Property Maintenance in New Jersey (2026)

Chapter 83 of the Howell Township Code lets the Township Construction Official order the repair, closure or demolition…

Newark's Public Officer, the Director of Engineering, can declare any building unfit for human habitation when it is…

Trenton's Director of Inspections can declare any building unfit for human habitation under Code § 132-95 whenever…

Bayonne's public officer can label a property a nuisance under City Code Section 17-31.10 if it is unfit for…

When Bergenfield's Public Officer, the Borough Construction Official, finds a building unfit for human habitation…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, Chapter 307 lets the Construction Official declare a building unfit…

Brick Township can order repair, vacating, or demolition of any dilapidated, unsafe, or unfit building, and unpaid…

Cherry Hill Township lets the Property Maintenance Inspector condemn and placard any structure found unsafe, unfit for…

When Clifton's public officer finds after notice and hearing that a building is unfit for human habitation, § 273-4…

In the City of East Orange, Chapter 113 lets the Public Officer condemn any building found unfit for human habitation…

After finding a building unfit for habitation, Edison's public officer can order the owner to repair, alter, vacate, or…

Elizabeth declares it a public nuisance for an owner to let a vacant property fall out of the maintenance and security…

When a dwelling in Freehold Township is unfit for human habitation, Code § 182-10 lets the Construction Official act on…

Hackensack targets blighted, unsafe buildings under City Code Ch. 44, Art. III, §§ 44-33 to 44-44, adopted September 4…

A Hamilton Township property vacant six months or more can be declared abandoned and, separately, declared a nuisance…

In the City of Hoboken, the Building Inspector can declare a structure unfit for human habitation under Chapter 80 when…

Chapter 133 of the Jackson Township Code lets the Construction Official, acting as public officer, declare a…

Jersey City's Director of the Division of Housing Preservation can inspect any building believed unfit for human…

Lakewood Township can order the repair, vacating or demolition of any building declared dangerous, unsafe or a…

Linden can formally declare a building unfit for human habitation after notice and hearing, then order the owner to…

When a Long Branch property owner ignores a notice to vacate, repair or remove a dangerous or blighted structure, City…

In Monroe Township, Gloucester County, the Construction Code Official can order a building repaired, vacated or…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, a three-member Public Officer board can declare any building unfit for human…

In the City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, the public officer can abate a nuisance or correct a defect…

Old Bridge Township adopted the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code as Chapter 366 of its Code, giving the…

In the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, a building that is dilapidated, unsafe or unsanitary can be ordered repaired…

Passaic's Housing Officer can declare a building unfit for human habitation whenever it has one of the substandard…

Paterson lets the Construction Official order repair, removal or demolition of any dangerous or fire-hazard building…

In the City of Perth Amboy, the Director of Code Enforcement acts as the public officer for unsafe and unfit buildings…

Piscataway's code official can condemn any structure found unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or unlawful under…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, the Public Officer can place a property on the abandoned property list once it…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 223-31 lets the Code Official condemn any structure found unsafe, unsanitary…

Toms River Township can order the repair, vacating, or demolition of any building so dilapidated, unsafe, or unsanitary…

Chapter 530 of the City Code lets the City of Vineland's Public Officer designate a property as vacant, abandoned or a…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, if an owner ignores an order to repair, vacate or demolish an unsafe building, the…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, the Building Inspector serves as the public officer under Chapter 139 and…

Woodbridge Township legislatively declares abandoned properties presumptive nuisances because they foster crime…

Under § 166-7 of the East Brunswick Township Code, when a condition on a premises is an immediate threat to life and…

Galloway Township requires all exterior property to be kept clean, safe and sanitary, free of any accumulation of…

Chapter 460 opens by declaring that structural deterioration, infestation and lack of upkeep create blighting…

Morris County does not enforce a countywide blight or property-maintenance code. New Jersey delegates property upkeep…

In the City of Bayonne, an owner or mortgagee of a vacant unimproved lot must fence off the property with a permanent…

In the City of East Orange, owners of vacant lots and untenanted buildings must keep the property free of brush, weeds…

In the City of Hoboken, an owner of a vacant lot must fence it under Section 136-2A(2)(c), and if brush, weeds or…

Paterson can order owners of vacant lots deemed a danger to clear debris and install a fence within 10 days of the…

Bergenfield requires every owner or tenant to keep brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 feet of any roadway…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 611-4 of the Bloomfield Township Code directs the Health Officer to…

Brick Township can order owners or tenants of any vacant or unimproved lot to clear brush, weeds, and debris within 10…

Cherry Hill Township caps weeds and plant growth on any property, vacant or occupied, at 10 inches and requires owners…

Clifton requires brush, weeds, uncut grass and debris to be cut or removed from all land in the City, occupied or…

In East Brunswick Township, the owner or tenant of any lands must remove brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps…

Elizabeth caps weeds on vacant lots and every other exterior property area at six inches under the city's housing code…

Freehold Township requires every owner, tenant, or person in possession of 'any dwelling or lands' in the Township…

Vacant structures, premises and vacant land must be maintained clean, safe, secure and sanitary so as not to create…

Vacant lots in Hackensack must be mowed between the sidewalks, or at least 20 feet behind the curb or edge of pavement…

Hamilton Township requires every owner and tenant to keep land free of brush, weeds, dead trees, invasive plants…

In Howell Township, New Jersey, an owner or tenant in possession of land must remove brush, weeds, dead trees, debris…

