Somerville, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-08-04. Official source: https://ecode360.com/SO0564

Every town writes its own rules, and Somerville's live in its municipal code — 114 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 Somerville code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-16)
• Ch 5 — Administrative Organization (§ 5-1 – § 5-94)
• Ch 6 — Marriage and Civil Union Ceremony Fees (§ 6-1 – § 6-2)
• Ch 7 — Emergency Service Volunteers-Criminal History Background Checks (§ 7-1 – § 7-4)
• Ch 9 — Claims Approval; Payroll Account (§ 9-1 – § 9-12)
• Ch 11 — Contracts and Agreements (§ 11-1 – § 11-14)
• Ch 12 — Court, Municipal (§ 12-1 – § 12-6)
• Ch 13 — Drunk Driving-Free School Zones (§ 13-1 – § 13-6)
• Ch 14 — Drug-Free School Zone (§ 14-1 – § 14-6)
• Ch 15 — Environmental Commission (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
• Ch 18 — Fire Department (§ 18-1 – § 18-30)
• Ch 23 — Health, Board of (§ 23-1 – § 23-5)
• Ch 30 — Planning Board
• Ch 31 — Mutual Police and Fire Aid Agreement (§ 31-1 – § 31-3)
• Ch 33 — Police Department (§ 33-1 – § 33-210)
• Ch 35 — Real Property, Capital Improvements and Personal Property, Sale of (§ 35-1 – § 35-2)
• Ch 37 — Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Control Commission (§ 37-1 – § 37-9)
• Ch 38 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 39 — Length of Service Awards Program (§ 39-1 – § 39-6)
• Ch 40 — Historic Advisory Committee (§ 40-1 – § 40-5)
• Ch 43 — Alarm Systems and Devices (§ 43-1 – § 43-8)
• Ch 45 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 45-1 – § 45-25)
• Ch 48 — Amusements, Amusement Devices and Entertainment (§ 48-1 – § 48-28)
• Ch 50B — Term of Office for Mayor and Trustees
• Ch 51 — Autobuses (§ 51-1 – § 51-18)
• Ch 53 — Bamboo: Restricting the Planting, Growing or Cultivation of Bamboo (§ 53-1 – § 53-9)
• Ch 54 — Bicycles, Motorized (§ 54-1 – § 54-4)
• Ch 56 — Building Construction (§ 56-1 – § 56-8)
• Ch 59 — Buildings and Structures, Unfit (§ 59-1 – § 59-11)
• Ch 61 — Cannabis (§ 61-1 – § 61-7)
• Ch 62 — Cats (§ 62-1 – § 62-6)
• Ch 66 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 66-1 – § 66-4)
• Ch 69 — Curfew (§ 69-1 – § 69-5)
• Ch 74 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 74-1 – § 74-32)
• Ch 74A — Elevators (§ 74A-1 – § 74A-6)
• Ch 74B — Dumpsters (§ 74B-1 – § 74B-6)
• Ch 75 — Fees (§ 75-1 – § 75-6)
• Ch 80 — Fire Prevention; Life Safety (§ 80-1 – § 80-14)
• Ch 81 — Fire Lanes (§ 81-1 – § 81-4)
• Ch 86 — Golf Courses (§ 86-1 – § 86-9)
• Ch 88 — Graffiti (§ 88-1 – § 88-3)
• Ch 95 — Housing Standards (§ 95-1 – § 95-20)
• Ch 97 — Insurance (§ 97-1 – § 97-10)
• Ch 103 — Lead-Based Paint Inspections (§ 103-1 – § 103-3)
• Ch 104 — Legalized Gaming (§ 104-1 – § 104-4)
• Ch 105 — Littering (§ 105-1 – § 105-14)
• Ch 106 — Land Disturbance (§ 106-1 – § 106-12)
• Ch 108 — Loitering (§ 108-1 – § 108-7)
• Ch 110 — Multiple -Family Dwellings (§ 110-1 – § 110-6)
• Ch 111 — Murals (§ 111-1 – § 111-8)
• Ch 112 — Newspaper Recycling (§ 112-1 – § 112-9)
• Ch 113 — Newsracks (§ 113-1 – § 113-10)
• Ch 114 — Noise (§ 114-1 – § 114-8)
• Ch 115 — Numbering of Buildings (§ 115-1 – § 115-10)
• Ch 116 — Obscenity (§ 116-1 – § 116-2)
• Ch 118 — Parking Regulations (§ 118-1 – § 118-6)
• Ch 119 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 119-1 – § 119-13)
