Maywood, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-10-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/MA0956

Every town writes its own rules, and Maywood's live in its municipal code — 125 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 Maywood code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
• Ch 2 — Borough Government (§ 2-1 – § 2-6)
• Ch 5 — Bonds and Notes (§ 5-1)
• Ch 7 — Campaign Contributions (§ 7-1 – § 7-3)
• Ch 9 — Claims and Payroll (§ 9-1 – § 9-10)
• Ch 12 — Consumer Affairs, Bureau of (§ 12-1 – § 12-8)
• Ch 15 — Court, Municipal (§ 15-1 – § 15-7)
• Ch 21 — Emergency Service Volunteers (§ 21-1 – § 21-4)
• Ch 23 — Emergency Management Organization, Local (§ 23-1 – § 23-6)
• Ch 24 — Environmental/Legislative Action Committee (§ 24-1 – § 24-5)
• Ch 25 — Fire Department (§ 25-1 – § 25-56)
• Ch 28 — First Aid and Emergency Squad (§ 28-1 – § 28-16)
• Ch 32 — Health, Board of (§ 32-1 – § 32-3)
• Ch 36 — Historical Advisory Committee (§ 36-1 – § 36-6)
• Ch 40 — Interlocal Services (§ 40-1 – § 40-5)
• Ch 42 — Library Board (§ 42-1)
• Ch 46 — Officers and Employees (§ 46-1 – § 46-77)
• Ch 47 — Organization of Government (§ 47-1 – § 47-3)
• Ch 52 — Personnel Policies (§ 52-1 – § 52-99)
• Ch 56 — Police Department (§ 56-1 – § 56-41)
• Ch 61 — Swim Pool Committee (§ 61-1 – § 61-6)
• Ch 65 — Public Works, Department of (§ 65-1 – § 65-5)
• Ch 69 — Recreation Advisory Board (§ 69-1 – § 69-6)
• Ch 72 — Recycling Advisory Committee (§ 72-1 – § 72-6)
• Ch 79 — Safety Committee (§ 79-1 – § 79-5)
• Ch 83 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 87 — Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (§ 87-1 – § 87-5)
• Ch 89 — Senior Citizens Rent Subsidies (§ 89-1 – § 89-4)
• Ch 94 — Shade Tree Commission (§ 94-1 – § 94-9)
• Ch 96 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 96-1 – § 96-12)
• Ch 106 — Alarm Systems (§ 106-1 – § 106-10)
• Ch 110 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 110-1 – § 110-16)
• Ch 114 — Amusements (§ 114-1 – § 114-16)
• Ch 121 — Bicycles, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters (§ 121-1 – § 121-11)
• Ch 127 — Bingo and Raffles (§ 127-1 – § 127-5)
• Ch 132 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 132-1 – § 132-9)
• Ch 136 — Buildings and Lots, Numbering of (§ 136-1 – § 136-7)
• Ch 140 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 140-1 – § 140-11)
• Ch 140A — Cannabis (§ 140A-1 – § 140A-17)
• Ch 141 — Certificate of Continued Occupancy (§ 141-1 – § 141-8)
• Ch 143 — Circuses, Carnivals and Fairs (§ 143-1 – § 143-9)
• Ch 145 — Clean Communities Program (§ 145-1 – § 145-17)
• Ch 148 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 148-1 – § 148-11)
• Ch 153 — Contractors, Licensing of (§ 153-1 – § 153-9)
• Ch 154 — Landscapers (§ 154-1 – § 154-7)
• Ch 161 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 161-1 – § 161-51)
• Ch 162 — Donation Clothing Bins (§ 162-1 – § 162-4)
• Ch 163 — Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones (§ 163-1 – § 163-7)
• Ch 165 — Electrical Standards (§ 165-1 – § 165-8)
• Ch 169 — Fees (§ 169-1)
• Ch 173 — Brush, Hedges and Other Plant Life Near Roadways (§ 173-1 – § 173-5)
• Ch 175 — Filming (§ 175-1 – § 175-16)
• Ch 179 — Fire Prevention (§ 179-1 – § 179-39)
• Ch 184 — Floodplain Management (§ 184-1 – § 184-88)
• Ch 189 — Fuel Oil (§ 189-1 – § 189-7)
• Ch 193 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 193-1 – § 193-5)
• Ch 194 — Handbills and Circulars (§ 194-1 – § 194-6)
• Ch 196 — Handicapped Parking Spaces (§ 196-1 – § 196-6)
• Ch 197 — Hazardous Materials (§ 197-1 – § 197-5)
