New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 27 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES › Subchapter 4 - GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS › Section 5:27-4.7 - Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every foundation,
				floor, wall, ceiling, door, window, roof, or other part of a rooming or boarding
				house shall be kept in good repair and capable of the use intended by its design,
				and any exterior part or parts thereof subject to corrosion or deterioration shall
				be kept well painted.
(b) Every inside
				and outside stairway, every porch, and every appurtenance thereto shall be so
				constructed as to be safe to use and capable of supporting the load that normal use
				may cause to be placed thereon, and shall be kept in sound condition and good
				repair. Every stairway having three or more steps shall be properly banistered and
				safely balustraded.
(c) Every porch,
				balcony, roof, and/or similar place higher than 30 inches above the ground, used for
				egress or for use by occupants, shall be provided with adequate railings or
				parapets. Such protective railings or parapets shall be properly balustraded and be
				not less than three feet in height.
(d)
				Every roof, wall, window, exterior door, and hatchway shall be free from holes or
				leaks that would permit the entrance of water within a rooming or boarding house or
				be a cause of dampness.
(e) Every
				foundation, floor, and wall of a rooming or boarding house shall be free from
				chronic dampness.
(f) Every rooming and
				boarding house shall be free from rodents, vermin and insects. Rodent or vermin
				extermination and rodent proofing and vermin proofing may be required by the Bureau.
				Every openable window, exterior door, skylight, and other opening to the outdoors
				shall be supplied with properly fitting screens in good repair from May 1 until
				October 1 of each year. Such screens shall have a mesh of not less than No.
				16.
(g) Every rooming and boarding
				house, including all exterior areas of the premises, shall be clean and free from
				garbage or rubbish and hazards to safety. Lawns, hedges and bushes shall be kept
				trimmed and shall not be permitted to become overgrown and unsightly. Fences shall
				be kept in good repair.
(h) The Bureau
				may order the licensee to clean, repair, paint, whitewash, or paper such walls or
				ceilings, when a wall or ceiling within a dwelling has deteriorated so as to provide
				a harborage for rodents or vermin, or when such a wall or ceiling has become stained
				or soiled, or the plaster, wallboard, or other covering has become loose or badly
				cracked or missing.
(i) Every water
				closet compartment floor and bathroom floor shall be so constructed and maintained
				as to be reasonably impervious to water so as to permit such floor to be kept in a
				clean condition.
(j) No licensee shall
				cause or permit any services, facilities, equipment, or utilities which are required
				under this subsection to be removed from, shut off, or discontinued in any rooming
				or boarding house or part thereof, except for such temporary interruption as may be
				necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process or during temporary
				emergencies when discontinuance of service is authorized by the Bureau. In the event
				that any service or utility is discontinued, the licensee shall take immediate steps
				to cause the restoration of such service or utility.
(k) A licensee of a rooming or boarding house
				located in an area found by the Bureau to be infested by rats, insects, or other
				vermin shall carry out such rat stoppage, vermin proofing, or other means of
				preventing infestations of said dwellings as may be required by the
				Bureau.
(l) No licensee shall allow to
				be occupied or let to a prospective resident any vacant rooming unit unless it is
				clean and sanitary.
(m) Every licensee
				shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition all areas of
				the rooming or boarding house.
(n) It
				shall be the responsibility of the licensee to provide for the orderly maintenance
				of the premises. The storage of objects or materials shall be done in an orderly
				manner so as to not constitute a health, safety, or fire hazard.