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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 12 - ELEVATORS › Section 5:10-12.3 - Suspension of service

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Elevator service shall not be suspended except where unavoidable
				  or where necessary to provide servicing or repairs and then only for the minimum
				  period of time necessary to effectuate such servicing or repairs. Where the owner
				  has knowledge in advance of such suspension, he shall post a notice of the same
				  advising all occupants of the time and duration of any such suspension and the
				  reason therefor.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 12 - ELEVATORS › Section 5:10-12.4 - Mirrors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In all hotels and multiple dwellings in which there are one or
				  more self-service elevators, there shall be affixed and maintained in each elevator
				  a mirror that will enable persons, prior to entering into such elevator, to view the
				  inside thereof to determine whether any person is in such elevator.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 13 - ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND LIGHTING › Section 5:10-13.1 - Electrical service

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) There shall be
				maintained in good operational condition in every multiple dwelling and hotel,
				electrical service which shall comply with the electrical requirements in effect at
				the time the structure first became a multiple dwelling or hotel.
(b) The following electrical installations shall
				be provided and hereafter properly maintained in all hotels and multiple dwellings:
1. All entrances and exits shall be illuminated by
				exterior lights sufficient to provide safe passage for persons of normal vision.
				Exterior lighting fixtures shall be controlled by interior wall switches, located
				for convenient and readily accessible use except if such lights are controlled by an
				automatic timer or photoelectric control device.
2. Every kitchen shall be provided with a minimum
				of two duplex receptacle outlets.
3.
				Each basement shall be wired for a minimum of one lighting fixture for use as
				general illumination. All enclosed areas to which occupants of the building have
				access shall be provided with at least one lighting fixture. Stairwell and laundry
				area lighting fixtures shall not be counted as part of the required basement
				lighting fixtures.
4. Laundry areas
				shall be provided with illumination. The laundry circuit shall be an individual
				circuit. A wall-mounted grounding type duplex receptacle outlet shall be provided,
				located near the laundry equipment.
5.
				Heating equipment requiring electrical energy for operation or control shall be
				provided with an individual circuit.
6.
				Service and circuiting shall be adequate for the electrical load being served. If
				the electrical load in a building is excessive, the load shall be reduced or service
				shall be increased so as to be adequate.
7. Existing wiring and equipment shall be kept in
				good repair.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 13 - ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND LIGHTING › Section 5:10-13.2 - Exterior lighting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every garage or
				other accessory structure utilized by occupants after dark shall be equipped with
				artificial lighting which shall be maintained and operated so as to render all parts
				of the garage that are unlocked and accessible, visible to occupants and also to
				illuminate all areas commonly used by occupants sufficiently to enable persons of
				normal vision to traverse from such areas safely to the point of egress from the
				garage.
(b) In garages or structures not
				kept locked, lighting as required herein shall be kept on continually from one-half
				hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise unless the lighting is connected
				to a dusk to dawn photoelectric control device.
(c) In garages or structures which are locked at
				all entrances, lighting may be provided which is operated manually by individual
				occupants in lieu of continual night lighting, and in such case the lighting
				fixtures shall be operable from a switch located near the point of ingress into the
				interior of the space to be lighted.
(d)
				Illumination of common areas shall be situated so as not to shine into adjacent
				dwelling units.
(e) Exterior parking
				areas, pedestrian walkways or other portions of the premises subject to regular and
				recurrent use by occupants at night shall be illuminated continually from one-half
				hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise, unless the lighting is connected
				to a dusk to dawn photoelectric device to enable safe passage of persons of normal
				vision.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 13 - ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND LIGHTING › Section 5:10-13.3 - Artificial lighting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All interior common
				areas on the premises utilized by occupants are likely to be used by persons
				frequenting the premises shall be equipped with lighting so that during periods of
				darkness, all such parts and areas shall be sufficiently illuminated to enable
				persons of normal vision to traverse such areas safely and to perform therein the
				functions for which the parts or areas are designed.
(b) Light switches in exit ways, including
				corridors, hallways, landings, stairways and vestibules shall be of a type that may
				not be operated by occupants or persons frequenting the premises.
(c) Lighting fixtures, wall plates and other
				electrical facilities in bathrooms and toilet rooms shall be of the type or so
				located and maintained that there will be no danger of short circuiting from
				splashing of water from any facility therein. No such fixtures shall be located so
				as to be reached from a bathtub or shower enclosure.
(d) Every habitable or occupiable room shall have
				light available at all times, with an illumination of at least six foot-candles.
				Such light shall be measured 30 inches from the floor at the center of the
				room.
(e) Every bathroom and toilet room
				shall have light available at all times, with an illumination of at least three
				foot-candles. Such light shall be measured 30 inches from the floor at the center of
				the room.
(f) The foregoing provisions
				notwithstanding, it shall not be the responsibility of a multiple dwelling owner to
				provide lamps or lighting fixtures in dwelling units other than kitchen and bathroom
				ceiling or wall fixtures or to supply replacement bulbs.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 13 - ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND LIGHTING › Section 5:10-13.4 - Electrical hazards near swimming pools

