Bloomfield, NJ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, plumbing permits run through the State Uniform Construction Code enforcing agency, the Community Development Department. Section 149-6 lists a Plumbing Subcode Official among the agency's positions, with the Construction Official as chief administrator. The Township Code does not print an adopted plumbing code edition in Chapter 149. It does print the fee schedule in § 149-8B(2), last amended 5-19-2025 by Ord. No. 25-12.

The base charge is $25 per item for each plumbing fixture or appliance connected to the plumbing system. Two groups of equipment are charged differently. In R-3 and R-5 structures, water heaters, fuel oil piping, steam or hot water boilers, sewer connections and water service connections are $90 per unit. In all other use groups, grease traps, water heaters, steam or hot water boilers, sewer pumps, interceptors, furnaces, HVAC units, testable backflow preventers, oil separators and utility service connections are $100 per unit.

Flat charges follow: a generator is $100, annual testing of a backflow preventer is $100, and an above-ground oil storage tank is $100. There is no fee for direct replacement of fixtures where no change is made to the existing piping system, as per N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.7, Ordinary Maintenance.

The general rules of § 149-8 apply on top of the plumbing schedule. The minimum fee for any one subcode is $90, plan review is 20% of the construction permit fee and is not refundable, a change of contractor costs $90 per subcode, and the state training surcharge under N.J.A.C. 5:23-4.19(b) is collected. Mechanical equipment in R-3 and R-5 use groups, such as boilers, furnaces and HVAC units, is separately priced at $90 each under § 149-8B(3).