Pohatcong, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-10-21. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PO0416

Every town writes its own rules, and Pohatcong's live in its municipal code — 100 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 Pohatcong code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-28)
• Ch 4 — Administration of Government (§ 4-1 – § 4-51)
• Ch 7 — Bond Ordinance Referendums (§ 7-1 – § 7-2)
• Ch 10 — Civil Service (§ 10-1 – § 10-7)
• Ch 17 — Defense Against Criminal or Civil Charges (§ 17-1 – § 17-8)
• Ch 20 — Economic Development Advisory Commission (§ 20-1 – § 20-6)
• Ch 23 — Ethics, Code of (§ 23-1 – § 23-6)
• Ch 34 — Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax (§ 34-1 – § 34-6)
• Ch 37 — Intermunicipal Agreements (§ 37-1 – § 37-13)
• Ch 44 — Rezoning of Property (§ 44-1 – § 44-5)
• Ch 45 — Land Use Procedures (§ 45-1 – § 45-47)
• Ch 54 — Officers and Employees (§ 54-1 – § 54-5)
• Ch 55 — Farmland Preservation Advisory Committee (§ 55-1 – § 55-7)
• Ch 56 — Personnel Practices (§ 56-1 – § 56-3)
• Ch 58 — Purchasing, Cooperative (§ 58-1 – § 58-6)
• Ch 61 — Retirement (§ 61-1 – § 61-4)
• Ch 66 — South Warren Municipal Alliance Committee Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse (§ 66-1 – § 66-9)
• Ch 72 — Trust Funds (§ 72-1 – § 72-5)
• Ch 84 — Alarm Systems (§ 84-1 – § 84-10)
• Ch 86 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 86-1 – § 86-17)
• Ch 89 — Animals (§ 89-1 – § 89-26)
• Ch 90 — Background Checks (§ 90-1 – § 90-5)
• Ch 95 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 95-1 – § 95-5)
• Ch 98 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 98-1 – § 98-10)
• Ch 100 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 100-1 – § 100-9)
• Ch 102 — Cannabis (§ 102-1 – § 102-23)
• Ch 104 — Campgrounds (§ 104-1 – § 104-9)
• Ch 108 — Certificates of Occupancy (§ 108-1 – § 108-6)
• Ch 110 — Charitable Donation Clothing Bins (§ 110-1 – § 110-5)
• Ch 111 — Commercial Security (§ 111-1 – § 111-5)
• Ch 112 — State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency (§ 112-1 – § 112-2)
• Ch 115 — Critical Geologic Areas (§ 115-1 – § 115-15)
• Ch 118 — Curfew (§ 118-1 – § 118-5)
• Ch 123 — Definitions (§ 123-1 – § 123-3)
• Ch 130 — Driveways (§ 130-1 – § 130-18)
• Ch 132 — Drug-Free School Zones (§ 132-1 – § 132-5)
• Ch 134 — Dry-Cleaning Establishment Permits (§ 134-1 – § 134-6)
• Ch 140 — Environmental Impact Statement (§ 140-1 – § 140-10)
• Ch 142 — Facilities Use Policy (§ 142-1 – § 142-2)
• Ch 143 — Fire Prevention (§ 143-1 – § 143-8)
• Ch 146 — Floodplain Management (§ 146-1 – § 146-89)
• Ch 151 — Garage Sales (§ 151-1 – § 151-9)
• Ch 153 — General Penalty (§ 153-1 – § 153-2)
• Ch 156 — Handicapped Parking (§ 156-1)
• Ch 158 — Hazardous Materials (§ 158-1 – § 158-6)
• Ch 159 — Highlands Act Exemption Determinations (§ 159-1 – § 159-28)
• Ch 160 — Historic Preservation (§ 160-1 – § 160-15)
• Ch 162 — Housing Standards (§ 162-1 – § 162-9)
• Ch 164 — In-Building Radio Communications Equipment (§ 164-1 – § 164-5)
• Ch 167 — Insurance (§ 167-1 – § 167-3)
• Ch 172 — Junkyards (§ 172-1 – § 172-13)
• Ch 179 — Licenses and Permits (§ 179-1 – § 179-25)
• Ch 182 — Littering (§ 182-1 – § 182-13)
• Ch 184 — Affordable Housing (§ 184-1 – § 184-10)
• Ch 191 — Noise (§ 191-1 – § 191-7)
• Ch 196 — Obscene Materials (§ 196-1 – § 196-4)
• Ch 199 — Off-Tract Improvements (§ 199-1 – § 199-4)
• Ch 203 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 203-1 – § 203-5)
• Ch 206 — Peace and Good Order (§ 206-1 – § 206-30)
• Ch 208 — Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Merchants (§ 208-1 – § 208-19)
• Ch 209 — Police Services Reimbursement (§ 209-1 – § 209-5)
• Ch 210 — Public Buildings and Property (§ 210-1 – § 210-4)
• Ch 211 — Public Records and Fees (§ 211-1 – § 211-16)
• Ch 213 — Quarrying (§ 213-1 – § 213-11)
• Ch 220 — Sewers (§ 220-1 – § 220-32)
• Ch 222 — Property Maintenance (§ 222-1 – § 222-12)
• Ch 222A — Registration and Maintenance of Certain Real Property by Mortgagees (§ 222A-1 – § 222A-5)
• Ch 223 — Registration of Rental Properties and Businesses (§ 223-1 – § 223-13)
• Ch 224 — Site Improvement Standards (§ 224-1 – § 224-22)
• Ch 228 — Snow and Ice (§ 228-1 – § 228-6)
• Ch 231 — Soil Disturbance (§ 231-1 – § 231-15)
• Ch 232 — Soil Importation (§ 232-1 – § 232-8)
• Ch 233 — Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 233-1 – § 233-5)
• Ch 235 — Soil Fertilization (§ 235-1 – § 235-17)
• Ch 237 — Solid Waste (§ 237-1 – § 237-13)
• Ch 238 — Special Events (§ 238-1 – § 238-8)
• Ch 239 — Stormwater Pollution Control (§ 239-1 – § 239-47)
• Ch 240 — Stormwater Management (§ 240-1 – § 240-57)
• Ch 241 — Street Openings (§ 241-1 – § 241-20)
• Ch 245 — Subdivision and Site Plan Review (§ 245-1 – § 245-19)
• Ch 247 — Taxation (§ 247-1)
• Ch 250 — Taxicabs (§ 250-1 – § 250-31)
• Ch 255 — Towing (§ 255-1 – § 255-14)
• Ch 258 — Trailers and Trailer Camps (§ 258-1 – § 258-14)
• Ch 264 — Utilities (§ 264-1 – § 264-51)
• Ch 269 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 269-1 – § 269-6)
• Ch 271 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 271-1 – § 271-39)
• Ch 274 — Vehicles, Motor-Driven (§ 274-1 – § 274-6)
• Ch 278 — Vending Machines (§ 278-1 – § 278-6)
• Ch 280 — Volunteer Emergency Services (§ 280-1 – § 280-3)
• Ch 285 — Zoning (§ 285-1 – § 285-52)
• Ch 288 — Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 288-1 – § 288-4)
• Ch 290 — Food Handling Establishments (§ 290-1 – § 290-5)
• Ch 292 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 292-1 – § 292-5)
• Ch 296 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 296-1 – § 296-4)
• Ch 299 — Pigs and Swine (§ 299-1 – § 299-10)
• Ch 303 — Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual (§ 303-1 – § 303-10)
• Ch 308 — Vending Machine Standards (§ 308-1 – § 308-4)
• Ch 310 — Water Supply, Individual (§ 310-1 – § 310-9)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)