Permitting Notes - Decks

  1. Submit 2 copies of a SURVEY showing deck location in relation to house and property lines.
  2. Submit TWO SETS of scaled drawings showing a top view and side view.  All drawings should indicate  owner’s name, address of job site, block and lot number. To draw your own plans you must be the owner and occupant of said      property and must be a dsingle family home. Plans must bew signed by owner.

    If not, you need drawings by a New Jersey registered architect or professional engineer.
     
  3. The drawings submitted shall include the following information:
     
    1. Show deck in relation to house and property liness.
    2. Show door from house to deck.
    3. Specify type of wood.  All lumber must be naturally durable or treated with a preservative. Indicate all demensions of deck, joists, girders and supports and girder spacing. Show depth and diameter of footing and their location.
    4. Show footings, columns, girders, joists, ledger, flashing, decking, guardrails (for decks 30 inches above floor or grade), handrails, stairways, lateral bracing and connectors.
       
  4. Fill out building subcode form, certificate of occupancy form, construction jacket.
  5. If a general contractor is used, a copy of his/her home improvement contractor license must be included.
  6. Submit all the above paperwork to the Construction Department.