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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.15A - Supplemental requirements-Group A-3 Places of Worship

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Vertical Opening
				Protection: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area
				of the building, vertical opening protection shall be provided throughout the
				building as follows:
1. A minimum two hour fire
				rated assembly with approved opening protectives shall be required for interior
				stairways and other vertical openings connecting more than six floor
				levels.
2. A minimum one hour fire rated
				assembly with approved opening protectives shall be required for interior stairways
				and other vertical openings connecting four to six floor levels.
3. A minimum 30-minute UFC fire barrier shall be
				required for interior stairways and other vertical openings not exceeding three
				stories. Exceptions shall be permitted as follows:
i. When connecting the main floor and mezzanines;
				or
ii. When all of the following
				conditions are met:
(1) The communicating area has
				a low hazard occupancy or has a moderate hazard occupancy which is protected
				throughout by an automatic sprinkler system;
(2) The lowest or next to the lowest level is a
				street floor;
(3) The entire area is
				open and unobstructed in a manner such that it may be assumed that a fire in any
				part of the interconnected spaces will be readily obvious to all of the
				occupants;
(4) Exit capacity is
				sufficient to provide egress simultaneously for all the occupants of all levels by
				considering all areas to be a single floor area for the determination of required
				exit capacity; and
(5) Each floor level,
				considered separately, has at least one-half of its individual required exit
				capacity provided by an exit or exits leading directly out of that level without
				having to traverse another communicating floor level or be exposed to the smoke or
				fire spreading from another communicating floor level. (Plan review--Building, Fire.
				Inspection-- Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.16 - Basic requirements-Group A-5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance
				greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit
				is required, existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the
				required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency
				exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except
				when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed
				access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
ii. Ladders shall be prohibited on fire escapes
				used as a required means of egress.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.16A - Supplemental requirements-Groups A-5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Automatic fire
				sprinkler system: An automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed in all Group
				A-5 work areas when the work area contains concession stands, retail areas, press
				boxes or other accessory use areas in excess of 1,000 square feet.
(b) Manual Alarm Systems: For buildings greater
				than three stories in height with occupant loads over 25, when the work area exceeds
				50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, manual fire alarms
				shall be required throughout the building. (Fire)
(c) Vertical Opening Protection: When the work
				area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, vertical
				opening protection shall be provided throughout the building as follows:
1. A minimum two hour fire rated assembly with
				approved opening protectives shall be required for interior stairways and other
				vertical openings connecting more than six floor levels.
2. A minimum one hour fire rated assembly with
				approved opening protectives shall be required for interior stairways and other
				vertical openings connecting four to six floor levels.
3. A minimum 30-minute UFC fire barrier shall be
				required for interior stairways and other vertical openings not exceeding three
				stories. Exceptions shall be permitted as follows:
i. When connecting the main floor and mezzanines;
				or
ii. When all of the following
				conditions are met:
(1) The communicating area has
				a low hazard occupancy or has a moderate hazard occupancy which is protected
				throughout by an automatic sprinkler system;
(2) The lowest or next to the lowest level is a
				street floor;
(3) The entire area is
				open and unobstructed in a manner such that it may be assumed that a fire in any
				part of the interconnected spaces will be readily obvious to all of the
				occupants;
(4) Exit capacity is
				sufficient to provide egress simultaneously for all the occupants of all levels by
				considering all areas to be a single floor area for the determination of required
				exit capacity; and
(5) Each floor level,
				considered separately, has at least one-half of its individual required exit
				capacity provided by an exit or exits leading directly out of that level without
				having to traverse another communicating floor level or be exposed to the smoke or
				fire spreading from another communicating floor level.
4. Exception: Stairways are not
				required to be enclosed where all portions of the means of egress are essentially
				open to the outside. (Plan review--Building, Fire. Inspection--Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.17 - Basic requirements--Group B

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(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance
				greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit
				is required, existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the
				required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency
				exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except
				when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed
				access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.17A - Supplemental requirements-Group B

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Manual Alarm System:
				When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the
				building, a fire alarm system shall be installed throughout the building.
1. Exception: Manual alarm systems are not
				required in buildings which do not have occupied floors which are two or more
				stories above the lowest level of exit discharge or floors two or more stories below
				the highest level of exit discharge. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.18 - Basic requirements-Group E

