Borough of Rutherford, NJ Administrative Offices

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Borough of Rutherford, NJ

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Table of Contents

The Code
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 4 Administrative Offices
Ch 4 Art I Borough Attorney
§ 4-1 Duties of Attorney; compensation.
§ 4-2 Additional duties, compensation.
Ch 4 Art II Borough Engineer
§ 4-3 Duties of Borough Engineer.
§ 4-4 Compensation.
§ 4-5 Repeal of prior ordinance.
§ 4-6 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art III Building Inspector
§ 4-7 Duties of Building Inspector.
§ 4-8 Additional duty.
§ 4-9 Compensation.
§ 4-10 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art IV Deputy Building Inspector
§ 4-11 Office created.
§ 4-12 Duties of Deputy Building Inspector.
§ 4-13 Compensation.
§ 4-14 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art V Legal Assistant
§ 4-15 Required qualification.
§ 4-16 Duties of Legal Assistant.
§ 4-17 Additional duties.
§ 4-18 Compensation.
§ 4-19 Term of office.
§ 4-20 Limitation of duties.
§ 4-21 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art VI Purchasing Agent, Comptroller and Personnel Officer
§ 4-22 Offices created.
§ 4-23 Duties of Purchasing Agent.
§ 4-24 Duties of Comptroller.
§ 4-25 Duties of Personnel Officer.
§ 4-26 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art VII Municipal Prosecutor
§ 4-27 Office created.
§ 4-28 Required qualification.
§ 4-29 Duties of Municipal Prosecutor.
§ 4-30 Term of office.
§ 4-31 Nomination and appointment.
§ 4-32 Compensation.
§ 4-33 Limitation of duties.
§ 4-34 Repeal of prior ordinance.
§ 4-35 Effective date.
Ch 4 Art VIII Borough Administrator
§ 4-36 Position of Borough Administrator created.
§ 4-37 Appointment; term of office; removal; vacation; compensation.
§ 4-38 Qualifications.
§ 4-39 Powers and duties of the Borough Administrator.
§ 4-40 Bond.
§ 4-41 Severability.
§ 4-42 When effective.
Ch 4 Art IX Borough Clerk and Deputy Clerk
§ 4-43 Position of Borough Clerk.
§ 4-44 Position of Deputy Borough Clerk created.
§ 4-45 through § 4-46. (Reserved)
Ch 4 Art X Chief Financial Officer
§ 4-47 Position created.
§ 4-48 Appointment; term of office; tenure; compensation.
§ 4-49 Duties.
§ 4-50 Bond.
§ 4-51 Severability.
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
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Public Documents

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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough of Rutherford Council as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.[1]]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Board of Health — See Ch. 16.

Code of Ethics — See Ch. 31.

Fire Department — See Ch. 33.

Municipal Court — See Ch. 60.

Personnel policies and practices — See Ch. 70.

Police Department — See Ch. 76.

Salary schedules — See Ch. 87.

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Editor's Note: Other ordinances that add and relate to positions in the Town are on file in the Town offices.