New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE
Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT; PROCESS
Section 5:23-2.23A - Permits and certificates for multi-tenant buildings
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:23-2.23A
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Construction permits for multi-tenant buildings shall be issued as follows:
1. A single construction permit shall be
issued for the entire structure including all tenant spaces if:
i. The permit applicant is undertaking all
the work;
ii. All the work is, or
will be shown as, a single set of plans;
iii. All work is intended to be undertaken by
the same team of contractors; and
iv. The certificate of occupancy or
certificate of approval, as applicable, for all tenant spaces will be sought
before or at the same time as that for the entire building. Plans for
individual tenant spaces may be submitted as permit updates if all of the above
conditions are met.
2. A
separate permit shall be required for any tenant space if any of the following
conditions apply:
i. The tenant is
undertaking the fit-up work within the tenant space;
ii. The plans for the tenant space work will
be prepared by a design professional different from the one that prepared the
plans for the base building;
iii.
The work will be undertaken by one or more contractors who are different from
the contractors for the base building; or
iv. The permit is being applied for after a
temporary certificate of occupancy or certificate of occupancy has been issued
for the base building.
3. Fees for construction permits for
multi-tenant buildings shall be applied pursuant to
5:23-4.18(c)6.
(b) Temporary certificates of occupancy for individual tenant spaces in multi-tenant buildings shall be issued as follows:
1. A temporary certificate
of occupancy shall be issued for each tenant space provided that portion of the
building may be occupied safely prior to full completion of the building, the
common area(s) serving that tenant space has a temporary certificate of
occupancy or a certificate of occupancy, and the unfinished portions of the
building for which temporary certificates of occupancy or certificates of
occupancy are not being sought do not present life safety hazards.
i. Temporary certificates of occupancy may be
issued floor by floor or tenant space by tenant space.
(c) Certificates of occupancy or certificates of approval, as applicable, shall be issued for individual tenant spaces in multi-tenant buildings as follows:
1. A certificate of occupancy or certificate
of approval shall be issued provided the work authorized by the construction
permit has been completed in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code and
all conditions of prior approvals, if applicable, have been met.
2. The construction official may issue a
certificate of occupancy or certificate of approval for a portion(s) of the
building provided all of the work authorized by the construction permit has
been completed in accordance with the Uniform Construction Code and all
conditions of prior approvals, if applicable, have been met and provided that
the unfinished portions of the building do not present life safety
hazards.
3. Certificates of
occupancy or certificates of approval, as applicable, may be issued floor by
floor or tenant space by tenant space.
(d) Construction permits, temporary certificates of occupancy, and certificates of occupancy shall be issued in accordance with the procedures set forth at 5:23-2.15 and 2.23, respectively.
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