Camden, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-09. Official source: https://ecode360.com/CA1078

Every town writes its own rules, and Camden's live in its municipal code — 152 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 Camden code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-19)
• Ch 7 — Administration of Government (§ 7-1 – § 7-117)
• Ch 14 — Affirmative Action (§ 14-1 – § 14-43)
• Ch 19 — Ambulance Services (§ 19-1)
• Ch 26 — Boards, Committees, Commissions and Councils (§ 26-1 – § 26-93)
• Ch 33 — Contracts (§ 33-1 – § 33-41)
• Ch 38 — Court, Municipal (§ 38-1 – § 38-13)
• Ch 44 — Defense of Officers and Employees (§ 44-1 – § 44-16)
• Ch 52 — Empowerment Zone Corporation (§ 52-1 – § 52-9)
• Ch 59 — Fire Department (§ 59-1 – § 59-17)
• Ch 63 — Flag; Coat of Arms; Colors (§ 63-1 – § 63-3)
• Ch 74 — Living Wage (§ 74-1 – § 74-13)
• Ch 80 — Meetings (§ 80-1 – § 80-14)
• Ch 85 — Municipal Insurance Fund (§ 85-1 – § 85-5)
• Ch 89 — Municipal Property (§ 89-1 – § 89-13)
• Ch 97 — Parking Enforcement Officers (§ 97-1 – § 97-4)
• Ch 103 — Personnel Policies (§ 103-1 – § 103-16)
• Ch 110 — Police Department (§ 110-1 – § 110-17)
• Ch 118 — Project Labor Agreements (§ 118-1 – § 118-7)
• Ch 120 — Purchasing Policy (§ 120-1 – § 120-16)
• Ch 122 — Redevelopment Agency (§ 122-1 – § 122-6)
• Ch 128 — Seal, Official (§ 128-1 – § 128-2)
• Ch 136 — Training Requirements (§ 136-1 – § 136-4)
• Ch 141 — Urban Enterprise Zones (§ 141-1 – § 141-6)
• Ch 142 — Arts and Cultural Districts (§ 142-1 – § 142-7)
• Ch 160 — Adopt a Park Program (§ 160-1 – § 160-8)
• Ch 164 — Adopt-A-Street and -Lot Program (§ 164-1 – § 164-10)
• Ch 165 — Honorary or Ceremonial Naming of Streets (§ 165-1 – § 165-7)
• Ch 169 — Advertising Materials (§ 169-1 – § 169-13)
• Ch 177 — Alarm Systems (§ 177-1 – § 177-11)
• Ch 181 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 181-1 – § 181-34)
• Ch 188 — Animals (§ 188-1 – § 188-56)
• Ch 193 — Arcades and Amusement Devices (§ 193-1 – § 193-34)
• Ch 198 — Asbestos Removal (§ 198-1 – § 198-5)
• Ch 204 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 204-1 – § 204-4)
• Ch 209 — Autocabs (§ 209-1 – § 209-21)
• Ch 217 — Billiard and Pool Rooms (§ 217-1 – § 217-19)
• Ch 225 — Bowling Alleys (§ 225-1 – § 225-5)
• Ch 232 — Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris (§ 232-1 – § 232-14)
• Ch 240 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 240-1 – § 240-4)
• Ch 246 — Cannabis (§ 246-1 – § 246-8)
• Ch 248 — Carousels and Merry-Go-Rounds (§ 248-1 – § 248-6)
• Ch 253 — Cemeteries (§ 253-1 – § 253-5)
• Ch 264 — Circuses and Exhibitions (§ 264-1 – § 264-4)
• Ch 270 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 270-1 – § 270-22)
• Ch 277 — Criminal History Background Check (§ 277-1 – § 277-8)
• Ch 282 — Curfew (§ 282-1 – § 282-8)
• Ch 283 — Anti-Bullying (§ 283-1 – § 283-16)
