Piscataway, NJ Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing authority
- Township retains elevator subcode administration (§ 14-1.2)
- One-year inspection, hydraulic elevator
- $227
- Escalator routine inspection
- every six months, $211
- Five-year traction elevator inspection
- up to $646 (over 10 floors)
- Reinspection fee
- $203 after notice of violation
Summary
Piscataway Township retained its own authority to administer and enforce the elevator subcode rather than leaving it to the state, so the Construction Official's Building Division inspects, tests, and re-inspects every elevator, escalator, and lift in town on a recurring schedule with its own fee table.
§ 14-1.2. Administration and Enforcement of Elevator Subcode. ... The Township of Piscataway retains its authority for the administration and enforcement of the regulations pertaining to Elevator Subcode Officials and the jurisdiction to perform inspections, review plans and witness elevator tests, previously performed by the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey. § 14-1.3. Fees. 1 ... ... 3. Test and inspection fees for elevator devices. ... The fee for the one-year periodic inspection and witnessing of tests of elevator devices shall be as follows: ... Hydraulic elevators: $227. ... The fee for any reinspection of an elevator device shall be set at $203 and shall be billed separately from the above fees upon the issuance of a notice of violation necessitating a reinspection.
Full Breakdown
Piscataway Township Code § 14-1.2 states that the Township retains its authority for the administration and enforcement of the regulations pertaining to Elevator Subcode Officials, including the jurisdiction to perform inspections, review plans, and witness elevator tests that the State Department of Community Affairs previously handled. Section 14-1.3 backs that authority with a full fee table covering every stage of an elevator's life in service: witnessing acceptance tests on new or altered devices runs from $76 for a dumbwaiter or stairway chairlift up to $567 for a traction elevator serving more than 10 floors, with additional charges for features like oil buffers ($60) and counterweight governors and safeties ($151).
Routine and periodic testing is mandatory on its own cycle: the one-year periodic inspection and witnessing of tests costs $227 for a hydraulic elevator and $302 to $362 for a traction elevator depending on floor count, escalators are tested every six months for $211 and annually for $484, and every device gets a three-year or five-year inspection running $227 to $646. Any device that fails and needs a follow-up visit triggers a separate reinspection fee of $203, billed apart from the regular schedule, whenever the Township issues a notice of violation requiring it.
Violations & Fines
Failing an inspection generates a notice of violation and a separate $203 reinspection fee under § 14-1.3, billed apart from the routine testing schedule. Beyond that specific charge, Chapter 14 has no standalone fine for elevator subcode violations, so enforcement defaults to the Township's general penalty clause, § 1-5: up to a $2,000 Municipal Court fine, 90 days in jail, or 90 days of community service.
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