Phillipsburg, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PH0098

Every town writes its own rules, and Phillipsburg's live in its municipal code — 106 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 Phillipsburg code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-16)
• Ch 5 — Administration of Government (§ 5-1 – § 5-104)
• Ch 7 — Background Checks (§ 7-1 – § 7-2)
• Ch 9 — Civil Service (§ 9-1 – § 9-8)
• Ch 14 — Claims (§ 14-1 – § 14-2)
• Ch 21 — Court, Municipal (§ 21-1 – § 21-4)
• Ch 27 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 27-1 – § 27-6)
• Ch 29 — Development Fees (§ 29-1 – § 29-10)
• Ch 32 — Drug-Free Workplace (§ 32-1 – § 32-5)
• Ch 39 — Economic Development Corporation
• Ch 46 — Emergency Squad (§ 46-1 – § 46-6)
• Ch 53 — Ethics Board, Municipal (§ 53-1 – § 53-17)
• Ch 56 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 56-1 – § 56-5)
• Ch 58 — Fire Department (§ 58-1 – § 58-16)
• Ch 67 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 67-1 – § 67-49)
• Ch 69 — Housing Authority (§ 69-1 – § 69-3)
• Ch 76 — Investment Policy (§ 76-1 – § 76-7)
• Ch 85 — Map, Official (§ 85-1 – § 85-4)
• Ch 93 — Open Space (§ 93-1 – § 93-7)
• Ch 100 — Personnel Policy and Practices (§ 100-1 – § 100-20)
• Ch 105 — Police Department (§ 105-1 – § 105-31)
• Ch 110 — Project Labor Agreement (§ 110-1 – § 110-9)
• Ch 117 — Redevelopment (§ 117-1 – § 117-14)
• Ch 120 — Retirement (§ 120-1 – § 120-4)
• Ch 123 — Sewer Utility (§ 123-1 – § 123-9)
• Ch 129 — Sexual Discrimination; Sexual Harassment (§ 129-1 – § 129-18)
• Ch 133 — Third-Party Payroll Disbursement (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 140 — Volunteer Organizations (§ 140-1 – § 140-7)
• Ch 160 — Alarm Systems (§ 160-1 – § 160-9)
• Ch 165 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 165-1 – § 165-15)
• Ch 172 — Animals (§ 172-1 – § 172-76)
• Ch 184 — Body Art, Tattooing and Body Piercing Establishments (§ 184-1 – § 184-16)
• Ch 191 — Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris (§ 191-1 – § 191-10)
• Ch 200 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 200-1 – § 200-11)
• Ch 207 — Business Licenses (§ 207-1 – § 207-16)
• Ch 213 — Carnivals (§ 213-1 – § 213-8)
• Ch 219 — Certificates of Habitability (§ 219-1 – § 219-14)
• Ch 220 — Citizens' Advisory Board (§ 220-1 – § 220-11A)
• Ch 222 — Clothing Bins (§ 222-1 – § 222-5)
• Ch 235 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 235-1 – § 235-4)
• Ch 242 — Curfew (§ 242-1 – § 242-6)
• Ch 257 — Driveway Construction (§ 257-1 – § 257-10)
• Ch 263 — Drug- and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones (§ 263-1 – § 263-10)
• Ch 270 — Dumpsters (§ 270-1 – § 270-5)
• Ch 275 — Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 275-1 – § 275-10)
• Ch 282 — Entertainment Licenses (§ 282-1 – § 282-3)
• Ch 290 — Fees (§ 290-1 – § 290-12)
• Ch 299 — Fire Hydrants (§ 299-1 – § 299-4)
• Ch 305 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 305-1 – § 305-3)
• Ch 311 — Fire Prevention (§ 311-1 – § 311-12)
