N.J. Admin. Code § 5:23-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 5:23-3.5 - Posting structures

(a) Posted use and occupancy: Every building and structure and part thereof designed for business, factory and industrial, high hazard, mercantile, or storage use, (use groups B, F, H, M and S) as defined in chapter 3 of the building subcode shall be posted on all floors by the owner with a suitably designed placard in a form designated by the building subcode official, which shall be securely fastened to the structure in a readily visible place, stating the use group and the live load and occupancy load.

(b) Posted occupancy load: Every building and structure and part thereof designed for use as a place of public assembly or as an institutional building for harboring people for penal, correctional, educational, medical or other care or treatment (use groups A, E and I) shall be posted with an approved placard designating the maximum occupancy load.

(c) Replacement of posted signs: All posting signs shall be furnished by the owner and shall be of permanent design; they shall not be removed, or defaced and, if lost, removed or defaced, shall be immediately replaced.

(d) Posted hydraulic system data plate: In lieu of the nameplate of the referenced NFPA standard(s), fire sprinkler system contractors are required to identify hydraulically designed fire sprinkler systems by affixing a permanently marked weatherproof metal or rigid plastic sign at the alarm valve. The nameplate shall contain information relative to the design parameters of the system as indicated on Form No. F380. The plate shall be secured at the alarm valve with corrosion resistant wire, chain, or other approved means.

(e) Identifying emblems for structures with truss construction: Identifying emblems shall be permanently affixed to the front of structures with truss construction as required by 5:70-2.20.

1. The emblem shall be of a bright and reflective color, or made of reflective material. The shape of the emblem shall be an isosceles triangle and the size shall be 12 inches horizontally by six inches vertically. The following letters, of a size and color to make them conspicuous, shall be printed on the emblem:

i. "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;

ii. "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; or

iii. "F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss construction.

2. The emblem shall be permanently affixed to the left of the main entrance door at a height between four and six feet above the ground and shall be installed and maintained by the owner of the building.

3. Detached one and two-family residential structures with truss construction that are not part of a planned real estate development shall be exempt from the requirements of (e) above, unless required by municipal ordinance.

4. Individual structures and dwelling units with truss construction that are part of a planned real estate development shall not be required to have an identifying emblem if there is an emblem affixed at each entrance to the development.

(f) Swimming pools, spas and hot tubs: A valid electrical certificate of compliance and a bonding and grounding certificate shall be posted by the owner in a conspicuous place in or around the pool pump house or equipment control room.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:23-3.5

Amended by R.1989 d.555, effective 11/6/1989.
See: 21 N.J.R. 2783(a), 21 N.J.R. 3460(a).
Added reference to E Use Group (educational facilities) at (b).
Amended by R.1990 d.507, effective 10/15/1990.
See: 22 N.J.R. 2208(a), 22 N.J.R. 3214(a).
Text conformed to BOCA National Code/1990.
Amended by R.2000 d.47, effective 2/7/2000.
See: 31 N.J.R. 2314(a), 32 N.J.R. 443(a).
Added (f).
Amended by R.2000 d.166, effective 4/17/2000.
See: 31 N.J.R. 4151(a), 32 N.J.R. 1376(a).
Rewrote (d) and (e).
Amended by R.2009 d.48, effective 2/2/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 5319(a), 41 N.J.R. 733(b).
In (a), substituted "chapter 3" for "article 2".