• Ch 284 — Parental Responsibility for Minor Child (§ 284-1 – § 284-7)
• Ch 286 — Dances and Dance Halls (§ 286-1 – § 286-14)
• Ch 291 — Development Plans (§ 291-1 – § 291-4)
• Ch 303 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 303-1 – § 303-8)
• Ch 309 — Dumpsters (§ 309-1 – § 309-2)
• Ch 314 — Elevators (§ 314-1 – § 314-3)
• Ch 320 — Emergencies (§ 320-1 – § 320-8)
• Ch 323 — Employee Residency Reports (§ 323-1 – § 323-10)
• Ch 325 — Entertainers, Models and Dancers (§ 325-1 – § 325-4)
• Ch 329 — Entertainment, Places of Public (§ 329-1 – § 329-9)
• Ch 340 — Fees and Costs (§ 340-1 – § 340-28)
• Ch 348 — Filming (§ 348-1 – § 348-7)
• Ch 352 — Firearms (§ 352-1 – § 352-9)
• Ch 357 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 357-1 – § 357-4)
• Ch 363 — Fire Prevention and Protection and Emergency Services Mitigation (§ 363-1 – § 363-28)
• Ch 364 — Lithium-Ion Batteries (§ 364-1 – § 364-11)
• Ch 369 — Fireworks (§ 369-1 – § 369-9)
• Ch 374 — Flags (§ 374-1 – § 374-4)
• Ch 378 — Flea Markets (§ 378-1 – § 378-6)
• Ch 383 — Florists (§ 383-1 – § 383-3)
• Ch 390 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 390-1 – § 390-5)
• Ch 394 — Food Establishments, Retail (§ 394-1 – § 394-8)
• Ch 400 — Food Service Entities (§ 400-1 – § 400-2)
• Ch 410 — Games of Chance (§ 410-1 – § 410-17)
• Ch 416 — Gasoline and Vehicle Repair Stations (§ 416-1 – § 416-14)
• Ch 420 — Gasoline Tanks, Abandonment of (§ 420-1 – § 420-4)
• Ch 428 — Graffiti (§ 428-1 – § 428-16)
• Ch 434 — Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors (§ 434-1 – § 434-8)
• Ch 439 — Health Clubs (§ 439-1 – § 439-4)
• Ch 445 — Horse-Drawn and Animal-Drawn Vehicles (§ 445-1 – § 445-2)
• Ch 450 — Housing Standards (§ 450-1 – § 450-26)
• Ch 456 — Ice Dealers and Vending Machines (§ 456-1 – § 456-6)
• Ch 461 — Improvement Districts (§ 461-1 – § 461-30)
• Ch 467 — Junkyards (§ 467-1 – § 467-21)
• Ch 478 — Laundries, Self-Service (§ 478-1 – § 478-5)
• Ch 485 — Licenses and Business Regulations (§ 485-1 – § 485-33)
• Ch 492 — Map, Drawings and Other Documents, Electronic Submission of (§ 492-1 – § 492-4)
• Ch 496 — Massage Parlors (§ 496-1 – § 496-4)
• Ch 500 — Mercantile Businesses (§ 500-1 – § 500-9)
• Ch 507 — Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks (§ 507-1 – § 507-16)
• Ch 508 — Commercial and Other Large Vehicles, Parking of (§ 508-1 – § 508-8)
• Ch 509 — Vehicles on Crosswalks and Grass Medians, Parking of (§ 509-1 – § 509-5)
• Ch 512 — Motels and Hotels (§ 512-1 – § 512-5)
• Ch 518 — Noise (§ 518-1 – § 518-6)
• Ch 523 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 523-1 – § 523-4)
• Ch 534 — Parades (§ 534-1 – § 534-17)
• Ch 545 — Parking Lots, Commercial (§ 545-1 – § 545-13)
• Ch 550 — Parking Permit Program, Residential (§ 550-1 – § 550-13)
• Ch 556 — Parking, Resident Handicapped On-Street (§ 556-1 – § 556-9)
