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Margate City, NJ
Atlantic County
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[Adopted 7-26-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-8]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383),[1] the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced in the municipality of the City of Margate City.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-202.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau of Fire Prevention, which is hereby created in the City of Margate City Fire Department.
[Amended 9-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-12]
The local enforcing agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted under it in all buildings, structures and premises within the established boundaries of the City of Margate City, other than owner-occupied one- and two-family dwellings, and shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code (including all permit requirements relating thereto).
The local enforcing agency established by § 138-2 of this article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
[Amended 9-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-12]
The local enforcing agency established by § 138-2 of this article shall be a part of the City of Margate City Fire Department and shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Fire Official who, in turn, shall report to the Chief of the Fire Department.
A. 
Appointment. The local enforcing agency shall be under the supervision of the Fire Official, who shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety of the City of Margate City. In making this appointment, the Director shall make the appointment from a list of three recommendations provided by the Chief of the Fire Department.
[Amended 9-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-12]
B. 
Term of office. The Fire Official shall serve for a term of three years.
A. 
Appointment. Such inspectors and other employees as may be necessary in the local enforcing agency shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety upon the recommendation of the Fire Official.
B. 
Removal from office. The Fire Official, Inspectors and other employees of the enforcing agency shall be subject to removal by the Director of Public Safety for inefficiency or misconduct. Each person so removed shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appointing authority or a designated hearing officer.
[Amended 9-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-12]
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act,[1] any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcing agency shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals of Atlantic County.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and 27D-208.
[Amended 9-25-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-14; amended 9-13-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-12]
In addition to Type 1 Permits required pursuant to the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (fee: $35 for other than municipal uses) and inspections required pursuant to the Act and the regulations of the Department of Community Affairs, the following additional registrations and inspections for those uses not defined as life hazard uses shall be required not less than once every 12 months. Where two or more of the same uses or different uses exist at the same building or premises, each one shall be considered as separate and distinct for the purpose of this article and shall be registered pursuant thereto.
A. 
Buildings as defined in the latest edition of the BOCA Basic/National Building Code.
B. 
Mercantile uses, including but not limited to retail stores, eating establishments with a maximum occupancy of 49 or less, frankfurter and hamburger stands and catering services.
C. 
All business uses, including, but not limited to doctors' offices, dentists' offices, law offices, accounting offices, real estate offices, insurance offices, architects' offices, banks, post offices, animal clinics, barbershops, beauty shops, dancing schools and funeral homes.
D. 
Residential Uses.
(1) 
Residential uses, including, but not limited to hotels, motels, boardinghouses, multifamily dwellings and rental units.
(2) 
Exception. Single-family and two-family dwellings occupied by the holder of title to the property.
E. 
Storage uses including, but not limited to, warehouses, garages and trailers.
F. 
Assembly uses with a maximum permitted occupancy of 99 or less, including but not limited to art galleries, recreation centers, lecture and/or exhibition halls without fixed seating, health spas and bingo halls.
[Added 9-25-86 by Ord. No. 1986-14]
A. 
All penalties as indicated in the New Jersey Administrative Code, Title 5, Chapters 18 and 18B (Uniform Fire Code), shall be adopted for the purpose of enforcing this article, except those penalties imposed as hereinafter provided for violations of this article not included within the Uniform Fire Code or authorized by the Uniform Fire Safety Act.
B. 
Except as otherwise provided in Subsection A of this section, any violations of this article, including the 1985 BOCA Basic Fire Prevention Code and amendments and supplements thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for 90 days, or both. Each and every day that a violation of the provisions of this article shall continue after notification thereof by the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be deemed and considered a separate and specific violation of this article. Such penalties as hereinabove provided shall not be exclusive, and, in addition thereto, any violation may be abated by a civil action instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
[Added 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
The following new section is added to Article 4 of the Uniform Fire Code:
F-412.0 FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES F-412.1 Smoke detectors: All existing business, mercantile and mixed-use buildings or structures, as defined by the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, shall be provided with a minimum of one approved smoke detector on all floors used for human occupancy. Where more than one detector is required to be installed within an individual building or structure, the detectors shall be wired in such a manner that the actuation of one alarm will actuate all the alarms in the building or structure. F-412.2 Plans and installation: Where an automatic fire alarm system is required by this section, the plans and specifications shall show the location and number of all sending stations and signals with specifications of the type, construction and operation of the system, including all automatic detection devices. Installation of all equipment shall conform to requirements of this Article, NFiPA standards and the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code. F-412.3 Testing: Fire alarm systems and all fire alarm equipment shall be tested once a month, and a complete written record of all tests and inspections required under this Article shall be maintained on the premises by the owner or occupant in charge of said premises, and all such records shall be submitted to the Fire Inspector when requested for inspection and evaluation.