As used in this article, words used in the present tense include
the future; words are intended to be gender neutral; the singular
number includes the plural, and words importing the plural include
the singular. The following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT
The "Uniform Fire Safety Act," P.L. 1983, c. 383, N.J.S.A.
52:27D-192 et seq., and includes all Acts amendatory and supplementary
thereto and all regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
AGENT
The individual or individuals designated by the owner as
the person(s) authorized by the owner to perform any duty imposed
upon the owner by this chapter. The term does not necessarily mean
a licensed real estate broker or salesman of the State of New Jersey
(N.J.), as those terms are defined by N.J.S.A. 45:15-3; however, such
term may include a licensed real estate broker or salesman of the
State of N.J. if such person designated by the owner as their agent
is so licensed.
APARTMENT COMPLEX
Two or more buildings, each containing two or more apartments,
which are located within close proximity of each other and are owned
by the same owner.
APARTMENT or DWELLING
Any apartment, cottage, bungalow, or any room or rooms in
a rooming house or boardinghouse, or other dwelling unit consisting
of one or more rooms occupying all or part of a floor or floors in
a building, whether designed with or without housekeeping facilities,
for dwelling purposes and notwithstanding whether the apartment be
designed for residence, for office, for the operation of any industry
or business, or for any other type of independent use.
APPROVED CONTAINERS
Noncombustible containers approved by the Fire Marshal for
use in burning open fires or outdoor fires, which include but may
not be limited to chimeneas, outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, patio
warmers or other portable wood-burning devices used for outdoor recreation
and/or heating and which meet the minimum standards set forth in this
article.
ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL
A person appointed by the Fire Director to assist the Bureau
Chief and designated to direct the enforcement of the N.J. Uniform
Fire Code by the appointing authority of the local enforcing agency
(LEA) jurisdiction; an authorized representative of the Fire Marshal/Fire
Official, who is certified per N.J.A.C. 5:71-4.3.
AUTHORITY
The State Fire Prevention Code is promulgated by the Commissioner
of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) pursuant to the authority
of the "Uniform Fire Safety Act" (P.L. 1983, c.383, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192
et seq.).
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION (AHJ)
An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing
the requirements of a code or standard or for approving equipment,
materials, an installation, or a procedure; the State Fire Marshal,
his authorized deputies, or the local fire enforcement authority.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
A vehicle of the fire department, police vehicles, and such
ambulances and other vehicles as are approved by the Chief Administrator
of the N.J. Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC), when operated in response
to an emergency call, any vehicle that is licensed in accordance with
N.J.A.C. 8:40 or N.J.A.C. 8:41 and any ambulance of a volunteer first
aid, rescue, or ambulance squad that has been certified in accordance
with 27:5F-27, and any "first response" vehicle or other vehicles
of a volunteer first aid, rescue or ambulance squad that bears governmental
or other "no fee" registration, and any "first response" vehicle of
a hospital that bears governmental or other "no fee" registration,
for purposes of 39:1-1 and this chapter when operated in response
to an emergency. Any vehicle of the State Office of Emergency Management
(OEM) or of a county or municipal OEM that bears governmental registration
for purposes of 39:1-1 and this chapter when operated in response
to an emergency. Any vehicle bearing governmental registration, when
being operated by a "fire official" or "fire inspector" as defined
in N.J.A.C. 5:71-1.4 to travel to the scene of a fire or explosion
in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:71-3.3, for purposes of 39:1-1 and this
chapter. It is lawful for any fire vehicle, when returning to its
fire station from an emergency call to display a flashing red light
visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at
least 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
This shall mean and include representing oneself as authorized
to carry out inspection of life hazard uses (LHU) on behalf of the
Commissioner, issuing orders pursuant to the Act, and assessing or
imposing any of the penalties provided for by the Act.
BARBECUE GRILL(s)
A portable outdoor open-flame cooking device(s) and/or outdoor
fireplaces using compressed gas (e.g., portable LP-gas), charcoal,
solid fuel, or any organic material or fuel(s).
BARBECUE PIT
A meal or gathering in which food is cooked outdoors on a
rack over an open fire or on a special appliance.
BONFIRE
An outdoor fire utilized for ceremonial purposes.
CERTIFICATE HOLDER
The person to whom the certificate of code compliance is
issued pursuant to this chapter. The term "certificate holder" includes
within its definition the term "agent," where applicable.
CERTIFICATE OF CODE COMPLIANCE
The certificate issued by the Township Inspections Department
or designee attesting that the rental unit is in compliance with all
of the ordinances of the Township of East Hanover.
