A.
ADJOINING GRADE ELEVATION
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
AGENT
ALTERATION
ANSI
APPLIANCE
APPROVED
ARCHITECT
ASHRAE
ATTIC
BASEMENT
BASIN
BATHROOM
BOCA
BUILDING
BUYER
CEILING HEIGHT
CELLAR
CENTRAL HEATING
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
CHIMNEY
COMMON AREAS
COMMUNITY ROOM
CONCURRENT LOADS
CONDOMINIUM
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION CLASS (GROUP)
COOPERATIVE
CORRIDOR
COURT
CRAWL SPACE
DEAD END
DEMOLITION
DEPARTMENT
DESIGN WINTER CONDITIONS
DETERIORATION
DOUBLE-KEYED DEADBOLT LOCK
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
DUCT (VENTILATION)
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
EGRESS or MEANS OF EGRESS
ELECTRICALLY SUPERVISED
ELEVATOR
EMANCIPATED MINOR
EMERGENCY
ENGINEER
EROSION
EXTERMINATION
FIRE RESISTANCE RATING
FIRE SEPARATION WALL
FIRE WALL
FLOOR AREA
FLUE
FOOTING AREA
FOUNDATION (BUILDING)
FOUNDATION WALL
FRESH AIR
GARBAGE
GRADE
GRADE PASSAGEWAY
GUEST
HABITABLE ROOM
HAZARD
HEIGHT (BUILDINGS)
HOTEL
IBC
INFESTATION
INSPECTOR
JANITORIAL SERVICES
KITCHEN
LEADER
LIVE LOAD
LOCAL ENFORCING AGENCY
MAINTENANCE PERSON
MANAGING AGENT/INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIVE
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
MINOR
MULTIPLE DWELLING
MUTUAL HOUSING CORPORATION
NATURAL VENTILATION
NEW JERSEY UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE
NFPA
OCCUPANCY
OCCUPANT
OCCUPIABLE ROOM
ORDER
OWNER
PARTITION
PERSON
PLUMBING
PLUMBING FIXTURES
POTABLE WATER
PREMISES
PROJECT/RENTAL COMPLEX
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
RECYCLABLE ITEMS
REFUSE
REGULATIONS
REPAIR
REQUIRED
ROOF
ROOMING UNIT
RUBBISH
SAFETY
SANITARY SYSTEM
SELF-CLOSING
SEWAGE
SHAFT
SINK
STORY
STREET
STRUCTURE
SUPPLIED
TRANSIENT
TYPES OF DWELLINGS
(1)
(2)
(3)
UNEMANCIPATED MINOR
UNIT OF DWELLING SPACE
USABLE FLOOR AREA
USE (USED)
UTILITIES
VENTILATION
WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPING
WATER SERVICE PIPE
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
WORKMANLIKE
WORKMANSHIP
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
The average elevation of the final grade adjoining all exterior
walls of a building, calculated from grade elevations taken at intervals
of 10 feet around the perimeter of the building.
The Department of Community Development of the Township of
North Brunswick, which is authorized to administer the provisions
of this chapter.
A person who is legally empowered to act for the owner of
property by the expressed or implied authority of the owner.
As applied to a building or structure, means a change or
rearrangement in the structural parts or in the egress facilities
of any such building or structure; any enlargement thereof, whether
by extension on any side or by any increase in height; or the moving
of such building or structure from one location or position to another.
The American National Standards Inc.
A device which utilizes fuel or other energy to produce heat,
power refrigeration, air conditioning or perform a specific mechanical
function, including but not limited to washers, dryers, dishwashers,
refrigerators etc.
Approved by the Department of Community Development of North
Brunswick Township or its duly authorized representative.
A person registered to practice the profession of architecture
under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers.
The space between the ceiling beams of the top story and
the roof rafters.
The portion of a building which is partly below and partly
above grade and has at least 1/2 its ceiling height above grade.
A plumbing fixture located in a bathroom or in close proximity
thereto and used exclusively for sanitation operations.
Any enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs or showers,
or both, and which also may contain water closets, lavatories or fixtures
serving similar purposes.
Building Officials and Code Administrators International.
A structure built, erected and framed of component structural
parts designed for the housing, shelter, enclosure and support of
individuals, animals or property of any kind which is enclosed within
exterior walls on all sides.
A person or persons who buy property or a part thereof, including
a single-family home, a town home or a condominium unit.
Vertical distance between the finished floor and the finished
ceiling.
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade and has more than 1/2 its ceiling height below grade.
The provision of heat throughout a building by means of one
or more heating units or furnaces centrally located in a building,
rather than by means of individual heating units or furnaces located
in some or all of the units of dwelling space in said building.
The certificate provided for in this chapter.