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No overhead electrical conductors shall be within 15 feet of any
				  swimming pool. All metal fences, enclosures or railings that might become
				  electrically charged as a result of contact with broken overhead conductors or from
				  any other cause near, or adjacent to, a swimming pool shall be grounded in
				  accordance with the provisions of the National Electrical Code.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.1 - Standard of performance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every unit of dwelling space shall contain facilities to provide
				  heat sufficient to maintain a minimum inside temperature of at least 68 degrees
				  Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, measured at least one foot away from any surface
				  at the coldest portion of the space subject to regular use by occupants of any such
				  room when the outside temperature is at design winter conditions. This provision
				  shall not apply to units of dwelling space which are neither occupied nor intended
				  to be occupied between October 1 and the next succeeding May 15.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.2 - Corrective measures

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Where the bureau determines that the facilities are of inadequate
				  size or capacity to accomplish the foregoing, the owner may be ordered to either
				  increase the capacity of the heating system, provide additional insulation or take
				  such other or further steps as will enable the heating system of the unit to satisfy
				  this requirement; provided, however, nothing herein shall be construed as
				  authorizing loss of habitable space to an extent that would create a violation of
				  this chapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.3 - Standards of maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The heating
				equipment, facilities and system and all parts thereof shall be kept in good
				operating condition, free of defects, corrosion and deterioration at all
				times.
(b) Heating equipment shall be
				installed and maintained in such a manner as to avoid leakage of or concentration of
				liquids, gases and solid matters which may constitute hazards or violations of this
				chapter.
(c) Heating equipment shall not
				be operated in such a manner as to impair its ability to perform as required
				hereunder or create a hazard anywhere in the system due to excessive
				temperature.
(d) The heating system,
				including such parts as heating risers, ducts and hot water lines, shall be covered
				with an insulating material or guard to protect occupants and other persons on the
				premises from receiving burns due to chance contact.
(e) Any pressure relief valve on any type of
				heating unit shall be connected to a pipe that discharges either vertically toward
				the floor to a maximum distance of 20 inches from that floor surface or in a manner
				conforming to the plumbing subcode of the Uniform Construction Code.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.4 - Minimum temperature

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) From October 1 of each year to the next
				succeeding May 15, every unit of dwelling space and every habitable room therein
				shall be maintained at a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit between the
				hours of 6:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. and at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit between the
				hours of 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. The heating system shall be capable of maintaining
				the minimum required temperature in all habitable rooms without the necessity of
				heating adjoining rooms more than five degrees higher than said minimum required
				temperature. The design of the heating system shall conform to the ASHRAE Guide and
				Data Book. The heating standard herein set forth may be modified by the Commissioner
				by emergency rule.
(b) In meeting the
				aforesaid standards, the owner shall not be responsible for heat loss and the
				consequent drop in the interior temperature arising out of action by the occupants
				in leaving windows or doors open to the exterior of the building.
(c) The owner shall be obligated to supply
				required fuel or energy and maintain the heating system in good operating condition
				so that it can supply heat as required herein, notwithstanding any contractual
				provision seeking to delegate or shift responsibility to the occupant or third
				person, except that the owner shall not be required to supply fuel or energy for
				heating purposes to any unit where the occupant thereof agrees in writing to supply
				heat to his own unit of dwelling space and the said unit is served by its own
				exclusive heating equipment for which the source of heat can be separately computed
				and billed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.5 - Space heaters

