Toms River, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-07-30. Official source: https://ecode360.com/DO0275

Every town writes its own rules, and Toms River's live in its municipal code — 143 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 Toms River code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-19)
• Ch 5 — Township Council (§ 5-1 – § 5-19)
• Ch 10 — Office of the Mayor (§ 10-1 – § 10-9)
• Ch 14 — Office of the Municipal Clerk (§ 14-1 – § 14-11)
• Ch 19 — Office of the Tax Assessor (§ 19-1 – § 19-2)
• Ch 23 — Administrative Organization (§ 23-1 – § 23-13)
• Ch 40 — Department of Administration (§ 40-1 – § 40-17)
• Ch 44 — Department of Finance (§ 44-1 – § 44-5)
• Ch 49 — Department of Law (§ 49-1 – § 49-5)
• Ch 50 — Department of Law Enforcement (§ 50-1 – § 50-34)
• Ch 60 — Municipal Court (§ 60-1 – § 60-10)
• Ch 62 — Office of Municipal Public Defender (§ 62-1 – § 62-7)
• Ch 64 — Office of Municipal Prosecutor (§ 64-1 – § 64-5)
• Ch 66 — Office of Emergency Management (§ 66-1 – § 66-5)
• Ch 68 — Division of Community Service (§ 68-1 – § 68-6)
• Ch 71 — Statutory Boards and Commissions (§ 71-1)
• Ch 76 — Advisory Committees (§ 76-1 – § 76-14)
• Ch 80 — Claims Approval (§ 80-1 – § 80-8)
• Ch 84 — Contracts, Public (§ 84-1 – § 84-9)
• Ch 86 — Cooperative Pricing Agreements (§ 86-1 – § 86-7)
• Ch 88 — Criminal History Record Checks and Physical Examinations (§ 88-1 – § 88-12)
• Ch 94 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 94-1 – § 94-6)
• Ch 95 — Open Space Trust Fund (§ 95-1 – § 95-5)
• Ch 104 — Employee Regulations and Benefits (§ 104-1 – § 104-30)
• Ch 108 — Payroll Account System (§ 108-1 – § 108-4)
• Ch 109 — Fire Companies (§ 109-1 – § 109-5)
• Ch 114 — Fire Districts (§ 114-1 – § 114-5)
• Ch 120 — Hazardous Materials Management (§ 120-1 – § 120-12)
• Ch 121 — Hotels and Motels (§ 121-1 – § 121-14)
• Ch 123 — Business, Rental Property and Multifamily Property Insurance Registration (§ 123-1 – § 123-6)
• Ch 125 — Mutual Aid Agreements (§ 125-1 – § 125-10)
• Ch 129 — Official Map (§ 129-1 – § 129-2)
• Ch 132 — Public Records, Inspection and Copying (§ 132-1 – § 132-3)
• Ch 141 — Retirement (§ 141-1 – § 141-9)
• Ch 147 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 147-1)
• Ch 150 — Tax Map (§ 150-1 – § 150-3)
• Ch 152 — Volunteer Incentives (§ 152-1 – § 152-4)
• Ch 158 — Adopt-A-Highway Program (§ 158-1 – § 158-7)
• Ch 159 — Alarm Licensing and Operations (§ 159-1 – § 159-12)
• Ch 160 — Advertising (§ 160-1 – § 160-7)
• Ch 162 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 162-1 – § 162-12)
• Ch 165 — Animals and Animal Establishments (§ 165-1 – § 165-45)
• Ch 170 — Auctions and Auctioneering (§ 170-1 – § 170-25)
• Ch 175 — Bathing Beaches, Swim Clubs and Swimming Pools, Municipal (§ 175-1 – § 175-34)
• Ch 182 — Beaches, Cleaning of (§ 182-1)
• Ch 189 — Beach Protection (§ 189-1 – § 189-12)
• Ch 192 — Beach Shelters and Tents (§ 192-1 – § 192-4)
• Ch 198 — Boat Docks and Bulkheads, Public (§ 198-1 – § 198-11)
• Ch 201 — Boat Facility and Bulkhead Construction (§ 201-1 – § 201-10)
• Ch 205 — Bridge Area Restrictions (§ 205-1 – § 205-3)
• Ch 213 — Building Material, Lumber and Plumbing Supply Yards, Secondhand (§ 213-1 – § 213-2)
• Ch 217 — Buildings for Public Assemblages, Temporary (§ 217-1 – § 217-5)
• Ch 221 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 221-1 – § 221-8)
• Ch 224 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 224-1 – § 224-4)
• Ch 228 — Buildings, Unfit and Unsafe (§ 228-1 – § 228-10)
• Ch 232 — Burning, Outdoor (§ 232-1 – § 232-2)
• Ch 234 — Cannabis (§ 234-1 – § 234-6)
• Ch 238 — Carnivals, Circuses and Traveling Shows (§ 238-1 – § 238-8)
• Ch 245 — Condominiums (§ 245-1 – § 245-7)
• Ch 252 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 252-1 – § 252-9)
• Ch 264 — Driveway Accesses and Curbs for Commercial Properties (§ 264-1 – § 264-10)
• Ch 269 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 269-1 – § 269-5)
• Ch 273 — Dwellings, Design and Appearance of (§ 273-1 – § 273-9)
• Ch 277 — Electrical Standards (§ 277-1 – § 277-6)
• Ch 287 — Fees (§ 287-1 – § 287-7)
• Ch 291 — Fences, Plantings and Walls (§ 291-1 – § 291-10)
• Ch 294 — Fertilizer (§ 294-1 – § 294-7)
• Ch 295 — Filming (§ 295-1 – § 295-5)
• Ch 297 — Fire Hydrants and Equipment (§ 297-1 – § 297-9)
