Linden, NJ Building Safety: Scaffold & Sidewalk Shed (2026)

f, within the Business Property Maintenance Code's appearance-of-exterior-premises article, provides that no temporary painting scaffold or other temporary equipment used for construction, repair or maintenance shall be permitted to remain in place beyond a period of six months after erection or placement, without permission of the Public Officer. The scaffold rule sits alongside a set of related appearance standards in the same section: signs and billboards that have weathered or faded must be repaired or removed, awnings and marquees left in disrepair must be removed with their supporting members, and barbed wire fencing must keep its lowest strand at least six feet above ground.

2 to enter and examine premises covered by the Code at reasonable times to check compliance. Because Chapter 12 governs nonresidential property specifically, this six-month scaffold limit applies to Linden's commercial and business properties rather than residential construction sites, which fall under Linden's separate Building and Housing chapter and the State Uniform Construction Code administered by the Construction Code Department.