[Adopted 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 4168-08[1]]
A.
Upon a finding that such action is necessary for the public safety;
the Board of Fire Commissioners and Fire Official of the Bureau of
Fire Prevention of the Township of Toms River within each respective
district may require the owner or owners of any shopping center, commercial
structure, place of public assembly, multiple-dwelling group, industrial
park, office building, hotel or motel, school or marina to designate
fire zones in the driveways of the premises leading to and from the
parking areas, loading areas, public streets or rights-of-way leading
to the above-type buildings or structures.
B.
Such fire zones, also to be known as "fire lanes," shall be no less
than 20 feet and no more than 50 feet in width and shall be striped
and lettered in yellow on a paved surface, such striping and lettering
to remain legible at all times. Metal fire zone signs, the lettering
of the same to be legible at all times, shall be provided, erected
and maintained by said owner or owners and placed at the discretion
of the Fire Official. Said signs are to be of a design and quality
and lettered in accordance with applicable state law and approved
by the Fire Official.
C.
No person shall at any time park a vehicle or in any other manner
obstruct any driveway or other area that has been designated as hereinabove
provided as a fire zone and/or lane.
A.
All owners of commercial structures and commercial uses on property
abutting any body of water shall, when required by the Fire Official,
have pumping stations constructed at the water with each such station
having a thirty-foot section of bulkhead with a depth of water of
three feet minimum at low tide. Said pumping station shall be constructed
with a paved surface at the bulkhead adequate for the use of heavy
fire equipment and apparatus. It shall be the responsibility of the
owner or owners of said commercial structures or commercial properties
to repair and maintain said pumping stations, and if the Fire Official
or Board of Fire Commissioners makes a determination that repairs
are needed and said repairs are not made by the owner or owners within
60 days of notification of the need for such repairs, such failure
to make repairs will constitute a violation of this article.
B.
No person shall at any time park a vehicle or in any other manner
obstruct any driveway or area that has been designated as hereinabove
provided as a pumping station.
A.
Fire areas shall be established in all shopping centers to ensure
fire equipment and other emergency vehicles unobstructed means of
ingress and egress to the properties and buildings located therein
in the event of fire or other emergency.
B.
The number, location, dimensions and markings of such areas shall
be determined by the Fire Official or Board of Fire Commissioners
based upon the size, type and location of the buildings in such shopping
centers; the types of uses contained therein; the number of motor
vehicles operated and parked upon the property; the number of persons
using and occupying the premises; the existing means of ingress and
egress; and the total area of the property and other relevant factors.
C.
The Fire Official is authorized to regulate, restrict and prohibit
the parking and operation of motor vehicles in and near such fire
areas and to impose other reasonable regulations necessary to ensure
that such areas are free from obstruction.
[Amended 5-8-2012 by Ord.
No. 4351-12]
The Board of Fire Commissioners for each fire district, the Fire Official, Fire Inspectors, the Code Enforcement Officer and the Police Department of the Township of Toms River shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this article. In addition to those agencies and officials, the Toms River Parking Authority shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the prohibition against parking in areas designated as fire zones/lanes set forth in § 308-39C.
A.
Any violation of the provisions of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,250 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, except that violation of the parking provisions of § 308-39C shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and no more than $1,250 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
B.
All penalties as indicated in the New Jersey Administrative Code,
Title 5, Chapters 70 and 70B (Uniform Fire Code), shall be adopted
for the purpose of enforcing this article.
Notwithstanding the penalties hereinabove provided for violations
of this article, the municipality shall be entitled to pursue any
other remedy available at law or equity to enforce the provisions
hereof.
