{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-17-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 13:17-4","heading":"Boundaries","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall be authorized to carry out the purposes of this act within the following district:\nAll that certain area bounded as described therein, excepting therefrom the  area described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section:\nBeginning at a point on Hendricks Causeway at its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch in Ridgefield;\nThence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern  Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with the Fairview-Ridgefield  Municipal boundary;\nThence westerly along the Fairview-Ridgefield Municipal boundary to its junction with the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary;\nThence easterly along the Fairview-North Bergen Municipal boundary to its junction with the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Railroad of New Jersey Branch;\nThence southerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad--Northern  Railroad of New Jersey Branch to its junction with Tonnelle Avenue (U. S. Route  1 and 9) in Jersey City;\nThence southerly along Tonnelle Avenue (U.S. Route 1 and 9) to its intersection with the Pulaski Skyway;\nThence westerly along a line formed by the Pulaski Skyway to a point where the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks pass under the Pulaski Skyway;\nThence westerly along the Port Authority Trans-Hudson tracks to their intersection with the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary;\nThence northwesterly along the Harrison-Kearny Municipal Boundary, as its jogs and curves, to its intersection with the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division;\nThence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Harrison-Kingsland connecting branch of the Morris and Essex Division to its junction with Orient Way in Lyndhurst;\nThence northerly along Orient Way to its junction with Valley Brook Avenue-Smith Street;\nThence easterly along Smith Street to its junction with Madison Street;\nThence northerly along Madison Street to its junction with Evergreen Place;\nThence westerly along Evergreen Place to its junction with Meadow Road;\nThence northerly along Meadow Road to its junction with Rutherford Avenue;\nThence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Rutherford Avenue and Meadow Road and the junction of Union Avenue and Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New York Railroad;\nThence northerly along the tracks of the Erie-Lackawanna-New Jersey and New  York Railroad to its intersection with the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary;\nThence easterly along the Wood-Ridge-Carlstadt municipal boundary to its intersection with Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary;\nThence northerly and westerly along the Moonachie-Wood-Ridge municipal boundary to its intersection with the Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary;\nThence easterly and northerly along Hasbrouck Heights-Moonachie municipal boundary to its intersection with the Moonachie-Teterboro municipal boundary;\nThence westerly and northerly along the Hasbrouck Heights-Teterboro municipal boundary to its intersection with U. S. Route 46;\nThence easterly along U. S. Route 46 to its intersection with the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary;\nThence southerly along the Teterboro-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its  intersection with the Moonachie-Little Ferry boundary;\nThence southerly along the Moonachie-Little Ferry municipal boundary to its  intersection with Red Neck Road;\nThence southerly along Red Neck Road to its junction with Moonachie Avenue in Moonachie;\nThence easterly along Moonachie Avenue to its junction with Moonachie Road;\nThence northerly along Moonachie Road to its junction with Maple Street;\nThence easterly along Maple Street approximately 930 feet to its intersection with the Transcontinental gas pipeline;\nThence northeasterly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of  Maple Street and the Transcontinental gas pipeline and the intersection of Bertolotto Avenue and the Moonachie-Little Ferry Municipal boundary (Losen Slofe Creek);\nThence easterly along Bertolotto Avenue to its junction with Eckel Road;\nThence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;\nThence easterly along Columbus avenue to its junction with Mehrhof Road;\nThence northerly along Mehrhof Road to its junction with Washington Avenue;\nThence easterly and northerly along Washington Avenue to its junction with Main Street;\nThence easterly along Main Street extended to the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary;  (The middle of the Hackensack River);\nThence southerly along the Little Ferry-Ridgefield Park Municipal boundary (in the middle of the Hackensack River) to its intersection with the Ridgefield  Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary;\nThence easterly along the Ridgefield Park-Ridgefield Municipal boundary (in  the middle of Overpeck Creek) to its intersection with Bergen Turnpike;\nThence southerly along Bergen Turnpike to its junction with Hendricks Causeway;\nThence southeasterly along Hendricks Causeway to its junction with the tracks of the Lackawanna Railroad--Northern Branch, the point of beginning.\n(b) Exception:\nBeginning at a point on Old New Jersey Route 3 (New Jersey Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) at its junction with County Avenue in Secaucus;\nThence southerly along County Avenue to its junction with Secaucus Road;\nThence westerly along Secaucus Road a distance of 1,321 feet more or less to  its junction with Private Road;\nThence northerly along a straight line drawn between the intersection of Secaucus Road and the aforementioned Private Road and the intersection of Pandolfi Avenue-Golden Avenue in Secaucus;\nThence westerly along Pandolfi Avenue to its junction with 5th Street;\nThence southerly along 5th Street to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;\nThence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with Walter Place;\nThence northerly along Walter Place to its junction with Mansfield Avenue;\nThence westerly along Mansfield Avenue to its junction with 9th Street;\nThence northerly along 9th Street to its junction with Grace Street;\nThence easterly along Grace Street to its junction with Eighth Street;\nThence northerly along Eighth Street to its junction with Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153);\nThence easterly along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) to its junction with Paterson Plank Road;\nThence easterly continuing along Old New Jersey Route 3 (Route 153) (Paterson Plank Road) to its junction with County Avenue, the point of beginning.\n(c) Exception:\nBeginning at a point on Maple Avenue at its junction with 7th Street in Secaucus;\nThence northerly and easterly along 7th Street to its junction with Paterson  Plank Road;\nThence northerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Farm Road;\nThence northerly along Farm Road to its junction with Meadow Lane;\nThence easterly along Meadow Lane to its junction with Stonewall Lane and Mill Ridge Road;\nThence easterly along Mill Ridge Road to its junction with Koelle Boulevard;\nThence southerly along Koelle Boulevard to its junction with Huber Street;\nThence westerly along Huber Street to its junction with Radio Avenue;\nThence southerly on Radio Avenue to its junction with Pikeview Terrace;\nThence westerly and northerly along Pikeview Terrace to its intersection with Lausecker Lane;\nThence westerly along Lausecker Land to its junction with Paterson Plank Road;\nThence southerly along Paterson Plank Road to its junction with Maple Street;\nThence westerly along Maple Street to its junction with 7th Street, the point of beginning.\nL.1968, c. 404, s. 4.","path":["TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"6a2b69e31b3b7366f3becabe2b2d7e599f9dbb847b670b6c0c6050bc928f7d5b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-17-3.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-17-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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