Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Monroe Township Code § 25-1 establishes the State Uniform Construction Code Enforcing Agency, made up of a Construction Official, Building Subcode Official, Plumbing Subcode Official, Electrical Subcode Official and Fire Protection Subcode Official. The Construction Official is the chief administrator. Each position must be filled by a person qualified under P.L. 1975, c. 217 and N.J.A.C. 5:23, and an on-site inspection agency can be retained by contract in lieu of a particular subcode official. One person can hold more than one position if qualified for each. Section 25-2 sends Construction Office fees to Chapter 39.

The Plumbing Subcode Fee Schedule, Schedule VI, prices permits per fixture or piece of equipment. A water closet, urinal/bidet, bathtub, lavatory, shower, floor drain, sink, dishwasher, washing machine, hose bibb and water heater are each $48. Each appliance connected to gas piping is $78, and a drinking fountain is $60. Heavier items cost more: a sewer connection, a water service connection, a grease trap and an interceptor/separator are each $300, a sump pump is $150, a sewer pump is $120, and a steam boiler or hot-water boiler is $228. A back water valve, check valve and lawn sprinkler backflow preventer are each $60. Any plumbing permit not listed in the schedule costs $72.

The schedule's notes add paperwork. Replacement of fixtures or equipment that involves backflow or cross connection work requires a separate Plumbing Subcode Technical Section Form #F-130B filed with the permit application and certified under the Master Plumbers Licensing Act. When a replacement includes fuel, gas or hydronic piping, the fees are based on the fixture or equipment only. New electrical work in a fixture installation needs its own Electrical Subcode Technical Section Form F-120B. Section 25-3 waives construction permit fees for accessibility improvements to a disabled person's own living unit, and § 25-4 waives construction permit and enforcing agency fees for approved improvements by tax-exempt nonprofits on public property in Monroe.