Burlington County does not permit residential retaining walls. In New Jersey, walls above a set height (commonly 4 feet, or when surcharged) need a municipal construction permit under the state Uniform Construction Code; check your township.
There is no county retaining-wall ordinance in Burlington County, NJ. Retaining walls are regulated by (1) your municipality's zoning ordinance for location and height and (2) the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23), enforced by your local construction official. Under typical UCC/IBC practice, a retaining wall over about 4 feet measured bottom-of-footing to top, or any wall supporting a surcharge (like a driveway or slope), requires an engineered design and a municipal construction permit. Lower landscape walls may be exempt locally. The Burlington County Planning Board would only get involved if the wall is part of a subdivision or site plan along a county road or affecting county drainage.
Building a permit-required wall without approval can draw municipal stop-work orders and UCC penalties from the local construction official; the county sets no wall fine.
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