Home services in Fair Lawn, NJ
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Homes in Fair Lawn
Most of Fair Lawn's housing is older single-family homes. About 76% of its roughly 12,500 housing units are single-family detached (ACS 2020-2024, B25024). The median building dates to 1953, and 73% of units were built before 1960. About 18% predate 1940 (B25035, B25034). About 78% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, and utility gas heats 81% of them. Fuel oil heats about 4%, which matters when replacing a boiler or removing a tank (B25003, B25040).
In homes of this age, renovations often turn up outdated wiring, galvanized pipes or older heating systems. For homes built before 1978, anyone paid to do work that disturbs paint must be EPA lead-safe certified. The Building Department provides construction, electrical and plumbing permit forms. It issues permits from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Flooding
Fair Lawn has measurable riverine flood risk. The borough's Emergency Management page links to river gauges for the Passaic River and the Saddle River. The county hazard mitigation plan puts 9.17% of Fair Lawn's land in the 1% annual-chance floodplain and another 4.07% in the 0.2% floodplain. It lists 139 active NFIP policies as of October 2024 (Bergen County HMP). The plan also names Fair Lawn among the towns that often get flash flooding from undersized stormwater systems. The borough's Engineering page links to the FEMA flood map. To check a specific address, use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.
Permits in Fair Lawn
Building, plumbing and electrical permits come from the Borough of Fair Lawn construction office. Your contractor normally pulls the permit, but it's worth confirming.
- Office
- Fair Lawn Building Department
- Phone
- (201) 794-5307
- Address
- Borough Hall, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Room 112 (1st floor), Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
- Website
- fairlawn.org
Fair Lawn recycling and bulk pickup rules
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Sources
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_cousubs_34.txt
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25035,B25003,B25040&geo_ids=06000US
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25024&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25034&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/04-Risk-Assessment.pdf
- bergencountynj.gov/bergen-county-department-of-public-safety/about-emergency-management/mu
- msc.fema.gov/portal/home
- epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-painting-program
- fairlawn.org/building-zoning
- fairlawn.org/
- fairlawn.org/recycling
- fairlawn.org/emergency-management
- fairlawn.org/engineering
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey
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