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance
				greater than 75 feet.
1. A single exit is
				permitted in the story at the level of exit discharge when the occupant load of the
				story does not exceed 50 and the exit access travel distance does not exceed 75
				feet.
i. A single exit shall not be permitted when
				a building is used as a child care center.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.18A - Supplemental requirements-Group E

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: In buildings three stories or more in height, with greater than 12,000
				square feet per floor, when the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed
				floor area of a floor, an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout
				that floor. (Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm
				System: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of a
				building, an automatic fire alarm system shall be installed throughout the building
				as follows:
1. An approved system of automatic
				smoke detectors; or
2. An approved
				automatic sprinkler system equipped with automatic fire alarm devices; or
3. An approved system which combines the following
				elements shall be acceptable when devices are located as indicated below:
i. Combination fixed temperature/rate-of-rise
				detectors in classrooms and ancillary spaces;
ii. Photoelectric or projected-beam smoke
				detectors in exit access corridors and at the top of the exit stair enclosures;
				and
iii. Fixed temperature detectors in
				such a system shall be accepted in locations such as boiler rooms, garage areas and
				other spaces in which conditions render other detectors inappropriate.
4. Existing fire detection systems,
				installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, and
				meeting the intent of current standards for automatic fire alarms, shall be
				acceptable, provided:
i. The existing system is
				certified as functional by an approved service agency competent in the manufactured
				system.
ii. Where a portion of an
				existing system is not serviceable and cannot be repaired, the existing system shall
				be replaced in accordance with the above and the provisions of the building subcode.
				(Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.19 - Basic requirements-Group F

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance
				greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit
				is required, existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the
				required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency
				exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except
				when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed
				access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.19A - Supplemental Requirements-Group F

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Automatic sprinkler
				system: In buildings with a Group F-1 fire area greater than 12,000 square feet or a
				Group F-1 fire area more than three stories in height, when the work area exceeds 50
				percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, an automatic sprinkler
				system shall be provided throughout the entire building.
(b) Manual Alarm System: For buildings greater
				than three stories in height with occupant loads over 25, when the work area exceeds
				50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, manual fire alarms
				shall be required throughout the building.
1.
				Exception: Manual alarm systems shall not be required in buildings equipped
				throughout with an automatic sprinkler system. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.20 - Basic requirements-Group H

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: An automatic sprinkler shall be installed throughout the work area. The
				sprinkler riser shall be sized to serve the entire building, even if the system
				currently being installed serves only a portion of the building. (Fire)
(b) Exits: Two exits shall be required for stories
				with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be required for stories with 501 to
				1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for stories with more than 1,000
				occupants.
1. For buildings of Group H-1, H-2 or
				H-3, a minimum of two exits shall be required from all mezzanines with an occupant
				load of greater than three or in which the travel distance exceeds 50 feet. For
				buildings of Group H-4 or H-5, a minimum of two exits shall be required from all
				mezzanines with an occupant load of greater than 10 or in which the travel distance
				exceeds 75 feet.
2. A single exit is
				permitted in the story at the level of exit discharge when the occupant load of the
				story does not exceed 50 and the exit access travel distance does not exceed 75
				feet.
3. For buildings of Group H-1 or
				H-2, new slidescapes or safety chutes shall be permitted where constructed in
				accordance with the building subcode.
4.
				Existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of
				egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency exiting conditions. For
				use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except when serving an occupant
				load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed access to fire escapes
				without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3. (Plan review--Building, Fire.
				Inspection--Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.20A - Supplemental requirements-Group H

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(a) Manual Alarm
				Systems: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of
				the building or use, a manual fire alarm system shall be installed throughout for
				buildings or portions thereof of Group H-2, H-3, H-4 or H-5. (Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm Systems: When the work area
				exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building or use, an
				automatic fire alarm system shall be installed throughout in buildings of Group H.
				(Fire)
(c) Vertical Opening Protection:
				When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the
				building, vertical opening protection shall be provided throughout the building as
				follows:
1. A minimum two hour fire rated assembly
				with approved opening protectives shall be required for interior stairways and other
				vertical openings connecting more than six floor levels.
2. A minimum one hour fire rated assembly with
				approved opening protectives shall be required for interior stairways and other
				vertical openings connecting four to six floor levels.
3. A minimum one-hour UFC fire barrier shall be
				required for interior stairways and other vertical openings not exceeding three
				stories.
i. Exception: No vertical opening
				protection shall be required when the opening is necessary for manufacturing
				operations in a building where every floor level has direct access to at least two
				remote enclosed stairways or other approved exits. (Plan review--Building, Fire.
				Inspection--Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.21 - Basic requirements-Group I-1

