Public Conduct in Clifton, NJ (2026)
5 verified public conduct rules for Clifton, New Jersey, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Public Urination
Clifton makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk or other public place outside a designated restroom. The same ban reaches private property outdoors if the property owner or lawful occupant has not consented.
Clifton Bans Public Urination and Defecation
Heavy RestrictionsClifton Code § 355-1
No person shall urinate or defecate upon any street, highway, road, alley, sidewalk, public place, except in designated restrooms, or outdoors upon any private property without the consent of the property owner or lawful occupant.
Loud Party Ordinance
Clifton Code § 332-15, added in 2023, declares that an unruly social gathering or party is a public nuisance if it interferes with or disturbs the peace, quiet and comfort of a neighboring property owner or tenant. There's no permit or headcount trigger: any host whose party crosses that line is in violation.
Clifton Declares Unruly Social Gatherings a Nuisance
Significant RestrictionsClifton Code § 332-15
§ 332-15. Unruly social gatherings prohibited. [Added 9-5-2023 by Ord. No. 7846-23] Unruly social gatherings shall constitute a public nuisance in the City of Clifton and no person shall be permitted to have a social gathering or party at any property located in the City which interferes with, or otherwise disturbs, the peace, quiet and comfort of any neighboring property owner or tenant.
Loitering Rules
Clifton's loitering rule only reaches a narrow situation: standing around in a street, public or quasi-public place, or on someone else's private property without consent, while under the influence of liquor or an illegal controlled substance, in a way that causes public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm.
Clifton Bars Loitering While Intoxicated
Some RestrictionsClifton Code § 355-2
No person shall loiter in any street or public or quasi-public place or in or upon any private property, not his own or without the consent of the property owner or lawful occupant, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any unlawful controlled dangerous substance so as to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Clifton prohibits smoking within 35 feet of City Hall's front entrance at 900 Clifton Avenue and in all city-owned parks, playgrounds and ball fields marked with no-smoking signs, on top of a total ban inside every City-owned building. Section 381-2 covers e-cigarettes and vapor devices, not just cigarettes.
Clifton Bans Smoking Near City Hall and in Parks
Some RestrictionsClifton Code § 381-2
A. Smoking shall be prohibited in all buildings owned, leased or rented by the City of Clifton. No-smoking signs or the international no-smoking symbol ... shall be clearly, sufficiently and conspicuously posted at each building entrance and within each closed area where smoking is prohibited by this chapter. B. Smoking shall be prohibited within a thirty-five-foot radius of the front entrance ...
Public Alcohol Use
Clifton Code § 137-24 makes it unlawful for anyone of legal drinking age to drink, serve or dispense alcoholic beverages on any public street, sidewalk, park, playground, parking lot or municipal building ground in the City. The only way around it is a special event permit issued jointly by the Municipal Council and the State ABC.
Clifton Bans Public Alcohol Consumption
Heavy RestrictionsClifton Code § 137-24
§ 137-24. Consumption in public places prohibited. No person over the legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages shall knowingly drink, imbibe, consume, serve, and/or dispense any alcoholic beverages on any public ground, public square, public park or other public place within the City of Clifton, including all public streets, sidewalks, boulevards, avenues, alleys or other public ways, municipa...
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