Wayne, NJ Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

The Plumbing Subcode Official is one of the positions the Township Council created in § 64-1 within the Division of Construction Code, which answers to the Construction Official. Section 64-2(A) requires the construction permit fee, which includes the plumbing subcode fee, to be paid before a permit can be issued.

The plumbing schedule in § 64-2(A)(2) prints a price for each item. Each new or replacement plumbing fixture is $35, a dishwasher or garbage disposal is $25, each stack is $45, a backwater valve is $75, altering plumbing waste, vent or water piping is $40, hose bibbs are $25, a sewer ejector is $75, a water heater is $80, floor drains are $30, and roof drains and storm outlets are $35. A water softener, grease trap interceptor, sand, oil and flammable liquid separator, backflow preventer for a lawn sprinkler system and pool drains are each $75. A building sewer from curb to building and a water service from curb to building are each $105, and a commercial grease tank is $210. An approved State of New Jersey potable water cross-connection is $175, with quarterly and annual backflow inspections at $75 per device.

Gas or fuel oil piping is $35 for each connection. The table prints $25 for a kitchen stove, oven, burner-type stove or clothes dryer, $80 for a boiler, furnace or pool heater, $35 for all other gas-fired equipment and $140 for a chimney liner. The plumbing minimum fee is $75.

Plan review adds 25% of the amount charged for the construction permit. Condominium and cooperative unit owners need homeowners' association certification before a plumbing permit issues for work causing exterior changes, where the bylaws require approval. Chapter 64 is a staffing and fee ordinance: it does not reprint a plumbing code.