Paterson, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/PA1437

Every town writes its own rules, and Paterson's live in its municipal code — 138 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 Paterson code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-19)
• Ch 5 — Administration of Government (§ 5-1 – § 5-123)
• Ch 9 — Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (§ 9-1 – § 9-7)
• Ch 21 — Constables (§ 21-1 – § 21-15)
• Ch 23 — Contracts (§ 23-1 – § 23-10)
• Ch 25 — Court, Municipal (§ 25-1 – § 25-12)
• Ch 31 — Emergency Medical Technician Certification (§ 31-1 – § 31-4)
• Ch 35 — Enterprise Zone (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
• Ch 37 — Environmental Commission (§ 37-1 – § 37-8)
• Ch 39 — Fire Division (§ 39-1 – § 39-16)
• Ch 41 — Flood Control Commission (§ 41-1 – § 41-12)
• Ch 43 — Grass Roots Cultural Arts Commission (§ 43-1 – § 43-6)
• Ch 49 — Housing Authority (§ 49-1 – § 49-2)
• Ch 53 — Insurance Fund Commission (§ 53-1 – § 53-6)
• Ch 59 — Library Board of Trustees (§ 59-1 – § 59-2)
• Ch 71 — Parking Authority (§ 71-1 – § 71-3)
• Ch 75 — Pensions (§ 75-1 – § 75-4)
• Ch 77 — Personnel Policies (§ 77-1 – § 77-4)
• Ch 81 — Police Division (§ 81-1 – § 81-62)
• Ch 85 — Recreation Commissioners, Board of (§ 85-1 – § 85-15)
• Ch 89 — Salaries, Payment of (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
• Ch 90 — Service Charges (§ 90-1)
• Ch 92 — Special Improvement Districts (§ 92-1 – § 92-26)
• Ch 93 — Tenant Advisory Board (§ 93-1 – § 93-3)
• Ch 95 — Water Commission (§ 95-1)
• Ch 102 — Advertising (§ 102-1 – § 102-3)
• Ch 105 — Air Pollution (§ 105-1 – § 105-24)
• Ch 109 — Alarm Systems (§ 109-1 – § 109-13)
• Ch 113 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 113-1 – § 113-28)
• Ch 117 — Amusements and Amusement Devices (§ 117-1 – § 117-47)
• Ch 121 — Animals (§ 121-1 – § 121-64)
• Ch 125 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 125-1 – § 125-17)
• Ch 129 — Bazaars (§ 129-1 – § 129-5)
• Ch 133 — Billiard and Pool Rooms, Public (§ 133-1 – § 133-15)
• Ch 134 — Bins for Donated Items (§ 134-1 – § 134-9)
• Ch 137 — Block Parties (§ 137-1 – § 137-10)
• Ch 141 — Boarding Homes for Children (§ 141-1 – § 141-5)
• Ch 143 — Boating and Bathing (§ 143-1 – § 143-3)
• Ch 145 — Boat Rentals (§ 145-1 – § 145-10)
• Ch 149 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 149-1 – § 149-11)
• Ch 153 — Builders and Contractors (§ 153-1 – § 153-7)
• Ch 157 — Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit (§ 157-1 – § 157-50)
• Ch 161 — Buildings, Demolition of (§ 161-1 – § 161-3)
• Ch 165 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 165-1 – § 165-8)
• Ch 169 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 169-1 – § 169-2)
• Ch 172 — Cannabis Licensing and Operating (§ 172-1 – § 172-7)
• Ch 175 — Certificates of Re-Rental Approval and Compliance (§ 175-1 – § 175-18)
• Ch 179 — Cigarette Vending Machines (§ 179-1 – § 179-6)
• Ch 181 — Commercial Hours of Operation (§ 181-1 – § 181-3)
• Ch 183 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 183-1 – § 183-19)
• Ch 187 — Conversions, Illegal (§ 187-1 – § 187-4)
• Ch 191 — Dance Halls and Dancing Academies (§ 191-1 – § 191-20)
• Ch 195 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 195-1 – § 195-6)
• Ch 203 — Entertainment and Shows (§ 203-1 – § 203-6)
• Ch 209 — Facilities, Municipal (§ 209-1 – § 209-5)
• Ch 212 — Filming Permits (§ 212-1 – § 212-5)
• Ch 215 — Fire Safety (§ 215-1 – § 215-16)
• Ch 219 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 219-1 – § 219-18)
• Ch 223 — Florists, Retail (§ 223-1 – § 223-11)
• Ch 227 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 227-1 – § 227-7)
• Ch 231 — Food Establishments, Retail (§ 231-1 – § 231-7)
• Ch 235 — Food Handler's Certificate (§ 235-1 – § 235-9)
• Ch 239 — Food, Preparation and Sale of (§ 239-1 – § 239-11)
