New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 7 - URBAN AND RURAL CENTERS UNSAFE BUILDINGS DEMOLITION LOAN FUND
Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS
Section 5:7-2.1 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Approved construction plan" means a plan for which, as of the date of submission of the application to the Department, preliminary site plan approval for redevelopment of demolition area has been granted by the municipal planning board.
"Building demolition and disposal project" means any work relating to the demolition and disposal of unsafe buildings in urban and rural centers. A project may consist of the demolition of one building or multiple buildings.
"Certification" means a document signed by the local construction code official certifying that he or she has inspected a building and has determined it to be an imminent and extreme hazard, and to be in need of demolition.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
"Imminent and extreme hazard" means a condition constituting a danger to human life and safety that is caused by a building being vacant and in danger of partial or full collapse, or having already fallen or partially fallen, or posing another type of physical hazard, or being subject to trespass, illegal use or fire damage.
"Notice of unsafe structure" means a written notice issued, pursuant to 5:23-2.32, by the construction official having jurisdiction in the municipality to the owner of an unsafe building or structure describing the building deemed unsafe and specifying the required repairs or improvements to be made to render the building safe and secure, or requiring the unsafe building to be demolished.
"Redevelopment area" means an area identified by the governing body of a municipality as being in need of redevelopment. Such identification may have been made previously, pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," 40A:12A-1 et seq., or by prior designation as an Empowerment Zone, Enterprise Community, State Plan Center, Urban Enterprise Zone, or as an Urban Coordinating Council, Neighborhood Preservation Program or Strategic Neighborhood Assistance Program community, or it may be established by a current resolution of the governing body conferring such status.
"Structure" means a combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above, or below the surface of a parcel of land.
"Unsafe structure" means a structure that is unsafe for human occupancy or use.
"Urban and rural centers" means any municipality eligible to receive State aid under P.L. 1977, c.260 (52:27D-162 et seq.) or P.L. 1978, c.14 (52:27D-178 et seq.).
