New Jersey Emergency Directives to Building Departments

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The NJ State DCA has issue some directives on how building departments are to handle permits, inspections, etc. They have posted the information here:

The Department of Community Affairs is, on an emergency basis, temporarily relaxing the Uniform Construction Code regulatory provisions concerning Minor work (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.17A), Inspections (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.18), and Certificate requirements (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.23). The Department has also issued new guidance for construction offices on State and local plan review and inspections. Please review the notice of emergency rule adoption and the guidance document at:

https://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/alerts/pdfs/COVID_RelaxMod.pdf

https://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/alerts/pdfs/COVID_memo.pdf