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Space heaters shall
				be so installed, located and maintained so as to exhaust the products of combustion
				to the outside air (unless the appliance is labeled as having been tested and
				approved for unvented operation, in compliance with the State Uniform Construction
				Code), to prevent a fire hazard by being sufficiently removed or insulated from
				surrounding material, to be permanently affixed so that the heater cannot be moved
				by occupants, and not to constitute a hazard to persons using the premises in close
				proximity to the heater by reason of chance contact or by reason of lack of fresh
				air supply.
(b) Space heaters shall be
				installed in such a manner that all habitable rooms will be heated to the required
				temperature, with no room more than five degrees Fahrenheit higher in temperature
				than the other rooms. If the temperature varies over five degrees Fahrenheit, other
				heaters must be installed to give uniform heating of all habitable rooms.
(c) Electric and gas space heaters shall be
				permitted providing they meet standards established by the Underwriters'
				Laboratories.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 14 - HEATING › Section 5:10-14.7 - Annual inspection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The heating system as herein defined shall be
				inspected annually. Such inspection shall be for the following purposes:
1. To ensure that the system is being maintained,
				in accordance with the standards applicable to the system as of the time of
				installation;
2. To locate and remove
				hazards or conditions that may, if not corrected, foreseeably develop into hazards
				or become violations of these regulations;
3. To confirm the ability of the system to fulfill
				the heating requirements provided hereunder.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 15 - WATER SUPPLY › Section 5:10-15.1 - Sufficiency of source and system

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every multiple dwelling and hotel shall be connected to a source
				  of and system for delivery of potable water sufficient to meet the requirements for
				  hot and cold water at all connected fixtures.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 15 - WATER SUPPLY › Section 5:10-15.2 - Connection of fixtures

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every kitchen sink, bathroom or toilet room, sink, basin, tub or
				  shower shall be connected to both hot and cold water lines and be provided with both
				  hot and cold water.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 15 - WATER SUPPLY › Section 5:10-15.3 - Hot water

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each building shall
				be served by a hot water heater and hot water distribution system capable of
				operating even when the heating system itself is not in operation and of providing
				all units of dwelling space and facilities therein requiring hot water with water at
				the outlets at a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit and a maximum
				temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit at all times in accordance with anticipated
				need resulting from the number of fixtures and use of the building.
(b) The use of sidearm water heaters shall be
				prohibited.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 15 - WATER SUPPLY › Section 5:10-15.4 - Flow of water

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All plumbing fixtures and equipment for the supply and drainage
				  of running water shall be maintained so that the rate of flow shall be of sufficient
				  volume and at pressures adequate to enable them to function properly. The pipes
				  conveying the water shall be of sufficient size to provide the water required
				  without undue pressure reduction and without undue noise under all normal conditions
				  of use.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 15 - WATER SUPPLY › Section 5:10-15.5 - Drinking water test reporting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The owner of a
				multiple dwelling who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report, pursuant
				to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,
				42 U.S.C. §§
										300f et seq., or who receives a Consumer
				Confidence Report from the owner or operator of a public community water system, as
				that term is defined at N.J.S.A. 58:12A-41, shall post each Consumer Confidence
				Report it prepares or receives in each common area routinely used by the tenants
				living in the multiple dwelling unit.
(b) The owner of a multiple dwelling who is a
				supplier of water but is not required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report,
				pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996,
				42 U.S.C. §§
										300f et seq., and who is required to conduct tests
				of its drinking water by the Department of Environmental Protection, shall post a
				chart setting forth the results of the water tests in each common area routinely
				used by the tenants living in the multiple dwelling unit.
(c) For any water test report, if there is no
				common area routinely used by the tenants, the owner of the multiple dwelling shall
				transmit a copy of the report to each dwelling unit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 16 - NATURAL LIGHT, VENTILATION AND REPLACEMENT GLAZING › Section 5:10-16.1 - Natural light

