Wayne, NJ Building Safety: Scaffold & Sidewalk Shed (2026)

The scaffold rule is one provision inside Chapter 113, the Commercial and Industrial Maintenance Code of the Township of Wayne. Section 113-8 D(5), titled Temporary scaffolding or equipment, covers a temporary painting scaffold and any other temporary equipment used for construction, repair or maintenance. It prints no fixed number of days. The test is whether the equipment has stayed in place beyond the period necessary to reasonably complete the purpose for which it was meant to be used. The chapter prints no engineering standard for building a scaffold; it controls how long temporary equipment stays up.

Scope matters. Section 113-4 defines a commercial or industrial premises as a lot or tract of land on which or on any part of which commercial or industrial activity of any kind takes place, including uses permitted, conditionally permitted or allowed as a preexisting nonconforming use in any zoning district in Wayne Township. Section 113-8 D opens by requiring the exterior of every structure or accessory structure, including fences and storefronts, to be maintained in good repair, and D(5) sits beside rules for signs, awnings, windows and storefronts. Under § 113-5 B, owners and operators carry the chapter's duties and cannot defend a charge because the occupant is also in violation.

The Public Officer, the Business Administrator, can designate other officials to inspect, issue notices and summonses and hold hearings. Under § 113-9, inspections take place during the regular business hours of the occupying business unless a violation is an immediate threat to health or safety. Section 113-11 requires a written notice, served personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, that specifies the violation, what must be done and a reasonable period, not to exceed 30 days, to abate it. If the violation is not cured in time, a summons is issued. For an immediate threat to life and limb, § 113-10 lets the Public Officer order correction within a period fitted to the hazard and then abate the condition, subject to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.12f.