Rutherford, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-22. Official source: https://ecode360.com/RU0183

Every town writes its own rules, and Rutherford's live in its municipal code — 127 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 Rutherford code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-11)
• Ch 4 — Administrative Offices (§ 4-1 – § 4-51)
• Ch 5 — Administrative Code (§ 5-1 – § 5-13)
• Ch 6 — Alarm Equipment Installation (§ 6-1 – § 6-11)
• Ch 7 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 7-1 – § 7-23)
• Ch 8 — Amusement Games (§ 8-1 – § 8-10)
• Ch 10 — Animals (§ 10-1 – § 10-6)
• Ch 12 — Bicycles (§ 12-1 – § 12-4)
• Ch 13 — Body Art Establishments (§ 13-1 – § 13-4)
• Ch 16 — Board of Health (§ 16-1 – § 16-3)
• Ch 18 — Building Code (§ 18-1 – § 18-12)
• Ch 19 — Builders and Contractors Licensing (§ 19-1 – § 19-16)
• Ch 19A — Cannabis (§ 19A-1 – § 19A-14)
• Ch 20 — Car Lots: New and Used (§ 20-1 – § 20-10)
• Ch 20A — Cat Licensing (§ 20A-1 – § 20A-9)
• Ch 21 — Clean Environment (§ 21-1 – § 21-15)
• Ch 21A — Commercial Property Maintenance (§ 21A-1 – § 21A-22)
• Ch 22 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 22-1 – § 22-12)
• Ch 22A — Convenience Stores (§ 22A-1 – § 22A-3)
• Ch 23 — Curfew, Emergency (§ 23-1 – § 23-6)
• Ch 25 — Disability Act Advisory Committee (§ 25-1 – § 25-4)
• Ch 26 — Dogs, Pets, Animals and Kennels (§ 26-1 – § 26-24)
• Ch 27 — Donation Clothing Bins (§ 27-1 – § 27-8)
• Ch 28 — Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machines, Coin-Operated (§ 28-1 – § 28-8)
• Ch 30 — Elevators (§ 30-1 – § 30-2)
• Ch 31 — Ethics, Code of (§ 31-1 – § 31-15)
• Ch 31A — Finance Department (§ 31A-1 – § 31A-3)
• Ch 32 — Fingerprint Identification and Criminal History Record Checks (§ 32-1 – § 32-6)
• Ch 33 — Fire Department (§ 33-1 – § 33-33)
• Ch 33A — Firefighter Auxiliary Program, Junior (§ 33A-1 – § 33A-9)
• Ch 34 — Filming (§ 34-1 – § 34-7)
• Ch 34A — Fire Safety (§ 34A-1 – § 34A-21)
• Ch 35 — Fire Lanes or Zones (§ 35-1 – § 35-10)
• Ch 36 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 36-1 – § 36-11)
• Ch 36A — Food Establishments (§ 36A-1 – § 36A-9)
• Ch 36B — Food Handlers Training (§ 36B-1 – § 36B-7)
• Ch 37 — Floodplain Management (§ 37-1 – § 37-90)
• Ch 39 — Games of Chance (§ 39-1 – § 39-7)
• Ch 39A — Garage Sales and Lawn Sales (§ 39A-1 – § 39A-7)
• Ch 40 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 40-1 – § 40-8)
• Ch 41 — Graffiti (§ 41-1 – § 41-13)
• Ch 43 — Grease Traps (§ 43-1 – § 43-11)
• Ch 45 — Heliport (§ 45-1 – § 45-6)
• Ch 46 — Housing Authority (§ 46-1 – § 46-4)
• Ch 47 — Housing Code (§ 47-1 – § 47-13)
• Ch 48 — Insurance (§ 48-1 – § 48-9)
• Ch 50 — Land Subdivision and Site Plan Regulations (§ 50-1 – § 50-15)
• Ch 51 — Land Use Procedures (§ 51-1 – § 51-60)
• Ch 51A — Length of Service Award Program (§ 51A-1 – § 51A-6)
• Ch 52 — Library Property and Books (§ 52-1 – § 52-9)
• Ch 53 — Littering (§ 53-1 – § 53-14)
• Ch 54 — Loitering (§ 54-1 – § 54-9)
• Ch 54A — Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies (§ 54A-1)
• Ch 55 — Massage and Bodywork Therapies (§ 55-1 – § 55-13)
• Ch 56 — Materials, Deposit and Removal of (§ 56-1 – § 56-6)
• Ch 57 — Merchants and Rutherford Business District Licenses (§ 57-1 – § 57-10)
• Ch 60 — Municipal Court (§ 60-1 – § 60-12)
• Ch 61 — Municipal Property and Grounds (§ 61-1 – § 61-22)
• Ch 61A — Municipal Property, Sale of (§ 61A-1 – § 61A-2)
• Ch 62 — Newsracks (§ 62-1 – § 62-7)
• Ch 63 — Noise Control (§ 63-1 – § 63-10)
• Ch 63A — Numbering of Buildings and Lots (§ 63A-1 – § 63A-7)
• Ch 64 — Nuisance Code (§ 64-1 – § 64-7)