A vertical enclosure containing one or more flues used to
remove hot gases from burning fuel, refuse or from industrial processes.
All areas accessible to and which may be utilized by either
occupants of a building or the general public, or both, including
but not limited to vestibules, hallways, stairways, landings, and
common space and occupiable room or space, as hereinafter defined,
which is not part of any dwelling unit. This definition shall also
mean and include any area accessible to the owner or manager or any
person employed in the maintenance of the building which is not part
of any dwelling unit.
An enclosed area accessible to occupants of the complex or
to the general public, including but not limited to common spaces
and habitable rooms used for assembly, recreation or similar purposes.
Two or more elements of dead or live load that, for purposes
of design, are considered to act simultaneously.
The form of ownership of real property under a master deed
providing for ownership by one or more owners of units, together with
an undivided interest in common elements appurtenant to each such
unit.
Any or all work or operations necessary or incidental to
the erection, demolition, assembling, installing, or equipping of
buildings, or any alterations and operations incidental thereto. The
term "construction" shall include land clearing, grading, excavating
and filling. It shall also mean the finished product of any such work
or operations.
The category in which a building or space is classified based
on the fire resistance ratings of its construction elements as set
forth in the current edition of the BOCA National Building Code.
A housing corporation or association which entitles the holder
of a share or membership interest thereof to possess and occupy for
dwelling purposes a house, apartment or other structure owned or leased
by said corporation or association, or to lease or purchase a dwelling
constructed or to be constructed by said corporation or association.
An enclosed passage providing a means of access from rooms
or spaces to an exit.
An open, uncovered, and unoccupied space on the same lot
with a building.
An unoccupiable area in a building not more than 48 inches
in height.
A portion of a corridor in which the travel to an exit is
in one direction only.
The dismantling or razing of all or part of a building, including
operations incidental thereto.
The Department of Community Development of the Township of
North Brunswick.
The design temperature at the nearest locality reported in
the latest edition of the Handbook of the American Society of Heating,
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Decay, damage, loss of material or ability to function as
intended caused by exposure to the elements.
Any locking device which requires a key to open from either
side.
All the piping within public or private premises which conveys
sewage, rainwater, or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal,
but shall not include the mains of public sewer system or private
or public sewage treatment or disposal plant.
A pipe, tube, shaft, conduit, or an enclosed space within
a wall or structure, used for conveying air.
Any building or structure or part thereof used for human
habitation or designed to be so used, containing one or more dwelling
units, including any appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed
therewith.
A room or rooms, or suite or apartment, that are occupied
or intended to be occupied for sleeping or dwelling purposes by one
or more persons.
A continuous and unobstructed path of travel from any point
in a building or structure to a public way and consists of three separate
and distinct parts: the exit access; the exit; and the exit discharge.
A means of egress comprises the vertical and horizontal means of travel
and shall include intervening room spaces, doors, hallways, corridors,
passageways, balconies, ramps, stairs, enclosures, lobbies, escalators,
horizontal exits, courts, aisles and yards.
As applied to a control circuit, means that in the event
of interruption of the current supply or in the event of a break in
the circuit, a specific signal will be given.
A hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or
platform that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction
and that serves two or more floors of a building.
Any person under the age of 18 who is gainfully employed
and who is self-supporting or who is married to a spouse who is gainfully
employed and who supports the said minor, or who is a student living
away from home and in regular attendance in an institution of higher
learning.
A situation in which there is reasonable cause to believe
that an immediate danger to life, limb or property exists, or any
situation deemed to be an emergency by the Inspector.
A person licensed to practice the profession of engineering
under the law of the State of New Jersey.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
The process of controlling and eliminating insects, rodents
or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing
or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by
poisoning, spraying, fumigation, trapping, or by any other recognized
and lawful pest elimination method.
The time in hours or fractions thereof that materials or
their assemblies will withstand fire exposure as determined by a fire
test made in conformity with recognized standards.
A fire-resistance-rated assembly of materials having protected
openings which is designed to restrict the spread of fire.
A fire-resistance-rated wall, having no unprotected openings,
which restricts the spread of fire and extends continuously from the
foundation to or through the roof.
The projected horizontal area enclosed inside of walls, partitions,
or other enclosed construction.
An enclosed passageway in a chimney to carry products of
combustion to the outer air.
A foundation element consisting of an enlargement of a foundation
pier or foundation wall, wherein the soil materials along the sides
of and underlying the element may be visually inspected prior to and
during its construction.
A construction that transfers building loads to the support
soil.
A wall extending below grade.
Outdoor air.
Rubbish and refuse as defined in this chapter.
A reference plane representing the average of finished ground
level adjoining the building at all exterior walls.
A horizontal extension of a vertical exit or a passage leading
from a yard or court to an open exterior space.
