Fort Lee, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-11. Official source: https://ecode360.com/FO1867

Every town writes its own rules, and Fort Lee's live in its municipal code — 123 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Fort Lee code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 4 — Administrative Code (§ 4-1 – § 4-10)
• Ch 6 — Ambulance Corps (§ 6-1 – § 6-15)
• Ch 7 — Assessor (§ 7-1 – § 7-6)
• Ch 15 — Building, Municipal (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
• Ch 18 — Chief Financial Officer (§ 18-1 – § 18-3)
• Ch 21 — Civil Service (§ 21-1)
• Ch 25 — Claims Approval (§ 25-1 – § 25-12)
• Ch 29 — Clerk (§ 29-1 – § 29-2)
• Ch 33 — Cooperative Pricing Agreement (§ 33-1 – § 33-3)
• Ch 37 — Court, Municipal (§ 37-1 – § 37-2)
• Ch 40 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 40-1 – § 40-8)
• Ch 42 — Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities (§ 42-1 – § 42-2)
• Ch 46 — Economic Development (§ 46-1 – § 46-18)
• Ch 48 — Environmental and Beautification Committee (§ 48-1 – § 48-5)
• Ch 50 — Ethics, Board of (§ 50-1 – § 50-6)
• Ch 55 — Fire Department (§ 55-1 – § 55-31)
• Ch 61 — Health, Board of (§ 61-1 – § 61-6)
• Ch 64 — Historic Preservation Commission (§ 64-1 – § 64-12)
• Ch 68 — Housing Authority (§ 68-1 – § 68-3)
• Ch 70 — Housing Liaison, Municipal (§ 70-1 – § 70-3)
• Ch 79 — Parking Authority (§ 79-1 – § 79-5)
• Ch 82 — Payroll Checks (§ 82-1)
• Ch 86 — Personnel Policies (§ 86-1 – § 86-9)
• Ch 90 — Police Department (§ 90-1 – § 90-24)
• Ch 94 — Public Defender (§ 94-1 – § 94-4)
• Ch 97 — Public Information Director (§ 97-1 – § 97-3)
• Ch 99 — Public Safety, Director of (§ 99-1 – § 99-5)
• Ch 103 — Recreation, Superintendent of (§ 103-1 – § 103-7)
• Ch 109 — School Crossing Guards (§ 109-1 – § 109-3)
• Ch 112 — Senior Citizens Council (§ 112-1 – § 112-9)
• Ch 122 — Adult Business (§ 122-1 – § 122-5)
• Ch 126 — Alarm Systems (§ 126-1 – § 126-13)
• Ch 130 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 130-1 – § 130-13)
• Ch 132 — Ambulance Services (§ 132-1 – § 132-32)
• Ch 134 — Amusements (§ 134-1 – § 134-25)
• Ch 138 — Animals (§ 138-1 – § 138-19)
• Ch 149 — Asbestos (§ 149-1 – § 149-4)
• Ch 152 — Bingo and Raffle Licensing (§ 152-1)
• Ch 155 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 155-1 – § 155-14)
• Ch 156 — Tree Removal and Replacement (§ 156-1 – § 156-12)
• Ch 159 — Builders and Contractors (§ 159-1 – § 159-7)
• Ch 163 — Building Construction (§ 163-1 – § 163-5)
• Ch 166 — Buildings, Demolition of (§ 166-1 – § 166-2)
• Ch 169 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 169-1 – § 169-4)
• Ch 174 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 174-1 – § 174-7)
• Ch 176 — Business Insurance Registration (§ 176-1 – § 176-6)
• Ch 178 — Cable Television (§ 178-1 – § 178-19)
• Ch 180 — Cannabis Establishments (§ 180-1 – § 180-7)
• Ch 182 — Certificate of Compliance (§ 182-1 – § 182-6)
• Ch 187 — Charter Buses (§ 187-1 – § 187-5)
• Ch 189 — Clothing Bins (§ 189-1 – § 189-8)
• Ch 190 — Coin-Operated Machines (§ 190-1 – § 190-10)
• Ch 193 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 193-1 – § 193-4)
• Ch 196 — Conversion Appeals Board (§ 196-1)
• Ch 198 — Criminal Background Checks (§ 198-1 – § 198-9)
• Ch 200 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 200-1 – § 200-2)
• Ch 205 — Elevators (§ 205-1 – § 205-6)
• Ch 208 — Emergency Housing (§ 208-1 – § 208-6)
