West New York, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/WE0486

Every town writes its own rules, and West New York's live in its municipal code — 148 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 West New York code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-25)
• Ch 3 — Agreements, Joint (§ 3-1 – § 3-10)
• Ch 4 — Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (§ 4-1 – § 4-6)
• Ch 5 — Attendance Policy (§ 5-1 – § 5-2)
• Ch 6 — Authorities (§ 6-0.1 – § 6-17)
• Ch 8 — Automotive Maintenance and Repair, Division of (§ 8-1 – § 8-6)
• Ch 10 — Board of Education (§ 10-0.1 – § 10-2)
• Ch 11 — Civil Rights Commission (§ 11-1 – § 11-5)
• Ch 13 — Civil Service (§ 13-1 – § 13-2)
• Ch 16 — Community Development, Department of (§ 16-0.1 – § 16-7)
• Ch 19 — Construction Board of Appeals (§ 19-1 – § 19-2)
• Ch 21 — Construction Code Official (§ 21-1 – § 21-3)
• Ch 24 — Court, Municipal (§ 24-1 – § 24-9)
• Ch 27 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 27-0.1 – § 27-4)
• Ch 30 — Electrical Subcode Official (§ 30-1 – § 30-8)
• Ch 31 — Emergency Medical Services (§ 31-0.1 – § 31-9)
• Ch 33 — Environmental Commission (§ 33-1 – § 33-3)
• Ch 36 — Ethics, Code of (§ 36-1 – § 36-10)
• Ch 39 — Finances (§ 39-1 – § 39-16)
• Ch 42 — Fire Department
• Ch 46 — Franchises (§ 46-1 – § 46-40)
• Ch 49 — Housing, Department of (§ 49-1 – § 49-7)
• Ch 56 — Law Department (§ 56-0.1 – § 56-19)
• Ch 58 — Library Board (§ 58-0.1 – § 58-5)
• Ch 59 — Licensing, General (§ 59-1 – § 59-13)
• Ch 62 — Local Civil Defense Council (§ 62-1)
• Ch 69 — Officers and Employees (§ 69-1 – § 69-145)
• Ch 72 — Parking Services Agency (§ 72-0.1 – § 72-10)
• Ch 74 — Pensions (§ 74-1 – § 74-10)
• Ch 76 — Personnel (§ 76-1 – § 76-7)
• Ch 80 — Police Department (§ 80-0.1 – § 80-35)
• Ch 83 — Police and Fire Department Affairs (§ 83-1 – § 83-10)
• Ch 86 — Public Affairs, Department of (§ 86-1)
• Ch 88 — Purchasing (§ 88-0.1 – § 88-3)
• Ch 90 — Residency Requirements (§ 90-0.1 – § 90-13)
• Ch 93 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 95 — Sanitation Division (§ 95-1 – § 95-3)
• Ch 97 — Swimming Pool Commission, Municipal (§ 97-1 – § 97-11)
• Ch 98 — Tenants Advocacy (§ 98-0.1 – § 98-3)
• Ch 100 — Urban Enterprise Zone (§ 100-0.1 – § 100-5)
• Ch 108 — Air Pollution (§ 108-1 – § 108-10)
• Ch 111 — Alarm Systems (§ 111-1 – § 111-8)
• Ch 114 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 114-1 – § 114-79)
• Ch 117 — Amusements (§ 117-1 – § 117-73)
• Ch 121 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 121-1 – § 121-20)
• Ch 124 — Automobile Service Stations (§ 124-1 – § 124-3)
• Ch 125 — Background Checks (§ 125-1 – § 125-8)
• Ch 126 — Bamboo (§ 126-0.1 – § 126-5)
• Ch 127 — Barbershops, Beauty Salons and Nail Salons (§ 127-1 – § 127-16)
• Ch 130 — Bicycles, Electric Bicycles and Scooters (§ 130-1 – § 130-12)
• Ch 135 — Building Construction Standards (§ 135-1 – § 135-8)
• Ch 139 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 139-1 – § 139-10)
• Ch 142 — Burglary Prevention (§ 142-1 – § 142-15)
• Ch 145 — Canopies and Awnings (§ 145-1 – § 145-2)
• Ch 148 — Certificates of Occupancy (§ 148-0.1 – § 148-8)
• Ch 151 — Checks, Returned (§ 151-1 – § 151-3)
• Ch 154 — Christmas Tree Sales (§ 154-1 – § 154-6)
• Ch 158 — Condominium Conversions (§ 158-0.1 – § 158-6)
• Ch 161 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 161-1 – § 161-2)
• Ch 162 — Construction Cranes (§ 162-0.1 – § 162-14)
• Ch 164 — Contractors, Registration of (§ 164-1 – § 164-6)
• Ch 167 — Curfew (§ 167-0.1 – § 167-5)
• Ch 170 — Defacement of Property (§ 170-1 – § 170-17)
• Ch 174 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 174-1 – § 174-34)
• Ch 178 — Drug Paraphernalia (§ 178-1 – § 178-3)
• Ch 181 — Dumpsters/Construction Containers (§ 181-1 – § 181-5)
• Ch 186 — Fees (§ 186-1 – § 186-18)
• Ch 189 — Filming (§ 189-0.1 – § 189-10)
• Ch 192 — Firearms and Fireworks (§ 192-1 – § 192-11)
• Ch 195 — Fire Limits (§ 195-1 – § 195-2)
• Ch 198 — Fire Prevention (§ 198-1 – § 198-45)
