Montclair, NJ — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-02-24. Official source: https://ecode360.com/MO0769

Every town writes its own rules, and Montclair's live in its municipal code — 117 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 Montclair code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
• Ch 3 — Administration of Government (§ 3-1 – § 3-72)
• Ch 7 — Diversity Inclusion Program (§ 7-1 – § 7-8)
• Ch 8 — Affirmative Action Requirements (§ 8-1 – § 8-6)
• Ch 11 — Civil Rights Commission (§ 11-1 – § 11-5)
• Ch 15 — Claims, Payment of (§ 15-1 – § 15-2)
• Ch 20 — Court (§ 20-1 – § 20-7)
• Ch 21 — Discrimination (§ 21-1 – § 21-5)
• Ch 23 — Education, Board of (§ 23-1 – § 23-2)
• Ch 25 — Energy Aggregation (§ 25-1 – § 25-7)
• Ch 27 — Fire Department (§ 27-1 – § 27-40)
• Ch 28 — Garden State C-PACE Program (§ 28-1 – § 28-11)
• Ch 29 — Housing Commission (§ 29-1 – § 29-7)
• Ch 29A — Residential Dwelling Rental Relief Fund (§ 29A-1 – § 29A-6)
• Ch 31 — Insurance Fund (§ 31-1 – § 31-6)
• Ch 40 — Mutual Assistance (§ 40-1)
• Ch 42 — Native Vegetation (§ 42-1 – § 42-9)
• Ch 44 — Officers and Employees (§ 44-1 – § 44-33)
• Ch 48 — Personnel Regulations (§ 48-1 – § 48-53)
• Ch 51 — Police Department (§ 51-1 – § 51-58)
• Ch 51A — Project Labor Agreements (§ 51A-1 – § 51A-9)
• Ch 52 — Domestic Violence Intervention Team (§ 52-1 – § 52-7)
• Ch 53 — Retirement (§ 53-1 – § 53-3)
• Ch 55 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 60 — Urban Renewal (§ 60-1)
• Ch 65 — Affordable Housing (§ 65-1 – § 65-19)
• Ch 67 — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (§ 67-1 – § 67-9)
• Ch 71 — Alarms, Burglar and Fire (§ 71-1 – § 71-13)
• Ch 74 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 74-1 – § 74-22)
• Ch 78 — Amusements (§ 78-1 – § 78-43)
• Ch 82 — Animals (§ 82-1 – § 82-45)
• Ch 83 — Animal Shelter (§ 83-1)
• Ch 86 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 86-1 – § 86-8)
• Ch 88 — Bamboo (§ 88-1 – § 88-3)
• Ch 90 — Barbershops (§ 90-1 – § 90-4)
• Ch 93 — Bicycles (§ 93-1 – § 93-14)
• Ch 96 — Boardinghouses (§ 96-1 – § 96-9)
• Ch 100 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 100-1 – § 100-16)
• Ch 104 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 104-1 – § 104-6)
• Ch 108 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 108-1 – § 108-15)
• Ch 110 — Cannabis (§ 110-1 – § 110-29)
• Ch 117 — Condominium and Cooperative Conversions (§ 117-1 – § 117-2)
• Ch 121 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 121-1 – § 121-4)
• Ch 127 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 127-1 – § 127-7)
• Ch 130 — Drug-Free Zones (§ 130-1 – § 130-4)
• Ch 132 — Employer Regulations (§ 132-1 – § 132-14)
• Ch 134 — Environmental Hazards (§ 134-1 – § 134-27)
• Ch 136 — Fees (§ 136-1 – § 136-11)
• Ch 140 — Filming (§ 140-1 – § 140-13)
• Ch 144 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 144-1 – § 144-4)
• Ch 148 — Fire Hoses (§ 148-1 – § 148-2)
• Ch 153 — Fire Prevention (§ 153-1 – § 153-35)
• Ch 157 — Fire Safety Act Enforcement (§ 157-1 – § 157-5)
• Ch 159 — Flags (§ 159-1 – § 159-8)
• Ch 161 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 161-1 – § 161-88)
