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require immediate assistance, please call our main line at 908-756-0080
ext 0.

 

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~Edith G. Gil

Borough Clerk

 

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completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by
toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ,
08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their web site at
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law. All questions regarding complaints filed in superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in Somerset County.

 

 

 

 

 

     

Regina DeLeonibus

Deputy Borough Clerk

 

Borough of Watchung

15 Mountain Boulevard

Watchung, NJ  07069

908-756-0080, ext. 221

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Open Property Maintenance Violations for November 2025

 

131 Cedar Road – Tall grass, trash debris, exterior structure in poor
condition (Ongoing open case for a few years)

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block 3401 Lot 10

14-13.2    Responsibility. 

                The owner of the premises shall maintain the structures
and exterior property in compliance with these requirements, except as
otherwise provided for in Sections 14-18 and 14-19.  The owner or operator
is required to keep the premises free of hazards which include dead and
dying trees and limbs or other natural growth, which, by reason of rotting
or deteriorating conditions or storm damage, constitute a hazard to the
persons in the vicinity thereof.  Trees shall be kept pruned and trimmed
to prevent such conditions.  The owner or operator is also required to
keep the premises free of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuge and debris.  A person
shall not occupy as owner/occupant or permit another person to occupy
premises which do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and
until a certificate of occupancy has been issued.  (Ord. No. 99/08 §
PM-201.2)

 

31 Tuttle – Trash debris, unsafe structure (ongoing and open for years)

Watchung, NJ

Block 7100 Lot 13

14-13.2    Responsibility. 

                The owner of the premises shall maintain the structures
and exterior property in compliance with these requirements, except as
otherwise provided for in Sections 14-18 and 14-19.  The owner or operator
is required to keep the premises free of hazards which include dead and
dying trees and limbs or other natural growth, which, by reason of rotting
or deteriorating conditions or storm damage, constitute a hazard to the
persons in the vicinity thereof.  Trees shall be kept pruned and trimmed
to prevent such conditions. The owner or operator is also required to keep
the premises free of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuge and debris. A person shall not
occupy as owner/occupant or permit another person to occupy premises which
do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and until a
certificate of occupancy has been issued.  (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-201.2)

14-14  EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS. 

14-14.1    Sanitation.

                All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition.  The occupant shall keep that part
of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a
clean and sanitary condition.  (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.1)

14-17 Exterior structure.

14-17.1 General.

The exterior of a structure shall be maintained in good repair,
structurally sound and sanitary so as not to pose a threat to public
health, safety or welfare. (Ord. No. 99/08 PM-205.1)

 

167 Mountain Blvd – Trash and debris, broken car port, inoperable vehicle,
hazardous tree (ongoing and open for a few years)

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block 2201 Lot 1

14-14  EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS. 

14-14.1    Sanitation.

                All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition.  The occupant shall keep that part
of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a
clean and sanitary condition.  (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.1)

Parking of Commercial, Inoperable or Unregistered Vehicles in
Single-Family Residential Zones. The following restrictions shall apply to
the parking of commercial, inoperable or unregistered vehicles in the R-R,
R-A, R-B, R-M-L I, R-M-L II, R-M-L III and R-M-L IV Residential Zoning
Districts:

§ 22-901TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND TEMPORARY STORAGE.

§ 22-901.1Temporary Structures.

Temporary structures shall be erected for a period of less than 180 days.
Temporary structures shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or
lateral movement resulting from hydrostatic loads, including the effects
of buoyancy, during conditions of the base flood. Fully enclosed temporary
structures shall have flood openings that are in accordance with ASCE 24
to allow for the automatic entry and exit of flood waters.

§ 22-901. [Amended 4-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23/02]

 

995 Somerset – Trash, debris, exterior structure in poor condistion and
over parking of cars (ongoing for years)

Watchung, NJ

Block 1604 Lot 16

[5]§ 14-13.2Responsibility.

[Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-201.2]

The owner of the premises shall maintain the structures and exterior
property in compliance with these requirements, except as otherwise
provided for in Sections [6]14-18 and [7]14-19. The owner or operator is
required to keep the premises free of hazards which include dead and dying
trees and limbs or other natural growth, which, by reason of rotting or
deteriorating conditions or storm damage, constitute a hazard to the
persons in the vicinity thereof. Trees shall be kept pruned and trimmed to
prevent such conditions. The owner or operator is also required to keep
the premises free of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash, refuge and debris. A person shall not
occupy as owner/occupant or permit another person to occupy premises which
do not comply with the requirements of this chapter and until a
certificate of occupancy has been issued.

Zoning article 28-500

28-501 Conditional uses

E-SERVICE STATIONS

[8]4. All appliances, pits, storage areas and trash facilities other than
gasoline filling pumps or air pumps shall be within a building except as
specifically approved as part of a site plan application.

[9]a. All lubrication, repair, painting or similar activities shall be
performed in a fully enclosed building and no motor vehicle parts or
partially dismantled vehicles shall be displayed or stored outside of an
enclosed building.

[10]5. No damaged, wrecked or dismantled vehicle, junk or trailer shall be
allowed to remain in the open on the premises, but must be kept completely
within a building or behind a fence screening at least six (6) feet in
height so as not to be visible from the street fronting the premises or
from any adjoining property. In any case, no damaged, wrecked or
dismantled vehicle, junk or trailer shall be kept on the premises for a
period exceeding seven (7) days and, further, no more than seven (7)
vehicles awaiting repair and/or service including commercial vehicles
otherwise kept on site shall be stored overnight on the premises.
[11]§ 14-17.1General.

[Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-205.1]

The exterior of a structure shall be maintained in good repair,
structurally sound and sanitary so as not to pose a threat to the public
health, safety or welfare.

 

45 Scott Drive - Dead Trees, debris, and illegal dumping (Ongoing and open
for the past year)

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block 1604 Lot 9
[12]§ 15-3.1Dumping Prohibited.

[Added 5-2-2024 by Ord. No. 24/09]

                It shall be unlawful for any person to: dump, deposit,
place or throw, or cause to permit to be dumped, deposited, placed or
thrown, upon any property belonging to another person, without express
permission of such owner, any barrels, boxes, cans, bottles, glasses,
papers, or containers broken or otherwise susceptible of holding or
containing liquids of any junk, garbage, rubbish, live or dead vegetation,
grass, leaves, trees, branches, stumps, castoff building materials, soil,
offal, or other offensive or unsightly matter.

                All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in
a clean, safe and sanitary condition.  The occupant shall keep that part
of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a
clean and sanitary condition.  (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.1)

14-14.3    Walkways and Driveways. 

                All walkways, stairs, driveways, parking spaces and
similar areas shall be kept in a proper state of repair, unbroken, and
maintained free from hazardous conditions.  Stairs shall comply with the
requirements of Section PM - 304.10 and PM -702.9 of the Property
Maintenance Code.  (Ord. No. 99/08 § PM-202.3)

 

Dead/Hazardous Trees:

[13]§ 24-5DEAD, DYING OR DISEASED TREES.

[Ord. No. OR:11/14]

[14]a. 

Any person desiring to remove trees, which are dead, dying, diseased,
damaged or otherwise a hazard to structures or human life shall apply to
the Borough Engineer for a tree removal permit. That person shall certify
to the Borough Engineer that the trees to be removed are dead, dying,
diseased, damaged or hazardous, and the Borough Engineer shall issue a
tree removal permit based upon that certification if it is five or fewer
trees. A tree removal permit for six or more trees shall be issued by the
Borough Engineer only after approval of the application by the
Environmental Commission. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of a
tree removal permit under § [15]24-5.

 

10 Crestwood Drive – Dead trees off Ridge road letter sent 11.17.2025

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block: 4304 Lot 11

 

40 Price Drive Letter sent 11.17.2025 Dead trees in back of property

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block: 7002 Lot 11

 

125 Vail Lane – 4 dead trees in back of property letter sent October still
open

Watchung, NJ 07069

Block: 7301 Lot 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

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