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: In buildings greater than two stories in height above grade or having an
				occupant load greater than 20 persons, excluding staff, an automatic sprinkler
				system shall be installed throughout the work area. The sprinkler riser shall be
				sized to serve the entire building, even if the system currently being installed
				serves only a portion of the building. (Fire)
(b) Exits: Two exits shall be required for stories
				with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be required for stories with 501 to
				1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for stories with more than 1,000
				occupants. Two means of egress are also required from all mezzanines with an
				occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance greater than 75 feet.
1. A single exit shall not be permitted.
2. Existing fire escapes shall be accepted as
				providing one of the required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use
				under emergency exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through
				a door except when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have
				unobstructed access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to
				locking.
i. When more than one exit is required
				and there is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new
				fire escape shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress.
				Newly-installed fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
ii. Ladders shall be prohibited on fire escapes
				used as a required means of egress.
iii.
				Window access to fire escapes shall be permitted from individual rooms.
3. Existing slidescapes or safety
				chutes shall be permitted. (Plan review--Building, Fire.
				Inspection--Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.21A - Supplemental requirements-Group I-1

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(a) Automatic Alarm
				Systems: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of
				the building, a supervised automatic fire alarm system shall be required throughout
				the building.
1. Exception: Automatic alarm systems
				shall not be required in buildings, other than boarding homes, with an automatic
				sprinkler system and a manual fire alarm system and with single station smoke alarms
				in the vicinity of sleeping areas in accordance with NFPA 72. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.22 - Basic requirements-Groups I-2 and I-4

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout the work area.
1. Exception: Automatic sprinklers shall not be
				required in buildings of Type I or Type IIA construction of any height or of Type
				IIB construction not over one story in height. This exception shall not apply to
				nursing homes.
2. Exception: For other
				than buildings of construction Type IIIB or VB, an automatic sprinkler system shall
				not be required in day care centers with an occupant load of 100 or less where all
				the children under 2 1/2 years of age are cared for on the first floor and in which
				each child care room has an exit door directly to the exterior. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.22A - Supplemental requirements-Groups I-2 and I-4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: When the work area is 50 percent or more of the occupied floor area of the
				building, an automatic sprinkler system shall be required throughout the floor. The
				sprinkler riser shall be sized to serve the entire building, even if the system
				currently being installed serves only a portion of the building.
1. Exception: For other than buildings of
				construction Type IIIB or VB, an automatic sprinkler system shall not be required
				for day care centers with an occupant load of 100 or less where all children below 2
				1/2 years of age are cared for on the first floor and in which each child care room
				has an exit door directly to the exterior. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.23 - Basic requirements-Group I-3

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed throughout the work area.
				As an alternative, buildings shall be in compliance with all applicable provisions
				of Chapter 15 "Existing Detention and Correctional Occupancies" of the Life Safety
				Code, NFPA 101, 1985 edition.
1. In buildings not
				required to be equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system, an automatic
				sprinkler system shall be provided in all padded cells, boiler rooms, storage and
				workshop rooms 24 square feet or larger, mechanical equipment and similar rooms.
				(Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.23A - Supplemental requirements-Group I-3

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of
				the building, an automatic sprinkler system or compliance with Chapter 15 "Existing
				Detention and Correctional Occupancies" of the Life Safety Code, NFPA 101, 1985
				edition shall be required throughout the building. In buildings without an automatic
				sprinkler system, padded cells, boiler and mechanical equipment rooms, and storage
				and workshop rooms 24 square feet or larger must have an automatic sprinkler system.
				(Fire)
(b) Automatic Alarm Systems: When
				the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, a
				supervised automatic fire alarm system shall be required throughout all resident
				housing areas in the building. Smoke detectors shall be arranged and positioned to
				prevent damage or tampering, provided that the function and speed of detecting a
				fire is equivalent to that provided by the spacing and arrangement of requirements
				of NFPA 72 listed in Chapter 35 of the building subcode.
1. Exception: An automatic fire alarm system shall
				not be required for buildings with an automatic sprinkler system and a manual fire
				alarm system and with single station smoke detectors in the vicinity of sleeping
				areas in accordance with NFPA 72.
2.
				Exception: Smoke detectors shall not be required in sleeping rooms with four or
				fewer occupants. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.24 - Basic requirements-Group M

