Secaucus, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/SE0474

Every town writes its own rules, and Secaucus's live in its municipal code — 133 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 Secaucus code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
• Ch 3 — Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Grievance Procedure. (§ 3-1 – § 3-7)
• Ch 5 — Claims Approval (§ 5-1 – § 5-5)
• Ch 6 — Municipal Service Charge for Returned Checks (§ 6-1 – § 6-2)
• Ch 7 — Court (§ 7-1 – § 7-8)
• Ch 9 — Development Agency, Regional (§ 9-1 – § 9-3)
• Ch 10 — Environmental Advisory Committee (§ 10-1 – § 10-4)
• Ch 11 — Cultural Affairs Committee (§ 11-1 – § 11-9)
• Ch 11A — Finance, Department of (§ 11A-1 – § 11A-6)
• Ch 12 — Fire Department (§ 12-1 – § 12-24)
• Ch 15 — Health, Board of (§ 15-1 – § 15-3)
• Ch 17 — Housing Authority (§ 17-1 – § 17-2)
• Ch 19 — Land Use Procedures (§ 19-1 – § 19-82)
• Ch 19A — Library Board of Trustees (§ 19A-1 – § 19A-5)
• Ch 20 — Meeting, Organization (§ 20-1)
• Ch 21 — Meetings, Attendance Policy (§ 21-1)
• Ch 23 — Officers and Employees (§ 23-1 – § 23-325)
• Ch 24 — Town of Secaucus Conflict of Interest Law (§ 24-1 – § 24-14)
• Ch 25 — Town Historian (§ 25-1 – § 25-5)
• Ch 27 — Tax Certificates; Fees (§ 27-1 – § 27-2)
• Ch 28 — Police Department (§ 28-1 – § 28-35)
• Ch 28A — Property Taxes, Payment (§ 28A-1 – § 28A-2)
• Ch 29 — Purchasing Department (§ 29-1 – § 29-13)
• Ch 30 — Recreation, Department of (§ 30-1 – § 30-18)
• Ch 31 — Registrar of Vital Statistics (§ 31-1 – § 31-2)
• Ch 31A — Responsible Contractor Certification (§ 31A-1 – § 31A-8)
• Ch 32 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 32-1 – § 32-17)
• Ch 33 — Secaucus Department of Consumer Affairs (§ 33-1 – § 33-6)
• Ch 35 — Sewage Treatment Plant Department (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
• Ch 36 — Social Services, Department of (§ 36-1 – § 36-5)
• Ch 38 — Public Works, Department of (§ 38-1 – § 38-4)
• Ch 39 — Tax Abatement Policy (§ 39-1)
• Ch 40 — Utilities Authority (§ 40-1 – § 40-4)
• Ch 42 — Adult Entertainment (§ 42-1 – § 42-15)
• Ch 43 — Air Pollution (§ 43-1 – § 43-11)
• Ch 45 — Alarm Systems, Private (§ 45-1 – § 45-13)
• Ch 47 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 47-1 – § 47-30)
• Ch 49 — Amusement and Entertainment Devices (§ 49-1 – § 49-14)
• Ch 50 — Auctions (§ 50-1 – § 50-11)
• Ch 52 — Ceremony Fees (§ 52-1)
• Ch 54 — Bicycles, Low-Speed Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters (§ 54-1 – § 54-14)
• Ch 57 — Builders and Contractors (§ 57-1 – § 57-13)
• Ch 58 — Building and Construction Debris Dumping (§ 58-1 – § 58-2)
• Ch 59 — Clothing Bins (§ 59-1 – § 59-11)
• Ch 62 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 62-1 – § 62-11)
• Ch 62A — Cannabis (§ 62A-1 – § 62A-7)
• Ch 63 — Coin Operated Vending Machines (§ 63-1 – § 63-6)
• Ch 63A — Commercial Filming and Photography (§ 63A-1 – § 63A-6)
• Ch 64 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 64-1 – § 64-8)
• Ch 65 — Escrow Accounts for Engineering Inspection Fees and Administrative Costs (§ 65-1 – § 65-4)
• Ch 67 — Animal Control (§ 67-1 – § 67-76)
• Ch 68 — Drug-Free School Zones (§ 68-1 – § 68-6)
• Ch 70 — Dumpsters/Construction Containers and Portable Storage Containers (§ 70-1 – § 70-8)
• Ch 71 — Fences, Rules and Regulations (§ 71-1 – § 71-7)
• Ch 71A — Brush and Hedges Near Roadways and Intersections (§ 71A-1 – § 71A-3)
• Ch 72 — Firearms (§ 72-1 – § 72-5)
• Ch 73 — Fire Prevention and Fire Protection (§ 73-1 – § 73-52)
• Ch 74 — Emergency Responder Radio Coverage (§ 74-1 – § 74-7)
• Ch 76A — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 76A-101 – § 76A-1001.6)
• Ch 77 — Games of Chance (§ 77-1 – § 77-4)
• Ch 78 — Gasoline Stations (§ 78-1 – § 78-18)
• Ch 79 — Hazardous Materials Emergencies (§ 79-1 – § 79-11)
• Ch 80A — Hotels and Motels (§ 80A-1 – § 80A-15)
• Ch 80B — Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax (§ 80B-1 – § 80B-5)
• Ch 81 — Insurance (§ 81-1 – § 81-5)
• Ch 82 — Junk Dealers (§ 82-1 – § 82-9)
• Ch 85 — Launderettes, Laundries and Car Washes (§ 85-1 – § 85-7)