• Ch 318 — Floodplain Management (§ 318-1 – § 318-17)
• Ch 324 — Food Establishments, Retail (§ 324-1 – § 324-5)
• Ch 330 — Games of Chance (§ 330-1)
• Ch 335 — Graffiti (§ 335-1 – § 335-7)
• Ch 342 — Hazardous Materials Cleanup (§ 342-1 – § 342-6)
• Ch 347 — Homeless Shelters (§ 347-1 – § 347-9)
• Ch 353 — Junkyards (§ 353-1 – § 353-13)
• Ch 360 — Land Use Procedures (§ 360-1 – § 360-55)
• Ch 369 — Littering (§ 369-1 – § 369-20)
• Ch 375 — Massage Establishments (§ 375-1 – § 375-23)
• Ch 384 — Noise (§ 384-1 – § 384-9)
• Ch 391 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 391-1 – § 391-4)
• Ch 396 — Numbering of Buildings (§ 396-1 – § 396-3)
• Ch 403 — Off-Tract Improvements (§ 403-1 – § 403-5)
• Ch 409 — Parking During Emergencies (§ 409-1 – § 409-4)
• Ch 414 — Parking, Handicapped (§ 414-1 – § 414-4)
• Ch 422 — Parks and Recreation (§ 422-1 – § 422-15)
• Ch 426 — Secondhand Dealers and Pawn and Consignment Shops (§ 426-1 – § 426-8)
• Ch 428 — Peace and Good Order (§ 428-1 – § 428-6)
• Ch 435 — Poles and Wires (§ 435-1 – § 435-3)
• Ch 441 — Police Service Costs (§ 441-1 – § 441-6)
• Ch 447 — Property Maintenance (§ 447-1 – § 447-4)
• Ch 448 — Property Maintenance, Vacant (§ 448-1 – § 448-12)
• Ch 449 — Property, Rehabilitation of Abandoned (§ 449-1 – § 449-12)
• Ch 453 — Protective Custody for Dwi Suspects (§ 453-1 – § 453-4)
• Ch 463 — Rent Control (§ 463-1 – § 463-13)
• Ch 464 — Rental Property (§ 464-1 – § 464-20)
• Ch 470 — Sales (§ 470-1 – § 470-8)
• Ch 477 — Scooters, Motorized (§ 477-1 – § 477-3)
• Ch 485 — Sewage Disposal Systems (§ 485-1 – § 485-12)
• Ch 492 — Sewers, Sewage and Industrial Waste (§ 492-1 – § 492-44)
• Ch 510 — Site Plan Review (§ 510-1 – § 510-16)
• Ch 517 — Snow and Ice Emergencies (§ 517-1 – § 517-6)
• Ch 520 — Soil Importation and Placement (§ 520-1 – § 520-24)
• Ch 524 — Solicitors and Canvassers (§ 524-1 – § 524-11)
• Ch 530 — Solid Waste; Recycling (§ 530-1 – § 530-34)
• Ch 535 — Stormwater Management (§ 535-1 – § 535-11)
• Ch 538 — Stormwater Quality (§ 538-1 – § 538-17)
• Ch 545 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 545-1 – § 545-49)
• Ch 550 — Structures, Temporary (§ 550-1 – § 550-8)
• Ch 555 — Subdivision of Land (§ 555-1 – § 555-23)
• Ch 563 — Swimming Pools (§ 563-1 – § 563-8)
• Ch 570 — Taxation (§ 570-1 – § 570-19)
• Ch 575 — Taxicabs (§ 575-1 – § 575-25)
• Ch 584 — Towing (§ 584-1 – § 584-15)
• Ch 588 — Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System (§ 588-1 – § 588-6)
• Ch 591 — Trees; Shade Tree Commission (§ 591-1 – § 591-26)
• Ch 594 — Used Car Dealers (§ 594-1 – § 594-9)
• Ch 597 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Inoperable (§ 597-1 – § 597-11)
• Ch 605 — Vehicles, Unattended With Keys (§ 605-1 – § 605-5)
• Ch 610 — Vehicles, Unlicensed Motor-Driven (§ 610-1 – § 610-5)
• Ch 616 — Water (§ 616-1 – § 616-14)
• Ch 625 — Zoning (§ 625-1 – § 625-111)
• Ch A640 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A640-1 – § A640-24)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)