Bloomfield, NJ Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, electrical permits are administered by the State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency, the Community Development Department. Section 149-6 lists an Electrical Subcode Official among the agency's positions, and the Construction Official is chief administrator. The Township Code does not print an adopted edition of the National Electrical Code in Chapter 149. What the Township Council did adopt is the fee schedule in § 149-8B(4), last amended 5-19-2025 by Ord. No. 25-12.

For receptacles, fixtures, wall switches, smoke and heat detectors or similar devices the fee is $90 for up to 20 items and $25 for each additional 20 items or part thereof. Site lighting is $125 for one to five poles and $20 for each additional pole. Service entrance panels, subpanels and motor controls are $90 up to 200 amps, $160 from 201 to 400 amps, $300 from 401 to 1,000 amps and $500 at 1,001 amps or greater. Photovoltaic systems are $90 for one to 50kw, $165 for 51 to 100kw and $600 over 100kw.

The same subsection prices other electrical categories: appliances and heating, cooking and cooling equipment, motors by horsepower, signs and outline lights, lawn sprinklers and rain sensors at $90, sound systems and intercoms with low voltage wiring at $90, and communication points at $90 for one- and two-family dwellings. Pools and spas run $90 for aboveground pools, $125 for in-ground pools and $100 for hydromassage tubs, Jacuzzis and hot tubs.

The $90 minimum fee for any one subcode in § 149-8B applies to electrical work, plan review is 20% of the construction permit fee, and the state training surcharge under N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.19(b) is added. Nonprofit organizations can be exempted at the discretion of the Township Council.