• Ch 163 — Fund-Raising, Political (§ 163-1 – § 163-5)
• Ch 166 — Games of Chance (§ 166-1 – § 166-6)
• Ch 170 — Glue Sales and Head Shops (§ 170-1 – § 170-8)
• Ch 174 — Graffiti (§ 174-1 – § 174-4)
• Ch 178 — Handbills and Posters (§ 178-1 – § 178-4)
• Ch 182 — Hazardous Substances (§ 182-1 – § 182-12)
• Ch 186 — Health Standards (§ 186-1 – § 186-24)
• Ch 190 — Housing (§ 190-1 – § 190-40)
• Ch 196 — Jogging (§ 196-1 – § 196-5)
• Ch 200 — Landscapers (§ 200-1 – § 200-8)
• Ch 202 — Land Use Procedures (§ 202-1 – § 202-49)
• Ch 204 — Library Property (§ 204-1 – § 204-10)
• Ch 207 — Lighting (§ 207-1 – § 207-4)
• Ch 213 — Multifamily Buildings (§ 213-1 – § 213-11)
• Ch 217 — Noise (§ 217-1 – § 217-8)
• Ch 218 — Nuisances (§ 218-1 – § 218-9)
• Ch 219 — Leaf Blowers (§ 219-1 – § 219-8)
• Ch 220 — Obscene Material (§ 220-1 – § 220-3)
• Ch 222 — Parades and Processions (§ 222-1 – § 222-13)
• Ch 228 — Parking (§ 228-1 – § 228-4)
• Ch 230 — Parking Lots (§ 230-1 – § 230-41)
• Ch 234 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 234-1 – § 234-14)
• Ch 238 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 238-1 – § 238-15)
• Ch 241 — Portable Storage Units (§ 241-1 – § 241-6)
• Ch 243 — Precious Metals Dealers (§ 243-1 – § 243-5)
• Ch 247 — Property Maintenance (§ 247-1 – § 247-12)
• Ch 249 — Property, Vacant and Abandoned (§ 249-1 – § 249-13)
• Ch 251 — Public Lands, Sale of (§ 251-1 – § 251-2)
• Ch 253 — Public Recreational Bathing (§ 253-1 – § 253-7)
• Ch 256 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 256-1 – § 256-3)
• Ch 257 — Rent Regulation (§ 257-1 – § 257-21)
• Ch 260 — Roll-Off Containers and Dumpsters (§ 260-1 – § 260-6)
• Ch 264 — Sales, Special (§ 264-1 – § 264-21)
• Ch 269 — Sewers (§ 269-1 – § 269-28.1)
• Ch 270 — Sewers, Storm (§ 270-1 – § 270-35)
• Ch 273 — Shopping Carts (§ 273-1 – § 273-6)
• Ch 274 — Shuttle Bus Service (§ 274-1 – § 274-2)
• Ch 276 — Sidewalk Cafes (§ 276-1 – § 276-13)
• Ch 277 — Signs (§ 277-1 – § 277-3)
• Ch 281 — Site Plan Review (§ 281-1 – § 281-12)
• Ch 285 — Skateboards (§ 285-1 – § 285-5)
• Ch 292 — Solid Waste (§ 292-1 – § 292-40)
• Ch 293 — Special Improvement Districts (§ 293-1 – § 293-23)
• Ch 294 — Steep Slopes (§ 294-1 – § 294-7)
• Ch 295 — Stormwater Control (§ 295-1 – § 295-14)
• Ch 297 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 297-1 – § 297-63)
• Ch 301 — Subdivision of Land (§ 301-1 – § 301-44)
• Ch 305 — Swimming Pools (§ 305-1 – § 305-15)
• Ch 309 — Taxation (§ 309-1 – § 309-44)
• Ch 313 — Taxicabs and Liveries (§ 313-1 – § 313-42)
• Ch 317 — Telephones, Pay (§ 317-1 – § 317-8)
• Ch 320 — Tobacco Products (§ 320-1 – § 320-6)
• Ch 322 — Towing (§ 322-1 – § 322-20)
• Ch 324 — Trees (§ 324-1 – § 324-9)
• Ch 326 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 326-1 – § 326-5)
• Ch 327 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 327-1 – § 327-50)
• Ch 333 — Vending Machines (§ 333-1 – § 333-22)
• Ch 337 — Vendors, Mobile (§ 337-1 – § 337-10)
• Ch 341 — Water (§ 341-1 – § 341-25)
• Ch 347 — Zoning (§ 347-1 – § 347-169)
• Ch A351 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A351-1 – § A351-21)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)