N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-1.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 5:10-1.6 - Maintenance requirements

(a) All buildings and all parts thereof shall be maintained as required by this chapter and by the Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:70.

(b) All service equipment, means of egress, devices, and safeguards that are required in a building by the provisions of these regulations, or that were required by the law when the building was erected, altered, or repaired, shall be maintained in good working order.

(c) The owner shall be responsible at all times for the safe maintenance of the building and its facilities as prescribed in this chapter.

(d) A nonprofit corporation owning or controlling buildings of three stories or less in a retirement community, which are excluded from the definition of "multiple dwelling" pursuant to P.L. 1983, c.154, shall maintain all such buildings in compliance with the Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:70.

(e) All buildings in compliance with the Uniform Fire Code shall be deemed to be in compliance with the Act insofar as issues of fire safety are concerned.

(f) Where not otherwise indicated, all rules in this chapter that are applicable to hotels shall be applicable to retreat lodging facilities except as follows:

1.5:10-19.1(a)1 and 2; and

2. Any regulation that is not substantially related to the protection of the health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the facility or of the public generally.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-1.6

Recodified April 9, 1981 from N.J.A.C. 5:10-1.22.
Amended by R.1983 d.388, effective 9/19/1983.
See: 15 N.J.R. 1054(b), 15 N.J.R. 1576(a).
Added (d).
Amended by R.1988 d.572, effective 12/19/1988 (operative June 16, 1989).
See: 20 N.J.R. 2126(a), 20 N.J.R. 3122(a).
Added text to (a) and (d) "and by the Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:18"; added (e).
Amended by R.1990 d.230, effective 5/7/1990.
See: 22 N.J.R. 275(b), 22 N.J.R. 1354(a).
Application of rules extended to cover retreat lodging facilities.
Amended by R.1993 d.464, effective 9/20/1993.
See: 25 N.J.R. 2627(a), 25 N.J.R. 4482(a).
Administrative change.
See: 31 N.J.R. 35(a).