• Ch 86 — Unlawful Solid Waste Disposal (§ 86-1 – § 86-8)
• Ch 88 — Memorial Day (§ 88-1 – § 88-3)
• Ch 88A — Mobile Telephones, Use of (§ 88A-1 – § 88A-4)
• Ch 89 — Newsracks (§ 89-1 – § 89-8)
• Ch 91 — Recycling (§ 91-1 – § 91-14)
• Ch 93 — Noise (§ 93-1 – § 93-11)
• Ch 94 — Offenses (§ 94-1 – § 94-6)
• Ch 95 — Outdoor Surveillance Cameras, Private (§ 95-1 – § 95-4)
• Ch 96 — Parental Responsibility (§ 96-1 – § 96-5)
• Ch 97 — Parks (§ 97-1 – § 97-20)
• Ch 98 — Parking Tax (§ 98-1 – § 98-3)
• Ch 99 — Peddling/Door-To-Door Sales and Canvassing/Soliciting/Charitable Solicitation on Roadways (§ 99-1 – § 99-17)
• Ch 102 — Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations (§ 102-1 – § 102-6)
• Ch 103 — Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting (§ 103-1 – § 103-6)
• Ch 104 — Property Maintenance (§ 104-1 – § 104-31)
• Ch 104A — Property Maintenance, Defaulted Mortgage Property (§ 104A-1 – § 104A-6)
• Ch 105 — Property Maintenance, Inspection of Certain Dwelling Units (§ 105-1 – § 105-13)
• Ch 106 — Public Morals and Decency (§ 106-1 – § 106-2)
• Ch 107 — Public Safety (§ 107-1 – § 107-8)
• Ch 107A — Refuse Containers/Dumpsters (§ 107A-1 – § 107A-6)
• Ch 108 — Registration of Criminals (§ 108-1)
• Ch 109 — Tree Conservation (§ 109-1 – § 109-17)
• Ch 110 — Shopping Carts (§ 110-1 – § 110-4)
• Ch 114 — Soil Removal (§ 114-1 – § 114-8)
• Ch 115 — Soil Importation (§ 115-1 – § 115-10)
• Ch 115A — Towing and Storage (§ 115A-1 – § 115A-20)
• Ch 116 — Use of Tobacco Products in Public Areas (§ 116-1 – § 116-6)
• Ch 116A — Stormwater Control (§ 116A-1 – § 116A-14)
• Ch 116B — Storm Sewers (§ 116B-1 – § 116B-11)
• Ch 116C — Privately Owned Salt Storage (§ 116C-1 – § 116C-8)
• Ch 117 — Street and Road Openings (§ 117-1 – § 117-17)
• Ch 118 — Municipal Consent for the Establishment of Local Communication Lines (§ 118-1 – § 118-6)
• Ch 119 — Subdivision of Land (§ 119-1 – § 119-21)
• Ch 121 — Swimming Pools (§ 121-1 – § 121-10)
• Ch 124 — Taxicabs (§ 124-1 – § 124-20)
• Ch 125 — Traffic Controls for Street and Highway Construction (§ 125-1 – § 125-10)
• Ch 126 — Vandalism and Graffiti (§ 126-1 – § 126-13)
• Ch 127 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 127-1 – § 127-77)
• Ch 127A — Residential Parking (§ 127A-1 – § 127A-16)
• Ch 128 — Vehicles and Traffic: Board of Education Property (§ 128-1 – § 128-22)
• Ch 131 — Vehicles, Unlicensed (§ 131-1 – § 131-5)
• Ch 133 — Yard Waste (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 135 — Zoning (§ 135-1 – § 135-14)
• Ch 136 — Telecommunications Facilities in the Public Right-Of-Way (§ 136-1 – § 136-16)
• Ch 137 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 137-1 – § 137-13)
• Ch 141 — Control of Smoking (§ 141-1 – § 141-17)
• Ch 142 — Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ 142-1 – § 142-9)
• Ch 142A — Food Establishments, Mobile (§ 142A-1 – § 142A-7)
• Ch 143 — Food Establishments, Retail (§ 143-1 – § 143-18)
• Ch 143A — Food Handler and Food Manager Training (§ 143A-1 – § 143A-2)
• Ch 144 — Health Officer (§ 144-1 – § 144-2)
• Ch 144A — Health Officer, Assistant (§ 144A-1 – § 144A-2)
• Ch 145 — Heating of Buildings; Water Supply (§ 145-1 – § 145-4)
• Ch 148 — Littering (§ 148-1 – § 148-21)
• Ch 154 — Unlawful Residential Units (§ 154-1 – § 154-10)
• Ch 155 — Board of Health Service Charge for Returned Checks (§ 155-1 – § 155-2)
• Ch 156 — Public Health Nurse (§ 156-1 – § 156-2)
• Ch 157 — Tobacco Sales to Minors (§ 157-1 – § 157-11)
• Ch 158 — Sanitary Inspector (§ 158-1 – § 158-2)
• Ch 159 — Swimming Pools, Public (§ 159-1 – § 159-6)
• Ch 160 — Water Supply, Individual and Semipublic (§ 160-1 – § 160-12)
• Ch 160A — Hair Salons, Barbershops, Tanning Salons, Beauty Establishments, Tattoo Establishments, Nail Salons and Massage Establishments (§ 160A-1 – § 160A-26)
• Ch A161 — Regional Health Commission (§ A161-1 – § A161-11)
• Ch A162 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A162-1 – § A162-21)
• Ch A163 — Sewer Use Rules and Regulations
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)