New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE › Subchapter 6 - REHABILITATION SUBCODE › Section 5:23-6.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The words and terms used in this subcode shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Any term not defined herein
				  which is defined in any of the other subcodes of the Uniform Construction Code shall
				  have the meaning as defined in that subcode. Where a term is defined in this subcode
				  and is also defined in another subcode, then the term shall have the meaning as
				  defined herein wherever it is used in this subcode.
"Addition" means an increase in the footprint area of a building
				  or an increase in the average height of the highest roof surface or the number of
				  stories of a building.
"Alteration" means the rearrangement of any space by the
				  construction of walls or partitions or by a change in ceiling height, the addition
				  or elimination of any door or window, the extension or rearrangement of any system,
				  the installation of any additional equipment or fixtures and any work which reduces
				  the loadbearing capacity of or which imposes additional loads on a primary
				  structural component.
"Change of use" means a change from one use to another use in a
				  building or tenancy or portion thereof.
"Commercial energy code" means the American Society of Heating,
				  Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1 adopted at
				  5:23-3.18 and applicable to all
				  buildings other than residential buildings as defined at "residential energy
				  code."
"Dormitory" means a building, or portion thereof, containing rooms
				  which are provided as residences or for overnight sleeping for individuals or
				  groups, and includes those residences utilized by fraternities or sororities which
				  are recognized by or owned by a school or institution of higher education, but does
				  not include those residences or multiple dwellings utilized by students which are
				  not recognized by or owned by a school or institution of higher education.
				  "Dormitory" is not to include a building used primarily to house faculty or a
				  multiple dwelling in which occupancy of each dwelling unit is limited to persons who
				  are members of a single family group.
"Equipment" or "fixture" means plumbing, heating, electrical,
				  ventilating, air conditioning, refrigerating and fire protection equipment,
				  elevators devices, boilers, pressure vessels and other mechanical facilities or
				  installations, which are related to building services and shall not include
				  manufacturing, production or process equipment, but which shall include any
				  connections from building services to process equipment.
"Group" means the group classification of the building
				  subcode.
"Load bearing element" means any column, beam, joist, girder,
				  wall, floor or roof sheathing which supports any load in addition to its own
				  weight.
"New building element" means any one of the elements listed in
				  5:23-6.9 that did not exist
				  previously.
"Nursing home" means a building used for nursing or custodial care
				  on a 24-hour basis for more than five persons where evacuation is impractical (a
				  group that, even with staff assistance, cannot reliably move to a point of safety in
				  a timely manner) as defined in Section 22-1.3 of NFPA 101-97. This shall include
				  intermediate care facilities, skilled nursing facilities and long term care
				  facilities.
"Primary function space" means a room or space housing a major
				  activity for which the building or tenancy is intended including, but not limited
				  to, office area, auditorium, assembly space, dining room, bar or lounge, warehouse,
				  factory, dwelling, care, confinement, retail, and educational spaces, but not
				  including kitchens, bathrooms, storage rooms or other spaces supporting a primary
				  function space; a building or tenancy may contain more than one primary function
				  space.
"Primary structural component" means any component of the primary
				  load bearing structure of a building including footings, piles, foundations,
				  columns, girders, beams, joists, wind or seismic bracing but not including, for the
				  purposes of this subcode, sheathing or subflooring.
"Reconstruction" means any project where the extent and nature of
				  the work is such that the work area cannot be occupied while the work is in progress
				  and where a new certificate of occupancy is required before the work area can be
				  reoccupied. Reconstruction may include repair, renovation, alteration or any
				  combination thereof. Reconstruction shall not include projects comprised only of
				  floor finish replacement, painting or wallpapering, or the replacement of equipment
				  or furnishings. Asbestos hazard abatement and lead hazard abatement projects shall
				  not be classified as reconstruction solely because occupancy of the work area is not
				  permitted.
"Rehabilitation" means the repair, renovation, alteration or
				  reconstruction of any building or structure.
"Renovation" means the removal and replacement or covering of
				  existing interior or exterior finish, trim, doors, windows, or other materials with
				  new materials that serve the same purpose and do not change the configuration of
				  space. Renovation shall include the replacement of equipment or fixtures.
"Repair" means the restoration to a good or sound condition of
				  materials, systems and/or components that are worn, deteriorated or broken using
				  materials or components identical to or closely similar to the existing.
"Residential energy code" means the International Energy
				  Conservation Code adopted at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  5:23-3.18 and applicable to residential buildings
				  as defined as Group R-3 and R-5 buildings, as well as Group R-2 and Group R-4
				  buildings three stories or less in height above grade. Group R-5 buildings
				  requirements are denoted in parentheses for the equivalent requirement in the one-
				  and two-family dwelling subcode.
"System" means the primary structural, mechanical, plumbing,
				  electrical, fire protection, or occupant service components of a building including
				  any equipment, fixtures, connections, conduits, wires, pipes, ducts, as well as any
				  associated sensors, controls, distribution or safety elements.
"Technically infeasible" means, in connection with accessibility
				  requirements, a change that has little likelihood of being accomplished because the
				  existing structural conditions require the removal or alteration of a loadbearing
				  member that is an essential part of the structural frame, or because other existing
				  physical or site constraints prohibit modification or addition of elements, spaces
				  or features which are in full and strict compliance with the minimum requirements
				  for new construction and which are necessary to provide accessibility.
"Tenancy" means an entire building or that portion of a building
				  or story which is or is intended to be under the control of a single owner or
				  tenant.
"UFC fire barrier" means a continuous membrane, either vertical or
				  horizontal, such as a wall or floor assembly, that is designed and constructed with
				  a specified fire resistance rating and located to limit the spread of fire and
				  restrict the movement of smoke. Such barriers may have protected openings when a
				  specific fire resistive rating is indicated by this subcode.
"Use" means that portion of a building or tenancy which is devoted
				  to a single group or special use or occupancy as defined in the building subcode or
				  as established by the provisions of any other subcode for the purpose of specifying
				  special requirements applicable to that portion of a building or tenancy.
"Work area" means any entire use, primary function space, or
				  tenancy comprising all or part of a reconstruction project as delineated on the
				  approved permit application and/or plans.