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every habitable room
				shall have at least one window or skylight or transparent or translucent panel
				facing the exterior of the premises directly or through an open porch into the room,
				equal in area to at least eight percent of the floor area of such room.
(b) Wherever walls or other portions of a
				structure or other opaque barriers face a window surface and are less than three
				feet distant from such window surface and where the projected plane of any such
				wall, surface or barrier shall obscure more than one half of the window surface,
				then such shall not be included in the calculation as contributing to meet the
				minimum requirements hereof.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 16 - NATURAL LIGHT, VENTILATION AND REPLACEMENT GLAZING › Section 5:10-16.2 - Natural ventilation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every habitable
				room, bathroom, toilet room or enclosed kitchenette shall have a means of natural
				ventilation unless there is supplied some other device affording adequate
				ventilation and exchange of air. Natural ventilation as required hereunder shall be
				directly to the exterior through an opening of at least three square feet or through
				a porch having access and exposure to fresh air from the exterior. The total of
				openable window or skylight area in each such room shall be equal to at least 50
				percent of the minimum window or skylight area required for natural light under
				5:10-16.1.
(b) Every such window or skylight shall be
				equipped with the necessary hardware or other means so that it can be readily opened
				and closed by occupants from the interior of the dwelling space.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 16 - NATURAL LIGHT, VENTILATION AND REPLACEMENT GLAZING › Section 5:10-16.3 - Mechanical ventilation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Where the required
				natural ventilation is not provided, there shall be ventilation by mechanical means,
				conforming to the following requirements:
1.
				Kitchens and kitchenettes shall be ventilated by mechanical means so as to exhaust
				at least two cubic feet of air per minute per square foot of floor area directly to
				the outdoors or by means of a properly installed and maintained electrically-powered
				non-ducted range hood equipped with an activated charcoal filter for the elimination
				of cooking odors;
2. For commercial
				kitchens, see 5:70-4.7(g);
3. Bathrooms and toilet rooms containing only one
				water closet or urinal shall be mechanically vented by an exhaust system that
				exhausts at least 50 cubic feet of air per minute. Means shall be provided for air
				ingress by louvers in the door, by undercutting the door or by transfer ducts,
				grilles or other openings.
4. Bathrooms
				and toilet rooms containing more than one water closet or urinal shall be
				mechanically vented by an independent exhaust system that exhausts at least 40 cubic
				feet of air per minute per water closet or urinal.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 16 - NATURAL LIGHT, VENTILATION AND REPLACEMENT GLAZING › Section 5:10-16.4 - Replacement glazing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All replacement glazing shall conform to the applicable
				  construction codes of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code for glazing
				  requirements for specific hazardous locations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 17 - STORAGE AND CLOSET FACILITIES › Section 5:10-17.1 - Storage of occupants' property

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any storage area
				available to or used by occupants in common areas shall have each space within the
				area separately designated for each unit of dwelling space and a list identifying
				each such space shall be retained by the person in charge of the premises or, if the
				space is used in common by occupants of more than one unit of dwelling space, then
				all items so stored shall bear the identification of the occupant storing the item
				or items.
(b) The owner shall not permit
				unmarked items to be stored in a common storage area and shall have a procedure for
				notifying each tenant, in writing, before removal and disposal of same.
(c) Materials stored in such areas shall be
				secured against becoming sources of infestation and shall be protected against fire
				hazards caused by ignition from electrical or heating devices or equipment of
				similar possible sources of fire.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 17 - STORAGE AND CLOSET FACILITIES › Section 5:10-17.2 - No smoking signs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Common areas available for or utilized for storage purposes and
				  public garages shall contain one sign at least one square foot in area, clearly
				  legible and prominently displayed at or near the entrance to the space, prohibiting
				  smoking in the area.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 17 - STORAGE AND CLOSET FACILITIES › Section 5:10-17.3 - Limitations on storage space

