Orange, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/OR0804

Every town writes its own rules, and Orange's live in its municipal code — 104 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 Orange code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-16)
• Ch 4 — Administration of Government (§ 4-1 – § 4-92)
• Ch 7 — Affirmative Action (§ 7-1 – § 7-15)
• Ch 12 — Community Center (§ 12-1 – § 12-7)
• Ch 13 — Computer Operations (§ 13-1 – § 13-6)
• Ch 14 — Court, Municipal (§ 14-1 – § 14-8)
• Ch 15 — Deputy Tax Collector (§ 15-1 – § 15-3)
• Ch 15A — Education, Board of (§ 15A-1 – § 15A-3)
• Ch 15B — Environmental Commission (§ 15B-1 – § 15B-5)
• Ch 16 — Ethics, Code of (§ 16-1)
• Ch 18 — Fire Department (§ 18-1 – § 18-9)
• Ch 19 — Insurance Fund Commission (§ 19-1 – § 19-8)
• Ch 21 — Officers and Employees (§ 21-1 – § 21-73)
• Ch 23 — Personnel Policies and Procedures (§ 23-1 – § 23-4)
• Ch 24 — Defense Against Civil or Criminal Charges — Local Public Employees, Appointees and Officials (§ 24-1 – § 24-15)
• Ch 25 — Parking Utility (§ 25-1 – § 25-11)
• Ch 26 — Police Department (§ 26-1 – § 26-18)
• Ch 27 — Public Contracts (§ 27-1)
• Ch 28 — Publicly Owned Property and Buildings (§ 28-1 – § 28-2)
• Ch 29 — Publicly Owned Streets — Honorary or Commemorative Naming or Dedications (§ 29-1 – § 29-2)
• Ch 32 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 35 — Solid Waste Authority (§ 35-1 – § 35-6)
• Ch 36 — Supervisor, Streets, Public Works (§ 36-1 – § 36-3)
• Ch 38 — Tape-Recorded Conversations (§ 38-1 – § 38-3)
• Ch 39 — Water-Sewer Utility (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
• Ch 43 — Advertising, Handbills and Displays (§ 43-1 – § 43-12)
• Ch 46 — Air Pollution (§ 46-1 – § 46-13)
• Ch 49 — Alarm Systems (§ 49-1 – § 49-34)
• Ch 51 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 51-1 – § 51-25)
• Ch 54 — Amusements and Entertainment (§ 54-1 – § 54-109)
• Ch 57 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 57-1 – § 57-7)
• Ch 58 — Automobile Paint, Repair and Service Shops (§ 58-1 – § 58-9)
• Ch 60 — Barbershops and Beauty Parlors (§ 60-1 – § 60-13)
• Ch 64 — Bicycles (§ 64-1 – § 64-4)
• Ch 67 — Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit (§ 67-1 – § 67-14)
• Ch 69 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 69-1 – § 69-10)
• Ch 71 — Buildings, Security of (§ 71-1 – § 71-15)
• Ch 74 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 74-1 – § 74-4)
• Ch 77 — Curfew (§ 77-1 – § 77-9)
• Ch 80 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 80-1 – § 80-46)
• Ch 84 — Drugs (§ 84-1 – § 84-29)
• Ch 88 — Fees (§ 88-1 – § 88-30)
• Ch 90 — Film and Digital Entertainment Production (§ 90-1 – § 90-9)
• Ch 91 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 91-1 – § 91-2)
• Ch 93 — Fire Prevention (§ 93-1 – § 93-15)
• Ch 95 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 95-1 – § 95-88)
• Ch 98 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 98-1 – § 98-19)
• Ch 102 — Games of Chance on Sunday (§ 102-1)
• Ch 105 — Garage and Casual Sales (§ 105-1 – § 105-11)
