[Ord. No. 1329, § 4; amended by Ord. No. 1390, § 1; Ord. No. 1509, § 1; Ord. No. 1981, 3-15-1983, § 1; Ord.
No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1; Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 16; Ord.
No. 3518, 9-30-1997, § 6; Ord. No. 3563, 6-23-1998, § 1; Ord.
No. 3698, 1-8-2002, § 1]
Owners and operators shall have all the duties and responsibilities
as described in this code and the regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto, and no owner or operator shall be relieved from any such
duty and responsibility nor be entitled to defend against any charge
of violation thereof by reason of the fact that the occupant is also
responsible therefor and in violation thereof.
(a)
Statement of ownership. Every owner of premises containing two or
more apartments used for residential purposes shall file, under oath,
with the Health Officer of the Township, a statement containing the
address of the premises, the name and address of the owner thereof
and the number of apartments in such premises. If the owner is a corporation,
such statement shall be made under oath by the president, vice president
or secretary of the corporation.
(b)
Statement of vacancy. Within 10 days after a tenant moves out of
and vacates an apartment in any residential premises containing two
or more dwelling units, the owner of such premises shall file with
the Health Officer a statement under oath containing the address of
the premises and the number or other specific designation of the apartment
vacated. If the owner is a corporation, such statement shall be made
under oath by the president, vice president or secretary of the corporation.
(c)
Certificate of health, rental apartment unit. No such vacated apartment shall be rented or occupied in whole or in part by any new tenant until an inspection has been made by the Health Officer to determine whether such apartment is in violation of this code. If no such violation is found, the Health Officer shall issue a health certificate; otherwise, he shall notify the owner in writing setting forth the specific violations found. Such inspection shall be made and a health certificate or notice of violations shall be issued, as aforesaid, within three business days from the date of filing of the statement of vacancy. If such inspection be not accomplished in such three-day period, the apartment may be occupied, but the right to inspect shall continue. The fee required under this article shall be as set forth in Appendix III of Chapter 2.
(d)
No person shall lease or rent a one-family dwelling or part thereof
without a certificate of health issued by the Health Department.
(e)
No person shall occupy a leased or rented one-family dwelling or
part thereof until a certificate of health has been issued.
(f)
Certificate of health, rented single-family dwelling. Upon written application, an inspection will be made by the Health Officer to determine whether such dwelling is in violation of this code. If no such violation is found, the Health Officer shall issue a health certificate; otherwise, he shall notify the owner, in writing, setting forth the specific violations found. The fee shall be as contained in Appendix III of Chapter 2.
(g)
All certificates of health must be renewed by December 31 of the
year issued.
(i)
Numbering of buildings and lots.
(a)
The purpose of this subsection shall be to require the clear
display of building numbers to public streets for all properties that
contain principal buildings within the Township of Teaneck in order
to assist the authorities and the general public in identifying any
property in case of an emergency as well as for the welfare of the
general public in conducting their normal affairs, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:67-1j.
(b)
All dwelling houses, stores or other buildings within the Township
shall be numbered in conformity with the street numbers on the Tax
and Assessment Maps of the Township filed in the office of the Tax
Assessor of the Township.
(c)
The number so assigned to each building shall be displayed by
the owner or occupant so that it can easily be read by a person seated
in a vehicle on the abutting street which is named in the address.
Each house number shall be in Arabic numerals; shall be at least five
feet above grade; shall be mounted either above or to the side of
the entrance door or on a post or other suitable holder if same is
relatively near to the walkway affording access to the building, except
that if the building is set so far back from the abutting street that
the number cannot be read by a person seated in a vehicle on the abutting
street, then the number must be placed on a post so that it can be
so read; shall not be obstructed by shrubs or other materials; and
shall be in a contrasting color to its background. All commercial
buildings that have more than one entrance must have such numbers
adjacent to each door.
(j)
Emergency evacuation plans.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(1)
Every
owner of a multiple dwelling, as defined herein, which is comprised
of more than 20 dwelling units and reserves occupancy for residents
who have attained the minimum age of 55, shall be required to prepare
and maintain an emergency building evacuation plan for the multiple
dwelling in coordination with the appropriate local fire, EMS and
other emergency response agencies. A copy of such plan shall be provided
to and kept on file with the police, fire and Office of Emergency
Management. All emergency building evacuation plans shall be updated
every two years.
(2)
For
purposes of this section, the term "multiple dwelling" shall mean
any building or structure of one or more stories and any land appurtenant
thereto, and any portion thereof, in which three or more units of
dwelling space are occupied, or are intended to be occupied, by three
or more persons who live independently of each other. This definition
shall also mean any group of 10 or more buildings on a single parcel
of land or on contiguous parcels under common ownership, in each of
which two units of dwelling space are occupied or intended to be occupied
by two persons or households living independently of each other, and
any land appurtenant thereto, and any portion thereof. This definition
shall not include:
a.
Any building or structure defined as a hotel in the New Jersey
Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, or registered as a hotel with the
Commissioner of Community Affairs in accordance with the New Jersey
Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, or occupied or intended to be occupied
exclusively as such;
b.
A building section containing not more than four dwelling units,
provided the building has at least two exterior walls unattached to
any adjoining building section and the dwelling units are separated
exclusively by walls of such fire-resistant rating as comports with
the State Uniform Construction Code Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A.
52:27D-119 et seq.) at the time of their construction or with a rating
as shall be established by the Fire Prevention Bureau in conformity
with recognized standards and the building is held under a condominium
or cooperative form of ownership, or by a mutual housing corporation,
provided that if any units within such a building section are not
occupied by an owner of the unit, then that unit and the common areas
within that building section shall not be exempted from the definition
of a multiple dwelling for the purposes of the New Jersey Hotel and
Multiple Dwelling Law [P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.)].
A condominium association or a cooperative or mutual housing corporation
shall provide the Fire Prevention Bureau with any information necessary
to justify an exemption for a dwelling unit pursuant to this subsection;
or
c.
Any building of three stories or less, owned or controlled by
a nonprofit corporation organized under any law of this state for
the primary purpose to provide for its shareholders or members housing
in a retirement community as same is defined under the provisions
of the Retirement Community Full Disclosure Act, P.L. 1969, c. 215
(N.J.S.A. 45:22A-1 et seq.), provided that the corporation meets the
requirements of Section 2 of P.L. 1983, c. 154 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-13.1).
[Ord. No. 1329, § 4]
Occupants shall have all the duties and responsibilities as
prescribed elsewhere in this code and all the regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto, and the occupant shall not be relieved from any
such duty and responsibility nor be entitled to defend against any
charge of violation thereof by reason of the fact that the owner or
operator is also responsible therefor and in violation thereof.
[Ord. No. 1329, § 4]
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this code, the
respective obligations and responsibilities of the owner and operator
on one hand and the occupant on the other shall not be altered or
affected by any agreement or contract by and between any of the aforesaid
or between them and other parties.