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(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance
				greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit
				is required, existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the
				required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency
				exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except
				when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed
				access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.24A - Supplemental requirements-Group M

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: In buildings with a Group M fire area greater than 12,000 square feet or a
				Group M fire area more than three stories in height, when the work area exceeds 50
				percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, an automatic fire
				sprinkler system shall be provided throughout the entire building. (Fire)
(b) Manual Alarm System: For buildings greater
				than three stories in height with occupant loads over 25, when the work area exceeds
				50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, manual fire alarms
				shall be required throughout the building.
1.
				Exception: Manual alarm systems shall not be required in buildings equipped
				throughout with an automatic sprinkler system. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.25 - Basic requirements-Group R-1

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(a) Smoke alarms:
				Battery-powered, single station smoke alarms or smoke alarms complying with the
				building subcode shall be required in individual guest rooms. (Fire)
(b) Exits: Two exits shall be required for stories
				with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be required for stories with 501 to
				1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for stories with more than 1,000
				occupants. Two means of egress are also required from all mezzanines with an
				occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit is required, existing
				fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress
				unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency exiting conditions. For use of
				fire escapes, access shall be through a door except when serving an occupant load of
				10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed access to fire escapes without
				having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
ii. Window access to fire escapes shall be
				permitted from individual guestrooms.
iii. Window access shall be permitted to serve
				more than one guestroom for bed and breakfasts provided that the window serves a
				floor with a maximum occupant load of 10 and that the window has a clear opening of
				at least 5.7 square feet, a minimum net clear opening of 24 inches in height, a
				minimum net clear opening of 20 inches in width, and a sill height of not more than
				44 inches above the finished floor.
iv.
				For bed and breakfasts, where a door is required because the occupant load served
				exceeds 10, the door shall have a clear opening of at least 10 square feet, a
				minimum net clear opening of 54 inches in height and a minimum net clear opening of
				24 inches in width.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.25A - Supplemental requirements-Group R-1

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: In buildings four or more stories in height (excluding basements), when the
				work area is an entire floor, an automatic sprinkler system shall be installed
				throughout the work area. (Fire)
(b)
				Automatic Alarm Systems: When the work area exceeds 50 percent of the gross enclosed
				floor area of the building, an automatic fire alarm system shall be required
				throughout the building. System smoke detectors are not required in guestrooms
				provided that the single-station detectors required by Section 907.2.11.1 of the
				building subcode are connected to the emergency electrical system and are
				annunciated by guestroom at a constantly attended location from which the fire alarm
				system is capable of being manually activated.
1.
				Exception: An automatic fire detection system is not required in buildings that do
				not have interior corridors serving guestrooms and where all guestrooms have a means
				of egress door opening directly to an exterior exit access which leads directly to
				the exits. (Note: Single station smoke alarms are still required in individual guest
				rooms in such buildings in accordance with
				5:23-6.25(a)  or
				6.25A(d), as applicable). (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.26 - Basic requirements-Groups R-2 and R-4

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(a) Automatic Fire
				Sprinkler System: In Group R-2 dormitories, an automatic fire sprinkler system shall
				be installed throughout the work area.
(b) Exits: Two exits shall be required for stories
				with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be required for stories with 501 to
				1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for stories with more than 1,000
				occupants. Two means of egress are also required from all mezzanines with an
				occupant load greater than 50 or with exit travel distance greater than 75 feet.
1. When more than one exit is required, existing
				fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress
				unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency exiting conditions. For use of
				fire escapes, access shall be through a door except when serving an occupant load of
				10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed access to fire escapes without
				having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
ii. Window access to fire escapes shall be
				permitted from individual units.
iii.
				For rooming houses, ladders shall be prohibited on fire escapes used as a required
				means of egress.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.26A - Supplemental requirements-Groups R-2 and R-4

