Palisades Park rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Bergen County — Chapter 235, Rent Control. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- A flat 4% annual increase on the base rent, once per consecutive 12-month period following the last rental increase.
- Frequency
- once per consecutive 12 months
- Notice required
- 30 days — No increase takes effect unless the tenant has been given notice 30 days prior to the increase.
- Who's covered
- Buildings with 4 or more rental units
- Exemptions
- Public housing
- Motels, hotels, and similar establishments
- Dwellings whose rental rates are otherwise regulated by state or federal law
- Commercial buildings containing fewer than 3 rental apartment units
- 1- to 3-family residences
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Per the DCA survey, on vacancy the maximum re-rental increase is whichever is greatest of: a 4% increase, the average rent for a similar apartment in Bergen County as determined by HUD, or the highest rent previously paid for a similar unit in the same building. This specific vacancy formula could not be independently confirmed against the primary ordinance text (Article VI, §§235-29–32) in this session.
- Registration
- Registration and lease requirements are addressed under Article IV (§§235-23 to 235-25); specific requirements were not retrievable in this session.
- Surcharges
- The ordinance provides for tax pass-along provisions (Article VII, §§235-33–38), a capital improvement surcharge (Article VIII, §§235-39–52), and hardship surcharges (Article IX, §§235-53–69); specific percentage limits were not retrievable in this session.
- Penalties
- Violations and penalties are addressed under Article XII (§§235-80–82); specific fine/imprisonment amounts were not retrievable in this session.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
The base rent may be increased by an amount equal to 4% of the base rent. The base rent may be increased only once for each consecutive twelve-month period following the last rental increase.Chapter 235, Rent Control — https://ecode360.com/9263352
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- 4%
- Units covered
- 4+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Public housing, motels, hotels, similar establishments, dwellings whose rental rates are otherwise regulated by state or federal law, commercial buildings containing less than 3 rental apartment units, and 1- to 3-family residences.
Vacancy Decontrol. Maximum is whichever is greatest between a 4% increase, the average rent for similar type apartment in Bergen County as determined by HUD, and the highest rent paid for similar unit in same building.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- ecode360 blocked direct retrieval of the full section text for Chapter 235 (only a table of contents was retrievable via the primary fetch method); the 4% cap figure and its wording above come from a secondary search-engine summary of the ordinance and match the DCA survey's numeric value (0.04) exactly, but could not be checked word-for-word against the codified section text.
- Capital improvement/hardship/tax-surcharge percentage limits and exact registration and penalty provisions could not be retrieved and are left null pending direct access to ecode360 §§235-23–25, 235-33–69, and 235-80–82.
- The 'whichever is greatest' vacancy-decontrol formula appears only in the DCA survey's exceptions text; it was not independently confirmed against Article VI (§§235-29–32).
Rent board
Rent Leveling Board · (201) 585-4100 · https://mypalisadespark.com/rent-leveling-board/
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