New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 10 - MAINTENANCE OF HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS
Subchapter 19 - BUILDING SECURITY
Section 5:10-19.1 - Hotels

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:10-19.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The following provisions apply to hotels:

1. Entrance doors to dwelling units shall be equipped with a medium duty dead latching lockset (series 160, FF-H-106c, minimum, with a minimum 11/16 inch by 1/2 inch with 1/2 inch minimum throw latch bolt with automatic deadlocking plunger, or ANSI/BHMA A156.2 (Grade 2 also amended below) or with a dead bolt separate from the latch set.

2. Such entrance doors shall also be equipped with either a viewing device installed on the designated main entrance door to the dwelling unit located so as to enable a person on the inside of the entrance door to view a person immediately outside, or with a chain door guard so installed as to permit partial opening of the door; provided, however, that chain door guards shall not be installed as an alternative to viewing devices in dormitories.

3. All openable windows, sliding doors, basement windows and windows opening onto exterior stairways, fire escapes, porches, terraces, balconies or other areas affording easy access to the premises shall be equipped with a locking device of some kind.

4. Grilles lockable from the inside only may be placed on the inside or outside of windows only if the windows do not serve to provide access to exits.

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