I have a church project in NJ that will go into permitting approximately 1 year from now. The clients would like to have an all gender multi-stall bathroom, as it is important to their congregation. Unfortunately, this is not allowed under current NJ plumbing code, which is the 2021 NSPC NJ Edition. However, NJ will (very likely, given their 3-year adoption schedule) be adopting the 2024 NSPC in mid to late 2025, and this edition allows all gender bathrooms per 7.21.4 Exception 5. Is there a process for requesting the AHJ to consider a design that complies with a soon-to-be-adopted building code? If needed, we can design two separate bathrooms for permitting and then push through the revision once the 2024 code is adopted, but we would obviously prefer not to if there's a way to get the all gender bathroom approved.
Thanks in advance for any feedback! Happy to provide more details.
Thanks in advance for any feedback! Happy to provide more details.