A.
Words used in the present tense include the future; words in the
masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the singular
number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
B.
Whenever the words "multifamily dwelling," "residence building,"
"dwelling unit," "rooming house," "rooming unit," and "premises" are
used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were
followed by the words "or any part thereof."
Where terms are not defined in this article and are defined
in the Uniform Construction Code, they shall have the same meanings
ascribed to them as in the Uniform Construction Code.
Where terms are not defined under the provisions of this chapter
or under the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code, they shall
have ascribed to them their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as
the context herein may imply.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings indicated:
As applied to a material, device or method of construction,
shall mean approved by the enforcement official under the provisions
of this chapter or approved by other authority designated by law to
give approval in the matter in question.
A portion of the building partly underground but having less
than half its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining
ground (see definition of "cellar").
A habitable room, used for sleeping purposes, which affords
privacy, equipped with a door.
The building or construction code adopted by the governing
body of the Borough of Lincoln Park, or such other code as may be
designated by the governing body for the regulation of construction,
alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition, use, location,
occupancy and maintenance of buildings and structures.
A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
clear height below the average level of the adjoining finished grade,
or having less than four feet of clear height above the average level
of the adjoining finished grade.
One or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more individuals
living together as a single housekeeping unit, with cooking, living,
sanitary and sleeping facilities.
The official designated herein or otherwise charged with
the responsibilities of administering this chapter, or his authorized
representatives.[1]
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
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.
One or more persons living and cooking together in a nonprofit
dwelling unit, on a permanent basis, equivalent to that of a traditional
family unit. For purposes of this chapter, one or more persons living
together in a rooming house, boardinghouse or single room occupancy
unit, subject to the Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979 (N.J.S.A.
55:13B-1 et seq.), shall not constitute a family.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
The total area of all habitable space in a building or structure.
Holes, cracks, broken or missing pavement, loose stones or
paving, excavations, breaks, projections, subsidence, ice, uncleared
snow and excretions of pets and other animals, exposed roots, projecting
or overhanging branches, and leaves of trees and shrubs on paths,
sidewalks, walks, driveways, parking lots and parking areas and other
parts of the property which are accessible to and used by persons
on the property or the general public.
[Added 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
A room or enclosed floor space arranged for living, eating
and sleeping purposes (not including bathrooms, water closet compartments,
laundries, pantries, foyers, hallways and other accessory floor spaces).
Any multiple dwelling, including but not limited to any related
structures, accessory building and land appurtenant thereto and any
part thereof, subject to the provisions of the Hotel and Multiple
Dwelling Law (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.).
Any mechanical, electric, gas, or other device for the preparation
of food by the application of heat, containing not more than one plate
or burner not exceeding eight inches in diameter.
The presence in or contiguous to a structure or premises
of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
The same meaning as a "hotel."
A building containing three or more dwelling units, registered
pursuant to and subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et
seq. (Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law), but shall not be deemed to
include a hospital, school, convent, monastery, asylum or other public
institution.
Any person over one year of age (including owner or operator)
living and sleeping in a dwelling unit or having actual possession
of said dwelling or rooming unit.
That part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure
or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
The owner or owners of the freehold of the premises or lesser
estate therein, 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 of premises, or their duly authorized
agents.
An individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
Water-heating facilities, water pipes, gas pipes, garbage
and disposal units, waste lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed
clothes washing machines or other similar equipment, catch basins,
drains, vents or other similarly supplied fixtures, together with
all connections to water, gas, sewer or vent lines.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or
structures thereon.
A building in which sleeping accommodations or sleeping accommodations
and cooking facilities as a unit are provided, except when classified
as an institution under the Uniform Construction Code.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage,
and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar
materials.
An exterior path or walkway, whether improved or unimproved,
used, designed, constructed or maintained for use by pedestrians,
including public sidewalks located on or along a street.
[Added 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
A public street, public easement, public right-of-way, public
highway, public alley, public way or public road accepted or maintained
by the Borough and any state or county road over which the Borough
may have acquired jurisdiction by agreement.
[Added 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1,275, effective 12-9-2001]
An assembly of materials forming a construction for occupancy
or use, whether installed over, on, upon, or under a piece of land,
including but not limited to buildings, stadiums, tents, reviewing
stands, platforms, stages, observation towers, radio towers, water
tanks, trestles, piers, wharves, open sheds, coal bins, shelters,
fences and display signs.
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.
MECHANICALVentilation by power-driven devices.
NATURALVentilation by any opening to an exterior space through windows, skylights, doors, louvers or stacks without wind-driven devices.
Whenever the words "workmanlike state of maintenance and
repair" are used in this chapter, they shall mean that such maintenance
and repair shall be made in a reasonably skillful manner.
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.
