Irvington, NJ Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Township Code § 464-10 gives any designated agent of the Township of Irvington the right to inspect the interior and exterior of a registered commercial or residential property at reasonable times, upon request, to verify compliance with Chapter 464 and with other Township ordinances and state and federal law applicable to commercial properties. This inspection duty rides along with everything else the chapter attaches to registration: the security camera requirements of § 464-2(B), the certificate posting requirement of § 464-7(B), and the December 31 annual expiration under § 464-9.

Section 464-11 makes it a separate, standalone offense if an applicant or registrant, personally or through an agent or employee, refuses to permit a lawful inspection required by the chapter, and the same section applies equally to a property found to be operating without ever having registered. Enforcement of the inspection program runs through the police official, defined in § 464-1 as the Director of the Public Safety Department or a designee, who administers the chapter and can adopt further rules or procedures to carry it out.

Because the inspection right is written into the registration certificate itself rather than as a freestanding building inspection program, it functions as a compliance check tied specifically to the camera, hours-of-operation and registration terms Chapter 464 imposes, not a general housing-code sweep.