Borough Ordinances


ORDINANCES THROUGH APRIL 15, 2007 are presented here.  Ordinances since then must be obtained through the Borough Clerk

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Swedesboro Code Book is broken into 4 Parts: Administrative, General, Board of Health and Appendix.  Each part contains Chapters and each Chapter is divided by Articles.

Each Chapter is presented in a single PDF file.  Each chapter page was scanned on both sides, whether or not the page was blank, so you may see some blank pages. 

Reserved chapters are empty and have been provided as a means of expanding ordinances to reflect modern life.  A full detail of how the code book is organized is presented in the Preface.

The Index provided below will tell you which Chapter and Article pertains to the ordinance you are looking for.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface - A brief explanation of the Ordinance Book and how it is assembled

Disposition - Show new ordinances added since January 1, 2005 through April 15, 2007.

Index - Cross reference of all chapter headings, key words and which ordinance to find them in.  Contains Supplemental Index from April 2007 and the original Index from 1981.


PART I
ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION

1      General Provisions

2      (Reserved)

3      Business Development Advisory Committee

4      (Reserved)

5      Claims Approval

6      (Reserved)

7      Court

8      (Reserved)

9      (Reserved)

10    (Reserved)

11    (Reserved)

12    Environmental Commission

13    Ethics and Standards of Conduct

14    Fire Companies and First-Aid and Rescue Squads, Volunteer

15    (Reserved)

16    Health, Board of

17    (Reserved)

18    Indemnification

19    (Reserved)

20    (Reserved)

21     Land Use Procedures

22    (Reserved)

23    (Reserved)

24    (Reserved)

25    (Reserved)

26    Officers and Employees

27    (Reserved)

28    (Reserved)

29    Parks and Recreation Commissioners

30    (Reserved)

31    (Reserved)

32    Personnel Policies

33    (Reserved)

34    (Reserved)

35    Police Department    Amended June 2009

36    (Reserved)

37    (Reserved)

38    (Reserved)

39    (Reserved)

40     Salaries and Compensation

41    (Reserved)

42    Shade Tree Commision

43    (Reserved)

44    (Reserved)

45    (Reserved)

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PART II
GENERAL LEGISLATION

46    Affordable Housing

47     Alarm Devices

48    Alcoholic Beverages

49    (Reserved)

50    (Reserved)

51    Amusement Games and Machines

        Animals - See Chapter 62

52    (Reserved)

53    Brush, Grass and Weeds

54    Buildings and Structures, Unsafe

54A  Buildings, Numbering of

55    Checks, Returned

56    Construction Codes, Uniform

57    (Reserved)

58    Curfew

59    (Reserved)

60    Dangerous Substances, Transportation and Disposal of

61    (Reserved)

62    Animals

63    (Reserved)

64    Engine-braking

65    (Reserved)

66    Fire Prevention

67    (Reserved)

68    Flood Damage Prevention

69    Garage Sales

70    Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse

70A  Housing Standards

70B  Insurance

71    Littering

72    (Reserved)

73    (Reserved)

74    (Reserved)

75    (Reserved)

76    Loitering

77    (Reserved)

78    (Reserved)

79    (Reserved)

80    (Reserved)

81    (Reserved)

82    Outdoor Furnaces

83    (Reserved)

84    Parks and Lakes Regulations

85    (Reserved)

86    Peddling and Soliciting

87    (Reserved)

88    (Reserved)

89    Poolrooms and Billiard Halls

90    (Reserved)

91    Property Maintenance

92    (Reserved)

93    (Reserved)

94    Recycling

95    Rental Property

96    Sewers and Sewage Disposal

97    (Reserved)

98    Site Plan Review

99    Smoking

100    Streets and Sidewalks

101    (Reserved)

102    Subdivision of Land

103    (Reserved)

104    Taxation

105    (Reserved)

106    Taxicabs

107    (Reserved)

108    Towing

109    (Reserved)

110    Vehicles and Traffic

111    (Reserved)

112    Vehicles, Unlicensed

113    (Reserved)

114    Water    Amendments 2009

115    (Reserved)

116    Yard Waste

117    (Reserved)

118    Zoning

119    (Reserved)

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PART III
BOARD OF HEALTH LEGISLATION

120    General Provisions, Board of Health

121    Air Pollution

122    Certificates of Occupancy

123    (Reserved)

124    Food Establishments, Retail

125    (Reserved)

126    (Reserved)

127    (Reserved)

128    Health Standards

129    (Reserved)

130    (Reserved)

131    Noise

132    Nuisances, Public Health

133    (Reserved)

134    (Reserved)

135    (Reserved)

136    Smoke Control

137    (Reserved)

138    (Reserved)

139    (Reserved)

140    Weed Control

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APPENDIX

A141    Cable Television

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