5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Passaic County, New Jersey.
Verified from official government sources
Container placement and set-out times are set by your municipality, not the county. Passaic County's district recycling plan requires each town to adopt collection rules; NJDEP's model ordinance sets recyclables between curb and sidewalk on collection days.
NJDEP Model Municipal Source Separation and Recycling Ordinance, Collection of Recyclable Materials §A
All containers and brown paper bags containing recyclable materials shall be placed, prior to collection, between the curb and the sidewalk, or in the absence of curb and sidewalk, as near to the street as not to constitute a danger.
Passaic County sets no countywide property-maintenance or blight code. New Jersey delegates land-use and nuisance-abatement power to each municipality under the Municipal Land Use Law, so your borough, township, or city defines and enforces blight standards.
Passaic County sets no vacant-lot maintenance code. New Jersey municipalities regulate weeds, debris, and overgrowth on vacant lots under their local property-maintenance ordinances and the state Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act.
Passaic County does not regulate garage or yard sales. New Jersey municipalities license and limit them, often capping the number of sales per year and requiring a permit, so check your borough, township, or city clerk.
There is no countywide grass-height or weed limit in Passaic County. New Jersey grants municipalities authority under N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13 to require removal of brush, weeds, and tall grass, and each town sets its own height limit.
1 cities in Passaic County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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