• Ch 562 — Parks and Recreation (§ 562-1 – § 562-38)
• Ch 567 — Pay Telephones, Outdoor (§ 567-1 – § 567-12)
• Ch 573 — Peace and Good Order (§ 573-1 – § 573-20)
• Ch 578 — Peddlers and Vending Units (§ 578-1 – § 578-26)
• Ch 582 — Pedicabs (§ 582-1 – § 582-16)
• Ch 587 — Photographers, Street (§ 587-1 – § 587-3)
• Ch 594 — Picketing (§ 594-1 – § 594-3)
• Ch 600 — Poles, Wires and Underground Conduits (§ 600-1 – § 600-23)
• Ch 601 — Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-Of-Way (§ 601-1 – § 601-13)
• Ch 608 — Precious Metals and Gems (§ 608-1 – § 608-13)
• Ch 615 — Property, Vacant and Abandoned (§ 615-1 – § 615-11)
• Ch 620 — Property Maintenance (§ 620-1 – § 620-111)
• Ch 627 — Public Utilities (§ 627-1 – § 627-5)
• Ch 635 — Real Estate Transactions (§ 635-1 – § 635-4)
• Ch 644 — Rental Property (§ 644-1 – § 644-3)
• Ch 650 — Rent Control (§ 650-1 – § 650-32)
• Ch 656 — Rooming and Boarding Houses (§ 656-1 – § 656-11)
• Ch 661 — Sales, Special (§ 661-1 – § 661-7)
• Ch 667 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 667-1 – § 667-13)
• Ch 675 — Sewers (§ 675-1 – § 675-34)
• Ch 684 — Sidewalk Cafes (§ 684-1 – § 684-18)
• Ch 688 — Signs (§ 688-1 – § 688-17)
• Ch 700 — Snow, Ice and Debris Removal (§ 700-1 – § 700-5)
• Ch 705 — Soft Drinks, Wholesale (§ 705-1 – § 705-5)
• Ch 711 — Solid Waste (§ 711-1 – § 711-34)
• Ch 716 — Special Events (§ 716-1 – § 716-33)
• Ch 722 — Storage Facilities (§ 722-1 – § 722-8)
• Ch 725 — Stormwater Control and Management (§ 725-1 – § 725-29)
• Ch 729 — Street Closings (§ 729-1 – § 729-3)
• Ch 735 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 735-1 – § 735-46)
• Ch 739 — Sustainability Requirements (§ 739-1 – § 739-8)
• Ch 742 — Swimming Pools (§ 742-1 – § 742-20)
• Ch 747 — Tattooing and Tattooists (§ 747-1 – § 747-10)
• Ch 753 — Taxation (§ 753-1 – § 753-51)
• Ch 758 — Taxicabs (§ 758-1 – § 758-50)
• Ch 766 — Theaters (§ 766-1 – § 766-12)
• Ch 771 — Tires, Used (§ 771-1 – § 771-7)
• Ch 776 — Tobacco (§ 776-1 – § 776-17)
• Ch 780 — Toilet Facilities, Portable (§ 780-1 – § 780-7)
• Ch 785 — Towing Services (§ 785-1 – § 785-16)
• Ch 791 — Transient Merchants (§ 791-1 – § 791-8)
• Ch 796 — Trees and Shrubs (§ 796-1 – § 796-15)
• Ch 803 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 803-1 – § 803-12)
• Ch 808 — Vehicles and Traffic
• Ch 815 — Vehicles, Immobilization and Impoundment of (§ 815-1 – § 815-8)
• Ch 822 — Vehicles, Sale of (§ 822-1 – § 822-9)
• Ch 827 — Vehicles, Unlicensed (§ 827-1 – § 827-8)
• Ch 840 — Water (§ 840-1 – § 840-60)
• Ch 847 — Weapons-Free Zones (§ 847-1 – § 847-3)
• Ch 852 — Weights and Measures (§ 852-1 – § 852-7)
• Ch 870 — Zoning and Land Use (§ 870-1 – § 870-332)
• Ch A900 — Cable Television and Communications Franchise Agreements (§ A900-1 – § A900-24)
• Ch A910 — Historic Districts (§ A910-1 – § A910-20)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)