Any person who occupies a unit of dwelling space either as
a temporary occupant or transient in an establishment holding itself
out as serving transients or on a temporary or permanent basis in
an establishment providing housekeeping or dining services on a regular
basis to occupants.
A residential room or space, having an area exceeding 59
square feet in which the ordinary functions of domestic life are carried
on and which includes bedrooms, living rooms, studies, recreation
rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and other similar spaces, but does
not include closets, halls, stairs, laundry rooms, or bathrooms.
A condition which because of faulty construction or maintenance
of the premises creates significant and recognizable danger or risk
to the health and safety of persons on or near the premises.
The vertical distance from the curb level to the highest
point of the roof beams in the case of flat roofs or to a point at
the average height of the gable in the case of roofs having a pitch
of more than one foot in 4 1/2 feet, except that where the curb
level has not been legally established, or where every part of the
building is set back more than 25 feet from a street line, the height
shall be measured from the adjoining grade elevation.
Any building, including but not limited to any related structure,
accessory building and land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof,
which contains 10 or more dwelling units or has sleeping facilities
for 25 or more persons and is kept, used, maintained, advertised as,
or held out to be a place where sleeping or dwelling accommodations
are available to guests. "Hotel" also means any facility that is commonly
regarded as a hotel, motor hotel, motel or established guesthouse
in the community in which it is located. "Hotel" does not include
those facilities that are excluded by this chapter.
International Building Code.
The presence within a hotel or multiple dwelling of any insects,
rodents or other pests. Infestation shall include breeding areas on
the exterior of the premises so located that products thereof may
spread to the interior of any building subject to these regulations.
All employees designated to serve as officers authorized
to exercise powers prescribed by this chapter.
The cleaning and maintaining of common areas, including the
making of minor repairs, attendance to the furnishing of heat and
hot water where the owner is responsible for operation and maintenance
thereof, the removal of garbage, refuse and rubbish from the premises,
and the removal of snow, ice, dirt, and other matter creating obstructions
or hazards from pedestrian paths, sidewalks and gutters.
Any room or part of a room used for cooking or the preparation
of food.
A vertical drainage pipe for conveying stormwater from roof
or gutter drains to a building house storm drain, building house drain
(combined) or other means of disposal. The leader shall include the
horizontal pipe to a single roof drain or gutter drain.
All occupants, materials, equipment, constructions or other
elements of weight supported in, on or by a building that will or
are likely to be moved or relocated during the expected life of the
building.
The local fire marshal authorized by municipal ordinance
to enforce the Uniform Fire Code for North Brunswick Township.
A person employed to provide janitorial services, make minor
repairs, clean common areas, prepare units for reoccupancy and provide
twenty-four-hour emergency service.
The person who may be contacted at any time and who has authority
to make emergency decisions concerning the building and any repair
thereto or expenditure in connection therewith.
The process of introducing outdoor air into or removing vitiated
air from a building or room by mechanical means. A mechanical ventilating
system may include air heating, air cooling or air-conditioning components.
Any person who is under the age of 18.
Any building or structure and any land appurtenant thereto,
and any portion thereof, in which three or more dwelling units are
occupied or intended to be occupied by three or more persons living
independently of each other. "Multiple dwelling" also means any group
of 10 or more buildings on a single parcel of land or on contiguous
parcels under common ownership, in each of which two dwelling units
are occupied or intended to be occupied by two persons or households
living independently of each other, and any land appurtenant thereto,
and any portion thereof. "Multiple dwelling" does not include those
buildings and structures that are excluded by statute.
A not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws
of the State of New Jersey on a mutual or cooperative basis within
the scope of the Lanham War Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1501
et seq., which acquired a National Defense Housing Project pursuant
to said act.
Ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights,
doors, louvers or stacks with or without wind-driven devices.
N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1 et seq., and
subcodes adopted pursuant thereto.
The National Fire Protection Association.
The purpose or activity for which a building or space is
used or is designed or intended to be used.
Any person or persons, including guests, in actual physical
possession or occupancy of a unit of dwelling space on a regular basis.
For purposes of assigning specific duties or responsibilities, the
term "occupant," unless the text indicates otherwise, shall mean the
tenant, lessee, head of the family or household, or other adult person
or emancipated minor assuming basic responsibility for the continued
renting or occupancy of the dwelling space.
A room or space, other than a habitable room, designed for
human occupancy or use, in which persons may remain for a period of
time for rest, amusement, dining, shopping, storing goods or other
similar purposes or in which persons may be engaged at work.
A directive issued by an authorized agency mandating action
or forbearance.
Any person, firm or corporation or other legal entity who
has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof; or shall have charge, care
or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, executor, administrator,
administrative trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any
person representing the "owner" shall be his agent and bound to comply
with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner.