• Ch 200 — First Responder Radio Communications (§ 200-0.1 – § 200-7)
• Ch 201 — Flea Markets (§ 201-1 – § 201-16)
• Ch 204 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 204-0.1 – § 204-98)
• Ch 207 — Food Handling (§ 207-1 – § 207-17)
• Ch 210 — Fuel Devices and Suppliers (§ 210-1 – § 210-12)
• Ch 215 — Hazardous Materials (§ 215-1 – § 215-13)
• Ch 218 — Heating (§ 218-1 – § 218-16)
• Ch 221 — Housing, Affordable (§ 221-1 – § 221-17)
• Ch 222 — Identification Card Program (§ 222-0.1 – § 222-8)
• Ch 223 — Insurance (§ 223-1 – § 223-4)
• Ch 227 — Junk Dealers (§ 227-1 – § 227-16)
• Ch 231 — Land Use Procedures (§ 231-1 – § 231-73)
• Ch 234 — Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 234-1 – § 234-23)
• Ch 237 — Limousines and Livery Vehicles (§ 237-1 – § 237-30)
• Ch 242 — Littering (§ 242-1 – § 242-16)
• Ch 248 — Massage Parlors (§ 248-1 – § 248-26)
• Ch 251 — Mechanical Standards (§ 251-1 – § 251-3)
• Ch 254 — Mobile or Street Food Vendors (§ 254-0.1 – § 254-10)
• Ch 257 — Mopeds (§ 257-0.1 – § 257-11)
• Ch 260 — Multiple Dwellings (§ 260-1 – § 260-43)
• Ch 263 — Newsracks (§ 263-1 – § 263-8)
• Ch 266 — Noise (§ 266-0.1 – § 266-12)
• Ch 269 — Nuisances (§ 269-1 – § 269-8)
• Ch 273 — Obscenity (§ 273-1 – § 273-8)
• Ch 277 — Parking (§ 277-1 – § 277-43)
• Ch 280 — Parking Lots, Municipal (§ 280-1 – § 280-12)
• Ch 284 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 284-1 – § 284-22)
• Ch 287 — Plastic Coverings and Bags (§ 287-1 – § 287-6)
• Ch 290 — Plumbing Standards (§ 290-1)
• Ch 293 — Police Protection (§ 293-1 – § 293-7)
• Ch 296 — Precious Metals (§ 296-1 – § 296-8)
• Ch 299 — Property Maintenance (§ 299-1 – § 299-5)
• Ch 302 — Public Property, Damage to (§ 302-1 – § 302-3)
• Ch 304 — Real Property (§ 304-0.1 – § 304-13)
• Ch 306 — Recycling (§ 306-1 – § 306-22)
• Ch 309 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 309-1 – § 309-2)
• Ch 310 — Relocation Assistance (§ 310-1 – § 310-7)
• Ch 312 — Rent Control (§ 312-0.1 – § 312-33)
• Ch 316 — Rooming, Lodging and Boarding Houses (§ 316-1 – § 316-7)
• Ch 319 — Sales, Special (§ 319-1 – § 319-12)
• Ch 322 — Sanitation (§ 322-1 – § 322-129)
• Ch 325 — Screens, Protective (§ 325-1 – § 325-4)
• Ch 327 — Security Cameras (§ 327-0.1 – § 327-2)
• Ch 328 — Sewage Disposal, Individual (§ 328-1 – § 328-10)
• Ch 329 — Sewerage Authority, North Hudson (§ 329-0.1 – § 329-15)
• Ch 331 — Sewers (§ 331-1 – § 331-87)
• Ch 335 — Shows and Exhibitions (§ 335-1 – § 335-9)
• Ch 338 — Signs (§ 338-0.1 – § 338-19)
• Ch 341 — Skates, Skateboards, Roller Blades, In-Line Skates and Scooters (§ 341-1 – § 341-9)
• Ch 344 — Smoke Detectors (§ 344-1 – § 344-10)
• Ch 345 — Smoking (§ 345-1 – § 345-4)
• Ch 348 — Solid Waste Disposal (§ 348-1 – § 348-15)
• Ch 352 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 352-1 – § 352-69)
• Ch 355 — Strikebreakers (§ 355-1 – § 355-2)
• Ch 358 — Subdivision of Land (§ 358-1 – § 358-50)
• Ch 361 — Swimming Pools (§ 361-1 – § 361-20)
• Ch 364 — Taxation (§ 364-0.1 – § 364-25)
• Ch 367 — Taxicabs (§ 367-1 – § 367-40)
• Ch 370 — Telephones (§ 370-1 – § 370-8)
• Ch 374 — Tort Claims (§ 374-1 – § 374-2)
• Ch 377 — Towing (§ 377-0.1 – § 377-13)
• Ch 379 — Tree Removal (§ 379-1 – § 379-10)
• Ch 380 — Utility Poles and Underground Facilities (§ 380-1 – § 380-5)
• Ch 380A — Vacation Rentals, Short-Term (§ 380A-0.1 – § 380A-4)
• Ch 381 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 381-1 – § 381-13)
• Ch 382 — Vehicle Boot Pilot Program (§ 382-0.1 – § 382-10)
• Ch 384 — Vehicles and Traffic
• Ch 387 — Vehicles, Motor-Driven (§ 387-1 – § 387-6)
• Ch 391 — Vehicles, Storage of (§ 391-1 – § 391-5)
• Ch 394 — Vending Machines, Food (§ 394-0.1 – § 394-9)
• Ch 398 — Vibration (§ 398-1 – § 398-4)
• Ch 401 — Water (§ 401-1 – § 401-11)
• Ch 403 — Waterfronts (§ 403-1 – § 403-16)
• Ch 406 — Weapons (§ 406-1 – § 406-3)
• Ch 409 — Weeds (§ 409-1 – § 409-4)
• Ch 414 — Zoning (§ 414-1 – § 414-113)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)