Irvington declares ragweed, goldenrod, poison ivy, poison sumac and other noxious weeds a nuisance on any lot in the…

Chapter 115 of the Jackson Township Code bars owners and tenants of any land, including vacant and unimproved lots…

Owners of vacant lots in Jersey City must keep the property free of refuse, brush, weeds, tree stumps and other noxious…

Linden's Housing Code requires exterior property areas and vacant lots to stay free of weeds over six inches high. An…

Long Branch requires every owner, tenant or person in possession of any land in the city, improved or not, to clear…

Subsection C of § 162-4 in the Monroe Township Code, Gloucester County, names any lot on which no building is located…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, the owner must keep all vacant structures, their premises and vacant land in a…

Morris County has no countywide vacant-lot maintenance ordinance. New Jersey towns regulate overgrowth, dumping, and…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, any owner, tenant or person in possession of lands must keep them free of…

Newark makes it the owner's or tenant's job to clear brush, weeds, dead trees and debris off any land in the city under…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, the Housing and Property Maintenance Code defines a vacant lot as a lot, so its exterior…

Every owner or tenant of land in Passaic must keep brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 feet of a roadway, and…

In the City of Perth Amboy, owners of vacant lots must keep the premises free from garbage, refuse, rubbish and litter…

Piscataway Township requires every vacant structure and every vacant lot to stay clean, safe, secure and sanitary, and…

In the City of Plainfield, no one can throw, place or deposit litter of any description on any public or private lot…

Village of Ridgewood Code § 223-52C requires every vacant structure and vacant lot in the Village to be kept clean…

Toms River Township can order the owner or tenant of any lot, vacant or built, to cut brush, weeds, and high grass…

Trenton Code § 150-6 bars anyone from dumping litter on an open or vacant lot, public or private, and separately makes…

City Code § 247-2 bars any owner or tenant of a building, dwelling or lands in the City of Vineland from letting brush…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, owners and managers of vacant land must keep the lot and its abutting…

Bayonne property owners, occupants and tenants must clear snow and ice from their abutting sidewalks, or cover ice too…

Bergenfield requires the owner or tenant of property abutting a paved sidewalk to clear all snow and ice within 24…

In Bloomfield Township, New Jersey, the owner or tenant of land abutting a public sidewalk must remove all snow and ice…

Brick Township property owners and tenants must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours of daylight after snowfall…

Cherry Hill Township gives property owners 48 hours after snow or ice stops falling to clear sidewalks, driveways and…

Clifton owners and tenants must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks and gutters within 24 hours after it falls…

In East Brunswick Township, owners, occupants and tenants of premises abutting a street must remove snow and ice from…

In the City of East Orange, every owner, lessee or occupant of property abutting a street must clear snow and ice from…

Edison property owners and tenants must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks within 12 daylight hours after it…

Elizabeth gives property owners and occupants just 12 daylight hours after snow, ice or sleet falls to clear a…

Freehold Township gives owners of residential property near a public elementary or middle school 48 hours after snow or…

Hackensack property owners, tenants and occupants must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk abutting their land within…

Owners and tenants abutting a Hamilton street must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 12 daylight hours of the snow or…

In the City of Hoboken, property owners and occupants have six hours after snow, hail or ice forms to clear the…

In Howell Township, the owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting any street must clear snow and ice from the…

Irvington Township Code § 555-73 requires every owner or tenant of land abutting a public sidewalk to clear snow and…

Jackson Township gives owners and tenants a tight deadline to clear sidewalk snow. Section 372-7A of the Township Code…

Jersey City residential owners get eight hours after snowfall stops to clear a 48-inch path on their sidewalk…

Lakewood Township, Ocean County, gives property owners 12 daylight hours to clear sidewalk snow and ice. Miss the…

Linden property owners must clear sidewalk snow or ice within six daylight hours of a snowfall or ice accumulation…

Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, gives property owners, tenants and occupants just 12 hours after daylight…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, owners, occupants and tenants of premises abutting a street must clear snow and…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, the owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting a street must remove all…

Newark property owners and tenants must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks and gutters within 12 hours of…

Old Bridge Township property owners, tenants and occupants must clear all snow and ice from abutting sidewalks and any…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, the owner, tenant or occupant of land abutting a public street must clear all snow and ice…

Passaic property owners on paved, curbed and flagged streets must clear snow and ice from the abutting sidewalk within…

Paterson owners and tenants must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 12 daylight hours of it falling, or the City…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, owners and occupants of property abutting any street must clear snow and ice…

At hotels and multiple dwellings in Piscataway Township, owners must clear ice and snow from every path, walk, driveway…

In the City of Plainfield, the owner or tenant of land next to a public sidewalk must clear all snow and ice from the…

Village of Ridgewood Code Section 249-1 gives most property owners 24 hours after snow or ice falls to clear their…

Toms River Township property owners must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks within 12 hours of daylight after…

Trenton gives owners, occupants and tenants of abutting property just 12 daylight hours after snow or ice falls to…

In the City of Vineland, the owner of any premises abutting a public sidewalk must clear snow and ice within 24 hours…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, the owner or tenant of land abutting a public street sidewalk must clear snow and ice…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, the owner, occupant or tenant of premises abutting a street must remove all…

Woodbridge property owners must clear at least a three-foot path of snow and ice from sidewalks bordering their…

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, prints no clock deadline for clearing snow. Section 104-7 treats uncleared snow and…