Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this code, have the meaning indicated in this section.
Words used in the present tense include the future; words used
in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular
number includes the plural and the plural the singular.
Where terms are not defined in this code and are defined in
the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, they shall have the same
meaning ascribed to them therein.
Where terms are not defined under the provisions of this code
or under the provisions of the New Jersey State Uniform Construction
Code, they shall have ascribed to them their ordinarily accepted meanings
or such as the context herein may imply.
As applied to a material, device or method of construction
shall mean approved by the Code Official under the provisions of this
code, or approved by some other authority designated by law to give
approval in the matter in question.
Shall mean the portion of a building that is partly underground,
which has more than 1/2 of its height, measured from clear floor to
ceiling, above the average adjoining ground level. Where the natural
contour of the ground level immediately adjacent to the building is
interrupted by ditching, pits or trenching, then the average adjoining
ground level shall be the nearest natural contour line parallel to
the walls of the building without regard to the levels created by
the ditching, pits or trenching. (See Cellar)
Shall mean the code officially adopted by the Borough Council
of South Bound Brook or such other code as may be officially designated
by the Council for the regulation of construction, alteration, addition,
repair, removal, demolition, use, location, occupancy and maintenance
of buildings and structures.
Shall mean the lowermost portion of a building partly or
totally underground, having 1/2 or more of its height measured from
clear floor to ceiling below the average adjoining ground level. Where
the natural contour of the ground level immediately adjacent to the
building is interrupted by ditching, pits or trenching, then the average
adjoining ground level shall be the nearest natural contour line parallel
to the walls of the building without regard to the level created by
the ditching, pits or trenching.
Shall mean the heating system permanently installed and adjusted
so as to provide the distribution of heat to all habitable rooms,
bathrooms and water closet compartments from a source outside of these
rooms.
Shall mean the official designated by the Borough to enforce
building, property maintenance, zoning or similar laws, or his duly
authorized representative.
Shall mean the official who is charged with the administration
and enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
Shall mean to adjudge unfit for use or occupancy.
Shall mean the act of judicially condemning.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGShall mean a building containing one dwelling unit.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGShall mean a building containing two dwelling units.
BOARDING HOUSEShall mean a building arranged or used for the lodging, with or without meals, for compensation, by more than five persons and not more than 20 individuals and is licensed.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGShall mean a building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units and not classified as a one or two family dwelling.
DORMITORYShall mean a space in a building where group sleeping accommodations are provided for persons, not members of the same family group, in one room, or in a series of closely associated rooms.
LODGING HOUSEShall mean a building or portion thereof containing more than five rooming units which are used by not more than five guests where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. A lodging house shall comply with all the requirements for dwellings.
FAMILYShall mean an individual or married couple and the children thereof with not more than two other persons related directly to the individual or married couple by blood or marriage.
ROOMING HOUSEShall mean any residence building or any part thereof containing one (l) or more rooming units in which space is let by the owner or operator to more than three persons who are not members of a family and is licensed.
DWELLING UNITShall mean a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
Shall mean the open space on the premises and on adjoining
property under the control of owners, operators or tenants of such
premises.
Shall mean the control and elimination of insects, rodents
or other pests and vermin by eliminating their harborage places; by
removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their
food; by poison spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other approved
pest elimination methods.
Shall mean the animal and vegetable waste resulting from
the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Shall mean space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating
or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage
or utility space and similar areas are not considered habitable space.
Shall mean the presence within, or contiguous to, a structure
or premises of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
Shall mean any vehicle which is without a currently valid
license plate or plates and is either in a rusted, wrecked, discharged,
dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition.
Shall mean to permit possession or occupancy of a dwelling,
building or structure by a person who shall be the legal owner or
not be the legal owner of record thereof pursuant to a written or
unwritten lease, agreement, license or pursuant to a recorded or unrecorded
agreement of contract for the sale of land.
Shall mean conformance of a building and its facilities to
the code under which the building was constructed.
Shall mean a hotel as defined in this code.
See Dwellings.
Shall mean 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.
Shall mean that part of a window or door which is available
for unobstructed ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Shall mean any person who has charge, care or control of
a structure or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
Shall mean any person, agent, firm or corporation having
legal or equitable interest in the property.
Shall mean and include a corporation or copartnership as
well as an individual.
Shall mean the practice, materials and fixtures used in the
installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of all piping,
fixtures, appliances and appurtenances within the scope of the New
Jersey Plumbing Code.
Shall mean a receptacle or device which is either permanently
or temporarily connected to the water distribution system of the premises,
and demands a supply of water therefrom; or discharges used water,
liquid-borne waste materials or sewage either directly or indirectly
to the drainage system of the premises; or which requires both water
supply connections and a discharge to the drainage system of the premises.
Shall mean a lot or parcel of land including the building
or structures thereon.
Shall mean and include the following:
The physical conditions or use of any premises regarded as a
public nuisance at common law; or
Any physical condition, use or occupancy of any premises or
its appurtenances considered an attractive nuisance to children, including
but not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations
and unsafe fences or structures; or
Any premises which has unsanitary sewerage or plumbing facilities;
or
Any premises which is manifestly capable of being a fire hazard
or is manifestly unsafe or unsecure as to endanger life, limb or property;
or
Any premises designated as unsafe for human habitation or use;
or
Any premises from which the plumbing, heating and/or facilities
required by this code have been removed; or from which utilities have
been disconnected, destroyed, removed or rendered ineffective; or
the required precautions against trespassers have not been provided;
or
Any premises which is unsanitary, or which is littered with
rubbish or garbage or which has an uncontrolled growth of weeds; or
Any structure or building which is in a state of dilapidation,
deterioration, decay, faulty construction, overcrowded, open, vacant,
abandoned or damaged by fire to the extent as not to provide shelter,
in danger of collapse or failure and is dangerous to anyone on or
near the premises.
Shall mean a building and its facilities made to conform
to present day minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety.
Shall mean 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 building code.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable
unit use or intended to be used for living and sleeping but not for
cooking or eating purposes.
Shall mean combustible and non-combustible waste material,
except garbage. The term - Shall include the residue from the burning
of weeds, coal, coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags,
cartons, boxes, wood, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and
dust and other similar materials.
Shall mean that which is built or constructed, including
without limitation because of enumeration, buildings for any occupancy
or use whatsoever, fences, signs, billboards, fire escapes, stairways,
chute escapes, railings, water tanks, towers, open grade steps, sidewalks,
stairways, tents or anything erected and framed of component parts
which is fastened, anchored or rests on a permanent foundation or
on the ground.
Shall mean installed, furnished or provided by the owner,
operator or agent.
Shall mean the process of supplying and removing air by natural
or mechanical means to or from any space.
MECHANICAL VENTILATIONShall mean ventilation by power-driven devices.
NATURAL VENTILATIONShall mean ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers or stacks without wind driven devices.
Shall mean, whenever the words "workmanlike state of maintenance
and repair" are used in this code, that maintenance and repair shall
be made in a reasonably skillful manner.
Shall mean 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.
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Note: Whenever the words "multi-family dwelling", "residence
building", "dwelling unit", "rooming house", or "premises" are used
in this code they shall be construed as though they were followed
by the words "or any part thereof."
