Borough of Totowa, NJ
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2023-09-26
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 186 Fire Prevention
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Article III Residential Smoke Detectors
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 12 Claims Approval
- Ch 17 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 22 Court, Municipal
- Ch 27 Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Ch 32 Election Districts
- Ch 38 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Fire Department
- Ch 49 Firemen's Survivors' Pensions
- Ch 55 Intermunicipal Services Agreement
- Ch 61 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Parking Utility
- Ch 72 Personnel Policies
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 78 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 84 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 89 Seal and Emblem
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarm Devices
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 122 Automotive Sales
- Ch 133 Business and Insurance Registry
- Ch 135 Campaign Materials
- Ch 137 Cannabis
- Ch 142 Circuses, Carnivals and Mobile Rides
- Ch 148 Commercial Security
- Ch 153 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 170 Energy Aggregation Program
- Ch 175 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 178 Filming, Commercial
- Ch 180 Firearms
- Ch 186 Fire Prevention
- Ch 186 Art III Residential Smoke Detectors
- § 186-28 Inspection of residential occupancies by Fire Prevention Bureau.
- § 186-29 Timing of inspections; certificate of compliance.
- § 186-30 Owner to request inspection.
- § 186-31 Types of smoke detectors.
- § 186-32 Installation.
- § 186-33 Recordkeeping.
- § 186-34 Inspection fees.
- § 186-35 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 189 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 192 Florists
- Ch 197 Games of Chance
- Ch 202 Gasoline Stations and Tanks
- Ch 208 Graffiti
- Ch 214 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 221 Housing Standards
- Ch 232 Landscapers, Commercial
- Ch 236 Licensing
- Ch 241 Littering
- Ch 250 Massage Establishments
- Ch 256 Motels, Hotels and Tourist Lodges
- Ch 261 Newsracks
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 272 Obscene Material
- Ch 275 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 279 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 284 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 289 (Reserved)
- Ch 292 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 295 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 310 Sales, Special
- Ch 314 School Enrollment
- Ch 320 Sewers
- Ch 325 Sex Offender Registration
- Ch 336 Soil Removal and Grading
- Ch 341 Solid Waste
- Ch 349 Storm Sewers
- Ch 352 Stormwater Control
- Ch 356 Street Naming and Numbering
- Ch 361 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 367 Swimming Pools
- Ch 370 Tattoo Artists
- Ch 372 Taxicabs
- Ch 377 Theaters
- Ch 380 Towers and Towing
- Ch 383 Trees
- Ch 388 Utilities
- Ch 394 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 398 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 402 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 407 Water
- Ch 415 Zoning and Land Use
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 420 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 425 Animals
- Ch 429 Barbershops and Beauty Parlors
- Ch 433 Burials and Interments
- Ch 438 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 440 Dumping
- Ch 443 Fees
- Ch 447 Food and Beverages
- Ch 452 Housing Standards
- Ch 460 Milk Vending Machines
- Ch 464 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 468 Officers and Employees
- Ch 472 Plumbing
- Ch 477 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 486 Swimming Pools
- Ch 490 Water Supplies, Individual and Semipublic
- Ch 494 Weed Control
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Table of Datelines
- Ch TOD Table of Datelines
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
[Adopted 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 13-91 (Ch.
67, Art. V, of the 1974 Code)]
The Fire Prevention Bureau shall inspect, for
compliance with the required number of approved smoke detectors in
accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 5:70 and other related
provisions, all residential occupancies, including single-family and
two-family dwellings.
The Fire Prevention Bureau's inspection shall
occur prior to the time of resale. Upon inspection, a certificate
of compliance shall be issued by the Fire Official.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner
or owner's agent to notify the Fire Prevention Bureau for any required
inspection. Inspections shall be performed within three business days
from the time for which it was requested.
All smoke detectors may be battery-operated
units or units permanently wired to a nonswitchable circuit of the
house current, as approved by the Fire Official. Smoke detectors shall
be UL listed, FM approved or carry the seal of an authorized representative.
Smoke detectors shall be installed as recommended
by the manufacturer and approved by the Fire Official or his authorized
representative.
The Fire Prevention Bureau shall make a written
record of all inspections and shall maintain those records for a period
of time, not to exceed six years.
The inspection fee for a single-family dwelling
shall be $25; for a two-family dwelling, the inspection fee shall
be $50.
Failure to comply with the terms of this article
shall result in a maximum penalty of $500.