• Ch 300 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 300-1)
• Ch 308 — Fire Prevention and Protection (§ 308-1 – § 308-99)
• Ch 310 — Emergency Medical Services (§ 310-1 – § 310-3)
• Ch 313 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 313-1 – § 313-18)
• Ch 316 — Food Stands and Restaurants, Outdoor (§ 316-1 – § 316-4)
• Ch 321 — Games of Chance and Amusement Games (§ 321-1 – § 321-19)
• Ch 325 — Golf Courses (§ 325-1 – § 325-37)
• Ch 327 — Graffiti (§ 327-1 – § 327-5)
• Ch 330 — Hazardous and Toxic Materials (§ 330-1 – § 330-26)
• Ch 335 — Housing and Rental Property Standards (§ 335-1 – § 335-60)
• Ch 338 — Hunting (§ 338-1 – § 338-3)
• Ch 340 — Invasive Plants (§ 340-1 – § 340-6)
• Ch 344 — Junkyards and Salvage Yards (§ 344-1 – § 344-16)
• Ch 348 — Land Use and Development Regulations (§ 348-1 – § 348-13.10)
• Ch 354 — Laser Pointers (§ 354-1 – § 354-4)
• Ch 356 — Littering (§ 356-1 – § 356-5)
• Ch 357 — Massage Parlors (§ 357-1 – § 357-7)
• Ch 363 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 363-1 – § 363-38)
• Ch 368 — Nuisances (§ 368-1 – § 368-15)
• Ch 378 — Parking Lots at Recreation Areas (§ 378-1 – § 378-8)
• Ch 383 — Parks, Municipal (§ 383-1 – § 383-28)
• Ch 388 — Peace and Good Order (§ 388-1 – § 388-15)
• Ch 391 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 391-1 – § 391-55)
• Ch 408 — Realty Improvements: Water and Sewage Facilities (§ 408-1 – § 408-14)
• Ch 413 — Sales, Special (§ 413-1 – § 413-12)
• Ch 415 — Precious Metals and Secondhand Goods (§ 415-1 – § 415-10)
• Ch 417 — Septic Tanks, Cesspools and Privy Vaults (§ 417-1 – § 417-13)
• Ch 421 — Sewers (§ 421-1 – § 421-16)
• Ch 427 — Signs (§ 427-1 – § 427-7)
• Ch 430 — Skateboards, Sporting Activities and Hobbyists (§ 430-1 – § 430-7)
• Ch 433 — Smoking (§ 433-1 – § 433-13)
• Ch 440 — Special Improvement District (§ 440-1 – § 440-12)
• Ch 442 — Solid Waste (§ 442-1 – § 442-25)
• Ch 447 — Street Acceptance Procedure (§ 447-1 – § 447-2)
• Ch 448 — Street Vacation Procedures (§ 448-1 – § 448-5)
• Ch 450 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 450-1 – § 450-69)
• Ch 457 — Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers (§ 457-1 – § 457-43)
• Ch 462 — Tobacco Products, Sale of (§ 462-1 – § 462-10)
• Ch 468 — Towing (§ 468-1 – § 468-15)
• Ch 469 — Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System (§ 469-1 – § 469-5)
• Ch 471 — Trees (§ 471-1 – § 471-12)
• Ch 473 — Property Registration Program (§ 473-1 – § 473-14)
• Ch 477 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 477-1 – § 477-241)
• Ch 481 — Vehicles, Inoperative (§ 481-1 – § 481-4)
• Ch 485 — Vehicles, Sale or Storage on Vacant Land (§ 485-1 – § 485-11)
• Ch 488 — Vehicles, Snowmobiles and All-Terrain (§ 488-1 – § 488-5)
• Ch 492 — Vehicles, Unlicensed Motor-Driven (§ 492-1 – § 492-4)
• Ch 495 — Water Connections (§ 495-1 – § 495-10)
• Ch 501 — Waterway Control (§ 501-1 – § 501-23)
• Ch 512 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 512-1 – § 512-13)
• Ch 516 — Animals (§ 516-1 – § 516-50)
• Ch 520 — Communicable Diseases (§ 520-1 – § 520-5)
• Ch 524 — Dumping (§ 524-1 – § 524-3)
• Ch 531 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 531-1 – § 531-14)
• Ch 534 — Food-Handling Establishments, Retail (§ 534-1 – § 534-5)
• Ch 537 — Food, Sale of (§ 537-1 – § 537-23)
• Ch 542 — Health Nuisances (§ 542-1 – § 542-25)
• Ch 551 — Officers and Employees (§ 551-1 – § 551-10)
• Ch 555 — Personnel Policies (§ 555-1 – § 555-5)
• Ch 558 — Plumbing Standards (§ 558-1 – § 558-9)
• Ch 561 — Privies, Outdoor (§ 561-1 – § 561-4)
• Ch 566 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 566-1 – § 566-6)
• Ch 569 — Sanitary Facility Certification Fees (§ 569-1 – § 569-2)
• Ch 572 — Sewerage Connections (§ 572-1 – § 572-13)
• Ch 575 — Slaughtering and Slaughterhouses (§ 575-1 – § 575-25)
• Ch 579 — Swimming Pools, Public (§ 579-1 – § 579-7)
• Ch 585 — Vital Statistics Certificate Information (§ 585-1 – § 585-4)
• Ch 589 — Water Supplies (§ 589-1 – § 589-55)
• Ch A598 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A598-1 – § A598-73)
• Ch A602 — Names of Major Arteries, Streets and Highways (§ A602-1 – § A602-3)
• Ch A605 — Open Video Franchise (§ A605-1 – § A605-14)
• Ch A608 — Record of Result of 2006 Election
• Ch A610 — Street Name Changes (§ A610-1 – § A610-4)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)