• Ch 198 — Heating of Dwellings (§ 198-1 – § 198-4)
• Ch 201 — Special Improvement District (§ 201-1 – § 201-12)
• Ch 204 — Junkyards, Junk Shops and Junk Dealers (§ 204-1 – § 204-12)
• Ch 209 — Land Use (§ 209-1 – § 209-105)
• Ch 211 — Affordable Housing (§ 211-1 – § 211-33)
• Ch 212 — Library Rules (§ 212-1 – § 212-4)
• Ch 215 — Littering (§ 215-1 – § 215-16)
• Ch 217 — Local Assistance Board (§ 217-1 – § 217-9)
• Ch 218 — Loitering and Curfew (§ 218-1 – § 218-10)
• Ch 226 — Noise (§ 226-1 – § 226-10)
• Ch 233 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 233-1 – § 233-11)
• Ch 234 — Smoking on Public Property (§ 234-1 – § 234-4)
• Ch 237 — Peace and Good Order (§ 237-1 – § 237-16)
• Ch 241 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 241-1 – § 241-14)
• Ch 247 — Property Maintenance (§ 247-1 – § 247-6)
• Ch 249 — Public Documents (§ 249-1 – § 249-7)
• Ch 251 — Railroad Crossings (§ 251-1 – § 251-2)
• Ch 256 — Recycling (§ 256-1 – § 256-11)
• Ch 261 — Rent Control (§ 261-1 – § 261-12)
• Ch 262 — Restricted Areas in Buildings to Safeguard Public Records (§ 262-1 – § 262-12)
• Ch 263 — Retail Business (§ 263-1 – § 263-3)
• Ch 265 — Sales, Special (§ 265-1 – § 265-10)
• Ch 267 — Salt Storage (§ 267-1 – § 267-6)
• Ch 269 — Sewers and Illicit Connections (§ 269-1 – § 269-31)
• Ch 273 — Shopping Carts (§ 273-1 – § 273-8)
• Ch 275 — Short-Term Vacation and Event Space Rentals (§ 275-1 – § 275-5)
• Ch 281 — Soil Removal and Deposit (§ 281-1 – § 281-11)
• Ch 282 — Solar Panels (§ 282-1 – § 282-6)
• Ch 284 — Stormwater Control (§ 284-1 – § 284-13)
• Ch 286 — Streetlamps (§ 286-1 – § 286-5)
• Ch 287 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 287-1 – § 287-68)
• Ch 291 — Swimming Pools (§ 291-1 – § 291-14)
• Ch 293 — Tattooing and Body Piercing Parlors (§ 293-1 – § 293-7)
• Ch 295 — Taxicabs and Limousines (§ 295-1 – § 295-35)
• Ch 300 — Tenancy Protection (§ 300-1 – § 300-5)
• Ch 305 — Towing and Storage of Vehicles (§ 305-1 – § 305-20)
• Ch 307 — Trees (§ 307-1 – § 307-3)
• Ch 309 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 309-1 – § 309-8)
• Ch 312 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 312-1 – § 312-39)
• Ch 320 — Weapons (§ 320-1 – § 320-4)
• Ch 327 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 327-1 – § 327-13)
• Ch 330 — Administration and Enforcement (§ 330-1 – § 330-23)
• Ch 333 — Animals (§ 333-1 – § 333-14)
• Ch 339 — Boarding- and Rooming Houses (§ 339-1)
• Ch 341 — Boarding Homes for Children (§ 341-1 – § 341-2)
• Ch 347 — Buildings and Dwellings, Unfit (§ 347-1 – § 347-7)
• Ch 353 — Communicable Diseases (§ 353-1 – § 353-22)
• Ch 359 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 359-1 – § 359-3)
• Ch 361 — Food Establishments, Retail (§ 361-1 – § 361-6)
• Ch 365 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 365-1 – § 365-7)
• Ch 369 — Housing and Sanitation Standards (§ 369-1 – § 369-8)
• Ch 373 — Ice (§ 373-1)
• Ch 377 — Laundries and Dry Cleaning (§ 377-1 – § 377-16)
• Ch 381 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 381-1 – § 381-8)
• Ch 386 — Nuisances (§ 386-1 – § 386-10)
• Ch 391 — Pollution (§ 391-1 – § 391-5)
• Ch 397 — Sewers (§ 397-1)
• Ch 401 — Smoke and Obnoxious Trades (§ 401-1 – § 401-10)
• Ch 405 — Solid Waste (§ 405-1 – § 405-3)
• Ch 410 — Swimming Pools (§ 410-1 – § 410-3)
• Ch 412 — Tobacco, Sale of (§ 412-1 – § 412-8)
• Ch 415 — Water (§ 415-1 – § 415-3)
• Ch 420 — Weed Control (§ 420-1 – § 420-3)
• Ch A426 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A426-1 – § A426-24)
• Ch A428 — Communication Facilities, Consent for (§ A428-1 – § A428-16)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)