NJ- Wanna change the code??

Robert O'Connor_7

Instead of complaining about codes and how they are interpreted why not DO something about it. With all the e-mails I receive about codes and inspectors you might want to take advantage of a window (a very small window) of time to submitt your changes.

Once again, its time to submitt code change proposals for the Rehabilitation Subcode. Code changes may be aimed at improving the Rehabilitation Subcode by recommending a requirement that seems unclear. Since its adoption in 1998, the Department of Community Affairs has encouraged code users to submitt Rehabilitation Subcode code changes. This process, through which code changes based on the experience of the code users are presented and discussed, has been very successful.

To be considered this cycle, code changes must be submitted to the Department by February 11, 2005. The code change must be specific--the citation and the exact language change must be given. An explanation must be provided and any companion changes (other sections of the Rehabilitation Subcode that would also need to be changed) must be identified.

The code changes will be collated and presented to the Uniform Construction Code Advisory Board. A public hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on March 11, 2005 in Room 129 of the Department of Community Affairs at 101 South Broad Street in Trenton. The public hearing will give code change proponents a chance to present--and explain--their proposals to the members of the board.

If you need an official form you can either contact Emily W. Templeton at the DCA or follow the instructions above and submitt them directly to me via e-mail (or post it on "The Wall") If you have any questions about this process, please contact the Code Development Unit at (609) 984-7609

Robert O'Connor/NJ

Bob Harper

NJ Codes

Robert, as the Code Liaison for the Mid-Atlantic Hearth, Patio, and BBQ Assn, I would appreciate any info. you could share on NJ Codes as they affect HVAC, plumbing, building, remodeling, and specialty contractors. You can email me at my above home e-addy or 610-277-5581 office, -5584 fax.
Thanks!

Firedragon_4

Good for you Robert,

people gripe and gripe and when there's a shot, nada!

Put it in writing or stop your stinkin!

Codes are the way they are because most of us won't make time to make them right, FACT!

Robert O'Connor_7

Bob Harper & NJ Codes.

Contractor' Registration Act Prohibits Issuance of Permits to Unregistered Contractors Not Otherwise Exempted:

The "Contractors' Registration Act" (P.L 2004,c.16) was signed into law on May 13, 2004, with an effective date of December 31, 2005.

Under this law, any person who offers to preform, engages, or attempts to engage in the business of making or selling home improvements is required to register annually with the Division of Law and Public Safety, except if he comes within the scope of one of the following exemptions;

1. Any person required to register pursuant to "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act," P.L. 1977, c. 467 (N.J.S.A. 46:3B-1, et seq.):

2. Any person performing a home improvement upon a residential or noncommercial property he owns, or that a member of his family, a bona fide charity, or other nonprofit organization owns:

3. Any person regulated by the State as an architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor, electrical contractor, master plumber, or any other person in any other related profession requiring registration, certification, or licensure by the State, who is acting within the scope of practice of his own profession:

4. Any person who is employed by a community association or cooperative corporation:

5. Any public utility, as defined under N.J.S.A. 48:2-13:

6. Any person licensed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance under the provisions of Section 16 of the "Retail Installment Sales Act of 1960," P.L. 1960, c. 41 (N.J.S.A. 17: 16C-77); or

7. Any home improvement retailer with a net worth of more than $50,000,000, or empolyee of that retailer.

The definition of a "home improvement" is "the remodeling, altering, renovating, repairing, restoring, modernizing, moving, demolishing, or otherwise improving or modifying of the whole or part of any residential or noncommercial property" and includes "insulation installation and conversion of existing commercial structures into residential or noncommercial property."

Of particular significance to constuction officials is Subsection 12.b of the new law, codified at N.J.S.A. 56:8-147, which provides that "no municipality shall issue a permit for any home improvement to any contractor who is not registered pursuant to the provisions of this act." On or after December 31, 2005, it will be necessary for the the construction official, before issuing any construction permit for a home improvement, to require the applicant to provide evidence of either (1) having a current registration issued by the Division of Consumer Affairs or (2) being in one of the exempt categories. The enforcing agency should retain this evidence as part of its permit documentation.

Robert O'Connor/NJ