Applied meaning of words and terms. Unless otherwise
expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purposes of this
code, have the meanings indicated in this section:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A building which is customarily used as an incidental building
to a principal building and is located on the same lot with such principal
building excluding, however, any structure which is attached to a
principal building.
APPROVED
As applied to a material, device or method of construction,
approved by the Building Inspector under the provisions of this code,
or approved by other authority designated by law to give approval
in the matter in question.
BASEMENT
A story, the floor of which is below grade and the ceiling
of which is not less than four feet six inches above grade. (See also
"cellar.")
BATHROOM
An enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs, showers
or both, and which may also include toilets, lavatories or fixtures
serving similar purposes.
BEDROOM
A room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping
purposes.
[Added 6-8-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
BUILDING CODE
The Building Code, latest edition and current accumulative
supplement, officially adopted by the Township, or such other code
as may be officially designated by the legislative body of the Township
for the regulation of the construction, alteration, addition, repair,
removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy and maintenance of buildings
and structures.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The official designated by the Township to enforce building,
zoning or similar laws and this code, or his duly authorized representative.
BUILDING SERVICE EQUIPMENT
The mechanical, electrical and elevator equipment, including
piping, wiring, fixtures and other accessories, which provide sanitation,
lighting, heating, ventilation and fire-fighting and transportation
facilities essential for the habitable occupancy of the building or
structure for its designated use and occupancy.
CELLAR
A story, the floor of which is below grade and the ceiling
of which is less than four feet six inches above grade.
CERTIFICATE OF HABITABILITY
A certificate issued by the Construction Code Official of the Township, indicating that at the time of its issuance the residential property for which it has been issued complies in all respects with Chapter
218 of the Code of the Township entitled "Property Maintenance," as well as Chapter
92 of the Laws of 1991, dealing with the installation of smoke-sensitive alarm devices within residential properties. In addition, the certificate shall indicate that the residential dwelling unit is equipped with one or more carbon monoxide sensor detectors, or, at the time of inspection, there was no potential carbon monoxide hazard within the said residential dwelling unit all in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:70-4.19.
[Added 8-8-1991 by Ord. No. 19-91; amended 5-8-2003 by Ord. No.
9-2003]
DETERIORATION
The condition of a structure or part thereof characterized
by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other
evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive
use.
DWELLING
Any building which was or is wholly or partly used or intended
to be used for living or sleeping quarters by human occupants.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building designed for and occupied exclusively by not more
than two families.
DWELLING UNITS
Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or
are intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
EMANCIPATED MINOR
Any person under the age of 18 who is gainfully employed
and self-supporting, or who is married to a spouse who is gainfully
employed and who supports said minor, or who is a student living away
from home and in regular attendance at an institution of higher learning.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The official designated herein or otherwise charged with
the responsibilities of administering the code, or his authorized
representatives.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS
The open space on the premises and on adjoining premises
under the control of the owners or operators of said premises.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other
pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making
inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poison, spraying,
fumigating or trapping or by any other approved pest-elimination methods.
FAMILY
Up to two persons unrelated by blood, marriage or adoption,
or any number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption,
living privately together as a single housekeeping unit and using
certain rooms and cooking facilities in common. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the placement of foster children by
the New Jersey State Board of Child Welfare or a duly incorporated
child welfare agency with families living in a one-family zone district.
[Amended 4-27-1989 by Ord. No. 8-89]
FIRE HAZARD
Any thing or any act which increases or may cause an increase
of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than that customarily
recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing,
suppressing or extinguishing fire or which may obstruct, delay or
hinder or may become the cause of an obstruction, a delay, a hazard
or a hindrance to the prevention, suppression or extinguishment of
fire. (See also "nuisance.")
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The total area within a dwelling unit available and accessible
to the occupants thereof for all purposes associated with living in
said unit.
HABITABLE ROOMS
Rooms used or designed for use by one or more persons for
living or sleeping or cooking and eating, but not including bathrooms,
water closet compartments, laundries, serving and storage pantries,
corridors, foyers, vestibules, heater rooms, boiler rooms, utility
rooms, porches and similar areas.
[Amended 6-8-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
HOTEL/MOTEL
Any building kept, used, maintained, advertised as or held
out to be a place where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay
to transient or permanent guests, in which rooms are rented, furnished
or unfurnished, including any room found to be arranged for or used
for sleeping purposes, with or without meals, for the accommodation
of such guests.
