Monroe Township Code/Ordinances
The Monroe Township Code, Volume II, Land Development is now available online. The Code Volume I is being prepared and will soon be online too. Both Code Volumes can be found here.
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We hope that you find the online Code to be a helpful, time-saving resource. Additionally, documentation has been provided for the Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority Rules and Regulations for Water and Sewer.
For an Archive of Past Ordinances Click Here
Township Ordinances - Click on the Ordinance No. to view
2025 Ordinances
"SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL 2025 SALARY AND WAGE ORDINANCE FOR MONROE TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY"
"ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE RECORDING OF EASEMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES ON VARIOUS MUNICIPAL OWNED PARCELS" (Municipal Complex, Dey Farm Site)
"ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 79, "POLICE DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS" BY REPEALING ARTICLES I-V AND VIII AND AMENDING AND RELOCATING CHAPTER 79, ARTICLES VI TO VII AND ARTICLES IX TO XIII TO CHAPTER 3, "ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT" ARTICLE VI, "DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE" SUBSECTION 3-50 "DIVISION OF POLICE".
"BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS ROADWAY, SIDEWALK AND CURB IMPROVEMENTS, BY AND IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONROE, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX STATE OF NEW JERSEY; APPROPRIATING $1,700,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,619,000 IN BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANANCE PART OF THE COST THEREOF".
"BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS ON OPEN SPACE, BY AND IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONROE, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY; APPROPRIATING $250,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $238,000 IN BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE PART OF THE COST THEREOF".
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