Prototype. A redesign and migration concept for the Township of Belleville, prepared by Stoa for the Township Website Migration and Hosting Services RFP. This is a demonstration, not the Township's live website.
Town Hall · 152 Washington Ave, Belleville, NJ 07109 · Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Legal notices · Services · Contact · (973) 450-3141
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Essex County, New Jersey

Township of Belleville

Home of America's cherry blossoms


Services

Find a service or department

Listed by the task you came to do, the way the RFP's User-Centered Design requirement asks. Each item below is reachable in two clicks from the home page. Jump to a topic:

Pay property taxes

Property taxes and sewer charges are billed quarterly and due on the first of February, May, August, and November, with a statutory grace period. Payments can be made online, by mail, or in person at the Tax Collector's window in Town Hall.

Pay online (demo)   In production this links to the Township's payment portal. The existing tax-payment integration is preserved during migration.

Department
Office of the Tax Collector
Window hours
Mon–Fri, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Bring
Your block and lot or property address

Pay a parking ticket

Look up a municipal parking or traffic ticket by ticket number or license plate and pay the balance online. Contested tickets are handled through the Municipal Court.

Look up a ticket (demo)

Handled by
Municipal Court
You will need
Ticket number or vehicle plate

Recycling & garbage

Curbside collection runs on a fixed weekly schedule by ward. Recycling alternates weeks. Bulk and white-goods pickup is scheduled seasonally. Place containers at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day.

Collection schedule by ward
WardGarbageRecycling
Wards 1 & 2Monday & ThursdayAlternating Mondays
Wards 3 & 4Tuesday & FridayAlternating Tuesdays
Wards 5 & 6Wednesday & SaturdayAlternating Wednesdays

Representative schedule for demonstration. Production content is supplied by the Department of Public Works.

Forms & applications

Township forms are provided as searchable, tagged, ADA-compliant PDFs so that screen-reader users and search engines can read them. During migration, every downloadable document is checked for OCR text and accessibility, never shipped as a flat scanned image.

Commonly requested forms
FormDepartmentFormat
Open Public Records (OPRA) requestTownship ClerkTagged PDF
Block party / road closure permitTownship ClerkTagged PDF
Zoning permit applicationPlanning & ZoningTagged PDF
Pet license applicationTownship ClerkTagged PDF

Representative list for demonstration. Links resolve to live documents in production.

Building & construction permits

Construction, electrical, plumbing, and fire permits are issued by the Construction Code Office under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. Submit applications, schedule inspections, and check the status of an open permit.

Department
Construction Code Office
Counter hours
Mon–Fri, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Inspections
Request at least 48 hours in advance

Township Clerk

The Township Clerk is the custodian of public records, manages OPRA requests, issues licenses, and maintains the agendas, minutes, and ordinances of the Township Council. For meeting notices and the legal-notice archive, see the Legal Notices page.

Records requests
File an OPRA request in person, by mail, or online
Vital records
Birth, marriage, and death certificates for events recorded in Belleville
Licenses
Pet, raffle and bingo, and going-out-of-business licenses