• Ch 243 — Food Vending Vehicles (§ 243-1 – § 243-8)
• Ch 249 — Garage Sales and Flea Markets (§ 249-1 – § 249-11)
• Ch 255 — Graffiti (§ 255-1 – § 255-9)
• Ch 257 — Green Team (§ 257-1 – § 257-2)
• Ch 259 — Handicapped Parking Policy (§ 259-1 – § 259-7)
• Ch 263 — Health Services (§ 263-1 – § 263-4)
• Ch 267 — Heating (§ 267-1 – § 267-14)
• Ch 271 — Housing-Property Maintenance (§ 271-1 – § 271-51)
• Ch 275 — Housing Standards (§ 275-1 – § 275-20)
• Ch 279 — Ice, Sale of (§ 279-1 – § 279-8)
• Ch 283 — Insurance (§ 283-1 – § 283-4)
• Ch 287 — Junk Dealers, Motor Vehicle (§ 287-1 – § 287-16)
• Ch 291 — Junkyards (§ 291-1 – § 291-18)
• Ch 297 — Land Subdivision (§ 297-1 – § 297-41)
• Ch 301 — Laundries, Coin-Operated (§ 301-1 – § 301-13)
• Ch 305 — Library (§ 305-1 – § 305-6)
• Ch 309 — Licenses and Permits (§ 309-1 – § 309-4)
• Ch 313 — Littering (§ 313-1 – § 313-22)
• Ch 315 — Loitering (§ 315-1 – § 315-4)
• Ch 319 — Lots, Vacant (§ 319-1 – § 319-10)
• Ch 322 — Mercantile Establishments (§ 322-1 – § 322-17)
• Ch 325 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 325-1 – § 325-9)
• Ch 331 — Motion-Picture Theaters (§ 331-1 – § 331-6)
• Ch 332 — Municipal Identification Card (§ 332-1 – § 332-8)
• Ch 337 — Noise (§ 337-1 – § 337-12)
• Ch 341 — Nuisances (§ 341-1 – § 341-11)
• Ch 345 — Obscene Materials (§ 345-1 – § 345-3)
• Ch 349 — Outdoor Cafes (§ 349-1 – § 349-21)
• Ch 351 — Paint, Lead-Based (§ 351-1 – § 351-9)
• Ch 355 — Parades and Processions (§ 355-1 – § 355-11)
• Ch 359 — Parking Lots, Open-Air (§ 359-1 – § 359-18)
• Ch 363 — Parks and Recreation (§ 363-1 – § 363-18)
• Ch 367 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 367-1 – § 367-44)
• Ch 371 — Property Registration (§ 371-1 – § 371-3)
• Ch 373 — Public Construction Contracts (§ 373-1 – § 373-9)
• Ch 377 — Records, Availability of (§ 377-1 – § 377-15)
• Ch 381 — Rent Leveling (§ 381-1 – § 381-24)
• Ch 385 — Rodent Control (§ 385-1 – § 385-6)
• Ch 389 — Roller-Skating Rinks (§ 389-1 – § 389-6)
• Ch 395 — Sales, Close-Out (§ 395-1 – § 395-20)
• Ch 399 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 399-1 – § 399-11)
• Ch 403 — Security Gates (§ 403-1 – § 403-5)
• Ch 407 — Sewers (§ 407-1 – § 407-61)
• Ch 411 — Sex Offenders (§ 411-1 – § 411-8)
• Ch 412 — Sick Leave for Private Employees (§ 412-1 – § 412-13)
• Ch 414 — Signs (§ 414-1 – § 414-9)
• Ch 417 — Slaughterhouses (§ 417-1 – § 417-4)
• Ch 421 — Smoking (§ 421-1 – § 421-16)
• Ch 427 — Solid Waste (§ 427-1 – § 427-47)
• Ch 429 — Speed Humps (§ 429-1 – § 429-13)
• Ch 431 — Spitting (§ 431-1 – § 431-4)
• Ch 433 — Stormwater Control (§ 433-1 – § 433-25)
• Ch 434 — Stormwater and Mobile Car Washes (§ 434-1 – § 434-9)
• Ch 435 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 435-1 – § 435-136)
• Ch 438 — Swimming Pools (§ 438-1 – § 438-11)
• Ch 441 — Tattooing (§ 441-1 – § 441-7)
• Ch 445 — Taxation (§ 445-1 – § 445-28)
• Ch 448 — All-Terrain Vehicle, Dirt Bike and Snowmobile Regulation (§ 448-1 – § 448-9)
• Ch 449 — Taxicabs, Autocabs and Rented Motor Vehicles (§ 449-1 – § 449-98)
• Ch 451 — Telephones, Mobile (§ 451-1 – § 451-5)
• Ch 452 — Telephones, Public (§ 452-1 – § 452-16)
• Ch 453 — Towing (§ 453-1 – § 453-13)
• Ch 455 — Traffic Signalization System (§ 455-1 – § 455-3)
• Ch 460 — Utilities, Underground (§ 460-1 – § 460-4)
• Ch 463 — Vehicles for Hire (§ 463-1 – § 463-2)
• Ch 466 — Vehicles, Seizure of (§ 466-1 – § 466-5)
• Ch 473 — Water (§ 473-1 – § 473-17)
• Ch 474 — Newsracks (§ 474-1 – § 474-5)
• Ch 477 — Wireless Communication Facilities (§ 477-1 – § 477-14)
• Ch 483 — Zoning and Land Development
• Ch A495 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A495-1 – § A495-27)
• Ch A505 — Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Rules and Regulations (§ A505-1 – § A505-42)
• Ch A513 — Telephone Franchise (§ A513-1 – § A513-19)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)
• Ch DT — Distribution Table