FAULKNER ACT (MAYOR-COUNCIL)

The 'Faulkner Act', or 'Optional Municipal Charter Law', provides for New Jersey municipalities to adopt a 'Mayor-Council' government.
As in all Faulkner Act municipalities, citizens in the Mayor-Council system enjoy the right of initiative and referendum, meaning that proposed ordinances can be introduced directly by the people without action by the local governing body. This right is exercised by preparing a conforming petition signed by 10% of the registered voters who turned out in the last general election in an odd-numbered year. Once the petition is submitted, the local governing body can vote to pass the requested ordinance, and if it refuses, it is then submitted directly to the voters.
The following municipalities have adopted Mayor-Council system under the Faulkner Act.
(to be expanded)

'Municipality'	'County'
Atlantic City	Atlantic
Avalon Borough	Cape May
Bayonne City	Hudson
Berkeley Township	Ocean
Brick Township	Ocean
Bridgeton City	Cumberland
Bridgewater Township	Somerset
Burlington City	Burlington
Burlington Township	Burlington
Camden City	Camden
Cherry Hill Township	Camden
Clark Township	Union
Delran Township	Burlington
Denville Township	Morris
East Brunswick Township	Middlesex
Edison Township	Middlesex
Elizabeth City	Union
Ewing Township	Mercer
Florence Township	Burlington
Gloucester Township	Camden
Hamilton Township	Mercer
Harrison Town	Hudson
Hawthorne Borough	Passaic
Hoboken City	Hudson
Irvington Township	Essex
Jefferson Township	Morris
Jersey City	Hudson
Lincoln Park Borough	Morris
Little Falls Township	Passaic
Long Branch City	Monmouth
Mahwah Township	Bergen
Manchester Township	Ocean
Marlboro Township	Monmouth
Mine Hill Township	Morris
Monroe Township	Gloucester
Monroe Township	Middlesex
Morristown Town	Morris
Mount Olive Township	Morris
Mountainside Borough	Union
Mullica Township	Atlantic
Newark City	Essex
New Brunswick City	Middlesex
North Caldwell Borough	Essex
North Plainfield Borough	Somerset
North Wildwood (City of)	Cape May
Ocean City	Cape May
Old Bridge Township	Middlesex
Orange City Township	Essex
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	Morris
Passaic City	Passaic
Paterson City	Passaic
Pemberton Township	Burlington
Perth Amboy City	Middlesex
Phillipsburg Town	Warren
Plainfield City	Union
Piscataway Township	Middlesex
Rahway City	Union
River Vale Township	Bergen
Rockaway Township	Morris
Saddle Brook Township	Bergen
Somerville Borough	Somerset
South Amboy City	Middlesex
Spotswood Borough	Middlesex
Tinton Falls Borough	Monmouth
Toms River Township	Ocean
Trenton City	Mercer
Vineland City	Cumberland
Washington Township	Bergen
Washington Township	Gloucester
Washington Township	Mercer
West Windsor Township	Mercer
Wayne Township	Passaic
West Caldwell Township	Essex
West Orange Township	Essex
Wildwood City	Cape May
Woodbridge Township	Middlesex