Bergen County
Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering / County Planning Board
In short
Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering / County Planning Board issues 3 permits we publish for Bergen County, last verified 2026-10-08. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Planning Board Site Plan Review (Development on a County Road or Affecting County Drainage)only if it applies to you | Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering / County Planning Board | Per Ordinance 24-28, Section I (adopted December 4, 2024): initial filing fee $1,500.00; exemption fee $250.00; processing fee $20.00 per car stall and $100.00 per truck stall; final approval fee $250.00; inspection fee 6% of the performance guarantee, $350.00 minimum; reprocessing fee (revised joint report) $300.00; extension fee $300.00; waiver fee $150.00 per waiver; violation fee $125.00 for each business day work continues without approval from the date of written notice. | one-time approval per application; the $300.00 extension fee applies if the application is not approved within one calendar year of filing | 2026-10-08 |
| Outdoor Dining Encroachment Agreement (County Road Right-of-Way)only if it applies to you | Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering / County Planning Board | $100 per seat, based on the seating plan (Ordinance 24-28, Section I) | term not stated in Ordinance 24-28 or the Site Plan Review Ordinance | 2026-10-08 |
| Permit to Connect to a County Storm Drainonly if it applies to you | Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering / County Planning Board | $600 per connection (Ordinance 24-28, Section I) | revocable by the county if an adverse condition is caused, as stated on the county's application form | 2026-10-08 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
County Planning Board Site Plan Review (Development on a County Road or Affecting County Drainage)
Section III.A of the Bergen County Site Plan Review Ordinance (adopted June 6, 2018) states that all site plan applications and subsequent revisions along county roads or affecting county drainage facilities shall be submitted to the County Planning Board for its review and approval as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.6. The applications covered include commercial or industrial development or redevelopment, and any other land development proposing five or more additional on-site parking spaces. Section III.B.1 states that site plan applications not along a county road that include less than one acre of new impervious surface are exempt from county approval, and Section V.F states that a fee is charged for processing a site plan exemption. The fee figures are those in Section I of Ordinance 24-28, a certified county ordinance adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on December 4, 2024 and approved by the County Executive on December 9, 2024. The county Development Review Documents page links Ordinance 24-28 as the site plan fee ordinance, and the county's 2026 Site Plan & Subdivision Appendices reproduce the same figures. According to those appendices, federal, state, county and municipal governments, houses of worship and 501(c)(3) non-profits are exempt from the fees but still post the performance guarantee and inspection fee.
Outdoor Dining Encroachment Agreement (County Road Right-of-Way)
Section VII.G of the Bergen County Site Plan Review Ordinance governs encroachments in the county right-of-way and bars the conduct of private business there among other listed uses. Section VII.G.2 states that a property owner may apply to the county for an encroachment agreement for the purpose of outdoor dining if permitted by the municipality, so municipal permission is a precondition. The Outdoor Dining Encroachment Fee is $100.00 per seat, based on the seating plan, as set in Section I of Ordinance 24-28, a certified county ordinance adopted on December 4, 2024. The record applies only to seating placed in the right-of-way of a county road; seating on private property or on a municipal street falls outside it.
Permit to Connect to a County Storm Drain
Section I of Ordinance 24-28, the certified county ordinance adopted on December 4, 2024 that sets the County Planning Board's fee schedule, lists the Permit to Connect to County Storm Drain at $600.00 per connection. The county's Application for Permit to Connect to County Drain, linked from the Department of Public Works Operations page, is signed by the contractor or owner, and states that the permit is released by the DPW Operations Division after Engineering Division approval. The form states that the County of Bergen reserves the right to revoke the license or privilege at any time if any adverse condition is caused. The record applies to a site whose private drainage connects to a county drain.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Bergen County
- Phone
- 201-336-6446
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering, About Development Review pageCounty of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering, Development Review Documents pageCounty of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County Department of Public Works, Operations Division pageCounty of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County DPW, Application for Permit to Connect to County DrainCounty of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County Ordinance 24-28, Ordinance Amending the Bergen County Planning Board's Site Plan Review Fee Schedule (adopted December 4, 2024; certified copy)County of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County Site Plan & Subdivision Appendices (2026)County of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Bergen County Site Plan Review Ordinance, Standards for Sustainable Land Development – Site Plans (adopted June 6, 2018)County of Bergen, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
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