Metuchen, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-06-22. Official source: https://ecode360.com/ME1460

Every town writes its own rules, and Metuchen'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 Metuchen code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-2)
• Ch 2 — Ethics Code of Conduct (§ 2-1 – § 2-4)
• Ch 3 — Administrator (§ 3-1 – § 3-7)
• Ch 6 — Assessment Commissioners, Board of (§ 6-1 – § 6-5)
• Ch 10 — Commissions and Committees (§ 10-1 – § 10-49)
• Ch 13 — Court, Municipal (§ 13-1 – § 13-19)
• Ch 17 — Finance Department (§ 17-1 – § 17-6)
• Ch 20 — Fire Department (§ 20-1 – § 20-23)
• Ch 23 — Health, Board of (§ 23-1 – § 23-5)
• Ch 29 — Officers and Employees (§ 29-1 – § 29-15)
• Ch 32 — Parking Authority (§ 32-1 – § 32-2)
• Ch 34 — Parking Enforcement (§ 34-1 – § 34-11)
• Ch 37 — Police Department (§ 37-1 – § 37-105)
• Ch 38 — Political Campaigns (§ 38-1)
• Ch 40 — Purchasing (§ 40-1 – § 40-12)
• Ch 43 — Retirement (§ 43-1 – § 43-5)
• Ch 48 — Advertising Material (§ 48-1 – § 48-4)
• Ch 49 — Affordable Housing (§ 49-1)
• Ch 50 — Alarm Devices (§ 50-1 – § 50-16)
• Ch 53 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 53-1 – § 53-9)
• Ch 56 — Amusement Devices (§ 56-1 – § 56-10)
• Ch 59 — Animals (§ 59-1 – § 59-47)
• Ch 64 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 64-1 – § 64-5)
• Ch 67 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 67-1 – § 67-26)
• Ch 70 — Business Establishments (§ 70-1 – § 70-5)
• Ch 72 — Cannabis (§ 72-1 – § 72-11)
• Ch 75 — Special Events (§ 75-1 – § 75-21)
• Ch 77 — Tree Removal and Replacement (§ 77-1 – § 77-8)
• Ch 78 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 78-1 – § 78-4)
• Ch 82 — Drug-Free School Zones (§ 82-1 – § 82-5)
• Ch 87 — Fees (§ 87-1 – § 87-24)
• Ch 88 — Films and Motion Pictures (§ 88-1 – § 88-13)
• Ch 90 — Firearms (§ 90-1 – § 90-3)
• Ch 92 — Fire Lanes and Fire Zones (§ 92-1 – § 92-8)
• Ch 93 — Fire Prevention (§ 93-1 – § 93-18)
• Ch 95 — Games of Chance (§ 95-1 – § 95-5)
• Ch 98 — Garage Sales (§ 98-1 – § 98-7)
• Ch 101 — Gasoline Stations (§ 101-1 – § 101-3)
• Ch 104 — Hotels, Boardinghouses and Rooming Houses (§ 104-1 – § 104-23)
• Ch 107 — Housing (§ 107-1)
• Ch 110 — Land Development (§ 110-1 – § 110-291)
• Ch 115 — Library (§ 115-1 – § 115-5)
• Ch 116 — Limits on Campaign Contributions (§ 116-1 – § 116-6)
• Ch 118 — Littering (§ 118-1 – § 118-18)
• Ch 120 — Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments (§ 120-1 – § 120-14)
• Ch 124 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 124-1 – § 124-33)
• Ch 127 — Peace and Good Order (§ 127-1 – § 127-4)
• Ch 130 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 130-1 – § 130-11)
• Ch 132 — Political Fundraising (§ 132-1 – § 132-7)
• Ch 134 — Poolrooms and Bowling Alleys (§ 134-1 – § 134-13)
• Ch 137 — Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods (§ 137-1 – § 137-10)
• Ch 139 — Properties and Storefronts, Vacant and Abandoned (§ 139-1 – § 139-9)
• Ch 140 — Property Maintenance (§ 140-1 – § 140-26)
• Ch 143 — Public Records Access (§ 143-1 – § 143-4)
• Ch 147 — Rent Control (§ 147-1 – § 147-22)
• Ch 148 — Rental Properties (§ 148-1 – § 148-7)
• Ch 150 — Sales, Special (§ 150-1 – § 150-17)
• Ch 151 — Salt and Other De-Icing Materials (§ 151-1 – § 151-8)
• Ch 153 — Sewers (§ 153-1 – § 153-39)
• Ch 156 — Shopping Carts (§ 156-1 – § 156-6)
• Ch 158 — Smoking (§ 158-1 – § 158-4)
• Ch 160 — Solid Waste (§ 160-1 – § 160-29)
• Ch 162 — Special Improvement District (§ 162-1 – § 162-11)
• Ch 163 — Storage of Industrial Materials (§ 163-1 – § 163-7)
• Ch 166 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 166-1 – § 166-57)
• Ch 169 — Swimming Pools (§ 169-1 – § 169-10)
• Ch 172 — Taxation (§ 172-1 – § 172-19)
• Ch 175 — Taxicabs (§ 175-1 – § 175-17)
• Ch 178 — Theaters (§ 178-1 – § 178-7)
• Ch 181 — Trees (§ 181-1 – § 181-9)
• Ch 185 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 185-1 – § 185-36)
• Ch 193 — Wreckers and Towers (§ 193-1 – § 193-11)
• Ch 200 — General Provisions, Board of Health
• Ch 203 — Air Pollution (§ 203-1 – § 203-2)
• Ch 206 — Animal Waste (§ 206-1 – § 206-5)
• Ch 210 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 210-1 – § 210-12)
• Ch 213 — Health and Sanitation (§ 213-1 – § 213-8)
• Ch 216 — Housing (§ 216-1 – § 216-10)
• Ch 219 — Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 219-1 – § 219-11)
• Ch 222 — Noise (§ 222-1 – § 222-11)
• Ch 225 — Nuisances (§ 225-1 – § 225-12)
• Ch 228 — Plumbing (§ 228-1 – § 228-36)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)