Borough of Rutherford, NJ
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2023-12-11
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The Code
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Chapter 131 Zoning
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrative Offices
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 6 Alarm Equipment Installation
- Ch 7 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 8 Amusement Games
- Ch 10 Animals
- Ch 12 Bicycles
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Board of Health
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Building Code
- Ch 19 Builders and Contractors Licensing
- Ch 19A Cannabis
- Ch 20 Car Lots: New and Used
- Ch 20A Cat Licensing
- Ch 21 Clean Environment
- Ch 21A Commercial Property Maintenance
- Ch 22 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 22A Convenience Stores
- Ch 22B (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Curfew, Emergency
- Ch 24z (Reserved)
- Ch 25 Disability Act Advisory Committee
- Ch 26 Dogs, Pets, Animals and Kennels
- Ch 27 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 28 Dry Cleaning and Laundry Machines, Coin-Operated
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Elevators
- Ch 31 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 31A Finance Department
- Ch 32 Fingerprint Identification and Criminal History Record Checks
- Ch 33 Fire Department
- Ch 33A Firefighter Auxiliary Program, Junior
- Ch 34 Filming
- Ch 34A Fire Safety
- Ch 35 Fire Lanes or Zones
- Ch 36 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 36A Food Establishments
- Ch 36B Food Handlers Training
- Ch 37 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 39 Games of Chance
- Ch 39A Garage Sales and Lawn Sales
- Ch 40 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 41 Graffiti
- Ch 43 Grease Traps
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Heliport
- Ch 46 Housing Authority
- Ch 46A (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Housing Code
- Ch 48 Insurance
- Ch 50 Land Subdivision and Site Plan Regulations
- Ch 51 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 51A Length of Service Award Program
- Ch 52 Library Property and Books
- Ch 53 Littering
- Ch 54 Loitering
- Ch 54A Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 55 Massage and Bodywork Therapies
- Ch 56 Materials, Deposit and Removal of
- Ch 57 Merchants and Rutherford Business District Licenses
- Ch 59 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Municipal Court
- Ch 61 Municipal Property and Grounds
- Ch 61A Municipal Property, Sale of
- Ch 62 Newsracks
- Ch 63 Noise Control
- Ch 63A Numbering of Buildings and Lots
- Ch 64 Nuisance Code
- Ch 64A Obscene Materials
- Ch 65 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 66 Parking Area Lighting Regulations
- Ch 66A Parking Yards and Places
- Ch 66B (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Payment of Pensions to Dependents of Volunteer Fire Fighters
- Ch 68 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 69 Permanent Cosmetics Establishments
- Ch 70 Personnel Policies and Practices
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 Playgrounds, Parks, Open Spaces and Recreation Areas
- Ch 74 Plumbing Code
- Ch 76 Police Department
- Ch 77 Poolrooms, Billiard Parlors and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 77A Precious Metals and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 78 Property Maintenance
- Ch 79 Public Amusement Structures
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Purchasing
- Ch 82 Purchasing, Cooperative
- Ch 82A Recycling
- Ch 82B Registration of Landscapers and Landscaping Services
- Ch 83 Recreation Department
- Ch 83A Rent Control
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 Salary Schedules
- Ch 89 Sanitary Code
- Ch 91 Sanitary Sewers
- Ch 91A Service Stations and Motor Vehicle Repair Facilities
- Ch 92 Sewage Disposal Code
- Ch 93 Sewers: Disposal of Industrial Waste
- Ch 94 Sewers and Wastewater Disposal
- Ch 95 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 96 Shopping Carts
- Ch 96A Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 97 Signs
- Ch 98 Skateboards, Bicycles, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 99 Smoke Control
- Ch 100 Snow Removal
- Ch 102 Soil Removal
- Ch 104 Solicitations for Charitable Purposes
- Ch 105 Solicitors, Peddlers and Canvassers
- Ch 105A (Reserved)
- Ch 106 Special Sale Regulations
- Ch 106A Sports Equipment Prohibition in Roadways
- Ch 107A Stormwater Management Control, State
- Ch 107B Stormwater Management, Borough
- Ch 107C Stormwater Management Control: Feeding of Wildlife
- Ch 107D Stormwater Management, Miscellaneous
- Ch 108 Streets and School Safety
- Ch 109 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 110 Street Closings
- Ch 111 Swimming Pools
- Ch 112 Taxes
- Ch 113 Taxicabs
- Ch 114 Telephone Booths
- Ch 116 Tent Caterpillar Control
- Ch 116A Tobacco Products
- Ch 117 Towing
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Trees and Shrubbery
- Ch 123 Unfit Dwellings
- Ch 124 Vacant and Abandoned Properties
- Ch 125 Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked
- Ch 126 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 127 Volunteer Organizations
- Ch 129 Water Pollution
- Ch 131 Zoning
- Ch 131 Art I Purpose
- § 131-1 Purpose.
