Hoboken, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-06-03. Official source: https://ecode360.com/HO0741

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

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-14)
• Ch 4 — Administration and Finance, Department of (§ 4-1 – § 4-19)
• Ch 6 — Administrative Affairs (§ 6-1 – § 6-61)
• Ch 7 — Affordable Housing, Council on (§ 7-1 – § 7-6)
• Ch 9 — Alcoholic Beverage Control, Board of (§ 9-1 – § 9-4)
• Ch 11 — Assessor (§ 11-1 – § 11-9)
• Ch 16 — Budget Operations (§ 16-1 – § 16-2)
• Ch 19 — Clerks, Municipal (§ 19-1 – § 19-3)
• Ch 20 — Community Development, Department of (§ 20-1 – § 20-8)
• Ch 20A — Professional Services Contracts (§ 20A-1 – § 20A-33)
• Ch 20B — Land Use Applicant Contribution Disclosure Statements (§ 20B-1 – § 20B-4)
• Ch 21 — Court, Municipal (§ 21-1 – § 21-12)
• Ch 23 — Required Wage, Benefit and Leave Standards for Building Service Workers on Covered Development Projects (§ 23-1 – § 23-2)
• Ch 25 — Electronic Accessibility of Public Information (§ 25-1 – § 25-8)
• Ch 28 — Public Records (§ 28-1 – § 28-2)
• Ch 29 — Ethics (§ 29-1 – § 29-15)
• Ch 29A — Financial Disclosure Statements (§ 29A-1 – § 29A-2)
• Ch 30 — Gift Policy (§ 30-1 – § 30-3)
• Ch 32 — First Source Agreements (§ 32-1 – § 32-5)
• Ch 33 — Community Services, Department of (§ 33-1 – § 33-12)
• Ch 34 — Subdivision of Land (§ 34-1 – § 34-18)
• Ch 35 — Civic Green Buildings (§ 35-1 – § 35-6)
• Ch 36 — Cannabis Review Board (§ 36-1 – § 36-4)
• Ch 36A — Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority (§ 36A-1 – § 36A-3)
• Ch 37 — Hoboken Redevelopment Agency (§ 37-1 – § 37-4)
• Ch 38 — Housing Authority (§ 38-1 – § 38-3)
• Ch 42 — Historic Preservation (§ 42-1 – § 42-34)
• Ch 43 — Self-Insurance Plan and Fund (§ 43-1 – § 43-10)
• Ch 44 — Land Use Procedures (§ 44-101 – § 44-404)
• Ch 46 — Public Property (§ 46-1 – § 46-10)
• Ch 48 — Library: Board of Trustees (§ 48-1 – § 48-3)
• Ch 51 — Mayor, Office of (§ 51-1)
• Ch 53 — Nursing Service, Public Health (§ 53-1 – § 53-9)
• Ch 54 — Officers and Employees (§ 54-1 – § 54-41)
• Ch 55 — Open Space Trust Fund (§ 55-1 – § 55-3)
• Ch 56 — Transportation and Parking Utility (§ 56-1 – § 56-9)
• Ch 56A — Parklands (§ 56A-1 – § 56A-6)
• Ch 57 — Water Utility (§ 57-1 – § 57-10)
• Ch 58 — Infrastructure, Department of (§ 58-1 – § 58-36)
• Ch 59 — Police Department
• Ch 59A — Public Safety, Department of (§ 59A-1 – § 59A-59)
• Ch 59B — Hoboken Trust Act (§ 59B-1 – § 59B-11)
• Ch 60 — Purchasing (§ 60-1 – § 60-19)
• Ch 61 — Rainforests, Protection of (§ 61-1 – § 61-2)
• Ch 62 — Shade Tree Commission (§ 62-1 – § 62-17)
• Ch 63 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 63-1 – § 63-7)
• Ch 64 — North Hudson Sewerage Authority (§ 64-1 – § 64-4)
• Ch 64A — Transportation and Parking, Department of (§ 64A-1 – § 64A-7)
• Ch 65 — Youth-Serving Organizations (§ 65-1 – § 65-6)
• Ch 65A — Affordable Housing (§ 65A-1 – § 65A-20)
• Ch 65B — Development Fees (§ 65B-1 – § 65B-11)
• Ch 66 — Alarms (§ 66-1 – § 66-22.1)
• Ch 68 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 68-1 – § 68-17)
• Ch 68A — Alcoholic Beverages: Temporary Provisions (§ 68A-1 – § 68A-5)
• Ch 74 — Amusement Devices; Vending Machines (§ 74-1 – § 74-19)
• Ch 76 — Asbestos and Dust Protection (§ 76-1 – § 76-7)
• Ch 77 — Auctioneers (§ 77-1 – § 77-4)
• Ch 79 — Single-Use Food Service Items (§ 79-1 – § 79-4)
• Ch 79A — Building Demolition (§ 79A-1 – § 79A-5)
• Ch 80 — Buildings and Dwellings, Dangerous or Unfit (§ 80-1 – § 80-14)
• Ch 83 — Certificates of Occupancy; Certificates of Continued Occupancy (§ 83-1 – § 83-7)