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Storage in common
				areas shall not cover more than 80 percent of the overall floor area and not more
				than 60 percent of the cubic content of the storage area and shall be arranged so
				that there will be maintained at all times aisles at least three feet in
				width.
(b) Storage shall not be
				permitted in attic spaces in garden apartments unless such spaces are designed for
				such purposes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 17 - STORAGE AND CLOSET FACILITIES › Section 5:10-17.4 - Refrigerators and similar equipment

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The owner shall first remove the doors of any refrigerators or
				  other such equipment with exterior closing devices likely to be hazardous to
				  children, if stored on the premises.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 18 - MAILBOXES AND IDENTIFICATION SIGNS › Section 5:10-18.1 - Mailboxes and directories

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The owner shall
				provide and maintain mail receptacles for all occupants, conforming to all Federal
				postal laws and regulations.
(b) In
				multiple dwellings, there shall be identification by name and unit of dwelling space
				for each designated occupant, maintained by the person in charge of the premises or
				posted at or near the main entrance of the premises or in the lobby, lounge or
				mailroom area. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring a directory for
				transient guests, provided there is a responsible person on the premises designated
				by the owner, known to postal authorities, who shall on behalf of the owner receive
				and distribute or make available for pickup mail for transient guests.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 18 - MAILBOXES AND IDENTIFICATION SIGNS › Section 5:10-18.2 - Identification signs

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every unit of
				dwelling space in hotels and multiple dwellings shall have some permanent and
				legible identification by letter, number or other symbol at or near the front
				entrance thereof.
(b) Floor signs
				designating the number of the floor shall be posted prominently and maintained
				permanently near to and visible from the entrance to the elevators and stairwells
				serving each floor.
(c) The street
				number of the premises shall be posted prominently at the front entrance of the
				premises and be visible day and night from the public right-of-way adjoining the
				main front entrances of the premises.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 19 - BUILDING SECURITY › Section 5:10-19.1 - Hotels

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following provisions apply to hotels:
1. Entrance doors to dwelling units shall be
				equipped with a medium duty dead latching lockset (series 160, FF-H-106c, minimum,
				with a minimum 11/16 inch by 1/2 inch with 1/2 inch minimum throw latch bolt with
				automatic deadlocking plunger, or ANSI/BHMA A156.2 (Grade 2 also amended below) or
				with a dead bolt separate from the latch set.
2. Such entrance doors shall also be equipped with
				either a viewing device installed on the designated main entrance door to the
				dwelling unit located so as to enable a person on the inside of the entrance door to
				view a person immediately outside, or with a chain door guard so installed as to
				permit partial opening of the door; provided, however, that chain door guards shall
				not be installed as an alternative to viewing devices in dormitories.
3. All openable windows, sliding doors, basement
				windows and windows opening onto exterior stairways, fire escapes, porches,
				terraces, balconies or other areas affording easy access to the premises shall be
				equipped with a locking device of some kind.
4. Grilles lockable from the inside only may be
				placed on the inside or outside of windows only if the windows do not serve to
				provide access to exits.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 20 - COOKING FACILITIES › Section 5:10-20.1 - Required facilities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No cooking shall be
				permitted in any unit of dwelling space unless there is provision for the following
				minimum cooking and sanitary facilities:
1. A
				kitchen sink of nonabsorbent impervious material and drainboard of appropriate
				materials, connected to and having available at all times a supply of hot and cold
				water under sufficient pressure as required under N.J.A.C. 5:10-15. The kitchen sink
				shall be connected to a sanitary disposal or sewer system;
2. Cooking and preparation of food shall be
				undertaken only in areas designated therefor;
3. Means of natural ventilation or mechanical
				ventilation sufficient to remove promptly cooking odors to the exterior of the
				premises without first circulating them within the interior habitable space of the
				unit;
4. Place for storage of food free
				from infestation;
5. Facilities for
				refrigeration in good operating condition for protection of food from spoilage
				permitting maintenance of temperatures for storage above 32 degrees and below 50
				degrees without regard to outside temperature;
6. A cooking facility which, if electrical, is
				connected with safety to an electrical system of sufficient capacity, or if gas,
				connected by permanent fixtures and tubing to avoid leakage of gas. The use of
				gasoline stoves or other similar fuel-burning appliances using highly flammable
				liquids and the use of portable kerosene stoves or other similar fuel-burning
				portable appliances for cooking is prohibited;
7. Cabinets or drawers or other storage areas for
				utensils, dishes and other cooking and eating equipment;
8. Two floor or wall electrical outlets for
				electrical appliances.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 21 - SANITARY FACILITIES › Section 5:10-21.1 - Required facilities

