2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 40A - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40A:6
40A:6-4 - Classification of cities for legislative purposes

40A:6-4.  Classification of cities for legislative purposes
    For legislative purposes, cities shall be classified as follows based upon population as ascertained by the most recent Federal decennial census:

    a.  First class--cities having a population of more than 150,000;

     b.  Second class--cities having a population of not less than 12,000 but not  more than 150,000;

     c.  Third class--all cities which are not first- or second-class cities except cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean being seaside or summer resorts;

     d.  Fourth class--cities bordering on the Atlantic ocean which are seaside or summer resorts.

     L.1979, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1979.