New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 28 - NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSING CODE › Subchapter 1 - STANDARDS OF HABITABILITY › Section 5:28-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The words, terms or phrases listed below for the purpose of this
				  chapter shall be defined and interpreted as follows.
"Administrative Authority" shall mean the department, branch or
				  agency of this municipality which is authorized by the adopting ordinance to
				  administer the provisions of this chapter.
"Building" shall mean any building or structure, or part thereof,
				  used for human habitation, use, or occupancy and includes any accessory buildings
				  and appurtenance belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
"Dwelling" shall mean a building or structure or part thereof
				  containing one or more dwelling units or lodging units.
"Dwelling unit" shall mean any room or group of rooms or any part
				  thereof located within a building and forming a single habitable unit with
				  facilities which are used, or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and
				  eating.
"Garbage" shall mean the animal and vegetable and other organic
				  waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of
				  food.
"Habitable room" shall mean a room or enclosed floor space within
				  a dwelling unit used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating
				  purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries,
				  foyers or communicating corridors, closets, and storage spaces.
"Infestations" shall mean the presence, within or around a
				  building, of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
"Local health agency" shall mean any county, regional, municipal
				  or other governmental agency organized for the purpose of providing health services,
				  administered by a full-time health officer and conducting a public health officer
				  program pursuant to law.
"Lodging house" shall mean any building, or that part of any
				  building containing one or more lodging units, each of which is rented by one or
				  more persons not related to the owner.
"Lodging unit" shall mean a rented room or group of rooms,
				  containing no cooking facilities, used for living purposes by a separate family or
				  group of persons living together or by a person living alone, within a
				  building.
"Occupant" shall mean any person or persons in actual possession
				  of, and living in the building or dwelling unit, including the owner.
"Owner" shall mean any person properly authorized to exercise
				  powers of, or for an owner of property for purposes of its purchase, sale, use,
				  occupancy, or maintenance.
"Person" shall be given the same meaning as defined in
				  1:1-2 of the Revised Statutes of New
				  Jersey.
"Plumbing fixtures" shall mean and include all installed
				  receptacles or devices which are supplied with water or which receive or discharge
				  liquid waste or sewage into the drainage system with which they are directly or
				  indirectly connected.
"Public Officer" shall mean the officer or officers who are
				  authorized by the adopting Ordinance to exercise the powers prescribed by this
				  chapter.
"Rubbish" shall mean and include all combustible and
				  noncombustible waste material, except garbage.
"Utilities" shall mean and include electric, gas, heating, water
				  and sewerage services, and equipment therefor.