Paramus, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-02. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PA1376

Every town writes its own rules, and Paramus's live in its municipal code — 157 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 Paramus code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
• Ch 3 — Access to All Advisory Board (§ 3-1 – § 3-7)
• Ch 4 — Administrative Assistant (§ 4-1 – § 4-9)
• Ch 5 — Administrator, Municipal (§ 5-1 – § 5-6)
• Ch 6 — Administrative Code (§ 6-1 – § 6-26)
• Ch 7 — Municipal Housing Liaison/Rehabilitation Coordinator (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 8 — Aggregation Program for Energy and Natural Gas (§ 8-1 – § 8-7)
• Ch 9 — Emergency Medical Services, Division of (§ 9-1 – § 9-36)
• Ch 10 — Emergency Management Stipend Program (§ 10-1 – § 10-3)
• Ch 13 — Buildings and Traffic Maintenance, Department of (§ 13-1 – § 13-20)
• Ch 17 — Consultant for Site Plan Review (§ 17-1 – § 17-2)
• Ch 21 — Consumer Protection Committee (§ 21-1 – § 21-4)
• Ch 25 — Court, Municipal (§ 25-1 – § 25-7)
• Ch 25A — Credit Card Payments for Municipal Fees (§ 25A-1 – § 25A-3)
• Ch 26 — Cultural Arts Council (§ 26-1 – § 26-9)
• Ch 27 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 27-1 – § 27-7)
• Ch 27A — Direct Deposit, Mandated (§ 27A-1)
• Ch 28 — Director, Management of Information Services (§ 28-1 – § 28-3)
• Ch 30 — Director of Emergency Preparedness (§ 30-1 – § 30-5)
• Ch 31 — Director of Human Resources (§ 31-1 – § 31-2)
• Ch 32 — Director of Planning (§ 32-1 – § 32-3)
• Ch 32A — Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy (§ 32A-1 – § 32A-16)
• Ch 33 — Environmental Commission (§ 33-1 – § 33-6)
• Ch 35 — Employees, Part-Time and Seasonal (§ 35-1 – § 35-32)
• Ch 37 — Ethics, Code of (§ 37-1 – § 37-15)
• Ch 43 — Finance Department (§ 43-1 – § 43-2)
• Ch 47 — Fire Department (§ 47-1 – § 47-43)
• Ch 49 — Golf Course Manager/Superintendent (§ 49-1 – § 49-2)
• Ch 51 — Harassment Policy (§ 51-1 – § 51-3)
• Ch 55 — Health and Human Services, Department of (§ 55-1 – § 55-8)
• Ch 57 — Head Golf Professional (§ 57-1 – § 57-2)
• Ch 59 — Historic Preservation Commission (§ 59-1 – § 59-11)
• Ch 65 — Insurance (§ 65-1 – § 65-3)
• Ch 69 — Intermunicipal Agreements (§ 69-1 – § 69-3)
• Ch 77 — Land Use Procedures (§ 77-1 – § 77-46)
• Ch 81 — Legal Department (§ 81-1 – § 81-14)
• Ch 85 — Life Safety Complex, Use of (§ 85-1)
• Ch 87 — Municipal Clerk, Deputy (§ 87-1 – § 87-4)
• Ch 89 — Municipal Humane Law Enforcement Officer (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
• Ch 91 — Municipal Swimming Pool Commissioners, Board of (§ 91-1 – § 91-16)
• Ch 95 — Anti-Nepotism Policy (§ 95-1 – § 95-4)
• Ch 99 — Personnel Policies (§ 99-1 – § 99-24)
• Ch 103 — Police Department (§ 103-1 – § 103-83)
• Ch 105 — Public Advocates for Board of Adjustment and Planning Board (§ 105-1 – § 105-16)
• Ch 106 — Public Health Supervisor (§ 106-1 – § 106-4)
• Ch 107 — Public Works, Department of (§ 107-1 – § 107-4)
• Ch 113 — Recreation Commissioners, Board of (§ 113-1 – § 113-7)
• Ch 121 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 125 — School Security (§ 125-1 – § 125-2)
