SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1842

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: DECEMBER 11, 1997

      The Senate Community Affairs Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1842 (1R).

      This bill would exempt from the requirements of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.), certain condominiums, cooperatives, and mutual housing corporations that are occupied entirely by owners of the condominium units or shareholders in the cooperative or mutual corporation. It broadens the existing exemption that was enacted by P.L.1983, c.2, but limited at that time to certain "garden apartment" type structures of two units or less.

      The bill would broaden the exemption, which currently exists in statute for condominiums, cooperatives, and mutual housing corporations buildings that consist of two attached units, to include buildings consisting of no more than four units, provided the units are separated by a fire wall of fire resistency that meets the State Uniform Construction Code at the time of the unit's construction, or meets standards established by the Bureau of Housing Inspection.