Ordinances - 2025
Ordinances that are adopted prior to the current year are part of the Lafayette Township Municipal Code. Go to ecode-360.
2024 ordinances may be viewed here
ORDINANCE 2025-01
CALENDAR YEAR 2025
ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK
(N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14)
ORDINANCE 2025-02
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE FOR THE YEAR 2025
ORDINANCE 2025-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPAIR OF A PORTION OF THE LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP FIRE HOUSE ROOF AND RELATED APPURTENANCES AND APPROPRIATING $15,000.00
ORDINANCE 2025-04
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER VII OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 7-11, SCHEDULE XVI, “SPEED LIMITS”, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS IN SAID TOWNSHIP
ORDINANCE 2025-05
AN ORDINANCE CORRECTING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF BLOCK 14, LOT 33.02 TO LI-LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND AUTHORIZING SUCH CORRECT DESIGNATION IN AND ON THE TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCES AND TOWNSHIP ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE 2025-06
AN ORDINANCE TO DELETE CHAPTER 17 ENTITLED FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RESERVE THE CHAPTER FOR FUTURE USE
ORDINANCE 2025-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE PAINTING/REPAIRING OF A PORTION OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND RELATED APPURTENANCES AND APPROPRIATING $15,000.00
ORDINANCE 2025-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TO ESTABLISH CHAPTER 17-“FILMING” OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE
ORDINANCE 2025-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, COUNTY OF SUSSEX STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE STORMWATER CONTROL PROVISIONS OF LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP,
ADDING UPDATED DEFINITIONS TO ORDINANCE 21-2;
ADDING ORDINANCE 21-14 TO ADDRESS IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF WASTE;
ADDING ORDINANCE 21-15 TO ADDRESS LITTER CONTROL;
ADDING ORDINANCE 21-16 TO ADDRESS PET WASTE;
ADDING ORDINANCES 21-17 TO ADDRESS REFUSE CONTAINERS/DUMPSTERS;
ADDING 21-18 ADDRESSING YARD WASTE COLLECTION AND
ADDING 21-19 TO 21-22 AS SECTIONS RESERVED FOR FUTURE IMPLIMENTATION OF OTHER STORMWATER CONTROL PROVISIONS;
AND TO RENUMBER EXISTING ORDINANCES 21-11, 21-12, AND 21-13 AS ORDINANCES 21-23, 21-24, AND 21-25 RESPECTIVELY
ORDINANCE 2025-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, COUNTY OF SUSSEX STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF THE LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, ORDINANCE 13-8B-2, ADDRESSING THE AH-2/LC DISTRICT TO SPECIFICALLY CLARIFY AND ENUMERATE “AGRICULTURE USE” AS A PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USE IN THE DISTRICT
ORDINANCE 2025-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT OF VARIOUS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND RELATED APPURTENANCES AND APPROPRIATING $35,000.00
ORDINANCE 2025-12
AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING A JOINT COURT TO BE KNOWN AS “THE FRANKFORD JOINT MUNICIPAL COURT”
ORDINANCE 2025-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, COUNTY OF SUSSEX STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE STORMWATER CONTROL PROVISIONS OF LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, ADDING UPDATED DEFINITIONS TO ORDINANCE 21-2; ADDING ORDINANCE 21-19 TO ADDRESS PRIVATE STORM DRAIN INLET RETROFITTING; ADDING ORDINANCE 21-20 TO ADDRESS WILDLIFE FEEDING CONTROL; ADDING ORDINANCE 21-21 TO ADDRESS ILLICIT CONNECTIONS TO MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS
ORDINANCE 2025-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, COUNTY OF SUSSEX STATE OF NEW JERSEY AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE STORMWATER CONTROL PROVISIONS OF LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, ADDING UPDATED DEFINITIONS TO ORDINANCE 21-2; ADDING ORDINANCE 21-22 TO ADDRESS TREE PRESERVATION TO CONTROL TREE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT IN ORDER TO REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND POLLUTANTS, AND PROMOTE INFILTRATION OF RAINWATER INTO THE SOIL
ORDINANCE 2025-15
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 4, GENERAL LICENSING OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 4-2.17, FEES
ORDINANCE 2025-16
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE FOR THE YEAR 2025” WHICH WAS ADOPTED FEBRUARY 4, 2025
ORDINANCE 2025-17
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE FOR THE YEAR 2025” WHICH WAS ADOPTED FEBRUARY 4, 2025
ORDINANCE 2025-18
An Ordinance Supplementing Chapter 8 of the Revised Ordinances of the Township of Lafayette Regulating the Short Term Rental of Residential Property, Supplementing Chapter 13-6.11 To Include an Additional Prohibited Use in All Zoning Districts Unless as Permitted in New Chapter 8-4 in the Lafayette Building and Housing Ordinance and to Add the Definition of “Short Term Dwelling Unit” and “Dwelling Unit-Short Term” into the Definition Section of the Zoning Ordinance at Chapter 13-5
ORDINANCE 2025-19
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 13 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE REGULATING ZONING SPECIFICALLY AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ORDINANCE 13-17 REGULATING SIGNS WITHIN LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP AND TO ADD THE DEFINITION OF “FEATHER FLAG” INTO THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AT CHAPTER 13-5
ORDINANCE 2025-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO VARIOUS MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND RELATED APPURTENANCES AND APPROPRIATING $7,000.00
ORDINANCE 2025-21
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 ENTITLED “POLICE REGULATIONS”, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY, SPECIFICALLY REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION 3-3, “JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES”
ORDINANCE 2025-22
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 ENTITLED “UNIFORM FIRE SAFETY ACT” OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHP OF LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY, SPECIFICALLY 16-1.8, “NON-LIFE HAZARD USES”
ORDINANCE 2025-23
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LAFAYETTE FOR THE YEAR 2026