Electronic Ordinance Library
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Sample ordinances have been provided below and arranged by category.  These items are copies of ordinances adopted by municipalities, to be used merely as a guide in drafting your own regulations. They do not necessarily carry the League's endorsement and we cannot attest to their legality.

Ordinances are in Adobe Reader (PDF) format.  If you do not have this software installed on your computer, you may download a free copy at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html (clicking link will open a new window).

If you cannot find a sample ordinance on the topic that you are researching, click here to request further assistance.  If you would like to discuss the details of an ordinance, please contact our Staff Attorney at (609) 695-3481 extension 37, or by email at dkole@njslom.com.  *Please note that the intention of this service is to provide a helpful consultation and not legal advice.

Sample Ordinances online (by category):

A Affordable Housing Agricultural Issues Alarms Alcoholic Beverages Animals Annual Budget for Municipalities B Body Piercing (See Tattoo & Body Piercing) Bonding Bicycles (See Recreation) C Capital Improvements (See also Bonding) Carbon Monoxide Detectors Cell Towers (See Telecommunications &     Cell Towers) Coin Drops Commercial & Industrial Contract Awards Curfews D Development - Special Improvement     District Development Regulations Drug Issues Drunk Driving Free Zone E Economic Development Electronic Payment Emergency, Rescue Services Engineering (See Planning & Engineering) Equipment Purchases (See Bonding) F Feeding Wildlife (See Animals) Fences Filming Fire Prevention Flag Displays G Garage Sales Garbage-Solid Waste Graffitti H Hand Held Lasers Hawkers (See Peddlers & Solicitors) Health Helmets (See Traffic & Road Issues) Historic Preservation Home Based Businesses Hotel & Motel Tax Housing Issues I Ice Retardant Systems Interlocal Services Internet Policies (See Personnel) J John's Law K Kindness Month Sample Proclamation L Land Preservation (See also Open     Space) Land Use (See Zoning - Land Use) Length of Service Awards Program     (LOSAP) License Fees Local Assistance Board M Mailboxes Motel Tax (See Hotel & Motel Tax) Municipal Facilities for Public Use Municipal Fees Municipal Officials and Employees

N Newsracks Noise and Nuisances O Off Road Motor Vehicles (See Recreation) Open Public Meetings Act Open Public Records Open Space (See also Land Preservation) Outdoor Sales & Displays P Parking (See Traffic - Parking Issues) Pay to Play Peddlers & Solicitors Personnel Issues Planning & Engineering Plumbing Police and Fire Pools Professional Service Contracts Property Issues (See also Sidewalks and     Rental Properties) Public Meetings Public Safety Purchases (See Bonding) Q R Recreation Recreation Advisory Committee Recycling (See Garbage - Solid Waste) Rentals Respiratory Protection Right-of-Ways (See Traffic & Road Issues) Road Issues (See Traffic & Road Issues) S Salaries Schools Sewers and Water Sexual Harassment Sex Offenders Registry Shade Trees Sidewalks & Streets Signs Skateboards Smoking (See Tobacco & Smoking Issues) Snow Removal Special Improvement District (See      Development - Special Improvement District) Storage Tanks T Tattoo & Body Piercing Tax Abatements Telecommunications and Cell Towers Tobacco & Smoking Issues Towing Traffic - Parking Issues Traffic - Right of Ways Traffic & Road Issues U U.S. Flag Displays (See Flag Displays) V Vehicle Storage W Wastewater Treatment Systems Wildlife (See Animals) Wireless Teleommunications (See     Telecommunications & Cell Towers) X Y Z Zoning - Land Use

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If you have a copy of an ordinance that you would like to add to this listing because you feel that its contents might be beneficial to other municipalities, please email it to dkole@njslom.com or fax to (609) 695-0151 ATTN: D. Kole, Esq.