N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-11.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 5:10-11.1 - Duties of owner

(a) The owner shall have the positive responsibility of providing, either by his own direct efforts or by hiring others qualified to so serve, a person or persons qualified by training or experience to discharge the duties and responsibilities outlined for owners under these regulations.

(b) Any managing agent, in charge of the leasing or renting of space and the general management and operation of the premises, shall be competent to provide supervision of the management and operation of the building in accordance with this chapter.

(c) In a multiple dwelling of nine or more dwelling units, the owner shall either perform the janitorial services himself, if he is a resident owner, or provide a janitor, or provide janitorial services to be performed, on a 24-hour a day basis in a manner approved by the bureau.

(d) Unless either the owner or the janitor resides on the premises, the owner of a multiple dwelling or his managing agent in control shall post and maintain in such dwelling a legible sign, conspicuously displayed, containing the janitor's name, address (including apartment number) and telephone number. A new identification sign shall be posted and maintained within five days following a change of janitor.

(e) The person who performs janitorial services for a multiple dwelling of nine or more dwelling units (other than where janitorial services are performed on a 24-hour a day basis under (c) above) shall reside in or within a distance of one block or 200 feet from the dwelling, whichever is greater, unless the owner resides in the multiple dwelling.

(f) Where necessary to assure compliance with this chapter and other provisions of law affecting multiple dwellings and hotels, there shall be a full-time person or employee responsible for providing janitorial services as defined herein. The owner shall provide additional personnel as may be required to assure proper maintenance and compliance with this chapter.

(g) All personnel responsible for enabling the owner to meet the requirements of this chapter shall be by reason of training or experience competent to perform the duties entrusted to him, familiar with the requirements contained herein and not unable or unwilling to discharge the said duties by reason of any physical or mental incapacity or disability or personal habits inconsistent with such duties.

(h) The following shall serve as a guide to adequacy of personnel for maintenance of a typical multiple dwelling not having any unusual or special labor-saving features:

Units of Dwelling Space	Full-Time Personnel or Equivalent
70-100	one
101-150	two
151-225	three
226-325 (and each	four, plus one for each 100 additional units
additional 100 units)	units of dwelling space over 325

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-11.1

Correction: The word "basis" added to the phrase ... 24-hour a day basis ... at (c).
See: 21 N.J.R. 1123(a).