Bergenfield, NJ

Bergenfield bans running commercial construction, repair, alteration or demolition equipment on weekdays between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and from 6:00 p.m. Saturday to 10:00 a.m…

Bergenfield bars anyone from running an exterior loudspeaker or other amplified sound device, fixed or mounted on a vehicle, aircraft or boat, that stays plainly audible at or beyond…

Bergenfield restricts leaf blowers and other domestic power tools, including chainsaws, lawn mowers, powered saws, sanders, drills and grinders, from running outdoors in residential…

Bergenfield makes it a noise violation to own, keep or harbor any animal that causes a noise disturbance through frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing or squawking. Section…

Bergenfield's general nighttime quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., during which no radio, television, phonograph or similar device may be operated plainly audible across a…

Bergenfield's noise chapter bans discharging exhaust without an effective muffler, sounding a horn except as a warning, and playing a vehicle stereo audible 50 feet away between 10…

New Jersey's Noise Control Act sets uniform statewide decibel limits for stationary commercial and industrial sources, preempting conflicting local rules.

Bergenfield caps fences at six feet in business and residential zones and eight feet in industrial zones. Near any street intersection, open fences within 25 feet of the corner drop to…

Bergenfield bans barbed wire, chipped glass, and similar spiked devices on any fence or retaining wall in the Borough, and it separately bans canvas or cloth as a fencing material…

Bergenfield requires a Construction Official permit, approved first by the Zoning Officer, for any fence over two feet six inches in height. The permit fee is $50, and the application…

Building a retaining wall, placing fill, or otherwise changing a stream, brook or watercourse within 20 feet of its center line in Bergenfield requires a written permit from the…

New Jersey common law and statute apply uniformly statewide to spite fences, boundary fences, and shared maintenance disputes between adjoining landowners.

Bergenfield's Chapter 186 land development ordinance bans converting any garage into living space, whether new or existing. Every new one-family home must build at least a one-car…

Bergenfield permits accessory apartments as part of its affordable-housing program under Borough Code § 186-63.25, but only where the underlying Zoning Ordinance allows the use in that…

An accessory apartment created under Bergenfield's affordable housing program is locked into a 10-year income-restricted rental. Borough Code § 186-63.25A(3)-(5) requires the unit to…

A shed or other detached accessory building in Bergenfield cannot rise higher than the home's principal building, must sit behind the front building line, and can be set back as little…

Bergenfield caps driveway width at 19 feet or 40% of lot frontage (never more than 25 feet), requires a two-foot side setback and landscaping, and limits paving to concrete, asphalt…

Bergenfield lets residents keep a registered recreational vehicle, snowmobile, jet ski, quad or boat on residential property only if it is registered to a person living there and the…

Bergenfield bans parking oversized commercial vehicles, those with more than one rear axle, over 22 feet long, wider than eight feet, or taller than eight feet six inches, on…

Bergenfield outlaws abandoning any motor vehicle on a public street or private property, and treats an unregistered car left outdoors for more than 30 days as abandoned. Borough Code…

Bergenfield treats EV charging stations and make-ready parking spaces as a permitted accessory use in every zoning district, with no variance needed. Chapter 297, adopted in 2022, lets…

Under Borough Code § 299-12, every street in Bergenfield becomes a snow emergency route once the Chief of Police declares a snow emergency, banning parking until plowing clears the…

Bergenfield bans parking outright on a long list of named streets and limits parking to specific hours on others under Borough Code Chapter 299. Violations carry fines up to $250 or 15…

Bergenfield bars parking on any street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. under Borough Code § 299-10, with named-street exceptions and a tighter 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. ban on Bergen…

Borough Code § 299-14 bars parking in designated loading zones from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and in drop-off zones at any time except to immediately discharge passengers. Fines run $55…

New Jersey's Predatory Towing Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 56:13-7 et seq., and its implementing rule, N.J.A.C. 13:45A-31, control every non-consensual tow in the state. A private property…

