Home services in Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Homes in Franklin Lakes
The median year built for Franklin Lakes' housing units is 1982, and only about 12% of housing units were built before 1960. Even so, roughly 46% were built before 1980, so many houses are now old enough to need roof, window, HVAC and electrical-service upgrades.
About 89% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, and about 88% of housing units are single-family detached houses. Most projects are therefore on detached houses rather than condos or apartments.
Utility gas heats about 90% of occupied homes, and electricity heats about 9%. Contractors offering heating work will mostly be servicing or replacing gas equipment.
All figures are ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Building, plumbing, electrical and fire permits go through the borough's Construction Department, which lists a separate subcode official for each trade.
Flooding
Several brooks and ponds run through Franklin Lakes, including Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, Pond Brook and their tributaries, Franklin Lake, Hoppers Lake and Shadow Lake. FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer shows Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zones A and AE) inside the borough, mostly along these streams and around the lakes. Most of the borough lies outside these zones.
No municipal flood-information page was found on the borough website. To see the flood zone for a specific address, search it on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center and check the current effective FIRM panel. A lender may require flood insurance for a property inside an SFHA.
Permits in Franklin Lakes
Building, plumbing and electrical permits come from the Borough of Franklin Lakes construction office. Your contractor normally pulls the permit, but it's worth confirming.
- Office
- Code Enforcement (Building/Construction) – Construction Department
- Phone
- 201-891-4000, ext. 1213
- Address
- 480 DeKorte Drive, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
- Website
- franklinlakes.org
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Sources
- nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/DHC/ber_mun.xlsx
- nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/us-census-data/2020census.shtml
- franklinlakes.org/codeenforcement
- franklinlakes.org/bulkwaste
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Lakes,_New_Jersey
- hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer
- msc.fema.gov/portal/home
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25035&geo_ids=16000US3424990&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25034&geo_ids=16000US3424990&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25003&geo_ids=16000US3424990&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25024&geo_ids=16000US3424990&primary_geo_id=16000US3
- censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B25040&geo_ids=16000US3424990&primary_geo_id=16000US3
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