• Ch 107 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 107-1 – § 107-28)
• Ch 109 — Gasoline Stations (§ 109-1 – § 109-18)
• Ch 112 — Graffiti (§ 112-1 – § 112-5)
• Ch 115 — Illicit Connections to Municipal Storm Sewer System Prohibited (§ 115-1 – § 115-8)
• Ch 116 — Junk and Junk Dealers (§ 116-1 – § 116-54)
• Ch 120 — Landscapers (§ 120-1 – § 120-7)
• Ch 121 — Driving Schools (§ 121-1 – § 121-8)
• Ch 122 — Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 122-1 – § 122-10)
• Ch 124 — Liability Insurance Registration (§ 124-1 – § 124-5)
• Ch 125 — Libraries, Use of (§ 125-1 – § 125-18)
• Ch 125A — Licenses (§ 125A-1 – § 125A-3)
• Ch 126 — Littering (§ 126-1 – § 126-6)
• Ch 129 — Loitering (§ 129-1 – § 129-6)
• Ch 133 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 133-1 – § 133-16)
• Ch 135 — Mobile Telephones (§ 135-1 – § 135-5)
• Ch 138 — Noise (§ 138-1 – § 138-11)
• Ch 142 — Parking Lots (§ 142-1 – § 142-18)
• Ch 145 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 145-1 – § 145-22)
• Ch 147 — Pawnbrokers (§ 147-1 – § 147-19)
• Ch 148 — Pay Telephones (§ 148-1 – § 148-9)
• Ch 150 — Peace and Good Order (§ 150-1 – § 150-32)
• Ch 151 — Domestic Violence (§ 151-1 – § 151-7)
• Ch 152 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 152-1 – § 152-33)
• Ch 153 — Portable Lavatories (§ 153-1 – § 153-5)
• Ch 156 — Property Maintenance (§ 156-1 – § 156-110)
• Ch 162 — Recreation Facilities (§ 162-1 – § 162-8)
• Ch 166 — Rent Control; Rental Property Registration (§ 166-1 – § 166-40)
• Ch 167 — Retail Establishments (§ 167-1 – § 167-2)
• Ch 169 — Safety Regulations (§ 169-1 – § 169-3)
• Ch 170 — Sales, Special and Forced (§ 170-1 – § 170-7)
• Ch 172 — Security Devices (§ 172-1 – § 172-7)
• Ch 173 — Security Funds for Multiple Dwellings (§ 173-1 – § 173-6)
• Ch 175 — Sewers (§ 175-1 – § 175-83)
• Ch 178 — Shopping Carts (§ 178-1 – § 178-7)
• Ch 179 — Sidewalk Cafes (§ 179-1 – § 179-15)
• Ch 180 — Smoking on Public Property; Tobacco Retail Establishments (§ 180-1 – § 180-9)
• Ch 181 — Soil Removal (§ 181-1 – § 181-14)
• Ch 185 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 185-1 – § 185-50)
• Ch 187 — Taxation (§ 187-1 – § 187-29)
• Ch 188 — Taxicabs (§ 188-1 – § 188-28)
• Ch 189 — Auto Liveries (§ 189-1 – § 189-26)
• Ch 190 — Towing (§ 190-1 – § 190-32)
• Ch 192 — Vacant Housing (§ 192-1 – § 192-8)
• Ch 195 — Vehicle Dealers, New and Used (§ 195-1 – § 195-16)
• Ch 197 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 197-1 – § 197-2)
• Ch 198 — Vehicles Abandoned on Private or Public Property Other Than Streets (§ 198-1 – § 198-9)
• Ch 200 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 200-1 – § 200-75.4)
• Ch 201 — Volleyball Courts (§ 201-1 – § 201-3)
• Ch 203 — Water (§ 203-1 – § 203-27)
• Ch 206 — Wreckers and Tow Trucks (§ 206-1 – § 206-14)
• Ch 210 — Development Regulations (§ 210-1 – § 210-119)
• Ch 211 — Special Needs Registry (§ 211-1 – § 211-8)
• Ch A215 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A215-1 – § A215-43)
• Ch A216 — Street Specifications (§ A216-1 – § A216-2)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)