Every town writes its own rules, and Mahwah's live in its municipal code — 53 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch AO — Adopting Ordinance
- Ch 1 — General (§ 1-1 – § 1-7.4)
- Ch 2 — Administration (§ 2-1 – § 2-32.5)
- Ch 3 — Police Regulations (§ 3-1 – § 3-16.4)
- Ch 4 — General Licensing (§ 4-1 – § 4-12.9)
- Ch 5 — Animal Control (§ 5-1 – § 5-8.2)
- Ch 6 — Alcoholic Beverage Control (§ 6-1 – § 6-8)
- Ch 7 — Traffic (§ 7-1 – § 7-20)
- Ch 7A — Traffic Schedules (§ 7A-1 – § 7A-29)
- Ch 8 — Parking Meters and Parking Lots (§ 8-1 – § 8-3.4)
- Ch 9 — Recreational Facilities (§ 9-1 – § 9-1.12)
- Ch 10 — Building and Housing (§ 10-1 – § 10-10.9)
- Ch 11 — Trailers and Trailer Parks (§ 11-1 – § 11-6)
- Ch 12 — Fire Prevention (§ 12-1 – § 12-1.12)
- Ch 13 — Environmental Regulations (§ 13-1 – § 13-3.6)
- Ch 14 — Tree Preservation, Removal and Replacement (§ 14-1 – § 14-18)
- Ch 15 — Streets, Sidewalks and Sanitation (§ 15-1 – § 15-9)
- Ch 16 — Water (§ 16-1 – § 16-35)
- Ch 17 — Sewer (§ 17-1 – § 17-8.7)
- Ch 18 — Cable Television (§ 18-1 – § 18-27)
- Ch 19 — Personnel Policies (§ 19-1 – § 19-18)
- Ch 20 — Taxation (§ 20-1 – § 20-2)
- Ch 21 — Land Use Procedures (§ 21-1 – § 21-6.4)
- Ch 22 — Site Plan Review (§ 22-1 – § 22-11.6)
- Ch 24 — Zoning (§ 24-1 – § 24-13)
- Ch 26 — Land Subdivision (§ 26-1 – § 26-12.5)
- Ch 27 — Floodplain Management Regulations (§ 27-101 – § 27-1001.6)
- Ch 28 — Soil Management (§ 28-1 – § 28-7)
- Ch 29 — Highlands Regional Stormwater Management Program and Stormwater Control (§ 29-1 – § 29-13)
- Ch 30 — Riparian Zones (§ 30-1 – § 30-7)
- Ch 31 — Highlands Area Exemptions (§ 31-1 – § 31-4.8)
- Ch 32 — Highlands Plan Conformance (§ 32-1 – § 32-7)
- Ch LULDL — Land Use Disposition List (§ LULDL-1)
- Ch BH1 — General (§ BH1-1 – § BH1-3)
- Ch BH2 — Air Pollution Control (§ BH2-1 – § BH2-13)
- Ch BH3 — Dwelling Standards (§ BH3-1 – § BH3-21)
- Ch BH4 — Licensing of Food and Beverage Vending Machines (§ BH4-1 – § BH4-8)
- Ch BH5 — Retail Food Establishments (§ BH5-1 – § BH5-5.2)
- Ch BH6 — Fowl (§ BH6-1 – § BH6-4)
- Ch BH7 — Milk (§ BH7-1 – § BH7-7)
- Ch BH8 — Nuisances; Maintenance of Property and Vehicles (§ BH8-1 – § BH8-7)
- Ch BH9 — Personnel Policies (§ BH9-1 – § BH9-11.3)
- Ch BH11 — Sanitation and Miscellaneous Regulations (§ BH11-1 – § BH11-19.1)
- Ch BH12 — Solid Waste Disposal (§ BH12-1 – § BH12-12)
- Ch BH13 — Public Recreational Bathing and Camps (§ BH13-1 – § BH13-5)
- Ch BH14 — Water Supplies, Individual and Semipublic (§ BH14-1 – § BH14-8)
- Ch BH15 — Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (§ BH15-1 – § BH15-2.7)
- Ch BH16 — Tobacco Sales (§ BH16-1 – § BH16-9)
- Ch BH17 — Tattooing and Body Piercing (§ BH17-1 – § BH17-4)
- Ch BH18 — Fees for Services (§ BH18-1 – § BH18-3)
- Ch BH19 — Feeding of Wild and Stray Animals (§ BH19-1 – § BH19-3)
- Ch BHDL — Board of Health Disposition List (§ BHDL-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)