Veterinarians in Bergenfield are a conditional use under Borough Code § 186-78: every activity must stay inside an enclosed building, a Board of Health permit is required before…

Bergenfield does not ban pet shops from selling dogs or cats and has no adoption-only mandate. Chapter 95 instead requires any kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound to hold a Borough…

Every cat over six months old in Bergenfield must be vaccinated against rabies and licensed with the Borough Clerk, with the license displayed on a tag or sleeve on the cat's collar…

Bergenfield does not require dog owners to spay or neuter their pets. Its dog-licensing ordinance instead uses a fee incentive: an altered dog's registration tag costs a dollar, while…

Bergenfield has no breed-specific ban; Section 95-6 lets the Municipal Court declare an individual dog "potentially dangerous" or "vicious" only after a hearing on that dog's own…

Bergenfield bans dogs running at large on any public street, park, building, or private property, and separately requires any dog in a public place to be on a leash no longer than six…

Bergenfield bars keeping more than six cats at one time in any home or business, though licensed pet shops, kennels, shelters, and pounds are exempt. An owner who wants more can apply…

Bergenfield bans feeding migratory waterfowl in Cooper Pond Park outright and separately bars feeding any wild animal on Borough-owned or Borough-operated property, from parks to…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code makes it unlawful for any property owner or occupant to keep farm animals anywhere in the Borough, naming chickens, roosters and other fowl, cud-chewing or…

Anyone caring for injured or orphaned wildlife in Bergenfield must hold a current New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection wildlife rehabilitator license and register with the…

Bergenfield's animal control code bans feeding birds by scattering food on the ground and requires any bird feeder to sit at least five feet off the ground, be spill-resistant or…

Bergenfield bars keeping wildlife native to New Jersey as a pet unless the keeper is a state-licensed wildlife rehabilitator, and lets the Board of Health impose special conditions on…

Bergenfield permits residential beekeeping but caps every property at five hives under § 344-44R of the animal control code, and requires hives to be positioned so the bees' flight…

In Bergenfield, cutting, removing, trimming or otherwise disturbing any tree or shrub standing on a public street, sidewalk strip, park or other Borough-owned property requires a…

Bergenfield property owners and tenants must keep tree branches, hedges and other plant life along a public sidewalk trimmed to at least 14 feet six inches above ground level under…

Bergenfield's Property Maintenance Code caps weeds and plant growth at eight inches on every maintained lot. Section 302.4 of the adopted 2015 International Property Maintenance Code…

Bergenfield's water conservation ordinance exempts outdoor water drawn from rain harvesting, such as rain barrels, from its emergency irrigation-day restrictions. Gray water or…

Bergenfield's water conservation ordinance sets a permanent odd/even hand-held-hose watering schedule for a declared Stage I emergency and bans irrigation entirely in Stage II…

Bergenfield's Land Development Ordinance lets residents run a small home occupation or a home professional office out of their dwelling under § 186-3, but caps what qualifies: no stock…

New Jersey allows for-profit home food production only through a Cottage Food Operator Permit issued by the Department of Health's Public Health and Food Protection Program under…

The New Jersey Family Day Care Provider Registration Act creates a uniform statewide registration system for home daycares serving up to five children, with the state preempting most…

New Jersey has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no way to license a home kitchen as a restaurant. N.J.A.C. 8:24-2.1(c)1 makes the person in charge responsible for ensuring…

Bergenfield requires a permit before constructing, installing or maintaining any permanent or stationary swimming or bathing pool. Applications go to the Borough Inspector with plans…

Bergenfield requires a four-foot fence around any pool 18 inches deep, or an above-ground pool with 30-inch walls, with self-closing, self-latching gates. Borough Code § 277-7D sets…

Open fires anywhere in the Bergen County Parks System are confined to spots the county has set up for that purpose, and campers need a separate Fire Permit from the Fire Warden before…

Starting or maintaining any fire in a Bergen County park is banned except in places the county has set up for that purpose, under Article III's Fire rule. Cooking is separately…

New Jersey statute permits only non-aerial, non-explosive sparklers and novelties for adult consumers; aerial fireworks remain banned across every municipality with no local opt-in…

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildland fire prevention, declares burn bans, and enforces forest fire districts that supersede conflicting municipal…

New Jersey applies state sales tax and the State Occupancy Fee to transient short-term rentals statewide, regardless of which municipality the property sits in.

