2019 Comprehensive Plan Update
Winter Emergency Parking Ban
The Town of Camden Winter Emergency Parking Ban will be in effect anytime snowfall exceeds one inch in accumulation. All vehicles parked on any street within Camden corporate limits including those within residential developments must be removed in order to comply with this amendment to our parking regulations. Streets designated as private and not maintained by the Town of Camden are excluded from this ban. Vehicles in violation will be towed at the owner’s expense.
The Winter Emergency Parking Ban is enacted in order to provide for the safety and welfare of the Town’s citizenry during the need to plow and remove snow.
Parking Ordinance #62 Amendment
No Solicitation Registry
Per the Town of Camden Ordinance 2015-O-06 Peddlers and Solicitors any resident or business of the town may place his/her/its address on the town’s “no solicitation registry” by completing the No Solicitation Registry Form and returning it to Town Hall.
The following addresses have been opted to be on the no solicitation registry:
29 Nanticoke Drive
193 Jacks Way
130 Center Street
36 E Darby Circle
112 Cedar Lane
37 Stevens Street
55 Thomas Harmon Drive
174 Lone Tree Drive
250 W. Darby Circle
Senior Tax Discount Eligibility
In order to qualify for the senior tax discount, Camden residents must comply with all the following:
- You must be a Camden Homeowner for at least one (1) year immediately preceding October of the pretax year.
- You must be sixty-two (62) years of age.
- Your annual income (wages) cannot exceed $15,000.00 if single and $30,000.00 if joint account. (The wage threshold excludes social security, railroad pension, military pension, or any other pensions received from previous employment).
- You must attach a copy of your most recent Federal Income Tax Return to the Town of Camden application for the senior tax discount.
- The deadline for form submittal is May 31st to be eligible for the coming year’s senior tax discount.
Permanent Drug Take Back Box
The Camden Police Department has a new drug drop box for prescription and non-prescription medications. It is located in the lobby of the Police Department and is accessible any time the lobby is open. Normal business hours are Monday – Friday 8am- 4pm.
Acceptable:
- Prescriptions
- Prescription Patches
- Prescription Ointments
- Over the Counter Medications
- Vitamins
- Samples
- Medications for Pets
Non-acceptable:
- Syringes
- Poisons
- Liquids (of any kind)
- Inhalers
- Aerosol Cans
- Bio Hazardous Material
- Illicit Drugs
Welcome to Camden, Delaware
The history of this community can be traced to the 1780s, when members of the Mifflin family began dividing their lands into lots. Much of this land was originally a part of the tract known as Brecknock, which was granted to Alexander Humphreys in 1680.
Located at the intersection of two important thoroughfares, a number of homes and businesses were soon constructed here. First known at Mifflin’s Crossroads, and also Piccadilly, the village of Camden was firmly established by the 1790s.
The town became a commercial center, sending most of its products to market by way of Port of Lebanon, and later by rail with the coming of the railroad in the 1850s. Camden was first incorporated in 1852, and again in 1969.
Learn More:
A History of the Town of Camden – By Patrick Dyer
A Short History of Camden – By Michael Richards
Camden – By Joan Robinson Medland
Security System Registration
Please remember to register your home and business security systems with the Camden Police Department.
Ordinance #2008-O-05 – Alarms and Security Systems
Hazardous Waste Collection
Take your hazardous waste to the collection station in Cheswold from 8 AM to 2 PM on Fridays. Click below for details.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection