A. 
Janitorial service.
(1) 
In every multiple dwelling containing three or more dwelling units or apartments or rooming units or combination thereof, the owner shall provide a superintendent, janitor or housekeeper, who shall at all times maintain the premises in compliance with this chapter, including the responsibility for providing the receptacles for the disposal of garbage and refuse. The person provided shall be regularly available on the premises to perform the foregoing duties, and in the case of complexes of 50 or more units, the person shall reside on the premises. In the case of complexes with 500 or more units, at least two such persons shall be provided, one of whom shall reside on the premises.
(2) 
The owner or operator shall make known to all tenants or occupants the name, address and telephone number of the person provided to act as superintendent, janitor or housekeeper and shall register the same with the local housing inspector, Borough Clerk or designee. The owner or operator shall also make available and known to all tenants or occupants the name of an alternate individual who shall be responsible for the duties of the superintendent, janitor or housekeeper during his or her absence.
(3) 
The failure of any superintendent, janitor or housekeeper to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not relieve the owner or operator from the duties and responsibilities imposed by this chapter.
(4) 
Any and all maintenance employees hired by the owner or operator, including the superintendent, janitor or housekeeper or their agents, shall be provided with picture identification, which they shall keep with them at all times and produce upon request. The responsibility for compliance with this requirement shall be that of the owner or operator.
(5) 
The owner or operator shall register the name, address and telephone number of said owner or operator with the local housing inspector, Borough Clerk or designee.
B. 
Removal and storage of garbage and refuse. The owner or operator of every multiple dwelling containing four or more dwelling units, apartments or rooming units, or any combination thereof, shall have the duty and responsibility to keep the premises free from filth, refuse, rubbish and garbage and of removing garbage and refuse after its daily collection from tenants or occupants. The owner or operator shall have the duty and responsibility of providing storage areas or storage bins of fireproof construction containing fireproof walls or partitions of at least two hours' rating for the storage of accumulated garbage or refuse while awaiting collection for removal from the premises. All common areas, stairways, halls, attics, cellars and basements or other parts of the building not under the exclusive control of the occupants shall be kept free from filth, ashes, rubbish, refuse, junk, slop, wood, paper or other materials.
C. 
Central heat and air conditioning.
(1) 
Premises whose lease or express or implied covenants cognizable at common law or equity, or as provided by law, shall include air conditioning shall provide such from May 2 until September 14 annually at a temperature not exceeding 74° F. or a temperature not less than 15° lower than actual outside temperatures.
(2) 
Central heat shall be required in all residential dwelling units from October 1 to May 1 annually at a temperature of not less than 68° F.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
D. 
Elevators. All residential dwellings of four or more stories containing elevators shall have twenty-four-hour maintenance contracts to prevent elevators being out of service for excessive lengths of time.
A. 
Every dwelling unit shall meet the following minimum standards for the provision of utility service to the dwelling unit:
(1) 
Water supply. Every dwelling unit shall be provided with a safe supply of potable water meeting the standards set forth in the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act regulations, N.J.A.C. 7:10-1 et seq., as the same may be amended and supplemented. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and/or the local health agency shall approve the source of the water supply. The minimum rate of flow of hot or cold water issuing from a faucet or fixture shall not be less than one gallon per minute. The supply of water shall be provided to all plumbing fixtures freely and continuously, pursuant to the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
(2) 
Electrical service. Every dwelling unit shall be provided with electrical service, circuiting and receptacles that are adequate for the electrical load being served. If the electrical load in a building is excessive or the electrical service inadequate to supply all appliances contained in the dwelling unit, the service shall be upgraded in accordance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
(3) 
Central heating. Every dwelling unit shall have central heating systems which are properly installed, maintained in good and safe working condition and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet compartments to a temperature of at least 70° F. at a distance of three feet above floor level while the external temperature is 10° F. All central heating systems shall be of a type approved by the Fire Subcode Official. Nonvented portable space heaters and stoves that burn solid, liquid or gaseous fuels are prohibited.
(4) 
Hot water. All dwelling units shall be provided with water heating facilities which are properly installed, maintained in safe and good working condition and are properly connected with running hot and cold water lines as required under this chapter and other applicable codes. Such water-heating facilities shall be capable of heating water to such a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower at a temperature of not less than 120° F. All sinks, basins, showers and baths shall have a continuous supply of hot and cold running water.
(5) 
Wastewater and sewer. All dwelling units shall be provided with a wastewater system. Every flush water closet, toilet, sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower shall be properly connected to an approved sewer system or septic tank. The drainage system shall be designed, constructed and maintained to safeguard against fouling, deposit of solids, clogging and with adequate cleanouts so arranged that the pipes may be readily cleaned.
B. 
No owner or operator shall cause any service, equipment or utility which is required to be supplied herein to be removed from, shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling unit, except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs, replacements or alterations are in the process of being made or during temporary emergencies when discontinuation of service is required by the utility company. In the event that any service or utility is discontinued or shut off, the owner shall take immediate steps to cause the restoration of such service or utility. Where utility or service is shut off or discontinued as a result of nonpayment by the utility customer, and the utility customer is not the owner or operator, the utility customer shall take immediate steps to cause the restoration of such service or utility. For purposes of this subsection "utility customer" shall mean the person or entity identified in the account records of the utility as responsible for payment of the utility bill.
C. 
All equipment used in the supply of utility service to a dwelling unit shall be maintained as follows:
(1) 
Every plumbing fixture and water and waste pipe shall be properly installed and maintained in good sanitary working condition, free from defects, leaks and obstructions.
(2) 
All electrical outlets shall be maintained in good working order and in a safe condition and shall be connected to the source of electric power. No temporary wiring shall be used, except extension cords may be used for temporary applications only. Extension cords shall not be used as a substitute for fixed or permanent wiring. "Temporary" generally means it is associated with a one-time job or with a transient condition.
(3) 
Hot water storage tanks and hot water pipes shall be maintained free from leaks or other defects.
(4) 
All chimneys, smokestacks, smoke pipes and flues, other pipes, the heating equipment, furnaces and boilers in the dwelling unit shall be maintained free of defects and in good operating condition at all times and shall be so maintained and so operated that no coal, gas, soot, smoke or noxious fumes or odors shall enter the dwelling unit or any dwelling unit adjacent thereto.
(5) 
Waste and sewer lines, septic holding tanks and other sewer or septic system fixtures shall be so installed and maintained as to function properly and shall be kept free from obstructions, leaks and defects to prevent structural deterioration, backflow or backsiphonage.
A. 
Every dwelling unit shall contain within its main walls the following:
(1) 
Lavatory facilities. A room, separated from the habitable rooms, which affords privacy and which is equipped with a flush water closet or toilet in good order and properly connected to a water and wastewater system. Every sleeping room shall have access to at least one water closet or toilet and one lavatory basin without passing through another bedroom and which shall be located no farther than one floor above or below each sleeping room.
(2) 
Basin. A lavatory basin located in the same room as the required flush water closet or toilet in good order and properly connected to a water and wastewater system.
(3) 
Bathtub or shower. A room, separated from the habitable rooms, which affords privacy to a person in the room and which is equipped with a bathtub or shower in good order and properly connected to a water and wastewater system, which may be contained in the same room as the one containing the lavatory and basin facilities.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(4) 
Kitchen sink. A kitchen sink of nonabsorbent impervious material in good order and properly connected to a water and wastewater system.
(5) 
Cooking facilities. At least one supplied kitchen gas or electric stove providing at least two top burners and an oven, not necessarily in the same unit, in good order and repair and properly connected to the appropriate utility system, as well as a suitable space to store, prepare and serve foods in a sanitary manner. All cooking facilities shall contain ventilation sufficient to remove odors to the exterior of the premises. Cooking facilities serving more than one dwelling unit shall not be permitted, except that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the operation of hotels, boardinghouses, nursing homes and similar establishments subject to licensing.
B. 
Sleeping rooms and bedrooms.
(1) 
Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 75 square feet of floor area for the first person, and 50 square feet for each additional person. Closet area and hall area, where provided within the dwelling unit, may count up to 10% of the required floor area. No part of a room shall be included in calculations for purposes of determining floor area that has a floor-to-ceiling height of less than five feet.
(2) 
Kitchens, lavatory facilities, cellars, nonhabitable spaces and interior public areas shall not be occupied for sleeping purposes.
(3) 
Sleeping rooms shall not constitute the only means of access to other sleeping rooms.
C. 
Ingress and egress.
(1) 
Every dwelling unit shall have safe and unobstructed means of ingress and egress. Such means of ingress and egress shall not be through any other dwelling unit or part thereof and shall lead to a safe and open space at ground level accessible to a street.
(2) 
A room used for sleeping purposes shall be provided with a safe and unobstructed means of egress leading directly to an outside area accessible to a street.
The interior of the premises, the interior of buildings and the condition of accessory structures shall be maintained to preserve the health, safety and welfare of the occupants. Such maintenance shall including the following:
A. 
General. Every floor, wall, ceiling, door, window or other part of the interior of a building shall be kept in good repair and capable of the use intended by its design.
B. 
Deterioration. All interior parts subject to corrosion or deterioration, when corroded or deteriorated, shall be repaired, painted or replaced. Side walls, window frames, doors and other woodwork, ceilings of every habitable room, bathrooms, pantries, laundries, foyers, halls, corridors and closets within a dwelling unit shall be kept painted, plastered, papered or otherwise maintained so that they shall have a clean and washable surface. The use of any paint or pigmented liquid substance applied to surfaces by brush, roller or spray in which the total nonvolatile ingredients contain more than 1% lead by weight on the interior surface of any dwelling unit or any other surface or area to which a child residing in a dwelling unit may have access is prohibited.
C. 
Infestation. The owner of a dwelling unit shall maintain the dwelling unit and premises as to prevent infestation by rodents, insects or other vermin and shall carry out such rodent stoppage, vermin-proofing, or other means of preventing infestations of such dwelling unit as may be required by the local housing inspector. Whenever a dwelling unit shall become infested with rodents, insects or other vermin, the owner shall promptly exterminate the dwelling unit. Where the dwelling unit is occupied by someone other than the owner, the occupant shall promptly notify the owner of the infestation.
D. 
Cleanliness. No owner shall occupy or let to an occupant any vacant dwelling unit unless it is clean and sanitary. The occupants of every dwelling unit shall keep the dwelling unit in a clean and sanitary condition.
E. 
Debris. The storage of objects or materials shall be done in an orderly manner so as to not constitute a health, safety or fire hazard. Storage of materials or objects shall not impair or impede the use of habitable rooms for their intended purpose or block or obstruct any means of egress from habitable rooms and/or sleeping rooms.
F. 
Common areas. Every owner of a building containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining the common areas of the building in a clean and sanitary condition.
G. 
Dampness. The ceilings, walls and floors of the interior of the dwelling unit shall be kept dry and free from dampness. Every cellar and basement shall be ventilated where necessary to prevent dampness.
H. 
Garbage, rubbish and refuse. Every dwelling unit shall have at least one container of metal or other material approved by the local housing inspector, for the temporary storage and disposal of rubbish. In addition, every dwelling unit shall have a watertight container, provided with a tight-fitting cover, of metal or other material approved by the local housing inspector, for the temporary storage of garbage or other organic waste. Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall dispose of all of his/her rubbish and refuse in a clean and sanitary manner by placing it in a rubbish storage container as required herein. All garbage and any other organic waste which might provide food for rodents, insects or vermin shall be disposed of in a clean and sanitary manner by placing it in a garbage disposal unit or in garbage-storing containers as required herein. For purposes of this subsection a garbage disposal unit is an electrical device, installed beneath a kitchen sink, which grinds up food so that it can go into the waste pipe. Recyclable materials shall be stored separately from nonrecyclable materials.
A. 
Every building covered by this chapter shall comply with the minimum requirements for fire safety established by the State Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:70.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
In event of a change in ownership of any multiple dwelling containing three or more dwelling units or apartments or rooming units or combination thereof the owner or seller of said dwelling shall have an inspection by the Code Enforcement Officer or other individual with power to enforce the provisions of this chapter to ensure each unit complies with the National Fire Code concerning placement and operation of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
C. 
See Chapter 150 for fee schedule.