CHANGE IN USE
A change from one use to another use in a building or tenancy
or portion thereof.
CHIEF OF POLICE
The executive head of the Police of the Township of East Hanover as outlined in Chapter
42, "Police Department." Said Police Department shall herein be known as the East Hanover Police Department (EHPD).
CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION or BUREAU CHIEF
The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, also known as "Fire Marshal," shall be certified by the Commissioner of the DCA and appointed or designated to direct the enforcement of the Code and the State Fire Prevention Code by the appointing authority of the Mayor of the Township of East Hanover as set forth in §
26-39, pursuant to 5:71-3.3(a), hereof serving as the chief administrator of the local enforcing agency (LEA) and has been and carries out duties as pursuant to 5:71-3.3. The term "Fire Official" is the Bureau Chief.
COMMON AREAS
When used with reference to a covered mall building, shall
include all areas not included within any retail establishment and
shall also include the required means of egress from all retail establishments.
When used with reference to buildings of use groups R-1 and R-2 shall
mean all areas accessible to, and which may be utilized by, either
the building occupants or the general public and shall include, but
not be limited to, vestibules, hallways, stairways, landings and occupiable
rooms and spaces not part of any dwelling unit; and shall also include
any area accessible to the owner or manager or any person(s) employed
in the maintenance of the building which area is not part of any dwelling
unit including sprinkler and fire alarm utility rooms.
CONDOMINIUMS
Form of ownership of real property under a master deed providing
for ownership by one or more owners of unit(s), together with an undivided
interest in common elements appurtenant to each such unit. See N.J.S.A.
46:8B-3 and 55:13(q).
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Those activities which require a permit under the Uniform
Construction Code (UCC) N.J.A.C. 5:23 and shall also comply with the
Code regarding site fire safety.
COOPERATIVES
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 See N.J.S.A. 55:13A-3(r).
DAY
A calendar day unless otherwise specified.
DISCHARGE
Any intentional or unintentional action or omission resulting
in the releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
or dumping of a hazardous substance into the waters of the township
or unto lands from which it might flow or drain into said waters,
except discharges pursuant to and in compliance with the conditions
of a valid federal or state permit.
DIVISION
N.J. Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Division of Fire
Safety (DFS).
DWELLING UNIT
A room, suite, or apartment occupied or intended to be occupied
for dwelling purposes by one or more persons living independently
of persons in similar dwelling units; a room or rooms, or suite or
apartment, which is occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping
or dwelling purposes by one or more persons [N.J.S.A. 55:13A-3(h)].
EAST HANOVER POLICE DEPARTMENT (EHPD)
Promulgated under N.J.S.A. 40A: 14-118 et seq., shall be the police force of the Township of East Hanover in accordance with §
26-22; the municipal agency who shall be the call-takers and dispatchers for the East Hanover Fire Department and LEA; "Public Safety Dispatch Points (PSDP)," a location which provides dispatch services for one or more public safety agencies.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Effective date in the case of a new rule, amendment or repeal,
or readoption, the date of promulgation, and placed on file by the
Township Clerks' Office.
EMERGENCY
Any unusual conditions caused by civil disturbance whereby
the safety of the public is endangered or imperiled. The occurrence
of such an emergency shall be determined within the sole discretion
of the officer, board, or official having charge of the police or
fire department (FD) per N.J.S.A 40:47A-1.1.
EMERGENCY INCIDENT
Any situation to which a unit of the fire service responds
to deliver emergency services, including, but not limited to, rescue,
fire suppression, special operations, and other forms of hazard control
and mitigation.
ENFORCING AGENCY
The department, a municipal or county department or agency,
or a fire district which has been authorized by municipal ordinance
to enforce the Act and municipal Fire Prevention Code; shall herein
be known as the East Hanover Bureau of Fire Prevention; the authority
having jurisdiction (AHJ).
ENGINEERED LUMBER
Prefabricated I-joists, truss joists, truss rafters, and
other similar lightweight construction materials used to construct,
renovate, or alter any section of a structure.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM(s)
A system that provides a warning alarm signaling the presence
of fire conditions and may be capable of initiating an action to suppress
a fire condition.
