Clifton, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-06-03. Official source: https://ecode360.com/CL0966

Every town writes its own rules, and Clifton's live in its municipal code — 162 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 Clifton code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-7)
• Ch 5 — Administration (§ 5-1 – § 5-11)
• Ch 6 — Advisory Beautification Committee (§ 6-1 – § 6-4)
• Ch 7 — Affordable Housing Administration (§ 7-1 – § 7-3)
• Ch 9 — Bonds and Notes (§ 9-1)
• Ch 11 — Advisory Committee on Civil Rights (§ 11-1 – § 11-4)
• Ch 12 — Open Space Trust Fund Advisory Committee (§ 12-1 – § 12-6)
• Ch 13 — Claims for Damages (§ 13-1 – § 13-2)
• Ch 15 — Claims, Payment of (§ 15-1 – § 15-10)
• Ch 17 — Clifton Arts Center Gallery and Sculpture Park Committee (§ 17-1 – § 17-4)
• Ch 19 — Constables (§ 19-1 – § 19-8)
• Ch 23 — Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements (§ 23-1 – § 23-11)
• Ch 27 — Court, Municipal (§ 27-1 – § 27-7)
• Ch 31 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 31-1)
• Ch 33 — Elections, Municipal (§ 33-1 – § 33-3)
• Ch 37 — Fire Department (§ 37-1 – § 37-28)
• Ch 43 — Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities (§ 43-1 – § 43-4)
• Ch 44 — Environmental Commission (§ 44-1 – § 44-8)
• Ch 45 — Hazardous Materials Control Board; Cost Recovery (§ 45-1 – § 45-23)
• Ch 47 — Health Department (§ 47-1 – § 47-21)
• Ch 50 — Historian (§ 50-1 – § 50-2)
• Ch 51 — Historical Commission (§ 51-1 – § 51-5)
• Ch 57 — Land Use Procedures (§ 57-1 – § 57-49)
• Ch 61 — Leases (§ 61-1 – § 61-2)
• Ch 65 — Library (§ 65-1 – § 65-4)
• Ch 73 — Personnel Policies (§ 73-1 – § 73-31)
• Ch 77 — Police Department (§ 77-1 – § 77-46)
• Ch 81 — Protected Tenancy Act, Administration of (§ 81-1 – § 81-6)
• Ch 85 — Recreation, Advisory Board of (§ 85-1 – § 85-4)
• Ch 87 — Recreation, Department of (§ 87-1 – § 87-6)
• Ch 91 — Redevelopment Agency (§ 91-1)
• Ch 95 — Residency Requirements (§ 95-1 – § 95-5)
• Ch 99 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 99-1 – § 99-44)
• Ch 103 — Seal (§ 103-1)
• Ch 107 — Solid Waste Management Authority (§ 107-1 – § 107-6)
• Ch 121 — Advertising (§ 121-1 – § 121-5)
• Ch 125 — Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment (§ 125-1 – § 125-13)
• Ch 127 — Air Pollution (§ 127-1 – § 127-7)
• Ch 129 — Airports and Aircraft (§ 129-1 – § 129-20)
• Ch 133 — Alarm Devices (§ 133-1 – § 133-7)
• Ch 137 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 137-1 – § 137-33)
• Ch 141 — Amusements (§ 141-1 – § 141-23)
• Ch 145 — Apartment Rental Businesses (§ 145-1 – § 145-2)
• Ch 149 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 149-1 – § 149-37)
• Ch 153 — Cosmetologist-Hairstylist, Beautician, Barbershops, Skin Care, Manicuring and Hair Braiding (§ 153-1 – § 153-9)
• Ch 155 — Barges and Boats (§ 155-1 – § 155-5)
• Ch 159 — Bazaars, Carnivals, Circuses and Festivals (§ 159-1 – § 159-6)
• Ch 160 — Block Parties (§ 160-1 – § 160-10)
• Ch 163 — Billiard Rooms, Bowling Alleys and Dance Halls (§ 163-1 – § 163-7)