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(a) Every unit of
				dwelling space shall contain the following minimum sanitary facilities:
1. A toilet equipped with a flushing
				mechanism;
2. A bathtub or shower or
				other complete bathing facility;
3. A
				wash basin in the toilet room or within close proximity thereto;
4. In dwelling units having more than one room
				available or used for sleeping purposes, each such room shall have accessible to it,
				sanitary facilities directly from the room itself or through any common portion of
				the dwelling unit without requiring passage through the bedroom.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 21 - SANITARY FACILITIES › Section 5:10-21.2 - Rooming units

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(a) Occupants of rooming
				units shall either have the sanitary facilities required hereunder within the
				rooming unit or accessible to the rooming unit dwelling directly or by passage
				through a common hallway or passageway into which such rooming unit opens. Any such
				facility shall be located either on the same level or no more than one level below
				or above the rooming unit accessible through a stairway.
(b) There shall be available at least one of each
				kind of sanitary facility located as provided herein for each group of rooming units
				with a permissible capacity of six persons and an additional set of each kind of
				sanitary facility for each additional multiple group of rooming units with a
				permissible capacity of eight persons or fraction thereof. For dwellings or
				structures utilized exclusively by male occupants, urinals flushed by running water
				may be substituted for no more than one-half of the required number of toilet
				facilities.
(c) Any additional toilets
				over and above the initial toilet shall be located or partitioned separately from
				any other toilet required hereunder and any additional bathing facility required
				hereunder shall be located separate from any other required bathing facility. There
				shall be no more than one of the required toilet facilities in the same room as any
				required bathing facility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 21 - SANITARY FACILITIES › Section 5:10-21.3 - Dormitories

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Rules on dormitories are outlined in the following table:
Water closets
Urinals
Lavatories
Bathtubs or showers
Persons
Closets
Male
Urina
Persons
Lavatories
Persons
Bathtubs
ls
or
Male
Female
Male
Female
showers
1-15
1
1
1-30
1
1-15
1
2
1-7
1
16-30
2
2
31-60
2
16-30
2
3
8-15
2
31-50
3
4
61-100
3
31-50
4
3
16-25
3
51-75
4
6
101-150
4
51-75
4
5
26-35
4
76-100
6
8
76-100
6
7
36-45
5
100-150
8
10
101-125
7
9
45-55
6
Over 150, add 1
Over 150,
						  add 1
Over 125, add 1
Over 55 and not
additional closet
for
						  each
lavatory for each 20
over 200, add
						  1
for each 25 males
additional
						  50
additional males and
tub or shower
						  for
and each 20
males
each 15 additional
each 10 persons.
additional females
females
Over 200 add 1 tub
or shower for each
20 persons
1 Drinking fountain for each 75 persons
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 22 - OCCUPANCY STANDARDS › Section 5:10-22.1 - Basements and cellars

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(a) Basements and
				cellars may be used for dwelling space provided that:
1. The entire area constituting the dwelling unit
				must comply with all requirements set forth in this chapter applicable to habitable
				rooms or areas and to all requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:70 applicable to
				dwelling units in basements or stories below grade; and
2. The floors, ceiling and walls of each unit of
				dwelling space must be free of moisture.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 22 - OCCUPANCY STANDARDS › Section 5:10-22.2 - Unemancipated minors

