Raritan, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/RA0805

Every town writes its own rules, and Raritan's live in its municipal code — 85 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 Raritan code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
• Ch 7 — Agriculture Advisory Committee (§ 7-1 – § 7-2)
• Ch 9 — Awards and Recognition (§ 9-1 – § 9-4)
• Ch 15 — Business Development Advisory Committee (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
• Ch 18 — Cable Television Advisory Committee (§ 18-1 – § 18-2)
• Ch 22 — Court, Municipal (§ 22-1 – § 22-12)
• Ch 29 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 29-1 – § 29-5)
• Ch 37 — Emergency Management (§ 37-1 – § 37-4)
• Ch 49 — Engineering, Planning and Zoning Department (§ 49-1 – § 49-4)
• Ch 54 — Environmental Commission (§ 54-1 – § 54-4)
• Ch 58 — Ethics (§ 58-1 – § 58-9)
• Ch 69 — Finance (§ 69-1 – § 69-5)
• Ch 78 — Health, Board of (§ 78-1 – § 78-4)
• Ch 93 — Local Historians Committee (§ 93-1 – § 93-2)
• Ch 101 — Officers and Employees (§ 101-1 – § 101-41)
• Ch 106 — Open Space Advisory Committee and Trust Fund (§ 106-1 – § 106-6)
• Ch 117 — Pensions and Retirement (§ 117-1 – § 117-5)
• Ch 121 — Personnel Policies (§ 121-1 – § 121-14)
• Ch 126 — Police Department (§ 126-1 – § 126-11)
• Ch 133 — Records (§ 133-1 – § 133-2)
• Ch 138 — Recreation Department (§ 138-1 – § 138-4)
• Ch 145 — Stormwater Utility (§ 145-1 – § 145-16)
• Ch 148 — Township Committee (§ 148-1 – § 148-8)
• Ch 159 — Utilities Authority (§ 159-1 – § 159-3)
• Ch 165 — Wildlife Management Advisory Committee (§ 165-1 – § 165-5)
• Ch 170 — Affordable Housing (§ 170-1 – § 170-18)
• Ch 175 — Alarm Systems (§ 175-1 – § 175-14)
• Ch 179 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 179-1 – § 179-10)
• Ch 184 — Amusements (§ 184-1 – § 184-15)
• Ch 188 — Animals (§ 188-1 – § 188-37)
• Ch 193 — Assemblies, Public (§ 193-1 – § 193-13)
• Ch 202 — Background Checks (§ 202-1 – § 202-4)
• Ch 210 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 210-1 – § 210-6)
• Ch 214 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 214-1 – § 214-12)
• Ch 216 — Business Registration (§ 216-1 – § 216-4)
• Ch 222 — Clothing Donation Bins (§ 222-1 – § 222-9)
• Ch 230 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 230-1 – § 230-4)
• Ch 240 — Farmers Markets (§ 240-1 – § 240-9)
• Ch 245 — Fees (§ 245-1 – § 245-7)
• Ch 249 — Fires and Fire Prevention (§ 249-1 – § 249-13)
• Ch 253 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 253-1 – § 253-89)
• Ch 258 — Food Carts, Food Trucks and Other Commercial Vehicle-Based Activities (§ 258-1 – § 258-6)
• Ch 263 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 263-1 – § 263-5)
• Ch 271 — Graffiti (§ 271-1 – § 271-9)
• Ch 279 — Housing Standards (§ 279-1 – § 279-9)
• Ch 287 — Junkyards (§ 287-1 – § 287-6)
• Ch 296 — Land Development (§ 296-1 – § 296-227)
• Ch 301 — Licensing (§ 301-1 – § 301-14)
• Ch 303 — Lighting (§ 303-1 – § 303-6)
• Ch 306 — Littering (§ 306-1 – § 306-6)
• Ch 314 — Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy (§ 314-1 – § 314-15)
• Ch 329 — Obscene Material (§ 329-1 – § 329-4)
• Ch 334 — Open Space and Recreation Areas (§ 334-1 – § 334-7)
• Ch 343 — Peace and Good Order (§ 343-1 – § 343-19)
• Ch 347 — Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers and Transient Merchants (§ 347-1 – § 347-7)
• Ch 351 — Pool and Billiard Rooms (§ 351-1 – § 351-8)
• Ch 355 — Property Maintenance (§ 355-1 – § 355-49)
• Ch 360 — Residential Rental Properties (§ 360-1 – § 360-8)
• Ch 361 — Restricted Access (§ 361-1 – § 361-5)
• Ch 367 — Sewers (§ 367-1 – § 367-13)
• Ch 372 — Signs and Notices (§ 372-1 – § 372-7)
• Ch 377 — Smoking (§ 377-1 – § 377-5)
• Ch 381 — Soil Importing and Removal (§ 381-1 – § 381-2)
• Ch 382 — Solid Waste (§ 382-1 – § 382-19)
• Ch 386 — Special Events and Road Events (§ 386-1 – § 386-13)
• Ch 400 — Stormwater Management (§ 400-1 – § 400-25)
• Ch 410 — Streets, Sidewalks and Driveways (§ 410-1 – § 410-39)
• Ch 415 — Swimming Pools (§ 415-1 – § 415-5)
• Ch 430 — Taxation (§ 430-1 – § 430-6)
• Ch 435 — Taxicabs and Limousines (§ 435-1 – § 435-16)
• Ch 439 — Towing (§ 439-1 – § 439-10)
• Ch 448 — Utility Poles and Underground Facilities (§ 448-1 – § 448-5)
• Ch 455 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 455-1 – § 455-30)
• Ch 459 — Vehicles, Inoperable and Unregistered (§ 459-1 – § 459-9)
• Ch 470 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 470-1 – § 470-2)
• Ch 477 — Food and Beverages (§ 477-1 – § 477-9)
• Ch 492 — Licenses and Permits; Fee Schedule (§ 492-1 – § 492-3)
• Ch 501 — Nuisances (§ 501-1 – § 501-4)
• Ch 516 — Sewers and Sewage Disposal (§ 516-1 – § 516-29)
• Ch 521 — Swimming Pool Code (§ 521-1 – § 521-6)
• Ch 525 — Swine (§ 525-1 – § 525-5)
• Ch 540 — Vehicles, Off-Road (§ 540-1 – § 540-7)
• Ch 547 — Water Supply (§ 547-1 – § 547-10)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)