HOUSING INSPECTORS
All officials, officers or employees of the Township of Hanover,
entrusted with the enforcement of this code.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises,
of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle which cannot be moved under its own power
from place to place by reason of mechanical defects or inadequate
equipment, including but not restricted to the lack of one or more
tires, and which shall remain in such condition for a period of 14
days or more.
KITCHEN
Any room or part of a room used for cooking or the preparation
of food.
MOTOR VEHICLE
An automobile, omnibus, road tractor, trailer, truck, truck tractor or other vehicle defined in Chapter
1 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, as amended (N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et seq.).
NET FLOOR AREA
The "net floor area" within a dwelling unit shall be computed
by deducting from the gross floor area the following:
(1)
Built-in equipment, wardrobes and closets, bathrooms,
water closet compartments, laundries, serving and storage pantries,
cellars, heating rooms, boiler rooms, utility rooms, kitchens, kitchenettes
and areas utilized for cooking purposes.
(2)
Other rooms or spaces that are not used frequently
and regularly for living purposes.
(3)
Such part of any room where the floor-to-ceiling
height is less than seven feet.
(4)
Any room or part remaining after eliminating areas in Subsection
(3) above which would then contain less than 70 square feet.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any public nuisance known at common law or equity
jurisprudence or as provided by the statutes of the State of New Jersey
or the ordinances of the Township of Hanover.
(2)
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental
to the health and safety of persons, whether in a building, on the
premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes but
is not limited to abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations,
abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators, motor vehicles, any structures,
unsound structures, lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation such
as poison ivy, oak or sumac.
(3)
Physical conditions dangerous to human life
or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where
the conditions exist.
(4)
The overcrowding of a room with occupants in
violation of this code.
(5)
insufficient ventilation, or illumination in
violation of this code.
(6)
Inadequate or unsanitary sewerage or plumbing
facilities in violation of this code.
(7)
Unsanitary conditions or anything dangerous
to health in violation of this code.
(8)
Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome
or detrimental to the health of human beings.
OCCUPANCY
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized
or occupied.
[Added 6-8-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
OCCUPANT
Any person living, sleeping or having actual possession of
a business, dwelling unit or room unit.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window, skylight or door that is available
for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
[Added 6-8-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure,
whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.
OWNER
The owner or owners of the freehold of the premises or lesser
estate therein or a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of
rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or other person, firm or
corporation in control of a building, or their duly authorized agents.
PERSON
An individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING and PLUMBING FIXTURES
All of the following supplies, facilities and equipment:
gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage-disposal units,
waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories,
bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch
basins, vents and any other similar fixtures, together with all connections
to water-, sewer or gas lines and water pipes and lines utilized in
conjunction with air-conditioning equipment.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or
structures thereon. For the purposes of this code, a "vacant lot"
shall be defined as a lot. For the purposes of this code, "premises"
shall also include the area between the sidewalk and the curb where
applicable.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OFFICER
The official designated by the Township to assist the Building Inspector in the enforcement of the Property Maintenance Code. With respect to the enforcement of this chapter, Chapter
218, the Property Maintenance Officer shall be directly responsible to the Building Inspector in the performance of his/her duties.
[Added 3-13-1997 by Ord. No. 10-97]
ROOM
Space in an enclosed building or space set apart by a permanent
partition or partitions.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking
or eating purposes.
RUBBISH
All combustible and noncombustible waste materials other
than garbage, and the term shall include paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, and the residue from
burning wood, coal, coke or other combustible materials, solid market
and industrial waste.
SEWAGE
Waste from a flush toilet, bathtub, sink, lavatory or dishwashing
or laundry machine, or the water-carried waste from any other fixture
or equipment or machine.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, or any piece of work
artificially built or composed of parts joined together in some definite
manner, the use of which requires more or less permanent location
on or in the ground. The word "structure" shall be construed as if
followed by the words "or part thereof" and shall be construed to
include a building or buildings.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of
the owner or operator.
UTILITIES
Gas service and equipment therefor, electric service and
equipment therefor and water supply, including hot water, and equipment
therefor.
VACANT
Not occupied by an incumbent or possessor.
VENTILATION
The supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural
or mechanical means.
WASHROOMS
Enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs, showers or
both, and which shall also include toilets, lavatories or fixtures
serving similar purposes.
WATER CLOSET COMPARTMENTS
Enclosed space containing one or more toilets which may also
contain one or more lavatories, urinals and other plumbing fixtures.
WEATHERING
Deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the
elements.
YARD
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building,
extending along the entire length of a street or rear or interior
lot line.