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No unemancipated minor shall occupy any unit of dwelling space
				  not having as part thereof for the exclusive use of its occupants the sanitary
				  facilities required under N.J.A.C. 5:10-21.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 22 - OCCUPANCY STANDARDS › Section 5:10-22.3 - Floor area

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(a) In all dwelling
				units other than rooming units, there shall be a minimum usable floor area for the
				initial occupant of 150 square feet and 100 square feet additional space for each
				additional occupant provided, however, that children under the age of two shall not
				be considered additional occupants.
(b)
				In rooming units used or intended to be used solely for transient occupancy, there
				shall be a minimum usable floor area of 50 square feet for each occupant provided,
				however, that children under the age of six shall not be considered additional
				occupants.
(c) In every rooming unit
				used or intended to be used for non-transient occupancy, there shall be a usable
				floor area of at least 80 square feet in every room occupied or intended to be
				occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant and a usable floor area of at least
				60 square feet per occupant in every room occupied or intended to be occupied for
				sleeping purposes by more than one occupant, provided, however, that children under
				the age of two shall not be considered to be additional occupants.
(d) In every dwelling unit other than a rooming
				unit, every room occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping purposes by one
				occupant shall have a minimum usable floor area of 70 square feet and every room
				occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant
				shall have a usable floor area of at least 50 square feet for each such occupant,
				provided, however, that children under the age of two shall not be considered to be
				additional occupants.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 22 - OCCUPANCY STANDARDS › Section 5:10-22.4 - Prohibited sleeping areas

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Kitchens, bathrooms, and toilet rooms shall not be used for
				  sleeping purposes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 22 - OCCUPANCY STANDARDS › Section 5:10-22.5 - Required ceiling height

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(a) Except as otherwise
				provided in (a)1 and 2 below, no room or space or portion of a room or space shall
				be considered habitable unless that room or space or portion of a room or space has
				a clear ceiling height of at least seven feet, zero inches.
1. Rooms, spaces, and portions of rooms and spaces
				in hotels that are open and operating less than six months of each year, are located
				in municipalities bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and are used exclusively for
				transient occupancy, and were so used prior to November 5, 1990 in conformity with
				any applicable mercantile license requirement, shall be deemed to be habitable
				regardless of ceiling height unless there is a clear and present danger to the
				health or safety of the occupants.
2.
				Dwelling units and portions of dwelling units in multiple dwellings located in
				municipalities bordering on the Atlantic Ocean shall be deemed to be habitable with
				a ceiling height of less than seven feet, zero inches provided that the dwelling
				unit was occupied prior to the effective date of this amendment and is in conformity
				with any applicable mercantile license requirement prior to May 27, 1991 and:
i. The ceiling height is less than seven feet,
				zero inches but at least six feet, four inches and there is no clear and present
				danger to the health or safety of the occupants;
ii. If the ceiling height is less than six feet,
				four inches but at least five feet, 10 inches, there is no clear and present danger
				to the health or safety of the occupants and the volume of the unit, as measured in
				cubic feet, is at least seven times the minimum square footage required for the
				number of occupants in the unit; or
iii.
				If the ceiling height is less than five feet, 10 inches, an exception is granted by
				the Bureau in accordance with
				55:13A-11 and
				5:10-1.15.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 23 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WITH ROOMING UNITS › Section 5:10-23.1 - Registry and rate-posting

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(a) Every hotel and
				multiple dwelling containing rooming units shall:
1. Maintain at all times a registry identifying
				the name of each occupant of each rooming unit, together with the principal
				residence address of each such occupant and the date upon which his occupancy of
				such rooming unit commenced, which registry shall be signed by the person renting
				the rooming unit.
2. Not have posted on
				any advertising sign, or placed before the public in any advertising matter or
				information pertaining to such hotel or multiple dwelling, any rates for
				accommodation in such hotel or multiple dwelling unless there are available therein,
				when vacant, accommodations for immediate occupancy at the advertised
				rate.
3. Have posted in a conspicuous
				place or manner in each rooming unit a statement of the range of rates charged by
				the hotel or multiple dwelling, including seasonal rates, and a legible printed copy
				of P.L. 1967, c.95 (29:4-5 et seq.).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 23 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS WITH ROOMING UNITS › Section 5:10-23.2 - Linen, towels, and housekeeping services

