N.J. Admin. Code § 10:44C-6.12

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:44C-6.12 - Windows

(a) Every bedroom shall have at least one operable window opening directly to the outside.

1. If a bedroom has only one operable window, it shall not be blocked by an air conditioner or any permanently installed device.

(b) First floor bedroom windows shall have an operable window space of five square feet.

(c) Second floor bedroom windows shall have an operable window space of 5.7 square feet.

(d) From May through October, all openable windows and doors used for natural ventilation shall be provided with easily removable insect screening in good condition.

(e) Where the rehabilitation of an existing building creates or includes any building element of a type listed in this section, then the new element shall comply with the requirements for such an element as follows:

1. At least one newly created window opening in sleeping rooms below the fourth story in occupancies in Groups R or I-1 shall:

i. Be operable;

ii. Have a sill height of not more than 44 inches; and

iii. Have a width of at least 20 inches, a height of at least 24 inches and a minimum total area of 5.7 square feet head to sill and from side to side;

2. New window openings in sleeping rooms shall not be required to comply with N.J.A.C. 10:44C-6.12(e)1 i-iii, above, in buildings where the sleeping room is provided with a door to a corridor having access to two remote exits or in buildings equipped throughout with an automatic fire suppression system; and

3. Basement windows in buildings of Group R-2 shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:23-6.26(a)3 where the window serves as the second means of egress from the dwelling unit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:44C-6.12

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 259(a), effective 2/6/2017