Vineland, NJ Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Routine inspection cycle
- every six months
- Periodic inspection cycle
- every one year
- Extended inspection cycle
- every three to five years
- R-5/exempt R-2 device fee
- flat $140 (waivable)
- Enforcing agency
- Construction Enforcement Agency
Summary
Elevators in the City of Vineland must pass a six-month routine inspection, a one-year periodic inspection and a three-to-five-year inspection under the elevator subcode, each charged its own fee. New or altered devices also need a witnessed acceptance test before they go into service.
Elevator subcode fees. (1) Fees for witnessing acceptance tests and performing inspections on new and altered elevator devices shall be as follows: ... (2) Fees for routine and periodic tests and inspections for elevator devices in structures not in Use Group R-5 or otherwise exempt devices in R-2 structures shall be as follows: (a) Fees for the six-month routine inspection of elevator devices shall be as follows: ... (b) Fees for one-year periodic inspection and witnessing of tests of elevator devices, which shall include a six-month routine inspection, shall be as follows: ... (d) Fees for the three-year or five-year inspection of elevator devices shall be as follows:
Full Breakdown
City Code § 300-3B sets Vineland's elevator subcode fee schedule, which lays out the required maintenance inspection cycle. New and altered elevator devices, escalators, dumbwaiters and lifts must pass a witnessed acceptance test and inspection before use, priced from $47 for dumbwaiters and lifts up to $350 for traction elevators serving more than 10 floors. After installation, devices in most buildings undergo a six-month routine inspection, priced from $93 for hydraulic elevators to $168 for traction elevators over 10 floors, and a one-year periodic inspection that includes the routine check, priced from $75 for dumbwaiters up to $299 for escalators.
Traction and hydraulic elevators additionally require a three-year or five-year inspection, running $233 to $354 depending on type and floor count. Devices in Use Group R-5 structures, or exempt devices in R-2 buildings, are charged a flat $140 fee, waived if a qualified agent files signed inspection and acceptance reports under N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.19 and 5:23-2.20. Additional charges apply for oil buffers, counterweight governors and safeties, and auxiliary power generators on any inspected device. All fees are collected by the Construction Enforcement Agency within the Department of Licenses and Inspections.
Violations & Fines
Operating an elevator device in the City of Vineland without the required periodic inspections under the elevator subcode is enforceable under the City's general penalty ordinance, § 1-15, in Vineland Municipal Court: a fine of $100 to $2,000, up to 90 days in the Cumberland County Jail, or up to 90 days of community service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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