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(a) The owner or
				operator of every hotel or dwelling space for which housekeeping services are
				provided shall:
1. Supply a fresh change of bed
				linen and towels, all of which shall be in good condition, daily unless the occupant
				declines; and
2. Provide housekeeping
				and interior maintenance on a daily basis if a hotel, or weekly basis if a rooming
				house, but under any circumstances each such unit shall be completely inspected and
				cleaned where the occupancy thereof is changed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 24 - PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS › Section 5:10-24.1 - Design requirements

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(a) Driveways shall have
				two traffic lanes for their entire length, in addition to any parking space, except
				that a single lane may be used for short straight service driveways where two-way
				traffic is not anticipated.
(b)
				Buildings, walls, fences, planting and other sight obstructions shall be so located
				and designed that a driver backing out of a garage, carport or parking space can see
				approaching traffic speed and volume.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 24 - PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS › Section 5:10-24.2 - Maintenance requirements

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Driveways and parking areas shall be maintained free of potholes
				  or other unsafe or unsanitary conditions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 24 - PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS › Section 5:10-24.3 - Parking in approach drives

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No parking will be permitted in approach drives to parking areas
				  where such parking will obstruct ingress of fire-fighting equipment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 24 - PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS › Section 5:10-24.4 - Parking for handicapped residents

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(a) Any owner of a
				multiple dwelling with five or more dwelling units which provides parking to the
				occupants thereof, and in which a handicapped person resides, shall provide parking
				spaces for occupants who are handicapped located at the closest possible proximity
				to the principal accesses of the multiple dwelling.
(b) A minimum of one percent of the total number
				of parking spaces provided for the occupants of the multiple dwelling, but not less
				than one parking space, shall be set aside as parking for the handicapped.
1. Each space or group of spaces shall be
				identified with a clearly visible sign displaying the International Symbol of Access
				along with the following words: "This space reserved for physically handicapped
				drivers."
2. Each reserved space shall
				be 12 feet wide to allow room for a person in a wheelchair or on braces or crutches
				to get in and out of either side of an automobile onto a level, paved surface
				suitable for wheeling and walking and shall be located so that a person in a
				wheelchair or using braces or crutches is not compelled to wheel or walk behind
				parked cars.
3. Where applicable, curb
				ramps shall be provided to permit a handicapped person access from the parking area
				to the sidewalk.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Subchapter 25 - METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR INDIRECT APPORTIONMENT OF HEATING COSTS IN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS › Section 5:10-25.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter
				establishes standards and procedures for the Bureau of Housing Inspection's approval
				of methods and devices for indirect apportionment of heating costs in multiple
				dwellings, in accordance with P.L. 1991, c.453.
(b) No method, device or system of devices for
				apportionment of heating costs in multiple family dwellings shall be used without
				prior approval of the Bureau pursuant to this subchapter, except that methods or
				devices in use on April 17, 1992 may continue in use pending application for and
				issuance of approval by the Bureau, until not later than October 17, 1992, unless an
				application for approval is filed by January 19, 1993. Any system not approved by
				the Department by April 19, 1993, or undergoing testing or other procedures required
				by the Department as part of the approval process as of that date, shall be removed
				or permanently shut out of service.
(c)
				This subchapter shall not apply to devices for direct apportionment of heating costs
				that are approved by the Board of Public Utilities.
(d) This subchapter shall not apply to any charges
				for the separate heating of domestic hot water, charges for cooking fuel or charges
				for the heating of common areas in buildings. Charges for any such energy uses are
				not covered by this subchapter.
(e) This
				subchapter shall apply to all multiple dwellings, including, without limitation,
				condominiums, cooperatives and mutual housing corporations that are not excluded
				from jurisdiction under the act in accordance with
				55:13A-3(k).