• Ch 64A — Obscene Materials (§ 64A-1 – § 64A-2)
• Ch 65 — Outdoor Cafes (§ 65-1 – § 65-16)
• Ch 66 — Parking Area Lighting Regulations (§ 66-1 – § 66-5)
• Ch 66A — Parking Yards and Places (§ 66A-1 – § 66A-11)
• Ch 67 — Payment of Pensions to Dependents of Volunteer Fire Fighters (§ 67-1 – § 67-7)
• Ch 68 — Peace and Good Order (§ 68-1 – § 68-15)
• Ch 70 — Personnel Policies and Practices (§ 70-1 – § 70-81)
• Ch 73 — Playgrounds, Parks, Open Spaces and Recreation Areas (§ 73-1 – § 73-12)
• Ch 74 — Plumbing Code (§ 74-1 – § 74-9)
• Ch 76 — Police Department (§ 76-1 – § 76-31)
• Ch 77 — Poolrooms, Billiard Parlors and Bowling Alleys (§ 77-1 – § 77-8)
• Ch 77A — Precious Metals and Secondhand Goods (§ 77A-1 – § 77A-10)
• Ch 78 — Property Maintenance (§ 78-1 – § 78-10)
• Ch 79 — Public Amusement Structures (§ 79-1 – § 79-15)
• Ch 81 — Purchasing (§ 81-1 – § 81-15)
• Ch 82 — Purchasing, Cooperative (§ 82-1 – § 82-7)
• Ch 82A — Recycling (§ 82A-1 – § 82A-27)
• Ch 82B — Registration of Landscapers and Landscaping Services (§ 82B-1 – § 82B-7)
• Ch 83 — Recreation Department (§ 83-1 – § 83-6)
• Ch 83A — Rent Control (§ 83A-1 – § 83A-19)
• Ch 84 — Restricted Areas in Municipal Buildings (§ 84-1 – § 84-4)
• Ch 87 — Salary Schedules (§ 87-1 – § 87-7)
• Ch 89 — Sanitary Code (§ 89-1 – § 89-93)
• Ch 91 — Sanitary Sewers (§ 91-1 – § 91-20)
• Ch 91A — Service Stations and Motor Vehicle Repair Facilities (§ 91A-1 – § 91A-4)
• Ch 92 — Sewage Disposal Code (§ 92-1 – § 92-13)
• Ch 93 — Sewers: Disposal of Industrial Waste (§ 93-1 – § 93-15)
• Ch 94 — Sewers and Wastewater Disposal (§ 94-1 – § 94-11)
• Ch 95 — Shade Tree Commission (§ 95-1 – § 95-21)
• Ch 96 — Shopping Carts (§ 96-1 – § 96-13)
• Ch 96A — Short-Term Rental Property (§ 96A-1 – § 96A-8)
• Ch 97 — Signs (§ 97-1 – § 97-8)
• Ch 98 — Skateboards, Bicycles, Roller Skates and Scooters (§ 98-1 – § 98-7)
• Ch 99 — Smoke Control (§ 99-1 – § 99-7)
• Ch 100 — Snow Removal (§ 100-1 – § 100-7)
• Ch 102 — Soil Removal (§ 102-1 – § 102-11)
• Ch 104 — Solicitations for Charitable Purposes (§ 104-1 – § 104-16)
• Ch 105 — Solicitors, Peddlers and Canvassers (§ 105-1 – § 105-16)
• Ch 106 — Special Sale Regulations (§ 106-1 – § 106-13)
• Ch 106A — Sports Equipment Prohibition in Roadways (§ 106A-1 – § 106A-4)
• Ch 107A — Stormwater Management Control, State (§ 107A-1 – § 107A-13)
• Ch 107B — Stormwater Management, Borough (§ 107B-1 – § 107B-13)
• Ch 107C — Stormwater Management Control: Feeding of Wildlife (§ 107C-1 – § 107C-5)
• Ch 107D — Stormwater Management, Miscellaneous (§ 107D-1 – § 107D-6)
• Ch 107E — Salt Storage, Privately Owned (§ 107E-1 – § 107E-8)
• Ch 108 — Streets and School Safety (§ 108-1 – § 108-4)
• Ch 109 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 109-1 – § 109-52)
• Ch 110 — Street Closings (§ 110-1 – § 110-11)
• Ch 111 — Swimming Pools (§ 111-1 – § 111-22)
• Ch 112 — Taxes (§ 112-1 – § 112-16)
• Ch 113 — Taxicabs (§ 113-1 – § 113-21)
• Ch 114 — Telephone Booths (§ 114-1 – § 114-10)
• Ch 116 — Tent Caterpillar Control (§ 116-1 – § 116-3)
• Ch 116A — Tobacco Products (§ 116A-1 – § 116A-8)
• Ch 117 — Towing (§ 117-1 – § 117-16)
• Ch 120 — Trees and Shrubbery (§ 120-1 – § 120-17)
• Ch 123 — Unfit Dwellings (§ 123-1 – § 123-13)
• Ch 124 — Vacant and Abandoned Properties (§ 124-1 – § 124-8)
• Ch 125 — Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked (§ 125-1 – § 125-12)
• Ch 126 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 126-1 – § 126-69)
• Ch 127 — Volunteer Organizations (§ 127-1 – § 127-4)
• Ch 129 — Water Pollution (§ 129-1 – § 129-9)
• Ch 131 — Zoning (§ 131-1 – § 131-58)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)