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Linden City Council adopts multiple ordinances, including tax break for totally disabled veterans

City Council of Linden · February 17, 2026

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Summary

At its February meeting the Linden City Council adopted a package of ordinances including a tax exemption for totally disabled veterans, approved amendments tied to train-station parking fees, and introduced a slate of first-reading zoning and affordable-housing measures. Residents raised concerns during public comment about parking, rental registration and city contracts.

The Linden City Council on Feb. 2026 moved to adopt a set of ordinances and resolutions covering disabled-veteran tax relief, parking rules and administrative updates.

The council unanimously voted to adopt ordinance 70-1, which establishes a property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans after the clerk confirmed proper publication and no written communications were received. Council members recorded 'yes' votes as the public hearing was closed and the ordinance approved.

Council also voted on ordinance 70-2, an amendment tied to train-station parking fees. The ordinance sets daily and quarterly parking rates for the lot serving the Linden train station. Several residents had urged the council to reconsider a roughly 50% increase to the daily fee, and Councilman Rodriguez was recorded as voting no while the measure passed.

The council adopted additional ordinances on public safety, municipal pay schedules and property acquisition and approved routine consent items. It introduced, on first reading, a broader set of ordinances (70-8 through 70-19) addressing snow-removal parking rules, specific on-street prohibitions, rezoning and several redevelopment and affordable-housing measures; motions for introduction passed by recorded votes with some members opposing individual items.

Finance and personnel items also moved forward. The council approved payment of bills totaling $2,146,913.21 and heard personnel actions including hires, promotions and salary adjustments in the police and public-safety telecommunicator ranks.

Residents used the public-comment period to press the council on several topics — train-station parking increases, the scope and enforcement of a new rental-registration ordinance, snowstorm response and the city’s procurement for media services. City officials repeatedly noted that the train-station parking fees originate with New Jersey Transit and that the city’s ordinance creates the local mechanism to collect and share revenue under an existing agreement.

The meeting closed with announcements of upcoming special and regular council meetings and an adjournment vote.

Votes at a glance: ordinance 70-1 (disabled-veteran exemption) — adopted; ordinance 70-2 (train-station parking fees) — adopted (recorded no vote by Councilman Rodriguez); ordinance 70-3 (parking-lot regulations) — adopted; ordinance 70-4 (rental-property chapter replacement) — adopted; ordinances 70-5 and 70-6 (off-duty police employment; salary schedule) — adopted; ordinance 70-7 (property acquisition, Block 212 Lot 24.05) — adopted. Several first-reading ordinances (70-8 through 70-19) were introduced for later public hearings.