Garfield, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-02-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/GA0711

Every town writes its own rules, and Garfield's live in its municipal code — 116 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 Garfield code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-20)
• Ch 5 — Boards, Committees and Commissions (§ 5-1 – § 5-47)
• Ch 9 — Civil Service
• Ch 12 — Court (§ 12-1 – § 12-13)
• Ch 16 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 16-1 – § 16-9)
• Ch 18 — Elections, Municipal (§ 18-1)
• Ch 19 — Employment Separation Program (§ 19-1 – § 19-7)
• Ch 23 — Fire Department (§ 23-1 – § 23-37)
• Ch 27 — Historic Preservation (§ 27-1 – § 27-7)
• Ch 30 — Housing Authority (§ 30-1 – § 30-2)
• Ch 35 — Library (§ 35-1 – § 35-17)
• Ch 39 — Officers and Employees (§ 39-1 – § 39-127)
• Ch 41 — Parking Authority (§ 41-1 – § 41-5)
• Ch 44 — Personnel Regulations (§ 44-1 – § 44-9)
• Ch 48 — Police Department (§ 48-1 – § 48-31)
• Ch 51 — Public Safety Communications (§ 51-1)
• Ch 53 — Purchasing (§ 53-1 – § 53-9)
• Ch 56 — Redevelopment Agency (§ 56-1 – § 56-7)
• Ch 58 — Retirement (§ 58-1 – § 58-7)
• Ch 60 — Sick Leave Documentation (§ 60-1 – § 60-7)
• Ch 64 — Adult Bookstores and Massage Parlors (§ 64-1 – § 64-4)
• Ch 69 — Alarm Systems (§ 69-1 – § 69-12)
• Ch 73 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 73-1 – § 73-28)
• Ch 77 — Amusements (§ 77-1 – § 77-18)
• Ch 80 — Animals (§ 80-1 – § 80-49)
• Ch 81 — Bamboo (§ 81-1 – § 81-8)
• Ch 94 — Builders and Contractors (§ 94-1 – § 94-14)
• Ch 95 — Bicycles (§ 95-1 – § 95-10)
• Ch 100 — Cannabis (§ 100-1 – § 100-9)
• Ch 102 — Carnivals and Shows (§ 102-1 – § 102-4)
• Ch 105 — Certificates of Continued Occupancy (§ 105-1 – § 105-10)
• Ch 109 — Christmas Tree Sales (§ 109-1 – § 109-13)
• Ch 111 — Clothing Bins (§ 111-1 – § 111-9)
• Ch 114 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 114-1 – § 114-5)
• Ch 116 — Criminal History Background Checks (§ 116-1 – § 116-7)
• Ch 119 — Curfew (§ 119-1 – § 119-6)
• Ch 120 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 120-1 – § 120-5)
• Ch 125 — Dumping (§ 125-1 – § 125-3)
• Ch 128 — Dwelling Certificates (§ 128-1 – § 128-7)
• Ch 131 — Dwelling and Rooming Units (§ 131-1 – § 131-12)
• Ch 134 — Dwellings, Unlawful (§ 134-1 – § 134-5)
• Ch 136 — E-Bikes and Electric Scooters (§ 136-1 – § 136-6)
• Ch 140 — Fertilizer Application (§ 140-1 – § 140-7)
• Ch 141 — Filming (§ 141-1 – § 141-13)
• Ch 142 — Fire Prevention (§ 142-1 – § 142-21)
• Ch 144 — Flag Etiquette (§ 144-1)
• Ch 146 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 146-1 – § 146-88)
• Ch 150 — Food Handlers, Mobile (§ 150-1 – § 150-17)
• Ch 151 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 151-1 – § 151-19)
• Ch 153 — Fortune-Tellers (§ 153-1 – § 153-3)
• Ch 157 — Games of Chance on Sunday (§ 157-1 – § 157-6)
• Ch 161 — Garage Sales (§ 161-1 – § 161-10)
• Ch 164 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 164-1 – § 164-8)
• Ch 172 — Grading of Land (§ 172-1 – § 172-6)
• Ch 176 — Graffiti (§ 176-1 – § 176-9)
• Ch 181 — Housing Standards (§ 181-1 – § 181-7)
• Ch 185 — Junkyards (§ 185-1 – § 185-5)
