Hackensack City

Certificate of Occupancy Required

Certificate of Continued Occupancy (CCO), one and two family houses · City of Hackensack Department of Building, Housing and Land Use (Property Maintenance Division)

• Apply online with the CCO Application (one and two family houses only) and list new occupants and any garage, deck, fence, shed, pool or finished basement
• Owner certifies the home and other structures meet City zoning and that no rubbish, debris or bulk garbage will be left before the new occupancy
• All permits and final inspections must be verified for any construction work, including water heater or boiler replacement
• Sump pumps must discharge outside the house, not into the sanitary sewer
• Handrails on interior stairs of 3 or more risers or over 24 inches high, and on exterior stairs of 4 or more risers
• Smoke detector on every level including basements and walk-up attics (10-year sealed battery), and carbon monoxide detectors within 10 feet of all bedrooms
• Front door deadbolt may not be keyed on both sides
• No open breaker slots in the main panel; junction boxes, outlet and switch covers in place
• Gas valves at all appliances, unused gas lines capped, traps on all sinks
• Chimney base sealed around smoke pipes; smoke pipes screwed at all joints
• Relief valves on boilers and water heaters piped to within 6 inches of the floor
• House numbers at least 4 inches high, visible from the street
• No sleeping in kitchens, non-habitable spaces or cellars
• Separate smoke and carbon monoxide inspection from the Hackensack Fire Department

• Phone: 201-646-3920
• Application: https://main.govpilot.com/web/public/03e88201-6d6_CCO-Application-hackensack?uid=6978&ust=NJ&pu=1&id=0

Smoke and CO alarm certificate Required

• Smoke detectors on every level (basement, first floor, second floor, not crawl spaces or unfinished attics) and outside each separate sleeping area; basement detector near the bottom of the basement stairs
• Carbon monoxide alarms in every separate sleeping area per NFPA 720 (the CCO checklist says within 10 feet of all bedrooms)
• Battery smoke detectors must be 10-year sealed battery units (per the CCO checklist)
• Fire extinguisher (form still lists it under the inspector's section)