Perth Amboy, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-11-24. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PE0514

Every town writes its own rules, and Perth Amboy's live in its municipal code — 144 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 Perth Amboy code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-14)
• Ch 4 — Administration of Government (§ 4-1 – § 4-154)
• Ch 7 — Arts Council (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 10 — Bonds (§ 10-1)
• Ch 14 — Citizens' Public Safety Advisory Board (§ 14-1 – § 14-3)
• Ch 16 — Civil Service (§ 16-1 – § 16-2)
• Ch 20 — Code of Ethics (§ 20-1 – § 20-5)
• Ch 27 — Court (§ 27-1 – § 27-11)
• Ch 34 — Education Board of (§ 34-1 – § 34-4)
• Ch 38 — Electrical Bureau (§ 38-1 – § 38-4)
• Ch 44 — Fire Department (§ 44-1 – § 44-21)
• Ch 53 — Honorary Naming of Streets or Public Areas and Acceptance and Placement of Monuments (§ 53-1 – § 53-5)
• Ch 56 — Housing Authority (§ 56-1 – § 56-2)
• Ch 59 — Insurance Fund (§ 59-1 – § 59-7)
• Ch 65 — Library Board of Trustees (§ 65-1 – § 65-2)
• Ch 78 — Parking Utility (§ 78-1)
• Ch 85 — Personnel Policies (§ 85-1 – § 85-14)
• Ch 95 — Police Department (§ 95-1 – § 95-28)
• Ch 99 — Redevelopment (§ 99-1 – § 99-4)
• Ch 101 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 101-1 – § 101-7)
• Ch 105 — School Traffic Guards (§ 105-1 – § 105-11)
• Ch 108 — Seal (§ 108-1 – § 108-2)
• Ch 115 — Urban Enterprise Zone (§ 115-1)
• Ch 120 — Youth Services Bureau (§ 120-1 – § 120-4)
• Ch 125 — Abandoned Property List (§ 125-1 – § 125-5)
• Ch 129 — Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment (§ 129-1 – § 129-22)
• Ch 132 — Air Pollution Control (§ 132-1 – § 132-12)
• Ch 135 — Alarm Systems (§ 135-1 – § 135-10)
• Ch 137 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 137-1 – § 137-25)
• Ch 140 — Amusement Devices (§ 140-1 – § 140-13)
• Ch 147 — Auctions (§ 147-1 – § 147-15)
• Ch 150 — Auto Liveries (§ 150-1 – § 150-25)
• Ch 153 — Beach Regulations (§ 153-1 – § 153-5)
• Ch 158 — Bicycles (§ 158-1 – § 158-10)
• Ch 166 — Brush, Grass and Weeds
• Ch 175 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 175-1 – § 175-12)
• Ch 178 — Cats (§ 178-1 – § 178-19)
• Ch 181 — Certificate of Code Compliance (§ 181-1 – § 181-10)
• Ch 183 — Clubs (§ 183-1 – § 183-11)
• Ch 184 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 184-1 – § 184-4)
• Ch 185 — Construction/Demolition (§ 185-1 – § 185-7)
• Ch 186 — Construction Project Labor Agreements (§ 186-1 – § 186-5)
• Ch 189 — Curfew (§ 189-1 – § 189-7)
• Ch 191 — Dance Halls (§ 191-1 – § 191-9)
• Ch 195 — Disasters and Emergencies (§ 195-1 – § 195-7)
• Ch 199 — Dogs (§ 199-1 – § 199-36)
• Ch 200 — Downtown Family Restaurant and Entertainment District (§ 200-1 – § 200-3)
• Ch 202 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 202-1 – § 202-16)
• Ch 207 — Emergency Damage Contractors and Board-Up (§ 207-1 – § 207-4)
• Ch 209 — E-Mobility Devices and Lithium-Ion Batteries (§ 209-1 – § 209-7)
• Ch 212 — Explosives (§ 212-1 – § 212-3)
• Ch 217 — Filming (§ 217-1 – § 217-6)
• Ch 221 — Fire Alarm: Boats (§ 221-1 – § 221-2)
• Ch 224 — Firearms and Hunting. (§ 224-1 – § 224-4)
• Ch 227 — Fire Prevention (§ 227-1 – § 227-21)
• Ch 229 — Fishing, Crabbing and Related Activities (§ 229-1 – § 229-4)
• Ch 230 — Fireworks (§ 230-1 – § 230-8)
• Ch 231 — Flood Damage Prevention (231-101.1 – 231-1001.6)
• Ch 233 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 233-1 – § 233-10)
• Ch 234 — Food Establishments, Licensing of (§ 234-1 – § 234-5)
• Ch 238 — Fumigation (§ 238-1 – § 238-8)
• Ch 243 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 243-1 – § 243-25)
• Ch 246 — Gasoline: Bulk Sales and Storage (§ 246-1 – § 246-4)
• Ch 250 — Graffiti (§ 250-1 – § 250-20)
• Ch 255 — Handbills (§ 255-1 – § 255-7)
• Ch 255A — Handicapped Parking (§ 255A-1 – § 255A-11)
• Ch 256 — Hazardous Materials (§ 256-1 – § 256-10)
• Ch 258 — Historic Preservation (§ 258-1 – § 258-21)
• Ch 259 — Home Improvement Contractors (§ 259-1 – § 259-11)
• Ch 260 — Identification Card Program (§ 260-1 – § 260-8)
