New Jersey § 52:27d-196

§ 52:27d-196.

As used in this act: a. “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs or his delegate. b. “ Department ” means the Department of Community Affairs. c. “ Fire safety commission ” means the fire safety commission created by section 5 of P.L.1983, c. 382 ( C.52:27D-25e ). d. “High-rise structure” means a building or structure having floors used for human

occupancy located either more than six stories or more than 75 feet above the lowest

level accessible to a fire department vehicle. e. “ Life hazard use ” means a building or structure, or part thereof, classified in any of the following

use groups in the 1981 edition of the Building Officials and Code Administrators International

(BOCA) Basic Building Code: A-1, A-2, A-3, A-5, and I, a covered mall subject to

section 630.0 of the 1981 edition of the BOCA Basic Building Code, and any other use

which the commissioner defines by regulation as a life hazard. f. “ Dwelling unit ” means a room, suite, or apartment which is occupied or intended to be occupied for

dwelling purposes by one or more persons living independently of persons in similar

dwelling units. g. “ Enforcing agency ” means the department, a municipal or county department or agency, or a fire district

which has been authorized by municipal ordinance to enforce this act. h. “ Protective equipment ” mean any equipment, device, system or apparatus permitted or required by the commissioner

to be constructed or installed in or upon a building, structure or premises for the

purpose of protecting the occupants or intended occupants thereof, fire fighters or

the public generally from fire or other products of combustion. i. “ Owner ” means a person who owns, purports to own, manages, rents, leases or exercises control

over a building, structure or premises.