Usage of the term "owner" herein shall include and encompass the owner's
agent and employee.
A vertical unit or assembly of materials that separates one
space from another within any story of a building.
Any individual, corporation, association, or other entity.
The practice, materials, and fixtures used in the installation,
maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances,
equipment and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:
sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, the venting system
and the public or private water supply systems, within or adjacent
to any building; also, the practice and materials used in the installation,
maintenance, extension or alteration of stormwater, liquid waste,
or sewerage, and water supply systems of any premises and their connection
with any point or public disposal or other acceptable terminal.
Installed receptacles, devices, or appliances that are supplied
with water or which receive or discharge liquids or liquid-borne waste.
Water free from impurities present in amounts sufficient
to cause disease or harmful physiological effects. Its bacteriological
and chemical quality shall conform to the requirements of the Department
of Health.
Land, improvements thereon, or any part thereof.
A group of buildings subject to this chapter that are represented
to be under common or substantially common ownership; that are on
a single lot or contiguous lots; and are named, designated or advertised
as a common entity. Lots shall be considered to be contiguous even
if they are separated by a public right-of-way.
Any equipment, device, system or apparatus required or permitted
to be constructed or installed for the protection of occupants, intended
occupants or the general public.
Those items listed in the ordinances of the Township of North
Brunswick.
[1]All putrescible solid waste (except body waste), including
but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
The rules contained in this chapter.
The replacement of existing work with equivalent materials
for the purpose of its maintenance, but not including additional work
that would affect safety, or affect required exit facilities, or a
vital element of an elevator, plumbing, gas piping, wiring, ventilation,
or heating installation, or any work that would be in violation of
a provision of this chapter or any other law governing building construction.
Required by the provisions of these regulations.
The topmost slab or deck of a building, either flat or sloping
with its supporting members, not including vertical support.
A unit of dwelling space located within a multiple dwelling
or a hotel, forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be
used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
Nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, tin
cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar
materials.
The quality or condition of being safe and freedom from danger,
injury or damage; security.
Either the public system for disposal of sewage from the
premises or, in the absence of such system, any private system available
to the premises for the disposal of sewage.
As applied to an opening protective, means a door, window,
damper, or other device and its assembly that is normally kept in
a closed position and that is equipped with an approved device to
insure immediate closing after having been opened for use.
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in
suspension or solution, and may include liquids containing chemicals
in solution.
A vertical, inclined or offset passage, duct or hoistway,
penetrating through two or more floors of a building or through a
floor and roof, for the transmission of light, air, materials or persons,
or the passage of pipes or other mechanical facilities.
A plumbing fixture located in a kitchen area and used exclusively
for food preparation operations.
That portion of a building that is between a floor level
and the next higher level or roof above.
A thoroughfare dedicated or devoted to public use by legal
mapping or other lawful means.
An assembly of materials forming a construction for occupancy
or use, including, among others: buildings, stands, tents, reviewing
stands, platforms, stagings, observation towers, radio towers, tanks,
trestles, open sheds, coal pockets, shelters, fences and display signs.
Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of
the owner or his agent.
As applied to occupancy, means occupancy for not more than
90 days by a person having a principal residence elsewhere.
APARTMENTA room or suite of rooms to live in for which one pays rent. An apartment may be located in a building where all units are apartments or one or more dwelling units located in a condominium building or a separate unit of a single-family dwelling.
CONDOMINIUMA single dwelling unit located in an apartment-type building.
TOWNHOMEA single dwelling unit attached to similar dwelling units.
Any person under the age of 18 who is not an "emancipated
minor" as defined herein.
See "dwelling unit" in this chapter.
That part of the floor area within a unit of dwelling space
that can be considered usable for general living purposes, excluding
areas devoted to built-in equipment, such as wardrobes, cabinets,
closets, kitchen units, and equipment or fixtures which are not readily
available for use as floor area.
The purpose for which a building, structure, or space is
occupied or utilized, unless otherwise indicated by the text. "Use"
("used") shall be construed as if followed by the words "or is intended,
arranged, or designed to be used."
Includes, but is not limited to, electrical, gas, water and
sewerage services.
The supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural
or mechanical means. Cross-reference: See also "mechanical ventilation"
and "natural ventilation" in this chapter.
The pipes in a building or premises that convey water from
the water service pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other water outlets.
The pipe from the water (street) main or other source of
water supply to the building served.
The water service pipe, the water distribution piping, and
all of the necessary connecting pipes, fittings, control valves, and
appurtenances used for conveying water in the plumbing system.
Executed in a skilled manner, e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
All work shall be conducted, installed and completed in a
workmanlike and acceptable manner so as to secure the results intended
by this code.
B.
"Shall," as used in this chapter, is always to be construed as mandatory.
