Every town writes its own rules, and Bergenfield's live in its municipal code — 95 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-12)
- Ch 2 — Administrative Organization (§ 2-1 – § 2-2)
- Ch 3 — Antinepotism Policy (§ 3-1 – § 3-6)
- Ch 5 — Boards, Committees and Commissions (§ 5-1 – § 5-17)
- Ch 9 — Civil Service (§ 9-1 – § 9-3)
- Ch 13 — Court, Municipal (§ 13-1 – § 13-9)
- Ch 15 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 15-1 – § 15-7)
- Ch 17 — Departments (§ 17-1 – § 17-45)
- Ch 21 — Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy (§ 21-1 – § 21-9)
- Ch 25 — Ethics, Code of (§ 25-1 – § 25-12)
- Ch 29 — Fiscal Year (§ 29-1 – § 29-3)
- Ch 34 — Housing Authority (§ 34-1 – § 34-3)
- Ch 38 — Interlocal Services (§ 38-1 – § 38-2)
- Ch 42 — Length of Service Awards Program (§ 42-1 – § 42-15)
- Ch 46 — Mayor and Borough Council (§ 46-1 – § 46-2)
- Ch 50 — Officers and Employees (§ 50-1 – § 50-46)
- Ch 54 — Ordinances, Adoption of (§ 54-1 – § 54-4)
- Ch 56 — Personnel (§ 56-1 – § 56-3)
- Ch 65 — Sexual Harassment Policy (§ 65-1 – § 65-12)
- Ch 69 — Special Improvement Districts (§ 69-1 – § 69-15)
- Ch 73 — Volunteer Ambulance Corps (§ 73-1 – § 73-12)
- Ch 83 — Alarms (§ 83-1 – § 83-17)
- Ch 87 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 87-1 – § 87-19)
- Ch 91 — Amusements (§ 91-1 – § 91-41)
- Ch 95 — Animals (§ 95-1 – § 95-28)
- Ch 99 — Auctioneers (§ 99-1 – § 99-5)
- Ch 103 — Autobuses (§ 103-1 – § 103-7)
- Ch 107 — Barbershops (§ 107-1 – § 107-2)
- Ch 111 — Bicycles (§ 111-1 – § 111-2)
- Ch 116 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 116-1 – § 116-5)
- Ch 118 — Builders, Contractors and Landscapers (§ 118-1 – § 118-13)
- Ch 120 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 120-1 – § 120-3)
- Ch 124 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 124-1 – § 124-5)
- Ch 126 — Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation (§ 126-1 – § 126-13)
- Ch 127 — Cannabis Tax (§ 127-1 – § 127-4)
- Ch 128 — Carnivals (§ 128-1 – § 128-9)
- Ch 136 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 136-1 – § 136-7)
- Ch 138 — Cranes (§ 138-1 – § 138-9)
- Ch 142 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 142-1 – § 142-6)
- Ch 149 — Filming (§ 149-1 – § 149-6)
- Ch 153 — Firearms (§ 153-1 – § 153-4)
- Ch 157 — Fire Prevention (§ 157-1 – § 157-23)
- Ch 161 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 161-1 – § 161-88)
- Ch 165 — Games of Chance (§ 165-1 – § 165-6)
- Ch 170 — Graffiti (§ 170-1 – § 170-5)
- Ch 174 — Handbills (§ 174-1 – § 174-3)
- Ch 178 — Hazardous Materials (§ 178-1 – § 178-5)
- Ch 186 — Land Development (§ 186-1 – § 186-118)
- Ch 190 — Laundromats (§ 190-1 – § 190-3)
- Ch 194 — Library (§ 194-1 – § 194-8)
- Ch 198 — Licensing (§ 198-1 – § 198-13)
- Ch 200 — Lightning Detection System (§ 200-1 – § 200-5)
- Ch 202 — Littering (§ 202-1 – § 202-11)
- Ch 205 — Loitering (§ 205-1 – § 205-5)
- Ch 207 — Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies (§ 207-1 – § 207-2)
- Ch 208 — Massage Parlors, Rules and Regulations (§ 208-1)
- Ch 211 — Motor Vehicles on Open Lots (§ 211-1 – § 211-7)
- Ch 215 — Noise (§ 215-1 – § 215-12)
- Ch 221 — Parking (§ 221-1 – § 221-12)
- Ch 223 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 223-1 – § 223-5)
- Ch 227 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 227-1 – § 227-31)
- Ch 232 — Property Maintenance (§ 232-1 – § 232-13)
- Ch 233 — Property, Abandoned (§ 233-1 – § 233-39)
- Ch 236 — Public Records, Access to (§ 236-1 – § 236-7)
- Ch 239 — Rental Property (§ 239-1 – § 239-27)
- Ch 240 — Rent Control (§ 240-1 – § 240-15)
- Ch 241 — Restricted Areas in Municipal Offices (§ 241-1 – § 241-4)
- Ch 244 — Sales, Special (§ 244-1 – § 244-12)
- Ch 246 — Salt Storage, Privately Owned (§ 246-1 – § 246-8)
- Ch 248 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 248-1 – § 248-7)
- Ch 252 — Sewers (§ 252-1 – § 252-23)
- Ch 256 — Shopping Carts (§ 256-1 – § 256-10)
- Ch 262 — Soil Removal (§ 262-1 – § 262-3)
- Ch 266 — Solid Waste (§ 266-1 – § 266-43)
- Ch 268 — Stormwater Management (§ 268-1 – § 268-13)
- Ch 270 — Street Fairs (§ 270-1 – § 270-6)
- Ch 273 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 273-1 – § 273-47)
- Ch 277 — Swimming Pools (§ 277-1 – § 277-9)
- Ch 279 — Taxation (§ 279-1 – § 279-11)
- Ch 280 — Telephones, Outdoor Public (§ 280-1 – § 280-8)
- Ch 282 — Tobacco Products; Smoking (§ 282-1 – § 282-8)
- Ch 284 — Towers (§ 284-1 – § 284-14)
- Ch 288 — Trailers (§ 288-1 – § 288-3)
- Ch 291 — Trees (§ 291-1 – § 291-8)
- Ch 295 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 295-1 – § 295-7)
- Ch 297 — Vehicles, Electric (§ 297-1 – § 297-6)
- Ch 299 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 299-1 – § 299-33)
- Ch 303 — Vehicles for Hire (§ 303-1 – § 303-17)
- Ch 306 — Water (§ 306-1 – § 306-7)
- Ch 310 — Child-Care Centers (§ 310-1 – § 310-9)
- Ch 312 — Cosmetology (§ 312-1 – § 312-8)
- Ch 313 — Inspections, Lead-Based Paint (§ 313-1 – § 313-8)
- Ch 341 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 341-1 – § 341-12)
- Ch 344 — Sanitary Code (§ 344-1 – § 344-77)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)