Construction and Zoning

Construction Department Contact 609-926-7992

Building Inspections	Monday thru Friday	11:00am-1:30pm
Electrical Inspections	Tuesday and Thursday	7:00am-9:00am
Fire Inspections	Tuesday and Thursday	7:00am-9:00pm
Mechanical & Plumbing Inspections	Tuesday and Thursday	3:00pm-5:00pm
Elevators	By Appointment Only With State of NJ

Engineering Department Contact 609-646-2950

Street Openings including curbs, sidewalks & driveways
By Appointment Contact City Engineer Vince Polistina 609-646-2950

Resale and Annual Fire Inspections Contact 609-926-7953

Resale Inspections (residential) Monday thru Friday by appointment
Annual Fire Inspections (commercial) Monday and Thursday by appointment

Housing Contact 609-926-7953

Flood Prevention

It is the purpose of the chapter to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in specific areas by provisions designed to:

A. Protect human life and health.
B. Minimize expenditure of public money for costly flood-control projects.
C. Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated with flooding and generally undertaken at the expense of the general public.
D. Minimize prolonged business interruptions.
E. Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities, such as water and gas mains, electric, telephone and sewer lines and streets and bridges, located in floodplains.
F. Help maintain a stable tax base by providing for the sound use and development of flood-prone areas in such a manner as to minimize future flood-blight areas.
G. Ensure that potential home buyers are notified that property is in a flood area.
H. Ensure that those who occupy the areas of special flood hazard assume responsibility for their actions.

Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance - Chapter 155 (April 2021)

Additional Flood Protection Information

Other helpful flood related links:

City of Linwood Outfall Map
Atlantic County's ReadyAtlantic.org Flood Hazard
Atlantic County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Project
Project Fact Sheet
National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System
www.FEMA.ORG
www.njfloodmapper.org/datasources
www.floodsmart.org