Wayne, NJ Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

Chapter 64 of the Wayne Township Code creates the Division of Construction Code as the State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency in Wayne, Passaic County. The Construction Official heads it and reports to the Department of Public Works. The Division also holds an Assistant Construction Official and Building, Plumbing, Fire and Electrical Subcode Officials, and the public has the right to do business with the agency at one office location except for emergencies and unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances.

Section 64-2(A) makes the construction permit fee the sum of the subcode fees and requires payment before a permit can be issued. For new buildings and additions the building subcode fee has a $75 minimum, and the table prints $0.045 per cubic foot and $0.037 per cubic foot for S1/S2. Certificate of occupancy fees are $250 for new dwellings, $200 for additions and $300 for commercial structures. Alterations, renovations and repairs up to $1,000 of work cost $40. Flat fees include $140 for an aboveground pool and $250 for an in-ground pool, and demolition permits run $300 for residential structures, $400 for nonresidential structures and $200 for sheds, pools and garages. Plan review adds 25% of the amount charged for the construction permit, and review of a revision to released plans costs $75 per hour per applicable subcode.

No fee is required for ordinary maintenance as the State of New Jersey defines it. Nonprofit and charitable organizations are exempt from the Township's fees but still pay the State surcharge, and work designed solely to promote accessibility for disabled persons carries no surcharge or enforcing agency fee.

Before a building permit issues, the Zoning Officer must issue a zoning permit under § 134-26.3(B)(1)(e). Chapter 66 also points to N.J.S.A. 56:8-147, which requires contractor registration before a construction permit for home improvement work in the Township.