Every town writes its own rules, and Franklin's live in its municipal code — 113 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch AOI — Act of Incorporation
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-12)
- Ch 4 — Administrator, Township (§ 4-1 – § 4-6)
- Ch 6 — Agricultural Advisory Committee (§ 6-1 – § 6-3)
- Ch 7 — Alternate Members (§ 7-1 – § 7-3)
- Ch 10 — Ambulance Corps (§ 10-1 – § 10-8)
- Ch 12 — Architectural and Landscape Design Advisory Board (§ 12-1 – § 12-6)
- Ch 15 — Board of Recreation Commissioners (§ 15-1 – § 15-10)
- Ch 18 — Chief Financial Officer (§ 18-1 – § 18-2)
- Ch 21 — Claims Approval (§ 21-1 – § 21-2)
- Ch 24 — Communications Commission (§ 24-1 – § 24-7)
- Ch 25 — Contracts (§ 25-1 – § 25-3)
- Ch 27 — Cooperative Pricing (§ 27-1 – § 27-2)
- Ch 28 — Department of Code Enforcement and Land Use (§ 28-1)
- Ch 30 — Department of Law (§ 30-1 – § 30-3)
- Ch 32 — Department of Public Works (§ 32-1 – § 32-9)
- Ch 35 — Deputy Municipal Clerk (§ 35-1 – § 35-3)
- Ch 37 — Economic Development Commission (§ 37-1 – § 37-7)
- Ch 38 — Emergency Management (§ 38-1 – § 38-12)
- Ch 46 — Engineer (§ 46-1 – § 46-3)
- Ch 49 — Environmental Commission (§ 49-1 – § 49-6)
- Ch 53 — Fire Districts and Commissioners (§ 53-1 – § 53-6)
- Ch 55 — Flex-Clerk (§ 55-1 – § 55-5)
- Ch 58 — Historical Advisory Committee (§ 58-1 – § 58-7)
- Ch 62 — Housing Authorities (§ 62-1 – § 62-6)
- Ch 67 — Industrial Commission (§ 67-1 – § 67-8)
- Ch 69 — Insurance Fund (§ 69-1 – § 69-2)
- Ch 70 — Intermunicipal Assistance (§ 70-1 – § 70-4)
- Ch 81 — Major Subdivision and Site Plan Review Advisory Committee (§ 81-1 – § 81-4)
- Ch 83 — Meetings (§ 83-1 – § 83-19)
- Ch 85 — Municipal Alliance Commission (§ 85-1 – § 85-9)
- Ch 86 — Municipal Court, Joint (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
- Ch 89 — Municipal Utilities Authority (§ 89-1 – § 89-4)
- Ch 92 — Personnel Policies (§ 92-1 – § 92-7)
- Ch 94 — Petty Cash Fund (§ 94-1 – § 94-3)
- Ch 95 — Planning and Zoning (§ 95-1 – § 95-11)
- Ch 98 — Police Department (§ 98-1 – § 98-53)
- Ch 102 — Public Defender (§ 102-1 – § 102-2)
- Ch 106 — Purchasing Agent (§ 106-1 – § 106-6)
- Ch 110 — Retirement (§ 110-1)
- Ch 114 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 120 — Secretary to Zoning Officer (§ 120-1 – § 120-3)
- Ch 122 — Senior Citizen Advisory Committee (§ 122-1 – § 122-6)
- Ch 125 — Tax Assessor (§ 125-1 – § 125-3)
- Ch 131 — Vital Statistics (§ 131-1 – § 131-4)
- Ch 138 — Affordable Housing (§ 138-1 – § 138-12)
- Ch 140 — Alarm Systems (§ 140-1 – § 140-7)
- Ch 143 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 143-1 – § 143-22)
- Ch 147 — Amusement Devices (§ 147-1 – § 147-11)
- Ch 151 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 151-1 – § 151-63)
- Ch 162 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 162-1 – § 162-5)
- Ch 165 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 165-1 – § 165-6)
- Ch 169 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 169-1 – § 169-10)
- Ch 173 — Campgrounds, Private (§ 173-1 – § 173-9)
- Ch 178 — Certificate of Occupancy Transfer (§ 178-1 – § 178-11)
