Hackensack, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-01-06. Official source: https://ecode360.com/HA0454

Every town writes its own rules, and Hackensack'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 Hackensack code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 3 — Administrative Offices (§ 3-1 – § 3-27)
• Ch 3A — Hackensack Municipal Alliance (§ 3A-1 – § 3A-5)
• Ch 3B — Stigma Free Advisory Board (§ 3B-1 – § 3B-6)
• Ch 4 — Board of Education (§ 4-1 – § 4-3)
• Ch 5 — Chief Financial Officer (§ 5-1 – § 5-8)
• Ch 6 — Building, Housing and Land Use Department (§ 6-1 – § 6-3)
• Ch 7 — Access to All Advisory Board (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 9 — Charges Against City Employees (§ 9-1 – § 9-5)
• Ch 11 — Civil Service (§ 11-1)
• Ch 12 — Communications Department (§ 12-1 – § 12-4)
• Ch 13 — Claims Approval (§ 13-1 – § 13-11)
• Ch 13A — Condominium, Cooperative and Multi-Unit Rental Buildings Advisory Board (§ 13A-1 – § 13A-5)
• Ch 14 — Court (§ 14-1 – § 14-19)
• Ch 14A — Defense and Indemnification (§ 14A-1 – § 14A-8)
• Ch 15 — Economic Development Commission (§ 15-1 – § 15-6)
• Ch 17 — Employment (§ 17-1 – § 17-21)
• Ch 17A — Environmental Commission, Green Team, and Creative Team (§ 17A-1 – § 17A-9)
• Ch 19 — Fire Department (§ 19-1 – § 19-28)
• Ch 23 — Health Department (§ 23-1 – § 23-7)
• Ch 24 — Housing Authority (§ 24-1 – § 24-7)
• Ch 24A — Information Technology Department (§ 24A-1 – § 24A-4)
• Ch 25 — Insurance Fund (§ 25-1 – § 25-5)
• Ch 26 — Land Use Procedures (§ 26-1 – § 26-65)
• Ch 27 — Local Assistance Board (§ 27-1 – § 27-4)
• Ch 28 — Parking System, Public (§ 28-1)
• Ch 32 — Police Department (§ 32-1 – § 32-18)
• Ch 33 — Project Labor Agreements (§ 33-1 – § 33-9)
• Ch 34 — Public Works, Department of (§ 34-1 – § 34-4)
• Ch 35 — Records, Public (§ 35-1 – § 35-12)
• Ch 36 — Recreation, Department of (§ 36-1 – § 36-10)
• Ch 36A — Cultural Arts, Department of (§ 36A-1 – § 36A-12)
• Ch 37 — Rules of Order (§ 37-1 – § 37-16)
• Ch 38 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 40 — Seal (§ 40-1 – § 40-3)
• Ch 41 — Senior Citizen Advisory Board (§ 41-1 – § 41-5)
• Ch 42 — Shade Tree Advisory Committee (§ 42-1 – § 42-4)
• Ch 43 — Veterans' Advisory Board (§ 43-1 – § 43-5)
• Ch 44 — Abandoned and Nuisance Properties (§ 44-1 – § 44-56)
• Ch 45 — Advertising Materials (§ 45-1 – § 45-5)
• Ch 45A — Affordable Housing (§ 45A-1 – § 45A-32)
• Ch 46 — Air Pollution Control (§ 46-1 – § 46-12)
• Ch 47 — Alarm Devices (§ 47-1 – § 47-13)
• Ch 49 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 49-1 – § 49-17)
• Ch 51 — Amusement Machines, Automatic (§ 51-1 – § 51-15)
• Ch 52 — Animals (§ 52-1 – § 52-51)
• Ch 54 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 54-1 – § 54-13)
• Ch 56 — Automobile Driving Schools (§ 56-1 – § 56-10)
• Ch 58 — Automobile Sales, Used (§ 58-1 – § 58-9)
• Ch 60 — Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons (§ 60-1 – § 60-6)
• Ch 63 — Bicycles, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Sleds (§ 63-1 – § 63-11)
• Ch 64 — Bingo and Raffles (§ 64-1 – § 64-5)
• Ch 66 — Boarding and Rooming Houses; Nursing Homes (§ 66-1 – § 66-23)
• Ch 67 — Body Piercing, Ear Piercing, Permanent Cosmetics and Tattooing (§ 67-1 – § 67-4)
• Ch 68 — Brush, Weeds and Debris (§ 68-1 – § 68-4)
• Ch 69 — Cannabis Businesses (§ 69-1 – § 69-7)
• Ch 72 — Checks, Fraudulent and Returned (§ 72-1 – § 72-4)
• Ch 74 — Child-Care Facilities (§ 74-1 – § 74-12)
• Ch 75 — Community Garden (§ 75-1 – § 75-7)
• Ch 76 — Drug and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones (§ 76-1 – § 76-6)
