Ocean County
Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division
In short
Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division issues 5 permits we publish for Ocean County, last verified 2026-10-09. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Food Establishment Plan Review and Permit (New, Remodel or Change of Use) | Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division | No fee | not stated in the cited source | 2026-10-05 |
| Mobile Food Unit Plan Review and Registration | Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division | No fee | not stated in the cited source | 2026-10-05 |
| Individual Sewage Disposal (Septic) System Permit (Locate, Construct, Repair or Alter)only if it applies to you | Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division | Per the Ocean County Health Department Fee Schedule headed 'Effective August 16, 2005': septic application (new construction and alterations) $200.00 for a pressure dosing system, $160.00 for other systems; septic and well application (new construction), including final inspection and water analysis, $350.00 for pressure dosing, $310.00 for other systems; septic repair application with final inspection $100.00; reinspection for improper installation or repair $50.00; resubmission, revision, change of driller or as-builts $75.00; application renewal $75.00; subdivision or site plan review $125.00; on-site witnessing $35.00 per hour. | permit expires twelve months after issuance; an expired permit may be renewed at the Health Department's discretion for $75.00 per year (Ordinance 94-1, Sections 3.C and 13.J) | 2026-10-09 |
| Public Recreational Bathing Facility Pre-Operational Checklist and Seasonal Approval (Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs)only if it applies to you | Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division | The Health Department's Recreational Bathing Inspections page and the posted pre-operational checklist state no fee, so this record carries no dollar figure. | seasonal; the checklist is submitted before the facility opens for the year, according to the Recreational Bathing Inspections page | 2026-10-09 |
| Temporary Food Establishment Applicationonly if it applies to you | Ocean County Health Department, Environmental Division | No fee | not stated in the cited source | 2026-10-05 |
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
Retail Food Establishment Plan Review and Permit (New, Remodel or Change of Use)
The Ocean County Health Department's Retail Food Establishment Plan Review and Permit Application, uploaded in April 2026, states that plans are processed within 30 days under N.J.A.C. 8:24-9.1. The application form publishes no fee, so this record carries no dollar figure. The Health Department's fee schedule, linked on its Consumer Health page as 'The Ocean County Fee Schedule' and headed 'Effective August 16, 2005', lists 'Floor plans' at 'No fee'. According to the New Jersey Department of Health directory, the Health Department is the local board of health for 27 of the county's 33 municipalities, and the six Long Beach Island municipalities are assigned to a different local health department.
Mobile Food Unit Plan Review and Registration
The Ocean County Health Department's 2026 Mobile Food Unit application, uploaded in March 2026, requires a commissary letter and equipment lists with the application. The form states that home-based mobile units are strictly prohibited. The application form publishes no fee, so this record carries no dollar figure. According to the New Jersey Department of Health directory, the Health Department is the local board of health for 27 of the county's 33 municipalities.
Individual Sewage Disposal (Septic) System Permit (Locate, Construct, Repair or Alter)
Section 3.A of Ocean County Board of Health Ordinance 94-1 states that 'No person shall locate, construct, repair or alter any individual sewage disposal system within the County of Ocean until a permit for the location, construction, repair and/or alteration of said system shall have been issued by the Ocean County Health Department.' Under Section 3.B, the application must include a design plan prepared under N.J.A.C. 7:9A-1.1 by a New Jersey licensed Professional Engineer, and Section 4.E allows denial where a public sanitary sewer is available to serve the lot. Section 5 bars use of a system until the Health Department issues a final certificate. The fee figures are those printed on the Health Department's Fee Schedule headed 'Effective August 16, 2005', which the Health Department's current Consumer Health page links as 'The Ocean County Fee Schedule'; the septic figures match Section 13 of Ordinance 94-1, whose pages are marked 'Revised – March 21, 2005'. According to the New Jersey Department of Health directory, the Health Department is the local board of health for 27 of the county's 33 municipalities; the six Long Beach Island municipalities are assigned to the Long Beach Island Health Department, and this record does not cover them. The record applies to a business site served by its own septic system rather than a public sewer.
Public Recreational Bathing Facility Pre-Operational Checklist and Seasonal Approval (Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs)
The Ocean County Health Department's Recreational Bathing Inspections page states that the Environmental Division inspects public recreational bathing facilities, 'which includes swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs/spa, bathing beaches and water parks', and that the Health Department 'requires that all recreational bathing facilities fill out a pre-operational checklist prior to a facility opening for the year.' The page states that once the checklist has been reviewed and approved, 'a facility will be permitted to open for the season', and that checklists may be submitted by phone, fax or email. The checklist linked from that page is the New Jersey Department of Health form CEOH-1 (Nov 12), which asks for trained pool operator certification, lifeguard and CPR certifications, water sample results and safety signage. The record applies to a fitness studio that operates a pool, spa or hot tub open to members; a studio without one has no checklist to file. According to the New Jersey Department of Health directory, the Health Department is the local board of health for 27 of the county's 33 municipalities.
Temporary Food Establishment Application
The Ocean County Health Department's temporary food establishment application is listed with a September 2024 upload date in the page metadata. The file name carries the year 2015, and the form itself is undated in the page metadata. The application form publishes no fee, so this record carries no dollar figure. According to the New Jersey Department of Health directory, the Health Department is the local board of health for 27 of the county's 33 municipalities.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Ocean County
- Phone
- (732) 341-9700
- Website
- oceancountyhealth.gov/
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.
- New Jersey Department of Health Checklist for Public Recreational Bathing Facilities (form CEOH-1, Nov 12), as posted by the Ocean County Health DepartmentOcean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- New Jersey Department of Health, Local Health Departments by Municipality directoryNew Jersey Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
- Ocean County Board of Health Ordinance 83-1, individual on-site wastewater disposal systemsOcean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Ocean County Board of Health Ordinance 94-1, wells and individual sewage disposal systems (pages marked 'Revised – March 21, 2005')Ocean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Ocean County Health Department, Consumer Health pageOcean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Ocean County Health Department, Fee Schedule (effective August 16, 2005), linked as 'The Ocean County Fee Schedule'Ocean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-09
- Ocean County Health Department, Mobile Food Unit Application (2026-03 upload)Ocean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
- Ocean County Health Department, Recreational Bathing Inspections pageOcean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
- Ocean County Health Department, Retail Food Establishment Plan Review and Permit Application (2026-04 upload)Ocean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
- Ocean County Health Department, Temporary Food Establishment Application (uploaded 2024-09; undated form)Ocean County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-05
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