Passaic County, NJ Ordinances (2026)

Food concessions and food trucks in the Passaic County Park System are confined to authorized locations only, and to portable service: no fixed setups. Any setup or breakdown must…

A food truck operating in the Passaic County Park System needs an annual permit costing $500, with one permit required for each truck. Fees are due in full before release, permits…

Passaic County does not regulate street or sidewalk vending, that's a municipal matter in this home-rule state, but any food concession operating on county park property needs a…

To use a Passaic County dog park, a dog six months or older must be spayed or neutered, and no puppy under four months old is allowed in at all. This is a condition of park access, not…

Passaic County requires every owner to carry a leash for each dog and to remain with their dog at all times inside a county dog park, and dogs must be leashed on entry and exit. The…

Passaic County prohibits feeding, harming or interfering with wildlife anywhere on county park premises. The rule sits in the Article II, Section 18 block, which also allows…

Inside Passaic County's dog parks, no single person may bring in more than two dogs at a time. This is a park-use rule under the county's Park Property Ordinance, not a household…

Passaic County requires a permit for exclusive or special use of any county park's grounds, trails or facilities, and for any picnic, event or group activity expected to draw ten or…

Passaic County bars parades, processions, public meetings, gatherings and entertainment on county park premises unless the organizer first obtains written permission from the County…

Passaic County prohibits unauthorized loitering on county park premises outside posted open hours. Article II, Section 10 lets organized groups stay later only with the County's prior…

Passaic County limits electric skateboards and similar power-assisted wheeled devices to roadways, drives and parking areas on county park property. Article II, Section 40 also…

Passaic County flatly bans soliciting alms or contributions on county park property. Article II, Section 9 of the Park Property Ordinance allows no exception and requires no permit…

Cannabis use, including via vape or other electronic delivery devices, is strictly prohibited anywhere in the Passaic County Park System. The ban sits in an unnumbered provision of…

Possessing, displaying, bringing, using or being under the influence of intoxicating liquor on Passaic County park property is illegal under Article II, Section 28: with one narrow…

Passaic County parks open daily from sunrise until sunset under Article II, Section 11 of the Park Property Ordinance, with the County able to extend closing hours by resolution or…

Passaic County requires electric vehicles parked in an authorized charging space at a county park to be actively charging. Non-electric or non-charging vehicles using a designated…

Trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles cannot enter Passaic County park property without written permission from the County, under Article II, Section 30. The rule carves out…

Flying a drone anywhere on Passaic County park land or water is illegal unless the Director of Parks and Recreation issues a written permit first. Article II, Section 25 of the Park…

Passaic County allows grilling in its parks but bans grills on tables or benches, bans deep fryers, torches, open fire pits and bonfires outright, and shuts down all grilling during…

Passaic County confines bicycle riding on county park land to paths, roadways or other County-designated areas. Article II, Section 18 also requires riders under 17 to follow New…

New Jersey counties don't set neighborhood burn rules, that's municipal, but on its own park land Passaic County bans open burning outright. Article II, Section 22 of the Park Property…

Playing a radio, speaker or other sound device loud enough to be heard 25 feet away is 'prima facia evidence' of a noise violation in a Passaic County park, under Article II, Section…

Passaic County's Camp Hope Pool and Spray Park bars swimming outright during electrical storms and excludes anyone showing a communicable disease, open sores or symptoms of illness…