Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

The Township Code treats lead hazard abatement as permitted construction work. Section 104-18 C(2)(i), within the Uniform Construction Code article, sets the fee for a permit for lead hazard abatement work at $196 and the fee for a lead abatement clearance certificate at $40. The Monroe Township Construction Code Enforcing Agency handles the application, which under § 104-21 A must be granted in whole or in part, or denied, within 20 business days. Such a permit expires if no work starts within one year or if work stops for six months.

Section 104-20 B(2) exempts these permits from the state training surcharge: no fee shall be collected for permits to perform asbestos abatement or lead abatement. Other construction is charged $1.35 per $1,000 of value under the same section.

A second lead item sits in the rental housing fees. Section 74-19 B(8), listed with the rental certificate of occupancy charges under Chapter 162, sets a $50 nonrefundable Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund fee for units built prior 1978. The same rental schedule charges $100 per unit for the yearly rental certificate of occupancy when registered by April 1 of each calendar year, and a $150 penalty for failing to register by April 1 or occupying without a certificate of occupancy. Rental reinspection is $25 per unit. If the dwelling owner has not cured the violation within 30 days, the owner is subject to a penalty not to exceed $1,000 per week until the required inspection has been conducted or remediation efforts have been initiated.

The sections read for this page set a permit, a clearance certificate and fees. They do not themselves create a local lead paint disclosure duty.