New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 27 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ROOMING AND BOARDING HOUSES
Subchapter 4 - GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
Section 5:27-4.2 - Facilities
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Every boarding house shall contain a kitchen sink of nonabsorbent impervious material.
(b) Every cooperative sober living residence shall contain a full kitchen.
(c) Every rooming or boarding house shall be provided with a minimum of one flush type water closet, lavatory, and a bathtub or shower for every eight persons or part thereof.
(d) Every water closet, lavatory, and bathtub or shower shall be accessible from within the building without passing through any part of any other rooming unit and shall be located no further than one floor above or below the rooming units served, provided that no resident shall be without ready access to any such facility by reason of physical disability. Such water, lavatory and bathtub or shower shall be contained in a room or rooms which are separated from all other rooms by walls, doors, or partitions that afford privacy.
(e) Every plumbing fixture shall be connected to water and sewer systems approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and/or the local health agency, and shall be maintained in good working condition.
(f) Every kitchen sink, lavatory, and bathtub or shower required by this section shall be connected to both hot and cold water lines.
(g) Every rooming or boarding house shall have water heating facilities which are installed and maintained in good and safe working condition, connected with the hot water lines required under the provisions of (e) above, and capable of delivering water at a minimum temperature of not less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit and at a maximum temperature of not more than 140 degrees Fahrenheit at all times in accordance with anticipated needs.