• Ch 122 — Peace and Good Order (§ 122-1 – § 122-20)
• Ch 124 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 124-1 – § 124-26)
• Ch 128 — Property Maintenance Code (§ 128-1 – § 128-4)
• Ch 131 — Recycling (§ 131-1 – § 131-9)
• Ch 132 — Residential Rental Units (§ 132-1 – § 132-15)
• Ch 133 — Retail Food Establishments: Licensing (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 134 — Riparian Zone Regulations (§ 134-1 – § 134-7)
• Ch 135 — Rooming Houses (§ 135-1 – § 135-22)
• Ch 136 — Sales, Special (§ 136-1 – § 136-7)
• Ch 137 — Salvage Yards (§ 137-1 – § 137-6)
• Ch 139 — Sanitary Landfills (§ 139-1 – § 139-5)
• Ch 139A — Schools (§ 139A-1 – § 139A-3)
• Ch 140 — Sewers (§ 140-1 – § 140-57)
• Ch 141 — Sewer Service Charges (§ 141-1 – § 141-20)
• Ch 142 — Grease Traps (§ 142-1)
• Ch 144 — Shade Trees; Public Parks (§ 144-1 – § 144-16)
• Ch 144A — Shopping Carts (§ 144A-1 – § 144A-13)
• Ch 144B — Smoking in Borough Municipal Buildings (§ 144B-1 – § 144B-4)
• Ch 145 — Smoking Prohibited Within Fifty (50) Feet of the Regularly Used Entrance of Municipal Owned or Operated Property (§ 145-1 – § 145-6)
• Ch 147 — Solid Waste Management (§ 147-1 – § 147-14)
• Ch 148 — Special Improvement District (§ 148-1 – § 148-9)
• Ch 149 — Storm Sewer System (§ 149-1 – § 149-41)
• Ch 149A — Stormwater Control (§ 149A-1 – § 149A-13)
• Ch 149B — Stormwater - Privately Owned Storage Facilities for Salt and Other De-Icing Materials (§ 149B-1 – § 149B-8)
• Ch 150 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 150-1 – § 150-40)
• Ch 153 — Subdivision of Land
• Ch 155 — Swimming Pools (§ 155-1 – § 155-21)
• Ch 158 — Taxation (§ 158-1 – § 158-9)
• Ch 159 — Taxicabs (§ 159-1 – § 159-12)
• Ch 161 — Towing (§ 161-1 – § 161-14)
• Ch 163 — Trees (§ 163-1 – § 163-4)
• Ch 164 — Vacant and Abandoned Properties (§ 164-1 – § 164-17)
• Ch 166 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 166-1 – § 166-100)
• Ch 168 — Vehicles, Inoperable (§ 168-1 – § 168-7)
• Ch 169 — Vehicles, Unattended (§ 169-1 – § 169-3)
• Ch 170 — Installation, Repair and Modification of Automotive Exhaust Systems (§ 170-1 – § 170-3)
• Ch 171 — Weeds and Debris (§ 171-1 – § 171-6)
• Ch 172 — Wildlife Feeding (§ 172-1 – § 172-5)
• Ch 174 — Yard Waste Collection Program (§ 174-1 – § 174-5)
• Ch 175 — Zoning
• Ch 176 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 176-1 – § 176-13)
• Ch 177 — Administration (§ 177-1 – § 177-3)
• Ch 178 — Animals and Fowl (§ 178-1 – § 178-2)
• Ch 179 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 179-1 – § 179-5)
• Ch 180 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 180-1 – § 180-23)
• Ch 181 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 181-1 – § 181-5)
• Ch 184 — Retail Food Establishments (§ 184-1 – § 184-4)
• Ch 185 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 186 — Sanitation (§ 186-1 – § 186-4)
• Ch 187 — Solid Waste (§ 187-1 – § 187-4)
• Ch 188 — Tanning Facilities (§ 188-1 – § 188-5)
• Ch 189 — Tattoo Parlors, Tattooists and Body Piercing (§ 189-1 – § 189-14)
• Ch 190 — Weed Control (§ 190-1 – § 190-8)
• Ch A191 — Cable Television System (§ A191-1 – § A191-25)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)
• Ch 102 — Land Use and Development (§ 102-1 – § 102-127)
• Ch DLLD — Disposition List (§ DLLD-1)