Newark, NJ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Section 7:2-3.4 sets the Plumbing Subcode fee structure under Newark's Uniform Construction Code Title. The base fee is $14 per fixture, piece of equipment or appliance connected to the plumbing system, and for each appliance connected to the gas piping or oil piping system. A higher $75 fee applies per special device for items the code lists by name: grease traps, oil separators, refrigeration units, utility service connections, backflow preventers equipped with test ports, steam boilers, hot water boilers other than domestic water heaters, active solar systems, sewer pumps and interceptors. Every plumbing permit carries a $58 minimum fee plus a $1 per $1,000 state DCA administrative surcharge.

Firms or corporations doing recurring plumbing work can instead take out an annual permit for $173 if they employ a state-licensed journeyman, plus a $161 state training registration fee forwarded to the Department of Community Affairs' Bureau of Technical Assistance. Section 7:2-3.4(e) is explicit that all plumbers and plumbing work performed in Newark shall be done consistent with the State Plumbing License Law of 1968 (N.J.S. 45:14C-1 et seq.), with a narrow carve-out for individual homeowners doing their own work on their own occupied single-family home, as state law and DCA regulation allow. The Chief Plumbing Inspector administers the subcode as the certified Subcode Official under Section 7:1-2.