Bergenfield requires every exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut itself off within 30 minutes of activation, and any vehicle fitted with an alarm must display a…

Bergenfield bars loading, unloading or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers or garbage cans between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. if it causes a noise disturbance. Section 215-8E…

Bergenfield bans running blowers, fans, pumps or motors, including air-conditioning systems, compression devices and pool filter systems, if the use creates loud, penetrating or…

Bergenfield requires a construction permit from its State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency, the Bergenfield Construction Code Department, before building, plumbing…

Bergenfield enforces the State Uniform Construction Code through the Bergenfield Construction Code Department, run by a Construction Official with separate Building, Plumbing…

Bergenfield charges separate fees for every stage of elevator oversight under Chapter 136: a plan review and acceptance-test fee when a device is installed or altered, a six-month…

Every residential occupancy in the Borough of Bergenfield must have working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms installed and maintained under state fire-code standards. Sellers…

Bergenfield's Chapter 239, Article IV bars keyed door knobs and deadbolts on interior doors in rental dwellings. Under § 239-19, doors serving bedrooms, bathrooms and other livable…

Bergenfield requires a Health Department license before anyone may operate a child-care facility for six or more children under age six. Licenses expire every December 31, annual…

Bergenfield requires every single-family, two-family, and multi-unit rental to undergo a Borough-hired visual lead assessment starting January 1, 2025, and every three years after…

Bergenfield's redevelopment plans for the Area 'D' and West Church Street zones direct developers to choose new exterior fixtures certified under the International Dark Sky…

Bergenfield bans flashing, rotating, or intermittent sign illumination and requires every illuminated sign to be shielded to prevent glare. Colored sign lighting is barred outright…

Bergenfield's site plan approval standard at Borough Code § 186-108L bars building, property and sign lighting from producing glare at the exterior lot line and caps light-source…

Bergenfield defines lot coverage, improved lot coverage, and impervious lot coverage as separate, precisely worded terms, then caps improved lot coverage at whatever percentage…

Every Bergenfield residential lot must meet its zone's minimum front yard from Schedule B, but § 186-43A sets an absolute floor: no new structure's front yard can be less than 10 feet…

Bergenfield measures a structure's zoning height from average finished grade to the roof's highest point on a flat roof or the mid-level between eaves and peak on a pitched roof, and…

Bergenfield requires every residential, commercial and institutional property to separate a long list of designated materials, from aluminum and glass to e-waste and construction…

Bergenfield's Mayor and Council appoint a Municipal Recycling Coordinator to enforce the recycling program, and once recyclables hit the curb they belong to the Borough, making…

Bergenfield only allows loose leaves and grass to be swept or blown to the curb in the seven days before a scheduled collection, and never within 10 feet of a storm drain inlet, under…

Bergenfield requires business dumpsters and recycling receptacles to stay tightly covered and rodent-proof, allows uncovered roll-off dumpsters only under strict conditions, and bans…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code tells residents exactly where garbage receptacles go and how fast they must come back off the curb: containers are set out between the curb and sidewalk…

Before Department of Public Works crews will take it, refuse in Bergenfield has to be packaged a specific way: dead animals and feces double-bagged in three-mil plastic, cardboard…

Bergenfield caps bulk item pickup at four pieces of furniture, two major appliances and one carpet or rug per household every quarter. Brick, mortar, stone, concrete and similar…