• Ch 210 — Filming and Photography (§ 210-1 – § 210-11)
• Ch 212 — Fingerprinting (§ 212-1 – § 212-3)
• Ch 216 — Fire Prevention (§ 216-1 – § 216-75)
• Ch 218 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 218-101 – § 218-1001.6)
• Ch 220 — Fuel Oil Delivery (§ 220-1 – § 220-2)
• Ch 224 — Games of Chance (§ 224-1)
• Ch 228 — Garage Sales (§ 228-1 – § 228-7)
• Ch 233 — Graffiti (§ 233-1 – § 233-6)
• Ch 237 — Handbills (§ 237-1 – § 237-13)
• Ch 241 — Hazardous Materials (§ 241-1 – § 241-6)
• Ch 246 — Housing Standards (§ 246-1 – § 246-34)
• Ch 254 — Insurance (§ 254-1 – § 254-9)
• Ch 258 — Landscapers and Snowplowing Contractors (§ 258-1 – § 258-7)
• Ch 261 — Land Use Procedures (§ 261-1 – § 261-65)
• Ch 264 — Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 264-1 – § 264-6)
• Ch 267 — Library, Public (§ 267-1 – § 267-6)
• Ch 270 — Marriages and Civil Unions (§ 270-1)
• Ch 273 — Mobile Food Trucks and Restaurants (§ 273-1 – § 273-13)
• Ch 281 — Newsracks (§ 281-1 – § 281-14)
• Ch 284 — Noise (§ 284-1 – § 284-10)
• Ch 289 — Parking (§ 289-1 – § 289-55)
• Ch 293 — Parks and Recreation (§ 293-1 – § 293-21)
• Ch 296 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 296-1 – § 296-22)
• Ch 300 — Photo Identification Cards (§ 300-1 – § 300-6)
• Ch 305 — Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors (§ 305-1 – § 305-3)
• Ch 309 — Precious Metals, Rare Coins and Gems (§ 309-1 – § 309-6)
• Ch 310 — Prior Notice of Utility Work (§ 310-1 – § 310-7)
• Ch 311 — Property, Abandoned (§ 311-1 – § 311-20)
• Ch 312 — Property Maintenance (§ 312-1 – § 312-21)
• Ch 313 — Property, Residential (§ 313-1 – § 313-10)
• Ch 316 — Public Records (§ 316-1)
• Ch 319 — Redevelopment (§ 319-1 – § 319-59)
• Ch 321 — Rental Property (§ 321-1 – § 321-25)
• Ch 324 — Rent Control (§ 324-1 – § 324-58)
• Ch 328 — Restaurants (§ 328-1 – § 328-26)
• Ch 331 — Salt and Other Solid DE-Icing Material Storage (§ 331-1 – § 331-8)
• Ch 333 — Service Stations (§ 333-1 – § 333-9)
• Ch 336 — Sewers (§ 336-1 – § 336-61)
• Ch 339 — Shopping Carts (§ 339-1 – § 339-12)
• Ch 342 — Sidewalk Sales (§ 342-1 – § 342-7)
• Ch 345 — Site Plan Review (§ 345-1 – § 345-55)
• Ch 349 — Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors (§ 349-1 – § 349-8)
• Ch 350 — Smoking (§ 350-1 – § 350-4)
• Ch 352 — Soil Management (§ 352-1 – § 352-13)
• Ch 356 — Solid Waste (§ 356-1 – § 356-66)
• Ch 356A — Special Improvement Districts (§ 356A-1 – § 356A-11)
• Ch 357 — Storm Sewers (§ 357-1 – § 357-4)
• Ch 358 — Stormwater Management (§ 358-1 – § 358-12)
• Ch 360 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 360-1 – § 360-40)
• Ch 365 — Subdivision of Land (§ 365-1 – § 365-37)
• Ch 368 — Swimming Pools (§ 368-1 – § 368-15)
• Ch 370 — Taxation (§ 370-1 – § 370-7)
• Ch 372 — Taxicabs and Limousines (§ 372-1 – § 372-44)
• Ch 377 — Tourist Lodges, Motels and Hotels (§ 377-1 – § 377-13)
• Ch 381 — Trailer Parks (§ 381-1 – § 381-9)
• Ch 384 — Tree Removal and Replacement (§ 384-1 – § 384-8)
• Ch 388 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 388-1 – § 388-71)
• Ch 392 — Vehicles, Impoundment of (§ 392-1 – § 392-5)
• Ch 395 — Vehicles Transporting School Children (§ 395-1 – § 395-11)
• Ch 398 — Vehicles, Unlicensed and Abandoned (§ 398-1 – § 398-7)
• Ch 402 — Water Emergency (§ 402-1 – § 402-4)
• Ch 406 — Wreckers and Towing Service (§ 406-1 – § 406-27)
• Ch 410 — Zoning (§ 410-1 – § 410-98)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)