2A:44-188 - Definitions - New Jersey Statutes

2A:44-188.  Definitions
    As used in this act:

     "Last known address"  means that address provided by the occupant in the latest rental agreement, or the address provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a change of address.

     "Occupant"  means a person, the person's sublessee, successor, or assignee,  entitled to the use of the storage space at a self-service storage facility  under a rental agreement, to the exclusion of others.

     "Owner"  means the proprietor, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a self-service storage facility, the owner's agent, or any other person authorized by the owner to manage the facility, or to receive rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.

     "Personal property"  means movable property not affixed to land, and includes, but is not limited to, goods, merchandise, and household items.

     "Rental agreement"  means any written agreement or lease, that establishes  or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the  use and occupancy of a self-service storage facility.

     "Self-service storage facility"  means any real property designed and used  for the purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who  are to have access for the purpose of storing and removing personal property.   No occupant shall use a self-service storage facility for residential  purposes.  A self-service storage facility is not a warehouse as used in  chapter 7 of Title 12A of the New Jersey Statutes.

     L.1983, c. 136, s. 2, eff. April 14, 1983.