Bergenfield residents cannot put garbage, recyclables or bulk refuse at the curb before 6:00 p.m. the night before their scheduled collection day. The Department of Public Works…

Dumping solid waste, refuse or garbage on any land or water in Bergenfield, or into someone else's collection container, is unlawful under Section 344-57 of the Sanitary Code. Whoever…

In Bergenfield's business and industrial zones, a painted window sign plus any temporary window signage together cannot exceed 25% of a window pane's area, and temporary window signs…

Bergenfield prohibits billboards outright in every zone, along with roof signs, portable A-frame signs, inflatable signs, and any sign placed in the public right-of-way, so no digital…

Bergenfield bars filming without a permit from the Borough Clerk, and Borough Code § 149-2 ties that permit to a single site: production crews working more than one address in the…

Bergenfield's filming ordinance treats a genuine street closure differently from routine sidewalk use: Borough Code § 149-2B exempts incidental use that never closes a street or…

Bergenfield requires every filming permit holder to keep the shoot from disturbing neighbors: Borough Code § 149-3D orders permit holders to abate noise and park production vehicles…

Bergenfield charges students a reduced $25-per-day fee to film in the Borough under Borough Code § 149-4D, a fraction of the $200 daily rate for private property and $500 for public…

Chapter 205 of the Bergenfield Borough Code bars loitering in any public place that risks a breach of the peace, disturbs others, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, or interferes with…

Bergenfield prohibits drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, park, playground, or shopping plaza at any hour, and the same ban extends to any…

Bergenfield's Parks and Playgrounds ordinance bars operating a skateboard, roller blade, minibike, snowmobile or bicycle in any park or playground, alongside a 10 mph vehicle speed…

Bergenfield bans smoking within 20 feet of any municipal building entrance and in every public park and recreation facility. Ordinance 21-2584, codified at § 282-6, applies to…

Smoking, vaping, and cannabis, tobacco, or hookah use of any kind is banned everywhere in the Bergen County Park System under Article III's Prohibited Acts, including electronic…

Asking park visitors for donations, alms, or contributions is flatly prohibited anywhere in the Bergen County Park System under Article III's Solicitation rule. The ban covers begging…

Urinating or defecating outside a restroom is banned everywhere in the Bergen County Park System under Article III's rule on Urination or Defecation. The prohibition covers open-air…

Bergenfield regulates every proposed development inside its mapped flood hazard areas under Chapter 161, Flood Damage Prevention, readopted June 17, 2025: the Borough Code applies the…

Bergenfield adds a mandatory buffer above the mapped flood line for new construction: Borough Code § 161-12 sets the local design flood elevation at the best available flood data plus…

Bergenfield's Chapter 268 requires green infrastructure and stormwater controls for every major development project to cut runoff volume, protect groundwater recharge, and reduce…

Bergenfield's stormwater ordinance requires erosion control for every major development project to meet the state Soil and Sediment Control Act standards, layered on top of green…

The Coastal Area Facility Review Act gives the New Jersey DEP exclusive permit jurisdiction over development in the coastal zone, applying uniform statewide standards regardless of…

Bergenfield restaurants offering outdoor seating must file a $100 drawing with the Building Department before opening a season, keep the area cordoned off, and stop service between…

Bergenfield defines a parade as any march or procession on a public street that departs from normal traffic rules, and requires a permit application to the Borough Administrator at…

Any nonrecreational use of a Bergenfield park or playground needs advance approval from the Mayor and Council, or from the Borough Administrator when a request falls between meetings…

Bergenfield lets the Mayor and Council suspend the Borough's street-obstruction rules for up to 24 hours to hold a street fair, but organizers must apply to the Borough Clerk at least…

Bergenfield's special-event permit chapter defines a block party as a type of special event alongside parades and walkathons, and requires organizers to apply in writing to the Borough…

Massage businesses in Bergenfield are a conditional use confined to the B-1 Zone under Borough Code § 208-1, kept at least 100 feet from any church, day-care center or school, capped…

