricted Areas (§ 149-1 – § 149-9)
• Ch 152 — Rights-Of-Way (§ 152-1)
• Ch 155 — Sewers (§ 155-1 – § 155-21)
• Ch 157 — Service Charge for Returned Checks (§ 157-1 – § 157-3)
• Ch 158 — Shopping Carts (§ 158-1 – § 158-9)
• Ch 161 — Senior Citizen Advisory Committee (§ 161-1 – § 161-9)
• Ch 163 — Smoking (§ 163-1 – § 163-3)
• Ch 166 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 166-1 – § 166-54)
• Ch 170 — Swimming Pools (§ 170-1 – § 170-5)
• Ch 173 — Taxicabs (§ 173-1 – § 173-37)
• Ch 175 — Theaters (§ 175-1)
• Ch 175A — Tobacco, Sale of (§ 175A-1 – § 175A-6)
• Ch 176 — Towing and Storage (§ 176-1 – § 176-11)
• Ch 177 — Trailers; Tourist and Trailer Camps (§ 177-1 – § 177-5)
• Ch 178 — Tree Protection (§ 178-1 – § 178-15)
• Ch 183 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 183-1 – § 183-5)
• Ch 185 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 185-1 – § 185-50)
• Ch 190 — Water (§ 190-1 – § 190-34)
• Ch 191 — Water Emergencies (§ 191-1 – § 191-6)
• Ch 192 — Wild Animals (§ 192-1 – § 192-7)
• Ch 195 — Land Development (§ 195-1 – § 195-58)
• Ch 201 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 201-1 – § 201-15)
• Ch 202 — Fees (§ 202-1 – § 202-3)
• Ch 203 — Animals (§ 203-1 – § 203-7)
• Ch 204 — Smoking (§ 204-1 – § 204-5)
• Ch 204.1 — Sale and Manufacture of Electronic Smoking Devices (§ 204.1-1 – § 204.1-13)
• Ch 205 — Appointment of Alternate Members (§ 205-1 – § 205-4)
• Ch 209 — Retail Food Establishments (§ 209-1 – § 209-10)
• Ch 217 — Noise (§ 217-1 – § 217-12)
• Ch 218 — Nuisances (§ 218-1 – § 218-8)
• Ch 222 — Plumbing (§ 222-1 – § 222-6)
• Ch 223 — Public Recreational Bathing Facilities (§ 223-1 – § 223-7)
• Ch 225 — Salaries and Benefits (§ 225-1 – § 225-4)
• Ch 226 — Sewage Disposal (§ 226-1 – § 226-10)
• Ch 228 — Solid Waste (§ 228-1 – § 228-5)
• Ch 230 — Tanning Booth Establishments (§ 230-1 – § 230-10)
• Ch 232 — Vending Machines (§ 232-1 – § 232-10)
• Ch 233 — Alcoholic Beverages, Possession and Consumption by Minors of (§ 233-1)
• Ch 234 — Massage and Bodywork Therapy Establishments (§ 234-1 – § 234-18)
• Ch 235 — Body Art Establishments (§ 235-1 – § 235-8)
• Ch A236 — Borough Council Bylaws (§ A236-1 – § A236-13)
• Ch A237 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A237-1 – § A237-25)
• Ch A238 — Madison-Chatham Joint Meeting (§ A238-1 – § A238-13)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)