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: Automatic fire sprinkler systems shall be installed in Group R-2 and R-4 as
				follows:
1. In Group R-2 buildings four or more
				stories in height (excluding basements), when the work area is an entire floor, an
				automatic fire sprinkler system shall be installed throughout the work
				area.
2. In Group R-4 buildings where
				the occupant load of the work area exceeds eight occupants. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.27 - Basic requirements-Groups R-3 and R-5

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(a) Smoke Detection
				within Dwelling Units: Smoke alarms that meet the specifications of the building
				subcode or one- and two-family dwelling subcode, as applicable, shall be installed.
				The smoke alarms shall be installed in the locations indicated in the building
				subcode or one- and two-family dwelling subcode, as applicable, and placed within
				those locations in accordance with NFPA 72. (Fire.)
(b) Egress Windows:
1. When the building is used as a bed and
				breakfast, every sleeping room below the fourth story shall be provided with an
				operable window having a sill height of not more than 44 inches.
i. Windows in sleeping rooms shall not be required
				to meet these requirements in buildings where the sleeping room is provided with a
				door to a corridor having access to two remote exits or in buildings equipped
				throughout with an automatic sprinkler system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.27A - Supplemental requirements-Groups R-3 and R-5

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There are no supplemental requirements applicable to Groups R-3
				  and R-5.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.28 - Basic requirements-Group S

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(a) Exits: Two exits
				shall be required for stories with less than 500 occupants. Three exits shall be
				required for stories with 501 to 1,000 occupants. Four exits shall be required for
				stories with more than 1,000 occupants. Two means of egress are also required from
				all mezzanines with an occupant load greater than 30 or with an exit travel distance
				greater than 100 feet.
1. When more than one exit
				is required, existing fire escapes shall be accepted as providing one of the
				required means of egress unless judged to be dangerous for use under emergency
				exiting conditions. For use of fire escapes, access shall be through a door except
				when serving an occupant load of 10 or fewer. All occupants shall have unobstructed
				access to fire escapes without having to pass through a room subject to locking.
i. When more than one exit is required and there
				is not sufficient space for an exterior stair within the lot line, a new fire escape
				shall be accepted as providing one of the required means of egress. Newly-installed
				fire escapes shall comply with FTO-3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.28A - Supplemental requirements--Group S

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(a) Automatic Sprinkler
				System: In buildings with a Group S-1 fire area greater than 12,000 square feet or a
				Group S-1 fire area more than three stories in height, when the work area exceeds 50
				percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, an automatic sprinkler
				system shall be provided throughout the entire building.
(b) Manual Alarm System: For buildings greater
				than three stories in height with occupant loads over 25, when the work area exceeds
				50 percent of the gross enclosed floor area of the building, manual fire alarms
				shall be required throughout the building.
1.
				Exception: Manual alarm systems shall not be required in buildings equipped
				throughout with an automatic sprinkler system. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.29 - Mixed use buildings

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(a) Each portion of a building shall be separately
				classified as to use. The requirements of this subcode shall apply to each portion
				of the building based on the group of that portion, except that the most restrictive
				requirements of this subcode for an automatic sprinkler system shall apply to the
				entire building.
1. Exception: An automatic
				sprinkler system shall not be required for uses that would not otherwise need an
				automatic sprinkler system provided that there is a one-hour fire separation between
				the use(s) requiring an automatic sprinkler system and the other use(s) in the same
				building. A two-hour fire separation assembly shall be required to apply this
				exception in any building where one or more of the uses is H. (Plan
				review--Building, Fire. Inspection--Building)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.30 - Special technical requirements-all groups

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(a) The requirements of
				this section shall apply to reconstruction projects in all groups except R-3 and
				R-5.
(b) When an automatic sprinkler
				system is required or provided, the sprinkler riser shall be sized to serve the
				entire building even if the system currently being installed serves only a portion
				of the building.
1. Exception: This requirement
				shall not apply to limited area sprinkler systems installed in accordance with
				Section 903.3.8 of the building subcode. (Fire)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.31 - Change of use

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(a) General: The following are of general
				applicability to changes of use:
1. When the use
				of a building is changed, then the building must be brought into compliance with the
				requirements of this section. Each of the lettered subsections of this section
				establishes a specific type of requirement. This section establishes requirements
				for compliance with the basic requirements of this subcode, for means of egress, for
				enclosure of vertical openings, for height and area limitation, for exterior wall
				fire resistance, for automatic sprinkler systems, for fire alarm systems, for fire
				detection systems, for structural soundness, for plumbing, electrical, and
				mechanical systems, and for accessibility.
i.
				Limit on new buildings undergoing a change of use: Buildings that have been occupied
				for their originally intended use for less than one year shall be required to comply
				with the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code for new construction for the
				proposed use.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.32 - Additions

