Bergenfield, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Borough Code § 239-3, part of Chapter 239's Article I, Registration and Inspection (Ord. No. 03-2307), requires owners of all two-family structures and nonowner-occupied single-family structures to register their structures annually with the Borough Code Enforcement Bureau on forms the Borough specifies, and to register again whenever occupancy changes during the registration period. Section 239-5 sets the fee schedule: a $50 minimum registration fee, applied per nonowner-occupied residential structure and per rental unit in a multifamily residential structure. A. A. 13 can have the fee waived, but § 239-5D makes that waiver permanently forfeit if the owner otherwise fails to meet the article's other requirements after the first year following Ord.

No. 03-2310. Registration and the accompanying compliance inspection are due together: § 239-6 requires the paperwork filed with the Code Enforcement Official no later than February 15 of each calendar year, with the inspection scheduled at the same time. The definitions in § 239-2 tie registration to any 'nonowner-occupied' structure, meaning a dwelling that is not the owner's principal residence, and to 'multifamily structures,' meaning any structure with more than one dwelling unit. A. scheme are exempt from this local registration duty under § 239-9.