New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 70 - UNIFORM FIRE CODE
Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 5:70-2.4A - Type Aa through Aj life hazard uses

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:70-2.4A

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

(a) Type Aa life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Day nurseries with a maximum permitted occupancy of six or more but fewer than 50 persons;

2. Day care centers with a maximum permitted occupancy of six or more but fewer than 50 persons;

3. Camps accommodating six or more, but fewer than 50, children of school age.

4. Public and private Use Group E buildings or parts thereof with a maximum permitted occupancy of six or more but no greater than 50 persons.

(b) Type Ab life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Day nurseries with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons;

2. Day care centers with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons;

3. Camps accommodating 50 or more, but fewer than 100, children of school age.

(c) Type Ac life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of two or three stories and under 25 rooms, with any interior exit-ways;

2. Rooming and boarding homes of one story;

3. Eating and/or drinking establishments with a maximum permitted occupancy of fewer than 50 persons in which alcoholic beverages may be consumed.

4. Dormitories of one story not to include fraternity and sorority houses registered pursuant to (c)2 above.

5. Guest houses, as defined in 5:70-1.5, regardless of number of stories.

6.

(Reserved)

7. Recreation centers and multipurpose rooms used for adult day-care with a maximum permitted occupancy of six or more but fewer than 50 persons.

(d) Type Ad life hazard uses are as follows:

1. All buildings or structures used for the service of motor vehicles including aircraft and marine motor craft;

2. All buildings or locations where flammable and/or combustible fuels are stored and dispensed to motor vehicles, including aircraft and marine motor craft;

3. Halfway houses, group homes, community residences, residential child care facilities and residential health care facilities, alcohol and drug treatment centers, youth hostels, homeless shelters and other similar facilities with a maximum permitted occupancy of fewer than 50 persons;

4. Buildings used for dry cleaning purposes.

5. Camps accommodating 100 or more children of school age.

6. Recreation centers, multipurpose rooms, lecture halls, art galleries, exhibition halls and similar uses where persons assemble other than for religious services with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons;

7. Funeral homes, funeral parlors and mortuaries providing access to the public with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons.

(e) Type Ae life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Day nurseries with a maximum permitted occupancy of 100 persons or more;

2. Day care centers with a maximum permitted occupancy of 100 persons or more;

3. Public and private K-12 educational buildings with a maximum permitted occupancy greater than 50 persons.

4. After-school programs, in buildings or portions thereof of other than Use Group E, accommodating six or more but fewer than 50 children of school age.

(f) Type Af life hazard uses are as follows:

1. All buildings or locations where flammable and/or combustible fuels are stored and dispensed to motor vehicles, and used for the service of motor vehicles, including aircraft and marine motor craft;

2. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of two or three stories and 25 or more but fewer than 50 rooms, with any interior exit-ways;

3. Halfway houses, group homes, community residences, residential child care facilities and residential health care facilities, alcohol and drug treatment centers, youth hostels, homeless shelters and other similar facilities with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons;

4. Rooming and boarding homes of two or three stories.

5. Dormitories of two or three stories not to include fraternity and sorority houses registered pursuant to (f)4 above.

(g) Type Ag life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Eating and/or drinking establishments with a maximum permitted occupancy of 50 or more but fewer than 100 persons;

2. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of two or three stories and 50 or more but fewer than 100 rooms, with any interior exit-ways;

3. Above ground aggregate storage of more than 660 gallons but less than 5,000 gallons of Class II or IIIA combustible liquids (except for heating purposes).

4. After-school programs, in buildings or portions thereof of other than Use Group E, accommodating 50 or more children of school age.

(h) Type Ah life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Rooming and boarding homes of four or more stories;

2. Halfway houses, group homes, community residences, residential child care facilities and residential health care facilities, alcohol and drug treatment centers, youth hostels, homeless shelters and other similar facilities with a maximum permitted occupancy of 100 persons or more.

3. Dormitories of four or more stories not to include fraternity or sorority houses registered pursuant to (h)1 above.

4. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of four or five stories and having fewer than 50 rooms, with any interior exit-ways;

(i) Type Ai life hazard uses are as follows:

1. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of two or three stories and 100 rooms or more, with any interior exit-ways;

2. Hardware stores and home improvement centers of 3,000 or more but less than 12,000 square feet of gross floor area.

3. Hotels, motels and retreat lodging facilities of four or five stories and which have 50 or more but fewer than 100 rooms, with any interior exit-ways.

(j) Type Aj life hazard uses are as follows:

1.

(Reserved)

2. Above ground aggregate storage of 5,000 gallons or more, but less than 50,000 gallons, of Class II or IIIA combustible liquids, or above ground aggregate storage of more than 660 gallons but less than 10,000 gallons of Class I flammable liquids.

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