New Jersey Statutes 55:13A-13.1. Retirement community; exclusion from definition of multiple dwelling; compliance with fire safety standards; self-inspection; filing checklist; certification; failure to comply; notice
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 55:13A-13.1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. The commissioner may require common area smoke detectors in buildings, and the retirement community may utilize detector units which are either (1) of the alternating current (AC) constantly active electric circuit type, which cannot be deactivated by the operation of any interconnected switching device and which comply with the latest NJPA-70 (National Electrical Code) requirements or (2) of the battery-powered single station type. The owners of each unit utilizing any common area shall be jointly responsible for inspecting the detector unit in the common area and for ensuring that its battery is inspected periodically and replaced at least annually.
c. If the municipality determines, as a result of the most recent self-inspection of any building or unit as required by this amendatory and supplementary act, that any building or unit does not comply with the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act and regulations promulgated thereunder, then the municipality shall issue to the nonprofit corporation a written notice stating the manner in which a building or unit does not comply with this amendatory and supplementary act or regulations promulgated thereunder. The notice shall fix a date, not less than 60 days nor more then 180 days, upon which a building or unit shall comply with the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act and regulations promulgated, thereunder. If building or unit does not comply with the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act and regulations promulgated, on or before the date fixed in the notice, the municipality shall notify the commissioner, who shall enforce the provisions of P.L.1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.) against the nonprofit corporation or the unit owner thereof, based on their respective liabilities as contained in the nonprofit corporation’s master deed, bylaws, and rules and regulations.
L.1983, c. 154, s. 2, eff. April 22, 1983.