• Ch 85 — Condominium Conversions (§ 85-1 – § 85-2)
• Ch 86 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
• Ch 87 — Crane Regulations (§ 87-1 – § 87-8)
• Ch 89 — Curfew; Civil Disturbances (§ 89-1 – § 89-17)
• Ch 93 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 93-1 – § 93-27)
• Ch 94 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 94-1 – § 94-10)
• Ch 95 — Dwellings; Minimum Standards (§ 95-1 – § 95-14)
• Ch 97 — Filming (§ 97-1 – § 97-7)
• Ch 98 — Firearms (§ 98-1 – § 98-10)
• Ch 99 — Fire Insurance Liens (§ 99-1 – § 99-6)
• Ch 101 — Fire Prevention (§ 101-1 – § 101-45)
• Ch 104 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 104-1 – § 104-19)
• Ch 108 — Games of Chance on Sundays (§ 108-1 – § 108-2)
• Ch 110 — Garbage, Rubbish and Litter (§ 110-1 – § 110-55)
• Ch 113 — Glue, Sale and Use of (§ 113-1 – § 113-6)
• Ch 115 — Health/Sanitary Code (§ 115-1 – § 115-14)
• Ch 116 — Heating of Buildings; Fuel Oil (§ 116-1 – § 116-14)
• Ch 118 — Horse Flesh (§ 118-1 – § 118-12)
• Ch 120 — Maintenance of Hotels and Multiple Dwellings (§ 120-1 – § 120-8)
• Ch 125 — Lead Paint (§ 125-1 – § 125-22)
• Ch 128 — Licenses (§ 128-1 – § 128-9)
• Ch 133 — Noise Control (§ 133-1 – § 133-12)
• Ch 135 — Nuclear-Free Zone (§ 135-1 – § 135-3)
• Ch 136 — Nuisances (§ 136-1 – § 136-11)
• Ch 138 — Outdoor Dining (§ 138-1 – § 138-8)
• Ch 140 — Parking Lots, Surface (§ 140-1 – § 140-11)
• Ch 141 — Parking Garages and Lots, Public (§ 141-1 – § 141-12)
• Ch 141A — Parking Permits (§ 141A-1 – § 141A-12)
• Ch 145 — Peace and Good Order (§ 145-1 – § 145-26)
• Ch 146 — Peddlers; Transient Merchants (§ 146-1 – § 146-21)
• Ch 147 — Mobile Retail Food Vendors (§ 147-1 – § 147-29)
• Ch 148 — Property Maintenance (§ 148-1 – § 148-7)
• Ch 151 — Recycling (§ 151-1 – § 151-14)
• Ch 154 — Rental Housing; Warehousing (§ 154-1 – § 154-9)
• Ch 155 — Rent Control (§ 155-1 – § 155-38)
• Ch 158 — Rent Increases (§ 158-1 – § 158-2)
• Ch 160 — Sales (§ 160-1 – § 160-7)
• Ch 163 — Sewers and Sewerage Disposal (§ 163-1 – § 163-15)
• Ch 166 — Stormwater Management (§ 166-1 – § 166-18)
• Ch 168 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 168-1 – § 168-1212)
• Ch 169 — Trees (§ 169-1 – § 169-15)
• Ch 171 — Strike Employees (§ 171-1 – § 171-2)
• Ch 177 — Taxation (§ 177-1 – § 177-30)
• Ch 179 — Special Improvement District (§ 179-1 – § 179-11)
• Ch 179A — Taxicabs (§ 179A-1.1 – § 179A-37)
• Ch 180 — Shuttle Buses (§ 180-1.1 – § 180-27)
• Ch 180A — Limousines (§ 180A-1 – § 180A-17)
• Ch 183 — Tattoo, Body Piercing, and Body Art Establishments (§ 183-1 – § 183-6)
• Ch 184 — Towing (§ 184-1 – § 184-14)
• Ch 185 — Body-Piercing Parlors (§ 185-1 – § 185-7)
• Ch 187 — Union Label, Use of (§ 187-1 – § 187-2)
• Ch 190 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 190-1 – § 190-71)
• Ch 191 — Vehicles, Unregistered (§ 191-1 – § 191-6)
• Ch 192 — Parking for Persons With Disabilities (§ 192-1 – § 192-4)
• Ch 193 — Water (§ 193-1 – § 193-27)
• Ch 194 — Waterfront (§ 194-1 – § 194-25)
• Ch 195 — Youth Advisory Commission (§ 195-1 – § 195-6)
• Ch 196 — Zoning (§ 196-1 – § 196-68)
• Ch 197 — Government Energy Aggregation Program (§ 197-1 – § 197-5)
• Ch 198 — Third-Party Takeout and Delivery Service Fees (§ 198-1)
• Ch 199 — Service Worker Retention (§ 199-1 – § 199-4)
• Ch 201 — Rebuild by Design Regulations (§ 201-1 – § 201-2)
• Ch 200 — Board of Health Legislation
• Ch A260 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A260-1 – § A260-28)
• Ch A261 — Mobile Digital Data Communications Systems (§ A261-1 – § A261-23)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)