Bergenfield bars towing companies from removing a vehicle from private property without the owner's consent unless the lot has a posted 36-inch warning sign and the tower has written…

Anyone buying or selling secondhand gold, silver, precious metals or jewelry in Bergenfield must register with the Chief of Police and hold an annual $25 license from the Borough Clerk…

Bergenfield requires a separate $400 annual Health Department license before any retailer may sell vapor products, on top of any tobacco or food license. Borough Code § 344-26J bans…

A tattoo or permanent-cosmetics establishment in Bergenfield needs an annual $250 license from the Health Department and is subject to its inspection. The Borough separately bans…

Bergenfield bars anyone from remaining in a playground between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., or in a park between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., unless the Mayor and Council issue a special permit. The…

Bergenfield residents can register with the Borough Clerk for a five-year spot on the No-Knock List, barring peddlers, canvassers and solicitors from approaching their home…

Bergenfield bars canvassing or soliciting house to house without a written permit and identification card issued by the Chief of Police. Permits cost $100 per thirty-day period…

Bergenfield requires the owner or tenant of property abutting a paved sidewalk to clear all snow and ice within 24 hours after it stops falling or forming. If they don't, the Street…

Bergenfield requires every owner or tenant to keep brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 feet of any roadway, and within 25 feet of a roadway intersection, cut to no more than…

When Bergenfield's Public Officer, the Borough Construction Official, finds a building unfit for human habitation because of dilapidation, fire hazards, or unsafe or unsanitary…

Bergenfield's bicycle ordinance, Chapter 111, tells cyclists exactly how to ride on Borough streets: stay near the right side, ride single file except on paths reserved exclusively for…

Bergenfield prohibits anyone from operating a gas or electric scooter that isn't registered as a motor vehicle with the State of New Jersey on any municipal roadway, sidewalk, or…

New Jersey has a full low-speed vehicle regime and no golf cart regime at all. An LSV must be titled, registered, insured and plated with the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it may be…

Bergenfield prohibits Class 3 cannabis wholesalers, Class 4 distributors and Class 5 retailers from operating anywhere in the Borough under Land Development Ordinance § 186-41B, an…

New Jersey state law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis statewide, even for adults 21 and over and registered medical patients, and municipalities cannot legalize personal grows.

Bergenfield puts sidewalk repair on the owner or occupant of the abutting property, who must keep flagstone joints even and concrete surfaces roughened. If the sidewalk falls into…

Bergenfield bans obstructing any street, road, highway or sidewalk in the Borough without permission, and treats a sidewalk as obstructed if an item blocks its full width or a ten-foot…

Bergenfield bars anyone from encumbering a street, highway, lane, alley or public place with building material or any other article without a written permit from the Borough Engineer…

Bergenfield requires owners of every two-family structure and nonowner-occupied single-family home to register annually with the Code Enforcement Bureau and pass a compliance…

Owners of two-family structures and nonowner-occupied single-family homes in Bergenfield must register annually with the Borough Code Enforcement Bureau under § 239-3. Registration…

Bergenfield has operated rent control since 1975 through a Rent Leveling Board that adjudicates landlord and tenant applications under Chapter 240. Base rent may rise only 4% at lease…

Before raising rent, a Bergenfield landlord must notify the tenant by certified mail of exactly how the increase was calculated under § 240-5B, including the current rent, the…

Under New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, a landlord may evict a covered tenant only on a statutory good-cause ground. Non-payment under subsection a. needs no advance…

The New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act preempts local landlord-tenant law and limits residential evictions to specifically enumerated good-cause grounds statewide.

