Howell, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/HO2064

Every town writes its own rules, and Howell's live in its municipal code — 102 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 Howell code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-18)
• Ch 2 — Administration of Government (§ 2-1 – § 2-77)
• Ch 5 — Advisory Committees (§ 5-1 – § 5-14)
• Ch 7 — Traffic (§ 7-1 – § 7-36)
• Ch 8 — Affordable Housing (§ 8-1 – § 8-23)
• Ch 10 — Cooperative Pricing Agreement (§ 10-1 – § 10-3)
• Ch 13 — Emergency Service Benefits (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
• Ch 16 — Employment Relations (§ 16-1)
• Ch 18 — Ethics and Conduct, Code of (§ 18-1 – § 18-4)
• Ch 19 — Federal Law Violation and Cannabis Prohibition (§ 19-1 – § 19-2)
• Ch 21 — Length of Service Awards Program (§ 21-1 – § 21-7)
• Ch 25 — Nepotism Policy (§ 25-1 – § 25-5)
• Ch 29 — Personnel Policies (§ 29-1 – § 29-10)
• Ch 33 — Referendums (§ 33-1)
• Ch 35 — Sewerage Authorities (§ 35-1 – § 35-8)
• Ch 42 — Stream Naming Map (§ 42-1 – § 42-2)
• Ch 49 — Abandoned Properties (§ 49-1 – § 49-32)
• Ch 50 — Alarm Systems (§ 50-1 – § 50-5)
• Ch 53 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 53-1 – § 53-19)
• Ch 57 — Animals (§ 57-1 – § 57-17)
• Ch 59 — All-Terrain Vehicles (§ 59-1 – § 59-3)
• Ch 61 — Automobile Auctions (§ 61-1 – § 61-14)
• Ch 65 — Bicycles (§ 65-1 – § 65-11)
• Ch 68 — Billiard Halls (§ 68-1 – § 68-10)
• Ch 70 — Boarding Homes for Children (§ 70-1 – § 70-8)
• Ch 77 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 77-1 – § 77-4)
• Ch 80 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 80-1 – § 80-5)
• Ch 83 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 83-1 – § 83-8)
• Ch 86 — Burning, Open (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
• Ch 89 — Business Regulations (§ 89-1 – § 89-3)
• Ch 93 — Charitable Clothing Bins (§ 93-1 – § 93-9)
• Ch 95 — Chlorine Leak Detection (§ 95-1)
• Ch 101 — Coin-Operated Amusement Devices (§ 101-1 – § 101-12)
• Ch 104 — Commercial and Industrial Maintenance Code (§ 104-1 – § 104-13)
• Ch 108 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 108-1 – § 108-3)
• Ch 111 — Construction Sites (§ 111-1 – § 111-8)
• Ch 115 — Criminal History Background Checks (§ 115-1 – § 115-7)
• Ch 118 — Curfew (§ 118-1 – § 118-5)
• Ch 124 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 124-1 – § 124-10)
• Ch 127 — Dumpsters and Refuse Containers (§ 127-1 – § 127-7)
• Ch 131 — Emergency Management (§ 131-1 – § 131-13)
• Ch 134 — Engineering Approvals and Permits (§ 134-1 – § 134-7)
• Ch 136 — Excessive Consumption of Municipal Services (§ 136-1 – § 136-8)
• Ch 139 — Fees (§ 139-1 – § 139-93)
• Ch 141 — Fertilizer (§ 141-1 – § 141-6)
• Ch 143 — Fire Hydrants (§ 143-1 – § 143-10)
• Ch 146 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 146-1)
• Ch 150 — Fire Prevention (§ 150-1 – § 150-18)
• Ch 154 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 154-1.1 – § 154-17.6)
• Ch 157 — Fowl, Disposal of (§ 157-1 – § 157-6)
• Ch 160 — Games of Chance (§ 160-1)
• Ch 164 — Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (§ 164-1 – § 164-13)
• Ch 168 — Hazardous Materials (§ 168-1 – § 168-27)
• Ch 172 — Home Buyers' Protection (§ 172-1 – § 172-6)
• Ch 175 — Hotels and Motels (§ 175-1 – § 175-3)
• Ch 178 — Housing Code; Rental Property (§ 178-1 – § 178-35)
• Ch 179 — Hunting (§ 179-1 – § 179-7)
• Ch 180 — Invasive Plants (§ 180-1 – § 180-5)
• Ch 185 — Junk Dealers (§ 185-1 – § 185-17)
• Ch 188 — Land Use (§ 188-1 – § 188-234)
• Ch 192 — Littering (§ 192-1 – § 192-22)
• Ch 195 — Loitering (§ 195-1 – § 195-4)
• Ch 197 — Massage Establishments (§ 197-1 – § 197-13)
• Ch 198 — Minibikes (§ 198-1 – § 198-5)
• Ch 201 — Minors; Body Art Facilities (§ 201-1 – § 201-17)
• Ch 204 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 204-1 – § 204-49)
• Ch 208 — Noise (§ 208-1 – § 208-12)
• Ch 211 — Nuisances (§ 211-1 – § 211-10)
• Ch 216 — Parking (§ 216-1 – § 216-11)
• Ch 220 — Peace and Good Order (§ 220-1 – § 220-14)
• Ch 223 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 223-1 – § 223-28)
• Ch 230 — Private Used Car Sales (§ 230-1)
• Ch 232 — Property Maintenance (§ 232-1 – § 232-13)
• Ch 233 — Public Park and Playground Facility Use Policy (§ 233-1 – § 233-12)
• Ch 235 — Rapid Entry Systems (§ 235-1 – § 235-6)
• Ch 237 — Real/Vacant Property Registration (§ 237-1 – § 237-9)
• Ch 238 — Recycling and Source Separating (§ 238-1 – § 238-27)
• Ch 241 — Retail Food-Handling Establishments (§ 241-1 – § 241-10)
• Ch 244 — Right to Farm (§ 244-1 – § 244-6)
• Ch 245 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 245-1 – § 245-11)
• Ch 252 — Sewer and Water (§ 252-1 – § 252-23)
• Ch 256 — Signs (§ 256-1 – § 256-11)
• Ch 260 — Skateboard Park (§ 260-1 – § 260-3)
• Ch 265 — Snow and Ice (§ 265-1 – § 265-21)
• Ch 269 — Soil Removal/Filling (§ 269-1 – § 269-9)
• Ch 273 — Solid Waste (§ 273-1 – § 273-15)
• Ch 275 — Stormwater Management (§ 275-1 – § 275-9)
• Ch 277 — Streets and Sidewalks and Right-Of-Way Excavations (§ 277-1 – § 277-55)
• Ch 281 — Swimming Pools, Nonresidential (§ 281-1 – § 281-8)
• Ch 284 — Swine (§ 284-1 – § 284-7)
• Ch 292 — Taxes (§ 292-1 – § 292-6)
• Ch 295 — Autocabs/Limousines and Taxicabs (§ 295-1 – § 295-26)
• Ch 302 — Tobacco and Smoking (§ 302-1 – § 302-24)
• Ch 306 — Towing (§ 306-1 – § 306-20)
• Ch 307 — Trailers and Portable Storage Containers (§ 307-1 – § 307-10)
• Ch 311 — Vehicles and Traffic
• Ch 320 — Water Use Restrictions (§ 320-1 – § 320-10)
• Ch 325 — Wetlands Management (§ 325-1 – § 325-15)
• Ch 330 — Public Events (§ 330-1 – § 330-18)
• Ch A335 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A335-1 – § A335-25)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)