2021 Adopted Ordinances

Ordinances are listed in order of adoption (oldest to newest).
  • Ordinance 1-2021 (PDF): An ordinance deleting Article XIX entitled "Transfer of Development Credits," under Chapter 166 of the Code of the Township entitled Land Use and Development.
  • Ordinance 2-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending Section 141-7 entitled "Basis For Establishing Areas of Special Flood Hazard" under Article II entitled 'General Provisions' of Chapter 141 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Floodplain Management'
  • Ordinance 3-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and supplementing Chapter 166 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Land Use Development Legislation' in order to revise the Stormwater Management Requirements for major development in order to comply with State regulations and to promote the objectives of Stormwater Management.
  • Ordinance 4-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and supplementing Chapter 166 of the Code of the Township with the establishment of a new Article XXIXD3 entitled "RM-7 Residence District"
  • Ordinance 5-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and supplementing Section 125-4 entitled "Recreation Department Fees" under Chapter 125 of the Code of the Township with the inclusion of new membership fees for 2021
  • Ordinance 6-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing a two and a half percent (2.5%) increase in the appropriation limit of the Township's calendar year 2021 Current Fund Budget and further establishing a cap bank.
  • Ordinance 7-2021 (PDF): An ordinance reducing the two-cent ($0.02) per hundred ($100.00) dollars of assessed valuation Dedicated Open Space Trust Fund Tax rate to one cent ($0.01) per hundred (4100.00) during the calendar year 2021 and further authorizing the Township's Chief Municipal Finance Officer to collect the dedicated tax.
  • Ordinance 8-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing payment of $472,090 from the Township's Mandatory Development/Affordable Housing Trust Fund Account to ARC/Morris County Chapter, New Jersey as the Township's contribution toward the construction of 4 units of affordable housing within a community residence for the developmentally disabled to be located at 70 Whippany Road.
  • Ordinance 9-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing the resurfacing of South Jefferson Road from Ukraine Road to Eden Lane in the Whippany section of the Township and transferring $280,000 from the 2021 Current Fund Budget to the 2021 Capital Improvement Fund for the financing of the project.
  • Ordinance 10-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending Section 6 of Ordinance 9-2019 which authorized the acquisition of approximately 65 acres of Open Space Land owned by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and designated as Routes 24-178, Section 9. excess surplus property no longer needed for freeway construction by supplementing the appropriation of $500,000 with an additional $100,000 to be taken from the Township's Open Space Trust Fund account which funds shall be reimbursed from the Township's Green Acres Program Planning Incentive Grant.
  • Ordinance 11-2021 (PDF): An ordinance prohibiting the operation of any cannabis businesses within its geographical boundaries and amending Chapter 120 of the Code of Township entitled 'Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
  • Ordinance 12-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing the implementation of Phase II of a multi-phase project for the improvement and modernization of the Township's communications and technology infrastructure.
  • Ordinance 13-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and supplementing Ordinance No. 1-2020 and Section 125-4 entitled "Recreation Department Fees" under Chapter 125 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Fees' with the inclusion of new fees for various Recreation and Park Administration programs and activities.
  • Ordinance 14-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and updating Chapter 61 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Salaries and Compensation; Personnel Policies'
  • Ordinance 15-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending and supplementing Chapter 61 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Salaries and Compensation; Personnel Policies' which establishes regulations and rates of compensation for the officers and full-time and part-time civilian non-union employees of the Township of Hanover.
  • Ordinance 16-2021 (PDF): An ordinance establishing the salaries of the full-time employees in Public Works, Buildings & Grounds, and Parks Maintenance Departments represented by IBT Local 97 for calendar year 2021.
  • Ordinance 17-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing the purchase and installation of a new access control system for the Municipal Building, Community Center, and Public Works Department Complex and further appropriating the sum of $260,000.00 from the 2021 Capital Improvement Fund and all prior years for the financing of the improvements.
  • Ordinance 18-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending Part II, General Legislation, Chapter 198, Parks and Recreation Areas, Article III, Prohibition of Smoking on Public Property of the Code of the Township of Hanover.
  • Ordinance 19-2021 (PDF): An ordinance authorizing the replacement and upgrade of the column showers at the Bee Meadow Swimming Pool Facility and further appropriating the sum of $55,000 from the Swimming Pool Enterprise Fund Capital Account for 2021 and all prior years for the financing of the project.
  • Ordinance 20-2021 (PDF): An ordinance amending Ordinance No. 26-1976 entitled "Ordinance Creating the Southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority"
  • Ordinance 21-2021: An ordinance approving the application and authorizing the financial agreement for long-term tax exemption by and between the Township of Hanover and River Park Residential One Urban Renewal, LLC
  • Ordinance 22-2021: An ordinance authorizing the resurfacing of a portion of South Jefferson Road from Ukraine Road to Eden Lane in the Whippany section of the Township and appropriating the sum of $480,000 from the New Jersey Department of Transportation's fiscal year 2020 Municipal Aid Program and the Township's 2021 Current Fund Budget
  • Ordinance 23-2021: An ordinance authorizing the execution of a lease agreement with the Hanover Tigers Youth Football and Cheerleading in operating the Bee Meadow Park Brickyard Concession Facility between August 30, 2021, through November 14, 2021, during the football season
  • Ordinance 25-2021: An ordinance amending and supplementing Section 267-11 entitled "Stop Intersections" and Schedule 267-38 entitled "Schedule VIII: Stop Intersections" under Article V of Part I entitled 'General Traffic and Parking Regulations' as set forth in Chapter 267 of the Code of the Township entitled 'Vehicles and Traffic' by amending and supplementing various provisions for pedestrian crossings and including in-street pedestrian crossing right-of-way signage on Elm place in cedar Knolls and on east Fairchild Place in Whippany
  • Ordinance 26-2021: An ordinance appropriating the sum of $390,000.00 from Capital Improvement Fund Ordinance No. 23-2020 for the Phase I and Phase II Resurfacing and/or Reconstruction of Manger Road in the Cedar Knolls Section of the Township
  • Ordinance 27-2021: An ordinance amending and supplementing the Code of the Township by repealing Chapter 155, 'Gasoline Service Stations,' amending Chapter 182, 'Noise,' and amending Chapter 220, 'Retail Establishments Hours of Operation'
  • Ordinance 28-2021: An ordinance amending and supplementing Ordinance No. 15-2021 and Chapter 61 of the Code of the Township entitled Salaries and Compensation; Personnel Policies which establishes regulations and rates of compensation for the officers and Full-Time and Part-Time Civilian Non-Union employees of the Township of Hanover with the inclusion of new job position titles under Schedule "B" of the Ordinance
  • Ordinance 29-2021: An ordinance adopting a Redevelopment Plan for property located at 190 Park Avenue and designated as Block 4802 Lot 2 on the tax map of the Township and amending Chapter 166 "Land Use and Development," of the revised general ordinances of the Township of Hanover in order to modify said Redevelopment Plan
  • Ordinance 30-2021: An ordinance amending and supplementing Section 267-18, entitled "No Stopping or Standing" under Article III, "Parking, Standing and Stopping," and Section 267-44, entitled "Schedule XIV: No Stopping or Standing" under Part I, General Traffic and Parking Regulations," as set forth in Chapter 267 of the Code of the Township, entitled 'Vehicles and Traffic,' by prohibiting stopping and standing upon NJ State Highway Route 10.