New Jersey sets no general statutory cap on residential late fees, leaving the amount to the lease subject to reasonableness. For senior citizens on government pensions and recipients…

To end a month-to-month residential tenancy in New Jersey, either party gives at least one month's written notice expiring at a rental period. Because the Anti-Eviction Act bars…

New Jersey caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times one month's rent, and any later additional deposit may rise by no more than 10% per year. After a tenancy ends, the landlord…

A squatter cannot gain title quickly in New Jersey. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:14-30, thirty years of actual, continuous possession of real estate vests title in the possessor, and sixty years…

Installing an active solar system in Bergenfield goes through the plumbing subcode of the Uniform Construction Code. Section 136-4C(2) treats solar systems as a 'special device'…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.2 forbids a New Jersey community association from adopting or enforcing any restriction, covenant, bylaw, rule or regulation that prohibits solar collectors on two…

Bergenfield requires annual code-compliance inspections of every non-owner-occupied single-family and two-family rental structure under Borough Code § 239-4. The Code Enforcement…

When someone files a complaint about an illegal housing unit at a registered Bergenfield rental, § 239-11 authorizes the Code Enforcement Official to reinspect the property for…

Bergenfield requires a Shade Tree Committee permit before anyone plants, trims, or removes a tree on any public highway, right-of-way, or park. Borough Code § 291-1 and § 291-6 set the…

Bergenfield limits mobile food vendors to private commercial, industrial or office property in the M and B-2 zoning districts, capped at 10 borough-wide licenses. Vendors need a…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code flatly bars mobile food vendors from serving food or drinks along any public street, metered or unmetered parking space, sidewalk or right-of-way in the…

Bergenfield caps mobile food vendor licenses at 10 boroughwide, charges $150 a year through the Health Department, and confines trucks to M and B-2 zoned commercial property, plus…

Every retail food establishment in Bergenfield must post its latest Health Department evaluation placard right at the public entrance, at roughly eye level, so customers see it before…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code requires at least one certified food protection manager in every Risk Type 2 or Risk Type 3 food establishment, with all Risk Type 3 staff certified within…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code treats needles differently from other medical waste: domestic hypodermic syringes and sharps must go into a sealed, nonpermeable container like a coffee can…

Bergenfield's Sanitary Code declares it a public health nuisance to accumulate anything that feeds or shelters rodents or insects on any land, building, or premises. A Health Officer's…

Bergenfield's Board of Health bars any retailer from selling, giving away, or sampling a vapor product with a 'characterizing flavor,' covering fruit, candy, menthol, and dozens of…

Under N.J.S.A. 2A:170-51.4, New Jersey prohibits the sale, gift, or distribution of tobacco and electronic smoking products to anyone under 21, with escalating civil penalties for…

Flying a drone, model airplane, or other radio-controlled aircraft anywhere in the Bergen County Park System requires a permit from the Bergen County Parks Department first. Any drone…

Flying a drone, model airplane, or other radio-controlled aircraft anywhere in the Bergen County Parks System requires a permit from the Bergen County Parks Department first. Drones…

Commercial drone operations in New Jersey are governed by federal FAA Part 107 plus the uniform state criminal restrictions in N.J.S.A. 2C:40-27, leaving little room for conflicting…

Cooking anywhere in a Bergen County park is limited to portable grills set up in designated picnic areas, or to campsite ground fires except at Van Saun County Park, where a permanent…

New Jersey sets a uniform statewide minimum wage under NJSA 34:11-56a, scheduled to reach $15 per hour, with limited authority for municipalities to enact higher local wage floors.

The New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law at NJSA 34:11D provides up to 40 hours of paid sick time and preempts local sick leave ordinances, creating a single statewide standard.

New Jersey issues concealed carry permits under NJSA 2C:58-4 with strict justifiable need replaced by shall-issue standards post-Bruen, while sensitive-place restrictions limit where…

New Jersey effectively prohibits open carry of handguns without a Permit to Carry under NJSA 2C:39-5, and long-gun open carry is restricted in most public contexts.