• Ch 167 — Boarding Homes for Children (§ 167-1 – § 167-7)
• Ch 171 — Bootblacks (§ 171-1 – § 171-5)
• Ch 175 — Brush, Weeds, Uncut Grass and Debris (§ 175-1 – § 175-6)
• Ch 179 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 179-1 – § 179-14)
• Ch 181 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 181-1 – § 181-8)
• Ch 185 — Political Signs (§ 185-1 – § 185-5)
• Ch 189 — Canvassing and Soliciting (§ 189-1 – § 189-9)
• Ch 193 — Cemeteries (§ 193-1 – § 193-7)
• Ch 195 — Certificates of Continued Occupancy (§ 195-1 – § 195-5)
• Ch 196 — Compost, Mulch and Topsoil (§ 196-1 – § 196-6)
• Ch 197 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 197-1 – § 197-3)
• Ch 199 — Contractors (§ 199-1 – § 199-7)
• Ch 201 — Developer Fees and Escrow Deposits, Zoning (§ 201-1 – § 201-14)
• Ch 203 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 203-1 – § 203-65)
• Ch 205 — Donation Bins, Clothing/Material (§ 205-1 – § 205-7)
• Ch 207 — Dry-Cleaning Establishments, Coin-Operated (§ 207-1 – § 207-11)
• Ch 209 — Dumpsters and Refuse Containers (§ 209-1 – § 209-16)
• Ch 210 — Dwelling Certificate (§ 210-1 – § 210-7)
• Ch 211 — Ear Piercing and Body Piercing (§ 211-1 – § 211-14)
• Ch 213 — Emergency Medical Services (§ 213-1 – § 213-3)
• Ch 215 — Entertainment (§ 215-1 – § 215-13)
• Ch 219 — Fallout Shelters (§ 219-1 – § 219-9)
• Ch 223 — Fees (§ 223-1 – § 223-31)
• Ch 227 — Fingerprinting (§ 227-1 – § 227-4)
• Ch 231 — Fire Limits (§ 231-1 – § 231-2)
• Ch 233 — Fire Prevention (§ 233-1 – § 233-29)
• Ch 235 — Fire Zones (§ 235-1 – § 235-4)
• Ch 239 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 239-1 – § 239-88)
• Ch 241 — Florists (§ 241-1 – § 241-14)
• Ch 245 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 245-1 – § 245-12)
• Ch 247 — Foodstuffs (§ 247-1 – § 247-5)
• Ch 251 — Fund-Raising, Political (§ 251-1 – § 251-3)
• Ch 255 — Gambling Devices (§ 255-1 – § 255-7)
• Ch 257 — Games of Chance (§ 257-1 – § 257-3)
• Ch 259 — Garage Sales and House Sales (§ 259-1 – § 259-9)
• Ch 261 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 261-1 – § 261-46)
• Ch 263 — Graffiti (§ 263-1 – § 263-3)
• Ch 265 — Hawking and Peddling (§ 265-1 – § 265-10)
• Ch 269 — Heating of Buildings (§ 269-1 – § 269-7)
• Ch 271 — Hours of Construction (§ 271-1 – § 271-3)
• Ch 273 — Housing Standards (§ 273-1 – § 273-54)
• Ch 277 — Hunting (§ 277-1 – § 277-2)
• Ch 281 — Ice Cream Peddling (§ 281-1 – § 281-19)
• Ch 283 — Illegal Occupancies and Conversions (§ 283-1 – § 283-3)
• Ch 285 — Insurance (§ 285-1 – § 285-8)
• Ch 289 — Junkyards and Junk Shops (§ 289-1 – § 289-22)
• Ch 295 — Landfills (§ 295-1 – § 295-21)
• Ch 296 — Landscapers
• Ch 299 — Library Property (§ 299-1 – § 299-6)
• Ch 303 — Licensed Businesses (§ 303-1 – § 303-5)
• Ch 305 — Lighting (§ 305-1 – § 305-2)
• Ch 307 — Littering (§ 307-1 – § 307-25)
• Ch 309 — Massage Establishments (§ 309-1 – § 309-11)
• Ch 311 — Meats (§ 311-1 – § 311-29)
• Ch 315 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 315-1 – § 315-118)
• Ch 317 — Filming (§ 317-1 – § 317-11)
