Residential Certificate:

For a residential Certificate of Zoning Compliance certificate (previously Certificate of Occupancy) please fill out the following form and submit with $100 payment (check made payable to “Borough of Rutherford”. Residential Certificate of Zoning Compliance Application and Requirements (Includes Transfer of Title). Once form is received, inspections will be scheduled. Once all inspections have passed the Certificate will be issued no sooner than 48 hours after sign-off.

• Notice to all homeowners

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Division of Fire Safety is informing residents of a new smoke alarm regulation, effective January 1, 2019, which requires 10‐year sealed battery smoke alarms be installed in homes built before January 1, 1977. The requirement includes one‐ and two‐family dwellings, motel rooms, and housing units in rooming houses. The State’s Uniform Construction Code requires all homes built after January 1, 1977 to have alternating current (ac) hardwired alarms installed inside the dwellings, and those homes are not affected by the new regulation.

For the official release please see: https://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dfs/pdf/10%20year%20sealed%20battery%20smoke%20alarm%20press%20release.pdf

Commercial Certificate:

For a commercial Certificate of Zoning Compliance please fill out the following form and submit the proper payment. Fees are listed in the application. Commercial Certificate of Zoning Compliance Application

NOTE: Applicant MUST specify if any construction will take place. Once form is received it will be reviewed by the Zoning Official and the Bureau of Fire Safety. Once reviewed and use group/occupancy code is approved any inspections will be scheduled.