• Ch 261 — Insurance (§ 261-1 – § 261-3)
• Ch 266 — Junkyards (§ 266-1 – § 266-25)
• Ch 268 — Land Use Deposits and Fees (§ 268-1)
• Ch 270 — Leaf Collection (§ 270-1 – § 270-5)
• Ch 271 — Legal Capacity, Age of (§ 271-1 – § 271-2)
• Ch 274 — Library (§ 274-1 – § 274-6)
• Ch 275 — Licensed Occupations (§ 275-1 – § 275-15)
• Ch 287 — Markets (§ 287-1 – § 287-37)
• Ch 291 — Meat Packaging and Labeling (§ 291-1 – § 291-3)
• Ch 293 — Mercantile Establishment and Business Registration (§ 293-1 – § 293-13)
• Ch 295 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 295-1 – § 295-26)
• Ch 299 — Music Vending Machines (§ 299-1 – § 299-8)
• Ch 304 — Noise (§ 304-1 – § 304-14)
• Ch 308 — Nuisances (§ 308-1 – § 308-6)
• Ch 311 — Parental Responsibility (§ 311-1 – § 311-4)
• Ch 312 — Parking Meter Zones (§ 312-1 – § 312-33)
• Ch 312A — Parks and Recreation (§ 312A-1 – § 312A-7)
• Ch 313 — Pawnbrokers (§ 313-1 – § 313-7)
• Ch 317 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 317-1 – § 317-25)
• Ch 321 — Pet Shops (§ 321-1 – § 321-2)
• Ch 327 — Political Fundraising on Government Property (§ 327-1 – § 327-4)
• Ch 329 — Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors (§ 329-1 – § 329-11)
• Ch 331 — Precious Metals and Gems (§ 331-1 – § 331-6)
• Ch 332 — Preparations and Medicines (§ 332-1 – § 332-4)
• Ch 335 — Property Maintenance (§ 335-1 – § 335-5)
• Ch 337 — Property Registration (§ 337-1 – § 337-9)
• Ch 339 — Property, Vacant and Abandoned; Registration and Maintenance (§ 339-1 – § 339-6)
• Ch 341 — Publications, Obscene (§ 341-1 – § 341-5)
• Ch 343 — Public Entertainment and Special Permits (§ 343-1 – § 343-20)
• Ch 346 — Railroads (§ 346-1 – § 346-2)
• Ch 349 — Ratproofing (§ 349-1 – § 349-11)
• Ch 351 — Recycling (§ 351-1 – § 351-13)
• Ch 353 — Rent Control (§ 353-1 – § 353-16)
• Ch 356 — Riparian Buffer Conservation Zone (§ 356-1 – § 356-8)
• Ch 359 — Sales, Special (§ 359-1 – § 359-14)
• Ch 362 — Sanitation (§ 362-1 – § 362-146)
• Ch 364 — Security Systems, Voluntary Registry (§ 364-1 – § 364-4)
• Ch 365 — Sewers (§ 365-1 – § 365-40)
• Ch 366 — Sex Offenders, Registration of (§ 366-1 – § 366-5)
• Ch 368 — Shopping Carts (§ 368-1 – § 368-9)
• Ch 369 — Short-Term Rentals (§ 369-1 – § 369-7)
• Ch 371 — Shows and Exhibitions (§ 371-1 – § 371-10)
• Ch 374 — Signs and Building Facades: Business Improvement District (§ 374-1 – § 374-17)
• Ch 377 — Smoking and Lighted Objects (§ 377-1 – § 377-12)
• Ch 380 — Snow and Ice Removal (§ 380-1 – § 380-4)
• Ch 381 — Special Improvement District (§ 381-1 – § 381-11)
• Ch 382 — Steep Slopes (§ 382-1 – § 382-8)
• Ch 383 — Storm Sewer Systems (§ 383-1 – § 383-29)
• Ch 384 — Stormwater Management (§ 384-1 – § 384-11)
• Ch 386 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 386-1 – § 386-48)
• Ch 387 — Street Performers (§ 387-1 – § 387-10)
• Ch 389 — Strikebreakers (§ 389-1)
• Ch 400 — Body Art Procedures (§ 400-1 – § 400-4)
• Ch 402 — Taxation (§ 402-1 – § 402-21)
• Ch 404 — Taxicabs (§ 404-1 – § 404-34)
• Ch 406 — Telephones, Public (§ 406-1 – § 406-10)
• Ch 408 — Tobacco, Sale of (§ 408-1 – § 408-5)
• Ch 411 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 411-1 – § 411-5)
• Ch 411A — Vehicles, Electric (§ 411A-1)
• Ch 412 — Vehicles, Off-Road and All-Terrain Vehicles (§ 412-1 – § 412-9)
• Ch 414 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 414-1 – § 414-54)
• Ch 418 — Water (§ 418-1 – § 418-13)
• Ch 420 — Waterfront (§ 420-1 – § 420-13)
• Ch 422 — Wildlife Feeding (§ 422-1 – § 422-5)
• Ch 425 — Wreckers (§ 425-1 – § 425-17)
• Ch 429 — Zoning Applications—Contribution Disclosures (§ 429-1 – § 429-3)
• Ch 430 — Zoning and Land Development (§ 430-1 – § 430-133)
• Ch 432 — Zoning - Inclusionary Zoning (§ 432-1 – § 432-10)
• Ch A435 — Air Pollution Control Contract (§ A435-1 – § A435-8)
• Ch A436 — Council Rules of Procedure (§ A436-1 – § A436-2)
• Ch A438 — Cable Television and Communications Franchise (§ A438-1 – § A438-22)
• Ch A439 — Fiber-Optic Cable Lines (§ A439-1)
• Ch A440 — Redevelopment Plan Amendments (§ A440-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)