New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE
Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT; PROCESS
Section 5:23-2.2 - Matter covered

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:23-2.2

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

(a) The provisions of the regulations shall apply to all buildings and structures and their appurtenant construction, including vaults, area and street projections, and accessory additions; and shall apply with equal force to municipal, county, State, and private buildings, except where such buildings are otherwise specifically provided for by the regulations.

1. Manufacturing, production, and process equipment, as defined at N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.4, is not under the jurisdiction of the Uniform Construction Code. Equipment, processes, or operations involving combustible dust as defined by the building subcode shall not be considered manufacturing, production, or process equipment, and, therefore, shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter.

2. Manufactured homes constructed and installed under 24 CFR Parts rehabilitation of manufactured homes is under scope of the Uniform Construction Code.

(b) A building or structure shall not be constructed, extended, repaired, removed, renovated, altered or reconstructed in violation of these provisions, except that no permit shall be required for ordinary maintenance as provided herein, and except further that the raising, lowering or moving of a building or structure on the same lot, as a unit, necessitated by a change in legal grade or widening of a street, shall be permitted, provided the building or structure is not otherwise altered or its use or occupancy changed.

1. Any new work, such as foundations or utility connections shall, however, be in accordance with the regulations.

(c) Any requirement essential for structural, fire or sanitary safety of a building or structure, or essential for the safety of the occupants thereof, and which is not specifically covered by the regulations, shall be determined by the construction official, and appropriate subcode official.

(d) The continuation of occupancy or use of a building or structure, or of a part thereof, contrary to the provisions of the regulations, shall be deemed a violation and subject to the remedies prescribed in this subchapter.

(e) Where provisions herein specify requirements for structural, fire and sanitary safety, no provision of any municipal zoning or other municipal code shall conflict, govern or have effect. Where the provisions herein specify requirements with respect to location, use, permissible area and height, and the municipal zoning code establishes requirements as well, then the more restrictive requirements of this code or the zoning code shall govern.

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