• Ch 78 — Dry-Cleaning Establishments and Laundries (§ 78-1 – § 78-29)
• Ch 84 — Exterminators; Fumigation; Vermin Control (§ 84-1 – § 84-12)
• Ch 85 — Filming (§ 85-1 – § 85-11)
• Ch 86 — Firearms, Weapons and Explosives (§ 86-1 – § 86-4)
• Ch 88 — Fire Prevention (§ 88-1 – § 88-13)
• Ch 89 — Flood Hazard Areas (§ 89-1 – § 89-92)
• Ch 90 — Food and Drink (§ 90-1 – § 90-74)
• Ch 93 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 93-1 – § 93-27)
• Ch 94 — Gardeners, Landscapers, Horticulturists, and Snow Removal Business (§ 94-1 – § 94-9)
• Ch 94A — Garden State C-PACE Program (§ 94A-1 – § 94A-11)
• Ch 95 — Graffiti (§ 95-1 – § 95-6)
• Ch 96 — Guarantees and Bonds (§ 96-1 – § 96-8)
• Ch 97 — Health and Sanitation (§ 97-1 – § 97-5)
• Ch 98 — Heating and Hot Water (§ 98-1 – § 98-9)
• Ch 99 — Hotels and Motels (§ 99-1 – § 99-9)
• Ch 100 — Housing and Property Maintenance (§ 100-1 – § 100-46)
• Ch 101 — Insurance (§ 101-1 – § 101-14)
• Ch 102 — Jewelry, Secondhand (§ 102-1 – § 102-11)
• Ch 104 — Junkyards and Storage Yards (§ 104-1 – § 104-10)
• Ch 105 — Lead-Based Paint Inspections for Residential Rental Dwellings (§ 105-1 – § 105-10)
• Ch 106 — Library (§ 106-1 – § 106-3)
• Ch 107 — Licenses and Permits (§ 107-1 – § 107-32)
• Ch 108 — Limousine Services (§ 108-1 – § 108-10)
• Ch 109 — Littering (§ 109-1 – § 109-16)
• Ch 110 — Mechanical Code (§ 110-1)
• Ch 111 — Massage Establishments (§ 111-1 – § 111-17)
• Ch 112 — Noise (§ 112-1 – § 112-12)
• Ch 114 — Nuisances (§ 114-1 – § 114-3)
• Ch 115 — Numbering of Buildings (§ 115-1 – § 115-2)
• Ch 116 — Outdoor Cafes (§ 116-1 – § 116-23)
• Ch 117 — Parks (§ 117-1 – § 117-9)
• Ch 119 — Peace and Good Order (§ 119-1 – § 119-28)
• Ch 121 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 121-1 – § 121-14)
• Ch 125 — Poolrooms (§ 125-1 – § 125-10)
• Ch 127 — Private Property, Parking on (§ 127-1 – § 127-5)
• Ch 129 — Public Bathing Places (§ 129-1 – § 129-4)
• Ch 132 — Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (§ 132-1 – § 132-11)
• Ch 133 — Relocation of Displaced Tenants (§ 133-1 – § 133-8)
• Ch 134 — Rent Stabilization (§ 134-1 – § 134-16)
• Ch 138 — Sales, Special (§ 138-1 – § 138-15)
• Ch 139 — Salt Storage, Privately Owned (§ 139-1 – § 139-5)
• Ch 140 — Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual (§ 140-1 – § 140-9)
• Ch 141 — Sewers (§ 141-1 – § 141-48)
• Ch 143 — Shopping Carts (§ 143-1 – § 143-9)
• Ch 145 — Smoke Emission (§ 145-1 – § 145-4)
• Ch 146 — Soil Removal (§ 146-1 – § 146-6)
• Ch 147 — Special Improvement District (§ 147-1 – § 147-13)
• Ch 148 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 148-1 – § 148-71)
• Ch 150 — Subdivision of Land (§ 150-1 – § 150-42)
• Ch 153 — Taxation (§ 153-1 – § 153-18)
• Ch 155 — Taxicabs (§ 155-1 – § 155-29)
• Ch 158 — Tourist Lodges and Camps (§ 158-1 – § 158-9)
• Ch 159 — Towers and Wreckers (§ 159-1 – § 159-13)
• Ch 159A — Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System (§ 159A-1 – § 159A-5)
• Ch 160 — Trailers and Trailer Camps (§ 160-1 – § 160-10)
• Ch 162 — Trees (§ 162-1 – § 162-12)
• Ch 165 — Truck and Bus Terminals (§ 165-1 – § 165-4)
• Ch 166 — Uniform Construction Code Enforcement (§ 166-1 – § 166-15)
• Ch 168 — Vehicles and Property, Abandoned (§ 168-1 – § 168-10)
• Ch 170 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 170-1 – § 170-80)
• Ch 173 — Waterfront Cleanup Program (§ 173-1 – § 173-14)
• Ch 175 — Zoning (§ 175-1.1 – § 175-16.9)
• Ch 176 — Newsracks (§ 176-1 – § 176-9)
• Ch A180 — Building Lines (§ A180-1)
• Ch A181 — Franchises (§ A181-1 – § A181-31)
• Ch A182 — 9-1-1 Telephone System (§ A182-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)