Essex County
Essex County Department of Public Works (County Engineer)
In short
Essex County Department of Public Works (County Engineer) issues 2 permits we publish for Essex County, last verified 2026-10-10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee for Installing and Maintaining a Sign on an Essex County Road or Right-of-Wayonly if it applies to you | Essex County Department of Public Works (County Engineer) | Per Essex County Code §44-25: signs under 100 square feet, $1,500 for the right to install and maintain for the first year, then $350 annually for years two through five, which shall increase by 5% annually; signs 100 square feet and over, $2,500 for the first year, then $600 annually for years two through five, which shall increase by 5% annually | first year, then annual for years two through five (Code §44-25) | 2026-10-10 |
| County Road Opening Permit (Work in an Essex County Road Right-of-Way)only if it applies to you | Essex County Department of Public Works (County Engineer) | Fees are set by the County's "Road Opening Specifications and Fee Schedule for Construction in the Essex County Road Right-of-Way" dated September 2009, adopted by Essex County Code §44-14; per §44-15, the Director of Public Works supplies a copy to each applicant for a County road opening permit. The County Engineer may also require a surety or cash bond (§44-2) | not stated in Essex County Code Chapter 44, Article VII | 2026-10-10 |
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
Fee for Installing and Maintaining a Sign on an Essex County Road or Right-of-Way
This applies only to a business that installs and maintains a sign on an Essex County road or within a County road right-of-way; a sign outside the County road right-of-way is outside this record. The figures are those in Essex County Code §44-25, an adopted ordinance (Ordinance O-2012-00009, adopted 5-9-2012), which sets the County's schedule of fees for the installation and maintenance of signage on County roads and rights-of-way. Under §44-26, the County Engineer may require the applicant to post a surety bond or cash bond to secure proper restoration of County roads disturbed by the applicant, and under §44-27 the County Engineer requires the applicant to agree to indemnify and hold harmless the County of Essex against claims arising from the installation or maintenance of the sign. Contact the Department of Public Works at 973-226-8500 (County Engineer ext. 2660).
County Road Opening Permit (Work in an Essex County Road Right-of-Way)
This applies to a business, usually through its contractor, whose work opens an Essex County road or otherwise takes place in a County road right-of-way under Chapter 44 of the Essex County Code. Essex County Code §44-14, an adopted ordinance, adopts the "Road Opening Specifications and Fee Schedule for Construction in the Essex County Road Right-of-Way" dated September 2009 and all of its provisions, and §44-15 directs the Director of Public Works to print that document with the ordinance and supply a copy to each applicant. The permit fee is therefore the amount in that September 2009 schedule, which is not among the documents published with the County Code on ecode360; contact the Department of Public Works at 900 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona (973-226-8500; County Engineer ext. 2660) for the current amount. Under §44-2, the County Engineer may require a permittee to post a surety or cash bond to secure proper restoration of the County road.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Essex County
- Phone
- 973-226-8500
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.
- Essex County Code Chapter 44, Article I, Road Opening and Storage Permits (§44-2 Bond)County of Essex, New Jersey (ecode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
- Essex County Code Chapter 44, Article VII, Roadway Inspection and Opening Fees (§44-14 to §44-16; amended in its entirety 10-28-2009 by Ord. O-2009-00029)County of Essex, New Jersey (ecode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
- Essex County Code Chapter 44, Article XIV, Installation and Maintenance of Signs Fees (§44-25 to §44-27; adopted 5-9-2012 by Ord. O-2012-00009)County of Essex, New Jersey (ecode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
- Essex County Directory (Department of Public Works, Planning Board, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs)County of Essex, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
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