FIRE CHIEF
Under the supervisory authority of the Fire Director, has
charge of the fire department. Manages all fire department operations
to ensure their timely, thorough, and cost-effective preparation and
conduct; has command and control for the extinguishing of fires and
supervises and oversees all personnel comprising the East Hanover
Fire Department, all apparatus and equipment used by said Department
at all fire and emergency scenes.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
A paid, part-paid, or volunteer fire-fighting force, body,
or agency established by ordinance as a division of municipal government
or one or more volunteer fire companies that have contracted with
a municipality to provide fire protection. The "fire department" (FD),
for all purposes herein, shall be known as the East Hanover Fire Department
(EHFD), the fire fighting force, body, or agency within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Township of East Hanover under the supervisory
authority of the Fire Director and "Fire Chief" who shall have command
and control for the extinguishing of fires.
FIRE DIRECTOR
The Director of the East Hanover Fire Department (EHFD),
the supervisory authority of the FD, inclusive of the Bureau of Fire
Prevention.
FIRE INSPECTOR
A person working under the direction of the Bureau Chief
who is certified by the Commissioner of the DCA and appointed or designated
to enforce the Code by the appointing authority of a local enforcing
agency; an authorized representative(s) of the Fire Marshal/Bureau
Chief, also known as Fire Official.
FIRE LANE
An area necessary to provide safety for the public or to
provide property access for FD operations in the event of an emergency
incident.
FIRE MARSHAL
A person certified by the Commissioner of the DCA and appointed
or designated to direct the enforcement of the N.J. Uniform Fire Code
by the appointing authority of the local enforcing agency jurisdiction.
This term shall also include "Fire Official," where the Fire Official
has been appointed, pursuant to 5:71-3.3(a), and carries out duties
as pursuant to 5:71-3.3; said person is the Bureau Chief.
FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACTOR
A person or business entity that offers to undertake or represents
itself as being able to undertake, or does undertake, the installation,
service, sale, repair, inspection, or maintenance of fire protection
equipment; said person shall also be known as a "contractor."
FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Includes fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, standpipe
systems, clean agent fire suppression systems, special hazard fire
suppression systems, carbon dioxide fire protection systems, foam
fire protection systems, kitchen fire suppression systems, portable
fire extinguishers or any other equipment designed to detect, suppress
or extinguish a fire.
FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
An automatic fire suppression system that includes an automatic
water sprinkler system or a standpipe system and related system components,
including detection.
FIRE SUBCODE OFFICIAL
A qualified person appointed by the appropriate appointing
authority or the commissioner pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction
Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) and the regulations
to enforce those portions of any subcode, specifically designated
for such enforcement in N.J.A.C. 5:23-3, within the jurisdiction of
the enforcing agency; also known as "fire protection subcode official."
FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
An engineered or preengineered system that suppresses fire
using an extinguishing agent distributed through fixed piping and
nozzles that are activated either manually or automatically. The system
may include containers, nozzles, controls, automatic detection, manual
releases, equipment shuts down, and alarms. In such systems, an extinguishing
agent is discharged through fixed pipes and nozzles into or over a
potential fire hazard.
FIREWOOD
Wood that has been cut into pieces so that it can be burned
on a fire. Examples: oak, maple, cherry, birch, pine, elm, and chestnut.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
The floor area within the perimeter of the outside walls
of the building or use under consideration, without deduction for
hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other features.
FOOD CART
A cart or other movable device used on the public sidewalks
or in public places in which ready-to-eat food is cooked, wrapped,
packaged, processed, or portioned for sale or distribution and which
is not a licensed food truck or food trailer.
FOOD TRAILER
A nonmotorized vehicle designed to be towed by a motorized
vehicle that is registered and can be operated on the public streets
of the State of N.J., in which ready-to-eat food is cooked, wrapped,
packaged, processed, or portioned for sale and/or distribution.
FOOD TRUCK
A motorized vehicle that is registered and is able to be
operated on the public streets of the State of N.J., in which ready-to-eat
food is cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed, or portioned for sale
or distribution.
FOOD VEHICLE
Collectively, a food truck, food trailer, and a food cart.
FOOD VENDOR
The owner or operator of a food truck, food trailer, or food
cart or the owner's agent, hereinafter referred to as "vendor."
GROUP
The classification of an occupancy (also see "use group").
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE and/or HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Any substance defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection in DEQ-094, including the following guides: National Fire
Protection Association Guide of Hazardous Materials and Emergency
Response Guidebook, Materials Transportation Bureau, United States
Department of Transportation.
INCIDENT COMMANDER (IC)
The individual in overall command of or control of the fire
service personnel and associated emergency equipment and emergency
vehicles at the site of an emergency and/or emergency incident.
KEY BOX
A steel box that is treated to be fire- and weather-resistant,
installed on the outside of the building, and contains all necessary,
updated keys that are labeled and provide access to the building or
where approved by the Bureau Chief.
KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
A preengineered system that is designed specifically to protect
the hood, duct, and cooking appliances of a kitchen. The system, which
may include containers, nozzles, controls, automatic detection, manual
release, cooking appliance shutdown equipment, and alarms, will have
an extinguishing agent discharged through fixed pipes and nozzles
over and into the fire hazard area.
LIFE HAZARD USE (LHU)
A building or structure, or part thereof, classified in any
of the Use Groups in the building subcode of the N.J. Uniform Construction
Code (UCC) and defined as such in subchapter 2 of this chapter. "Life
hazard use" shall also mean and include high-rise structures as defined
in the Act.
LOCAL ENFORCING AGENCY (LEA)
A municipal agency, fire department, fire district, or county
fire marshal authorized by municipal ordinance to enforce the Act
within a specific local jurisdiction or, where such authorization
has not been granted by local ordinance, it means the DCA. "Local
enforcing agency" shall also mean and include a county fire marshal
authorized by ordinance or resolution of the board of chosen freeholders
to enforce the Act in county facilities. With regard to enforcement
of the Act in premises owned or maintained by the State of N.J. or
any of its boards, commissions, agencies, or authorities, the LEA
shall mean the Division.
LOCAL FIRE EMERGENCY DISASTER
An emergency incident which, in the judgment of the incident
commander, is of such severe degree and nature that it presents a
significant threat to the health, safety, and welfare of a municipality
and its residents and, therefore, may warrant the implementation of
the municipality's municipal emergency operations plan.
MAINTENANCE
The function of keeping equipment in such a condition that
it will perform as it originally was designed to do.
MOBILE FUELING VEHICLE
An on-demand mobile fueling vehicle is a vehicle that has
mounted tank(s) and/or container(s) where the aggregate cargo capacity
does not exceed 1,200 gallons (4592 L).
MULTIPLE DWELLING
Any building and/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.
NEW JERSEY UNIFORM FIRE CODE
Said Code entitled "Uniform Fire Code," codified as N.J.A.C.
5:70-1.1 et seq., as amended and promulgated by the Commissioner of
the DCA pursuant to the authority of the Uniform Fire Safety Act"
(N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.). Whenever the following words, terms,
or phrases are used in the N.J. Uniform Fire Code, they shall have
the meanings provided under the Uniform Fire Safety Act, P.L. 1983,
c. 383 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.), and includes all acts amendatory
and supplementary thereto and all regulations adopted pursuant thereto
as set forth under N.J.A.C. 5:70-1.4., then the definition of that
term in the Uniform Construction Code (UCC), N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.4 shall
govern.
NO PARKING ANYTIME
A vehicle may not be parked within the designated area unless
loading or unloading passengers or materials with a time limit of
five minutes.
NO STOPPING OR STANDING
No vehicle may be stopped or standing within the designated
zone whether or not attended or unattended, with or without the motor
running or brakes set.
NONLIFE HAZARD USE (LHU)
Inspection and fee schedule for all businesses and buildings
as defined in the UCC of N.J., N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq., as amended,
and not classified as life-hazard under N.J.A.C. 5:70.
NONRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE
Any building designed and built for use as a factory or warehouse,
or for retail or wholesale merchandising, office, workshop, school,
hospital, hotel, or any other commercial, industrial or institutional
purpose; or which, having been designed and built for residential
use, has been altered, converted or reconstructed for nonresidential
use.
NUISANCE ALARM
The actuation of a fire protection equipment and/or protective
equipment alarm device of any type to which the FD responds and for
which an investigation fails to reveal a cause of the nature or type
to which the alarm device was designed and/or intended to react.
OPEN BURNING
The burning of materials wherein products of combustion are
emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack
or chimney from an enclosed chamber and does not include road flares,
smudge pots, and similar devices associated with safety or occupational
uses typically considered open flames or recreational fires. For this
definition, a chamber shall be regarded as enclosed when, during the
time combustion occurs, only apertures, ducts, stacks, flues, or chimneys
necessary to provide combustion air and permit the escape of exhaust
gas are open; the kindling of a fire in the open air with or without
containment or in outdoor structures that permit the products of combustion
to be emitted directly into the ambient air space, excluding gas or
charcoal grill barbecues.
OUTDOOR STRUCTURES
Outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, receptacles, chimeneas, or
other devices that permit the products of combustion to be emitted
directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney
from an enclosed chamber and which do not provide adequate control
of the air pollutants generated.