• Ch 319 — Motorbuses (§ 319-1 – § 319-11)
• Ch 323 — Newsracks (§ 323-1 – § 323-4)
• Ch 327 — Noise (§ 327-1 – § 327-7)
• Ch 332 — Nuisances (§ 332-1 – § 332-15)
• Ch 335 — Obscene Materials (§ 335-1 – § 335-5)
• Ch 337 — Oil Heat Retrofit Program (§ 337-1 – § 337-3)
• Ch 339 — Parades (§ 339-1 – § 339-13)
• Ch 341 — Parental Responsibility (§ 341-1 – § 341-2)
• Ch 343 — Parking for Handicapped Persons (§ 343-1 – § 343-4)
• Ch 345 — Parking, Off-Street (§ 345-1 – § 345-71)
• Ch 347 — Parking of Truck Tractors, Trailers and Buses (§ 347-1 – § 347-5)
• Ch 349 — Permit Parking on Residential Streets and Municipal Lots (§ 349-1 – § 349-8)
• Ch 351 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 351-1 – § 351-8)
• Ch 355 — Peace and Good Order (§ 355-1 – § 355-5)
• Ch 358 — Portable Storage Units (§ 358-1 – § 358-8)
• Ch 361 — Quarries (§ 361-1 – § 361-14)
• Ch 363 — Rent Control (§ 363-1 – § 363-19)
• Ch 367 — Retail Food Establishments (§ 367-1 – § 367-13)
• Ch 369 — Right-Of-Way Use Agreements (§ 369-1 – § 369-17)
• Ch 371 — Sales, Special (§ 371-1 – § 371-15)
• Ch 372 — Salt Storage, Privately Owned (§ 372-1 – § 372-8)
• Ch 374 — Sewer Utility (§ 374-1 – § 374-4)
• Ch 375 — Sewers (§ 375-1 – § 375-18)
• Ch 376 — Sexual Offenders, Registration of (§ 376-1 – § 376-5)
• Ch 377 — Outdoor Cafes (§ 377-1 – § 377-17)
• Ch 378 — Shopping Carts (§ 378-1 – § 378-2)
• Ch 378A — Short-Term Rentals (§ 378A-1 – § 378A-9)
• Ch 379 — Skating Rinks (§ 379-1 – § 379-22)
• Ch 381 — Smoking on Municipal Property (§ 381-1 – § 381-6)
• Ch 383 — Snow and Ice, Removal of (§ 383-1 – § 383-6)
• Ch 387 — Soil Removal (§ 387-1 – § 387-12)
• Ch 391 — Solicitations, Public (§ 391-1 – § 391-9)
• Ch 393 — Special Improvement Districts (§ 393-1 – § 393-22)
• Ch 393A — Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting, Private (§ 393A-1 – § 393A-6)
• Ch 394 — Stormwater Control (§ 394-1 – § 394-13)
• Ch 395 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 395-1 – § 395-71)
• Ch 399 — Subdivision of Land
• Ch 403 — Swimming and Swimming Pools (§ 403-1 – § 403-35)
• Ch 407 — Tattooing (§ 407-1 – § 407-2)
• Ch 411 — Taxation (§ 411-1 – § 411-7)
• Ch 413 — Taxis and Limousines (§ 413-1 – § 413-32)
• Ch 415 — Telephones, Public (§ 415-1 – § 415-10)
• Ch 417 — Tenancies, Protected (§ 417-1)
• Ch 421 — Theaters (§ 421-1 – § 421-5)
• Ch 425 — Towers (§ 425-1 – § 425-28)
• Ch 429 — Transient Merchants and Pawnbrokers (§ 429-1 – § 429-13)
• Ch 433 — Trees and Shrubbery (§ 433-1 – § 433-42)
• Ch 439 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 439-1 – § 439-48)
• Ch 441 — Vehicles, Diesel-Powered (§ 441-1 – § 441-4)
• Ch 443 — Vehicles, Renting and Leasing of (§ 443-1 – § 443-16)
• Ch 445 — Vehicles, Sale of New or Used (§ 445-1 – § 445-20)
• Ch 449 — Vending Machines (§ 449-1 – § 449-21)
• Ch 451 — Venereal Disease Preventatives (§ 451-1 – § 451-3)
• Ch 455 — Water (§ 455-1 – § 455-11)
• Ch 461 — Zoning (§ 461-1 – § 461-77)
• Ch A470 — Cable Television (§ A470-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)