- Ch 131 Art II Definitions and Word Usage
- § 131-2 Interpretations; use of words; definitions.
- Ch 131 Art III Establishment of Districts
- § 131-3 Districts established.
- § 131-4 Zoning Map.
- § 131-5 Interpretation of boundaries.
- Ch 131 Art IV General Regulations
- § 131-6 Application of regulations.
- § 131-7 Schedule of regulations
- § 131-8 Accessory buildings and structures.
- § 131-9 Buffers.
- § 131-10 Corner lots.
- § 131-11 Fences and walls.
- § 131-12 Garden apartment dwelling groups.
- § 131-13 Lighting.
- Ch 131 Art V Special Regulations
- § 131-14 Off-street parking, loading and driveways.
- § 131-15 Performance standards (all uses).
- § 131-16 Permitted modifications.
- § 131-17 Private storage sheds.
- § 131-18 (Reserved)
- § 131-19 (Reserved)
- § 131-20 Swimming pools.
- § 131-21 Vehicles in residential districts.
- § 131-22 Yard encroachments.
- § 131-23 Utilities.
- § 131-24 Satellite antennas.
- § 131-25 Residential garages.
- § 131-26 Uniformity of exterior design and appearance.
- § 131-27 Security gates.
- Ch 131 Art VI Conditional Uses
- § 131-28 Purpose; standards for conditional uses.
- § 131-29 Churches.
- § 131-30 Drive-in banks.
- § 131-31 Funeral homes.
- § 131-32 Hotels.
- § 131-33 Off-tract off-street parking.
- § 131-33.1 Commercial vehicle off-street parking.
- § 131-34 Service stations.
- § 131-35 Manufacturing, office, research and distribution uses.
- § 131-36 Amusement centers.
- § 131-37 Restaurants seating 125 persons or more.
- § 131-38 Motor vehicle repair facilities.
- Ch 131 Art VII Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 131-39 Nonconforming uses and lots.
- Ch 131 Art VIII Administration and Enforcement
- § 131-40 Enforcement; permit procedure.
- § 131-41 Building permits required; procedures.
- § 131-42 Application for building permit.
- § 131-43 Issuance of building permit.
- § 131-44 Certificate of zoning compliance.
- § 131-45 Conditional certificate of zoning compliance.
- § 131-46 Deferral of certificate of zoning compliance.
- § 131-47 Enforcement rights of Construction Official.
- § 131-48 Certificate of zoning compliance fees and administration.
- Ch 131 Art IX Planned Commercial Developments
- § 131-49 Purpose and objectives.
- § 131-50 Required development.
- § 131-51 Planned commercial development regulations.
- § 131-52 Requirements for Planning Board approval.
- Ch 131 Art IXA Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Antennas
- § 131-52.1 Purpose.
- § 131-52.2 Definitions.
- § 131-52.3 Applicability.
- § 131-52.4 General requirements.
- § 131-52.5 Towers and antennas not permitted uses.
- § 131-52.6 Conditional use permits.
- § 131-52.7 Buildings or other equipment storage.
- § 131-52.8 Removal of abandoned antennas and towers.
- § 131-52.9 Existing towers.
- § 131-52.10 Technical consultants.
- § 131-52.11 Site plan approval required.
- § 131-52.12 Monitoring and maintenance.
- § 131-52.13 Terms and conditions to be binding.
- Ch 131 Art IXB Small Cell Wireless Facilities
- § 131-52.14 Definitions.
- § 131-52.15 Access to public right-of-way.
- § 131-52.16 Right-of-way permit.
- § 131-52.17 Location and siting.
- § 131-52.18 Restoration requirements.
- § 131-52.19 Removal, relocation and abandonment.
- § 131-52.20 Fees and charges.
- § 131-52.21 Permit applications.
- § 131-52.22 Application review.
- § 131-52.23 Permitted use.
- § 131-52.24 Governance of deployments outside of public right-of-way.
- § 131-52.25 Preexisting sites and municipal agreements.
- § 131-52.26 New Jersey One Call.
- § 131-52.27 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 131 Art X Penalties
- § 131-53 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 131 Art XI Amendments
- § 131-54 Amendment procedure.
- Ch 131 Art XII Interpretation; Severability; Repealer; Title
- § 131-55 Interpretation.
- § 131-56 Severability.
- § 131-57 Repealer.
- § 131-58 Title.
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough of Rutherford
Council 5-5-1998 by Ord. No. 2838-98. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Boardinghouses and lodging houses — See
Ch. 14.
Building code — See Ch. 18.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 22.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 37.
Land subdivision and site plan regulations — See Ch. 50.
Land use procedures — See Ch. 51.
Outdoor cafes — See Ch. 65.
Signs — See Ch. 97.
Special improvements districts — See
Ch. 105A.
Stormwater management — See
Ch. 107.
Swimming pools — See Ch. 111.