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(a) Any addition to a building or structure shall
				comply with the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code applicable to new
				construction.
1. Any repair, renovation,
				alteration or reconstruction work undertaken within an existing building in
				connection with an addition shall comply with the requirements of this
				subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.33 - Historic buildings

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(a) Except as provided for in this section,
				historic buildings shall comply with the provisions of this subcode relating to the
				repair, renovation, alteration, restoration, reconstruction, movement and/or change
				of use of structures.
1. For purposes of applying
				this section, historic buildings shall include any building that meets one or more
				of the following criteria:
i. Buildings listed on
				the New Jersey or National Registers of Historic Places either individually or as a
				contributing building to a historic district;
ii. Buildings that have been issued a
				Determination of Eligibility by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic
				Places;
iii. Buildings identified as
				contributing buildings to Local Historic Districts which have been certified by the
				Keeper of the National Register as substantially meeting the National Register
				Criteria; or
iv. Buildings with a State
				Historic Preservation Officer Opinion or Certification that the property is eligible
				to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places either individually or as a
				contributing building to a historic district.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 7 - BARRIER FREE SUBCODE › Section 5:23-7.1 - Barrier Free Subcode

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The accessibility regulations, other than recreation, shall be
				  found in Chapter 11 of the building subcode, as amended at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  5:23-3.14(b).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 7 - BARRIER FREE SUBCODE › Section 5:23-7.16 - Recreation

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(a) All facilities,
				equipment, and sites or portions thereof, intended for outdoor active or passive
				recreation shall meet all applicable requirements of this subchapter in addition to
				the provisions of
				5:23-7.17 through 7.32. All support
				facilities and site access points required to be on an accessible route of travel
				shall be made accessible in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
				subchapter.
1. Indoor recreational facilities shall
				be on an accessible route of travel and shall comply with all applicable
				requirements of this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 7 - BARRIER FREE SUBCODE › Section 5:23-7.17 - Recreation: definitions

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"Multi-functional play equipment" means play equipment designed
				  to provide multiple play activities such as, but not limited to, swinging, jumping,
				  sliding, and climbing.
"Park" or "recreation area" means an area set aside and designated
				  for recreation, including either active participation, as in sports, or passive
				  recreation, as in the observation of nature.
"Recreation equipment" means equipment and prescribed surrounding
				  safety areas, including, but not limited to, fixed equipment, fixed manipulative
				  play equipment (such as playground equipment), picnic tables, benches, fire places
				  and grills, ski lifts, and aerial tramways.
"Recreation facility" means a facility, body of water, dock,
				  court, field, location, or portion thereof, intended for active or passive
				  recreation that is required by this subchapter to be accessible regardless of
				  whether the facility is indoor or outdoor.
"Single function play equipment" means play equipment designed to
				  provide a single play activity, such as, but not limited to, swinging, jumping,
				  climbing, or sliding.
"Site access points" means entrances, waiting areas, drop-off
				  zones, parking areas, and public transportation stops serving the recreational area
				  or facility, except those used solely for maintenance purposes.
"Support facility" means a facility ancillary to a recreation
				  facility including, but not limited to, toilet facilities, food services,
				  information services, first aid stations, drinking fountains, telephones, spectator
				  seating and shelters. Facilities primarily housing mechanical equipment or those
				  exclusively used for storage are not included in this definition.
"Transfer platform" means a platform with a minimum dimension of
				  18 inches by 24 inches mounted 15 inches to 17 inches above grade as an integral
				  part of the multi-functional play equipment to provide access.
"Transfer point" means a clear space 36 inches by 60 inches
				  adjacent to a transfer platform.
"Undeveloped areas" means areas used for activities such as
				  camping, hunting, fishing, the observation of nature or open space conservation and
				  which contain no recreation equipment or recreation facilities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 7 - BARRIER FREE SUBCODE › Section 5:23-7.18 - Recreation: exceptions

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These recreation requirements do not apply to undeveloped areas
				  as defined in 5:23-7.17.