• Ch 129 — Shade Tree Commissioners, Board of (§ 129-1 – § 129-8)
• Ch 133 — Shopping Center Safety Review Committee (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 140 — Veterans Affairs Officer (§ 140-1 – § 140-3)
• Ch 141 — Office of Emergency Management (§ 141-1 – § 141-24)
• Ch 149 — Adult Uses (§ 149-1 – § 149-11)
• Ch 153 — Alarm Systems (§ 153-1 – § 153-20)
• Ch 157 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 157-1 – § 157-18)
• Ch 158 — Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary (§ 158-1 – § 158-6)
• Ch 161 — Amusement Businesses (§ 161-1 – § 161-8)
• Ch 165 — Amusement Devices and Arcades (§ 165-1 – § 165-9)
• Ch 169 — Animals (§ 169-1 – § 169-48)
• Ch 173 — Background Checks (§ 173-1 – § 173-12)
• Ch 175 — Bowling Alleys (§ 175-1 – § 175-11)
• Ch 179 — Builders and Contractors (§ 179-1 – § 179-7)
• Ch 181 — Building Construction and Alteration Permits (§ 181-1 – § 181-7)
• Ch 183 — Buildings and Lots, Numbering of (§ 183-1 – § 183-9)
• Ch 187 — Buildings, Truss-Type (§ 187-1 – § 187-6)
• Ch 191 — Businesses (§ 191-1 – § 191-28)
• Ch 195 — Cell Phones, Use in Motor Vehicles (§ 195-1 – § 195-4)
• Ch 197 — Certificates, Resale of Property and Residential Tenancies Requirements (§ 197-1 – § 197-14)
• Ch 203 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 203-1 – § 203-17)
• Ch 204 — Contribution Disclosure (§ 204-1 – § 204-7)
• Ch 210 — Affordable Housing — Inclusionary Zoning Requirements (§ 210-1 – § 210-14)
• Ch 211 — Demolition Permits (§ 211-1 – § 211-4)
• Ch 212 — Door Numbering Requirements (§ 212-1 – § 212-8)
• Ch 213 — Drainage and Environmental Protection (§ 213-1 – § 213-25)
• Ch 217 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 217-1 – § 217-6)
• Ch 219 — Duplicate Bills and Fraudulent Checks (§ 219-1)
• Ch 221 — Eminent Domain (§ 221-1)
• Ch 223 — Environmental Impact Statements (§ 223-1 – § 223-13)
• Ch 229 — Fees, Land Use (§ 229-1 – § 229-11)
• Ch 233 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 233-1 – § 233-6)
• Ch 237 — Fire Lanes (§ 237-1 – § 237-7)
• Ch 241 — Fire Prevention (§ 241-1 – § 241-12)
• Ch 245 — Fires, Conduct at (§ 245-1 – § 245-5)
• Ch 249 — Flea Markets, Auctions and Games of Chance (§ 249-1 – § 249-10)
• Ch 250 — Mobile Retail Food Establishments (§ 250-1 – § 250-12)
• Ch 253 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 253-1 – § 253-89)
• Ch 254 — Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing) (§ 254-1 – § 254-2)
• Ch 256 — Garage Sales (§ 256-1 – § 256-9)
• Ch 259 — Golf and Country Clubs (§ 259-1 – § 259-20)
• Ch 265 — Hazardous Materials (§ 265-1 – § 265-37)
• Ch 269 — Home Buyers Protection (§ 269-1 – § 269-8)
• Ch 277 — Landscaping (§ 277-1 – § 277-6)
• Ch 278 — Firewood and Commercial Firewood Processors (§ 278-1 – § 278-9)
• Ch 281 — Library (§ 281-1 – § 281-4)
• Ch 285 — Limousine Services and Taxicabs (§ 285-1 – § 285-40)
• Ch 289 — Littering (§ 289-1 – § 289-16)
• Ch 293 — Massage Establishments (§ 293-1 – § 293-11)
• Ch 295 — Merchandise, Display of (§ 295-1 – § 295-4)
• Ch 299 — Motels and Hotels (§ 299-1 – § 299-14)
• Ch 303 — Motion Pictures and Television (§ 303-1 – § 303-11)
• Ch 305 — Exhibition of Motion Pictures (§ 305-1 – § 305-8)