• Ch 187 — Landscaping (§ 187-1 – § 187-6)
• Ch 188 — Land Use (§ 188-1 – § 188-44)
• Ch 191 — Laundromats (§ 191-1 – § 191-11)
• Ch 195 — Licenses and Permits (§ 195-1 – § 195-5)
• Ch 198 — Limousines (§ 198-1 – § 198-14)
• Ch 201 — Littering (§ 201-1 – § 201-22)
• Ch 208 — Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies (§ 208-1 – § 208-4)
• Ch 210 — Mausoleums, Public (§ 210-1 – § 210-20)
• Ch 213 — Meat Packaging (§ 213-1 – § 213-3)
• Ch 216 — Moving Permits (§ 216-1 – § 216-8)
• Ch 218 — Newsracks (§ 218-1 – § 218-6)
• Ch 220 — Noise (§ 220-1 – § 220-11)
• Ch 221 — Nuisances (§ 221-1 – § 221-16)
• Ch 224 — Parades and Special Events (§ 224-1 – § 224-17)
• Ch 226 — Parking (§ 226-1 – § 226-60)
• Ch 230 — Parking Lots (§ 230-1 – § 230-6)
• Ch 233 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 233-1 – § 233-16)
• Ch 237 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 237-1 – § 237-26)
• Ch 239 — Plastic Bag and Straw Regulation (§ 239-1 – § 239-3)
• Ch 241 — Properties, Buildings or Structures, Dangerous (§ 241-1 – § 241-13)
• Ch 242 — Property Maintenance (§ 242-1 – § 242-17)
• Ch 243 — Property, Vacant and Abandoned, Registration (§ 243-1 – § 243-10)
• Ch 244 — Public Property, Obstruction of (§ 244-1 – § 244-2)
• Ch 246 — Railroad Use (§ 246-1 – § 246-9)
• Ch 249 — Recycling (§ 249-1 – § 249-14)
• Ch 252 — Relocation Assistance (§ 252-1 – § 252-7)
• Ch 256 — Retail Business Hours (§ 256-1 – § 256-3)
• Ch 260 — Sanitation (§ 260-1 – § 260-63)
• Ch 263 — Secondhand Merchandise Dealers (§ 263-1 – § 263-9)
• Ch 265 — Sewers (§ 265-1 – § 265-46)
• Ch 266 — Sex Offenders (§ 266-1 – § 266-3)
• Ch 268 — Shopping Carts (§ 268-1 – § 268-10)
• Ch 272 — Signs (§ 272-1 – § 272-9)
• Ch 275 — Site Plan Review (§ 275-1 – § 275-17)
• Ch 278 — Smoking (§ 278-1 – § 278-4)
• Ch 280 — Snow Removal (§ 280-1 – § 280-4)
• Ch 284 — Stormwater Control (§ 284-1 – § 284-21)
• Ch 285 — Stormwater Management Regulations (§ 285-1 – § 285-38)
• Ch 287 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 287-1 – § 287-40)
• Ch 290 — Subdivision of Land (§ 290-1 – § 290-22)
• Ch 294 — Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing (§ 294-1 – § 294-10)
• Ch 298 — Taxation (§ 298-1 – § 298-37)
• Ch 301 — Taxicabs (§ 301-1 – § 301-19)
• Ch 305 — Telephones, Public (§ 305-1 – § 305-12)
• Ch 308 — Tobacco Retail Establishments; Vape Shops; Retail Electronic Smoking Establishments (§ 308-1 – § 308-8)
• Ch 310 — Tow Trucks (§ 310-1 – § 310-23)
• Ch 314 — Trapping (§ 314-1 – § 314-3)
• Ch 315 — Trees (§ 315-1 – § 315-10)
• Ch 318 — Urination in Public (§ 318-1 – § 318-3)
• Ch 322 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Unclaimed (§ 322-1 – § 322-6)
• Ch 325 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 325-1 – § 325-5)
• Ch 328 — Vehicle Repair and Auto Body Repair Facilities (§ 328-1 – § 328-12)
• Ch 329 — Vehicle Sales Businesses (§ 329-1 – § 329-23)
• Ch 333 — Water (§ 333-1 – § 333-19)
• Ch 337 — Waterfront Drift and Debris (§ 337-1 – § 337-14)
• Ch 341 — Zoning (§ 341-1 – § 341-68)
• Ch A342 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A342-1 – § A342-27)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)