OWNER
A person who owns, purports to own, manages, rents, leases,
or exercises control over a building, structure, premises, or use,
or a portion thereof; the owner or owners in fee of the property or
a lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee
of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or any other person,
firm or corporation, directly or indirectly in control of a building,
structure or real property and shall include any subdivision thereof
of the state.
OWNER OCCUPIED
When used in conjunction with one- and two-family or attached
single-family means a building serving as the residence of at least
one holder of record of title to the property.
PERSON(s)
An individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, or other legal entity, or any combination thereof.
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
A portable device, carried or on wheels and operated by hand,
containing an extinguishing agent that can be expelled under pressure
for the purpose of suppressing or extinguishing fire.
PREENGINEERED SYSTEM
A fire suppression system having predetermined flow rates,
nozzle pressures, detection, and quantities of extinguishing agent.
Such a system has the specific pipe size, maximum and minimum pipe
lengths, flexible hose specifications, number of fittings, and types
of nozzles prescribed by a testing laboratory. The hazards protected
by such a system are specifically limited as to type and size by a
testing laboratory based upon actual fire tests. Limitations on hazards
that can be protected by such a system are contained in the manufacturer's
installation manual, which is referenced as a part of the listing.
PREMISES
A specific locality, area of land, or portion thereof, and
shall include any buildings, structures, or portions of buildings
or structures thereon.
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Any equipment, device, system, or apparatus permitted or
required by the Commissioner to be constructed or installed in or
upon a building, structure, or premises for the purpose of protecting
the occupants or intended occupants thereof, firefighters or the public
generally from fire or combustion products.
REASONABLE TIME
Between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and/or such
other time mutually agreed.
RECREATIONAL FIRE
An outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish where
the fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor
fireplace, barbeque grill, or barbeque pit and has a total fuel area
of three feet (914 mm) or less in diameter and two feet (610 mm) or
less in height for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth
or similar purposes.
RENTAL FACILITY
Every building, group of buildings, or a portion thereof
which is kept, used maintained, advertised, or held out to be a place
where living accommodations are supplied, whether furnished or unfurnished,
for pay or other consideration to one or more individuals and is meant
to include apartments and apartment complexes. Exempt from all provisions
of this chapter shall be any nonprofit senior citizen rental facilities,
which shall be defined as any facility with more than 50 rental units
and is maintained and operated by a nonprofit organization, as defined
by the United States Internal Revenue Code, for the primary benefit
of senior citizens.
RENTAL UNIT
A dwelling unit that is available for lease and/or rental
purposes and is meant to include a dwelling unit offered for lease
and/or rental, including but not limited to three-family homes, etc.,
as well as individual apartments located within apartment complexes.
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE
Any detached one- or two-family residential structures or
any building providing multi-dwelling units for the accommodation
of nontransient tenants.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The owner, occupant, and/or tenant of the building structure
is responsible for compliance with the provisions of the Act.
SEASONED DRY FIREWOOD
Wood for fuel that has been air-dried and has a moisture
content value that is less than or equal to 50%.
SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
Any real property designed and used for the purposes of renting
or leasing individual storage spaces to occupants who are to have
access to such space for the purpose of storing and removing personal
property.
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
A technology or device, such as a photovoltaic module, that
captures and converts solar radiation to produce energy.
STANDPIPE SYSTEM
A fire protection system consisting of an arrangement of
piping, valves, hose outlets, and allied equipment installed in a
building or structure.
STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE
The model code of the International Code Council (ICC), known
as the International Fire Code (IFC), N.J. Edition adopted by reference
in 5:70-3.1(a) as the State Fire Prevention Code for N.J., subject
to the modifications set forth in 5:70-3.2.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use, or ornamentation, whether installed on, above, or below the surface
of a parcel of land; provided, the word "structure" shall be construed
when used herein as though followed by the words "or part or parts
thereof and all equipment therein" unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning.
SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
Supervisory authority over personnel of a fire department
may be exercised by the mayor of the municipality or delegated, by
resolution, or any employee or employees thereof.
TENANCY
An entire building, or that portion of a building or story,
which is or is intended to be under the control of a single owner
or tenant.
USE
The use to which a building, portion of a building, or premises
is put as follows. It shall also mean and include any place, whether
constructed, manufactured, or naturally occurring, whether fixed or
mobile, that is used for a human purpose or occupancy that would subject
it to the provisions of this code if it were a building or premises.
USE GROUP
The classification of an occupancy (also see "group"). The
use group designations below shall be used for all use group references
in this code, except for N.J.A.C. 5:70-3, where the use group designations
contained in the UCC, N.J.A.C. 5:23, shall be used.