New Jersey strictly regulates firearm transport in vehicles under NJSA 2C:39-5 and 2C:39-6, requiring unloaded firearms in locked containers absent a valid Permit to Carry, with…

New Jersey splits the state into two frost zones: 2 feet 6 inches in Monmouth and Burlington counties and everything south, and 3 feet in Mercer and Middlesex counties and everything…

New Jersey's Casino Control Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12-1 et seq., confines legal casino gambling to a single city. State law defines an "approved hotel" eligible for a casino license as a…

New Jersey lets churches, veterans posts, fire companies, and other nonprofits run bingo or raffles only after two steps: registration with the state's Legalized Games of Chance…

New Jersey's Code of Criminal Justice defines a 'player' as a person who gambles only as a contestant or bettor and collects nothing beyond personal winnings, without otherwise…

New Jersey legalized sports betting in June 2018 under the Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-10 et seq. Only Atlantic City casinos and Meadowlands/Monmouth Park-class racetracks…

New Jersey gives both condominium and planned-community associations a foreclosable assessment lien with a limited 6-month priority over a prior first mortgage. The Condominium Act…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-46(a) requires association bylaws to open every executive board meeting to members and voting-eligible tenants, except conference or working sessions where no binding…

New Jersey associations enforce recorded covenants and architectural standards through their declaration, but PREDFDA's Radburn regulations require associations to make alternative…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.4 bars a New Jersey community association from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station in a…

N.J.S.A. 45:22A-48.1 makes any association rule or bylaw that limits or prohibits display of the flag of the United States, yellow ribbons, or signs supporting United States troops…

N.J.S.A. 46:8B-15(f) lets a New Jersey condominium association impose reasonable fines only if the master deed or bylaws authorize it, and then caps each fine at the maximum monetary…

A New Jersey condominium or homeowners association can record a lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and foreclose it by suit in the same manner as a mortgage foreclosure. The lien…

New Jersey runs sobriety checkpoints, and the Legislature has never passed a statute authorizing or regulating them. The phrase "sobriety checkpoint" returns no documents at all in the…

New Jersey is a one-party consent state, so recording an encounter you are part of is lawful under N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-4(d), and there is no New Jersey statute that bans filming police…

New Jersey has no stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the New Jersey General and Permanent Statutes returns no provision requiring a pedestrian who is stopped on suspicion…

New Jersey put its vehicle-search rule inside the legalization act itself. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10c, enacted as section 61 of CREAMMA, provides that the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis…

The New Jersey Right to Farm Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) shields eligible commercial farms from nuisance suits and preempts unreasonable municipal ordinances when farms follow…

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey banned single-use plastic carryout bags and single-use paper bags at large grocery stores effective May 2022, the strongest such law nationally.

New Jersey prohibits polystyrene foam food service products under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, banning foam clamshells, cups, trays, and similar items statewide effective May 2022.

Under NJSA 13:1E-99.126, New Jersey food service businesses may provide single-use plastic straws only upon customer request, effective November 2021 statewide.

New Jersey controls add-on lighting with an aiming rule, a counting rule and a flat ban on flashing. Under R.S. 39:3-54, any lighted lamp other than a headlamp, spot lamp or auxiliary…

New Jersey gives dash cams no windshield allowance. R.S. 39:3-74 forbids driving with any sign, poster, sticker or other non-transparent material on the front windshield, wings…

New Jersey has never authorized lane splitting or lane filtering, and the words appear nowhere in the Revised Statutes. A motorcycle riding the stripe between two lines of traffic is…

New Jersey does not ban license plate frames outright. R.S. 39:3-33 makes it an offence to drive with a frame or holder that conceals or obscures the state name, the registration…

New Jersey has no statute prohibiting a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. A full-text search of the New Jersey statutes returns no provision on radar detectors at all, and…

Studded tires are legal in New Jersey, but only from November 15 to April 1 of a winter season. There is no permit, no sticker and nothing to apply for, and the window does not appear…

New Jersey publishes no legal darkness for the front of a passenger car, because add-on tint on the windshield and on the two front side windows is prohibited outright. R.S. 39:3-74…