- Ch 179 — Buildings, Inspection of (§ 179-1 – § 179-8)
- Ch 182 — Charitable Organizations (§ 182-1 – § 182-5)
- Ch 185 — Checks, Returned (§ 185-1 – § 185-4)
- Ch 188 — Community Center (§ 188-1 – § 188-5)
- Ch 190 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 190-1 – § 190-9)
- Ch 194 — Criminal Registration (§ 194-1 – § 194-10)
- Ch 198 — Curfew (§ 198-1 – § 198-8)
- Ch 202 — Dangerous Substances (§ 202-1 – § 202-8)
- Ch 207 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 207-1 – § 207-5)
- Ch 210 — Dump Site (§ 210-1 – § 210-12)
- Ch 214 — Exhaust Brakes (§ 214-1 – § 214-6)
- Ch 218 — Fire Prevention (§ 218-1 – § 218-36)
- Ch 221 — Fireworks (§ 221-1 – § 221-4)
- Ch 226 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 226-101 – § 226-1001.6)
- Ch 230 — Games of Chance (§ 230-1)
- Ch 235 — Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Merchants (§ 235-1 – § 235-14.5)
- Ch 241 — Insurance (§ 241-1 – § 241-4)
- Ch 247 — Junk and Junk Dealers (§ 247-1 – § 247-18)
- Ch 253 — Land Development (§ 253-1 – § 253-195)
- Ch 261 — Licenses and Permits (§ 261-1 – § 261-3)
- Ch 262 — Littering (§ 262-1 – § 262-2)
- Ch 272 — Noise (§ 272-1 – § 272-7)
- Ch 275 — Nuisances (§ 275-1 – § 275-6)
- Ch 278 — Parks (§ 278-1 – § 278-6)
- Ch 284 — Peace and Good Order (§ 284-1 – § 284-2)
- Ch 287 — Pinelands Protection Area (§ 287-1 – § 287-11)
- Ch 290 — Police Services, Use of (§ 290-1 – § 290-16)
- Ch 292 — Precious Metal Merchants (§ 292-1 – § 292-6)
- Ch 295 — Property Maintenance (§ 295-1 – § 295-16)
- Ch 299 — Public Exhibitions, Recreations and Dancing (§ 299-1 – § 299-10)
- Ch 302 — Public Health (§ 302-1 – § 302-3)
- Ch 310 — Road Damage (§ 310-1 – § 310-10)
- Ch 314 — Roadside Stands (§ 314-1 – § 314-3)
- Ch 319 — Sales and Auctions, Private (§ 319-1 – § 319-12)
- Ch 322 — Salt Storage, Privately Owned (§ 322-1 – § 322-6)
- Ch 323 — Smoking (§ 323-1 – § 323-3)
- Ch 325 — Soil Removal (§ 325-1 – § 325-19)
- Ch 329 — Solid Waste and Recycling (§ 329-1 – § 329-25)
- Ch 333 — Storm Sewers (§ 333-1 – § 333-22)
- Ch 335 — Stormwater Control Within and Outside Pineland Zones (§ 335-1 – § 335-25)
- Ch 337 — Street Openings and Excavations (§ 337-1 – § 337-23)
- Ch 339 — Street Vacation Requests (§ 339-1)
- Ch 341 — Swimming, Boating and Fishing: Prohibited Areas (§ 341-1 – § 341-7)
- Ch 346 — Taxation (§ 346-1 – § 346-16)
- Ch 350 — Taxicabs (§ 350-1 – § 350-20)
- Ch 356 — Towing and Storage Services (§ 356-1 – § 356-16)
- Ch 360 — Trailer Courts and Coaches (§ 360-1 – § 360-74)
- Ch 364 — Trees (§ 364-1 – § 364-10)
- Ch 368 — Used Merchandise Sales (§ 368-1 – § 368-14)
- Ch 373 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 373-1 – § 373-37)
- Ch 375 — Vehicles, Electric (§ 375-1 – § 375-6)
- Ch 377 — Vehicles, Unlicensed (§ 377-1 – § 377-12)
- Ch 386 — Water Pollution (§ 386-1 – § 386-4)
- Ch 387 — Water Utility (§ 387-1 – § 387-6)
- Ch 400 — Retail Food Establishments (§ 400-1 – § 400-9)
- Ch 404 — Rooming Houses and Tenement Houses (§ 404-1 – § 404-11)
- Ch 408 — Swine Code (§ 408-1 – § 408-22)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)