Every town writes its own rules, and Fair Lawn's live in its municipal code — 84 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 – § 1-20)
- Ch 2 — Administration, Departments and Budget and Fiscal Procedures (§ 2-1 – § 2-131)
- Ch 4 — Cable Television Board (§ 4-1)
- Ch 7 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 7-1 – § 7-8)
- Ch 10 — Ethics, Code of (§ 10-1 – § 10-2)
- Ch 13 — Fire Department (§ 13-1 – § 13-92)
- Ch 16 — Historian (§ 16-1 – § 16-4)
- Ch 19 — Housing Authority (§ 19-1 – § 19-3)
- Ch 24 — Length of Service Awards Program (§ 24-1 – § 24-6)
- Ch 25 — Volunteer Emergency Services Stipend Program (§ 25-1 – § 25-13)
- Ch 30 — Personnel (§ 30-1 – § 30-30)
- Ch 33 — Police Department (§ 33-1 – § 33-60)
- Ch 39 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 42 — Tort Claim Form (§ 42-1)
- Ch 49 — Affordable Housing (§ 49-1 – § 49-18)
- Ch 53 — Alarms, Burglar, Medical and Fire (§ 53-1 – § 53-17)
- Ch 56 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 56-1 – § 56-14)
- Ch 59 — Amusement Devices (§ 59-1 – § 59-10)
- Ch 62 — Animals (§ 62-1 – § 62-44)
- Ch 66 — Automobile Dealers (§ 66-1 – § 66-12)
- Ch 70 — Bicycles (§ 70-1 – § 70-9)
- Ch 74 — Broadway Special Improvement District (§ 74-1 – § 74-11)
- Ch 76 — Business Hours (§ 76-1 – § 76-3)
- Ch 85 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 85-1 – § 85-7)
- Ch 86 — Crane Regulations (§ 86-1 – § 86-9)
- Ch 87 — Distribution of Handbills, Circulars and Other Printed Materials (§ 87-1 – § 87-4)
- Ch 90 — Drive-Through Restaurants (§ 90-1 – § 90-7)
- Ch 91 — Electronic Bicycles (§ 91-1 – § 91-4)
- Ch 94 — Fees (§ 94-1 – § 94-12)
- Ch 97 — Fences (§ 97-1 – § 97-8)
- Ch 98 — Filming (§ 98-1 – § 98-11)
- Ch 101 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 101-1 – § 101-2)
- Ch 104 — Fire Prevention (§ 104-1 – § 104-29)
- Ch 108 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 108-1 – § 108-19)
- Ch 111 — Food Handling (§ 111-1 – § 111-30)
- Ch 117 — Heating (§ 117-1 – § 117-5)
- Ch 120 — Historical Properties (§ 120-1 – § 120-6)
- Ch 124 — Junkyards (§ 124-1 – § 124-6)
- Ch 125 — Land Development (§ 125-1 – § 125-92)
- Ch 126 — Landscaping (§ 126-1 – § 126-6)
- Ch 128 — Laundries and Dry Cleaners (§ 128-1 – § 128-15)
- Ch 129 — Lawn Fertilizing (§ 129-1 – § 129-5)
- Ch 131 — Lead-Based Paint (§ 131-1 – § 131-5)
- Ch 134 — Library (§ 134-1 – § 134-4)
- Ch 137 — Licensing (§ 137-1 – § 137-9)
- Ch 140 — Littering (§ 140-1 – § 140-20)
- Ch 144 — Massage, Bodywork, and Somatic Therapy Establishments (§ 144-1 – § 144-14)
- Ch 147 — Motorized Scooters (§ 147-1 – § 147-9)
- Ch 148 — Murals (§ 148-1 – § 148-11)
- Ch 150 — Noise (§ 150-1 – § 150-18)
- Ch 153 — Numbering of Buildings (§ 153-1 – § 153-5)
- Ch 154 — Outdoor Lighting (§ 154-1 – § 154-9)
- Ch 157 — Parking on Posted Property (§ 157-1 – § 157-3)
- Ch 160 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 160-1 – § 160-18)
- Ch 162 — Peace and Good Order (§ 162-1 – § 162-34)
- Ch 163 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 163-1 – § 163-30)
- Ch 166 — Pesticides (§ 166-1 – § 166-14)
- Ch 167 — Planting or Growing Bamboo (§ 167-1 – § 167-6)
- Ch 170 — Property Maintenance (§ 170-1 – § 170-36)
- Ch 173 — Public Health Nuisances (§ 173-1 – § 173-10)
- Ch 177 — Rent Control (§ 177-1 – § 177-20)
- Ch 178 — Restricted Areas (§ 178-1 – § 178-3)
- Ch 180 — River Road–Fair Lawn Avenue Special Improvement District (§ 180-1 – § 180-23)
- Ch 183 — Sales (§ 183-1 – § 183-11)
- Ch 184 — School Buses
- Ch 186 — Secondhand Precious Metals and Gems (§ 186-1 – § 186-11)
- Ch 189 — Sewers (§ 189-1 – § 189-12)
- Ch 192 — Sidewalk Sales (§ 192-1 – § 192-12)
- Ch 200 — Soil Removal (§ 200-1 – § 200-7)
- Ch 204 — Solid Waste (§ 204-1 – § 204-40)
- Ch 205 — Special Events (§ 205-1 – § 205-7)
- Ch 208 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 208-1 – § 208-23)
- Ch 213 — Tattooing and Body Piercing Parlors (§ 213-1 – § 213-7)
- Ch 215 — Taxation (§ 215-1 – § 215-5)
- Ch 216 — Taxicabs and Limousines (§ 216-1 – § 216-8)
- Ch 220 — Tobacco (§ 220-1 – § 220-12)
- Ch 223 — Towing (§ 223-1 – § 223-22)
- Ch 226 — Trees on Public Lands (§ 226-1 – § 226-6)
- Ch 227 — Tree Care Service Contractors (§ 227-1 – § 227-4)
- Ch 230 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 230-1 – § 230-8)
- Ch 232 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 232-1 – § 232-68)
- Ch 236 — Vehicles, Impoundment of (§ 236-1 – § 236-7)
- Ch 241 — Water (§ 241-1 – § 241-72)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)