Borough of Bergenfield, NJ
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2023-10-17
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 17 Departments
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Article V Department of Community Affairs
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Organization
- Ch 3 Antinepotism Policy
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 13 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Departments
- Ch 17 Art V Department of Community Affairs
- § 17-32 Department established; Chairman.
- § 17-33 Division of Building Inspection.
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy
- Ch 25 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fiscal Year
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Housing Authority
- Ch 38 Interlocal Services
- Ch 42 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 46 Mayor and Borough Council
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 54 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 56 Personnel
- Ch 65 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 69 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 73 Volunteer Ambulance Corps
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 Alarms
- Ch 87 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 91 Amusements
- Ch 95 Animals
- Ch 99 Auctioneers
- Ch 103 Autobuses
- Ch 107 Barbershops
- Ch 111 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 118 Builders, Contractors and Landscapers
- Ch 120 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 126 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 127 Cannabis Tax
- Ch 128 Carnivals
- Ch 136 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 138 Cranes
- Ch 142 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 149 Filming
- Ch 153 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 161 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 165 Games of Chance
- Ch 170 Graffiti
- Ch 174 Handbills
- Ch 178 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 186 Land Development
- Ch 190 Laundromats
- Ch 198 Licensing
- Ch 200 Lightning Detection System
- Ch 194 Library
- Ch 202 Littering
- Ch 205 Loitering
- Ch 207 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 208 Massage Parlors, Rules and Regulations
- Ch 211 Motor Vehicles on Open Lots
- Ch 215 Noise
- Ch 221 Parking
- Ch 223 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 227 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 232 Property Maintenance
- Ch 233 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 236 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 239 Rental Property
- Ch 240 Rent Control
- Ch 241 Restricted Areas in Municipal Offices
- Ch 244 Sales, Special
- Ch 246 Salt Storage, Privately Owned
- Ch 248 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 252 Sewers
- Ch 256 Shopping Carts
- Ch 262 Soil Removal
- Ch 266 Solid Waste
- Ch 268 Stormwater Management
- Ch 270 Street Fairs
- Ch 273 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 277 Swimming Pools
- Ch 279 Taxation
- Ch 280 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 282 Tobacco Products; Smoking
- Ch 284 Towers
- Ch 288 Trailers
- Ch 291 Trees
- Ch 295 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 297 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 299 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 303 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 306 Water
- Ch 310 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 312 Cosmetology
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 341 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 344 Sanitary Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 1046 as Sec.
2-14 of the Revised General Ordinances]
There shall be a Department of Community Affairs,
the Chairman of which shall be a member of the Council and designated
by the Council. Under the supervision of the Chairman, the Department
shall assume responsibility for and carry out senior citizens programs,
celebrations of public events, Borough publicity and public relations,
coordination of service clubs, cultural programs, civic award programs,
social services, transportation, and the work study program. In the
discretion of the Council, the Chairman or any member of the Community
Affairs Committee shall act as liaison to the Rent Leveling Board,
the Public Assistance Board, the Board of Adjustment and the Library
Board.
Within the Department of Community Affairs there
shall be a Division of Building Inspection, the head of which shall
be the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall be appointed
by resolution of the Mayor and Council. The Building Inspector shall
be the Zoning Officer of the Borough. He shall further be responsible
for the enforcement of the Building Code of the Borough. He shall
issue building permits and certificates of occupancy. He shall perform
such other and further duties as shall be specified by the Mayor and
Council and by the statutes of the State of New Jersey. There shall
be appointed from time to time such assistant building inspectors
and housing inspectors as the Borough Council may deem appropriate
and necessary. The Building Inspector shall report directly to the
Municipal Administrator and the Chairman of the Department on a monthly
basis.