• Ch 309 — Noise (§ 309-1 – § 309-4)
• Ch 311 — Nudity on State-Owned Lands (§ 311-1 – § 311-4)
• Ch 313 — Nursing Homes and Commercial Recreational Facilities (§ 313-1 – § 313-4)
• Ch 316 — Official Street Map (§ 316-1 – § 316-2)
• Ch 322 — Rental Properties (§ 322-1 – § 322-9)
• Ch 323 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 323-1 – § 323-19)
• Ch 327 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 327-1 – § 327-16)
• Ch 331 — Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms (§ 331-1 – § 331-13)
• Ch 335 — Professional Services (§ 335-1 – § 335-5)
• Ch 339 — Property Maintenance (§ 339-1 – § 339-22)
• Ch 340 — Registration of Foreclosing Mortgages and Vacant Property (§ 340-1 – § 340-15)
• Ch 341 — Public Records (§ 341-1 – § 341-8)
• Ch 343 — Public Utilities (§ 343-1 – § 343-4)
• Ch 345 — Restaurants and Food-Handling Establishments (§ 345-1 – § 345-5)
• Ch 346 — Retail Theft (§ 346-1 – § 346-4)
• Ch 351 — Sales, Close-Out (§ 351-1 – § 351-16)
• Ch 355 — Satellite Earth Stations (§ 355-1 – § 355-10)
• Ch 359 — Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers (§ 359-1 – § 359-9)
• Ch 363 — Sewers (§ 363-1 – § 363-64)
• Ch 365 — Sex Offenders (§ 365-1 – § 365-7)
• Ch 367 — Signs (§ 367-1 – § 367-15)
• Ch 371 — Site Plan Review (§ 371-1 – § 371-55)
• Ch 373 — Smoking (§ 373-1 – § 373-3)
• Ch 375 — Soil Removal (§ 375-1 – § 375-16)
• Ch 379 — Solid Waste (§ 379-1 – § 379-55)
• Ch 381 — Stormwater Control (§ 381-1 – § 381-14)
• Ch 383 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 383-1 – § 383-38)
• Ch 387 — Subdivision of Land (§ 387-1 – § 387-44)
• Ch 391 — Sunday Activities (§ 391-1 – § 391-6)
• Ch 395 — Swimming Pools (§ 395-1 – § 395-26)
• Ch 397 — Telecommunications Systems (§ 397-1 – § 397-17)
• Ch 398 — Temporary Storage Containers (§ 398-1 – § 398-8)
• Ch 401 — Towers and Towing (§ 401-1 – § 401-13)
• Ch 403 — Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System (§ 403-1 – § 403-8)
• Ch 405 — Trapping (§ 405-1 – § 405-2)
• Ch 409 — Trespassing (§ 409-1)
• Ch 412 — Vaccinations (§ 412-1 – § 412-4)
• Ch 415 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 415-1 – § 415-9)
• Ch 419 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 419-1 – § 419-72)
• Ch 423 — Vending Machines (§ 423-1 – § 423-6)
• Ch 426 — Volunteer and Veteran Fee Exemptions (§ 426-1 – § 426-4)
• Ch 429 — Zoning (§ 429-1 – § 429-222)
• Ch 435 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 435-1 – § 435-13)
• Ch 436 — Animals (§ 436-1 – § 436-10)
• Ch 436A — Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons (§ 436A-1 – § 436A-9)
• Ch 437 — Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics (§ 437-1 – § 437-7)
• Ch 439 — Food Service Managers (§ 439-1 – § 439-11)
• Ch 443 — Sanitation (§ 443-1 – § 443-152)
• Ch 447 — Tattooing (§ 447-1 – § 447-2)
• Ch 449 — Tobacco and Cigarettes (§ 449-1 – § 449-22)
• Ch 450 — Retail Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam (§ 450-1 – § 450-11)
• Ch 453 — Trees and Shrubbery (§ 453-1 – § 453-12)
• Ch A457 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A457-1 – § A457-18)
• Ch A460 — Fees (§ A460-0 – § A460-47)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)