Borough of Dunellen, NJ
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2020-04-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 239 Smoke Detectors
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Architectural Review Committee
- Ch 3 Arts and Culture Commission
- Ch 4 Assessor
- Ch 7 Authorities
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 12 Court
- Ch 13 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 26 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Fiscal Year
- Ch 32 Flood Control Commission
- Ch 41 Municipal Vehicles
- Ch 45 Officers and Employees
- Ch 50 Personnel Policies
- Ch 52 Planning Board
- Ch 54 Police Department
- Ch 58 Public Records
- Ch 62 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 68 Redevelopment Plans, Authority to Implement
- Ch 70 Retirement
- Ch 72 Sanitary Sewer Utility
- Ch 74 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 79 Taxpayers Advisory Commission
- Ch 81 Technical Review Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 89 Affordable Housing
- Ch 92 Alarm Systems
- Ch 96 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 99 Amusement Devices
- Ch 103 Animals
- Ch 107 Automotive Sales
- Ch 114 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 115 Zoning
- Ch 115A Land Development
- Ch 118 Building Construction
- Ch 125 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 130 Clothing Bins
- Ch 139 Documents, Issuance of
- Ch 143 Drug-Free and Smoke-Free School Zones
- Ch 150 Fees
- Ch 155 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 159 Fire Prevention
- Ch 163 Flea Markets, Garage Sales and Yard Sales
- Ch 165 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 168 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 180 Library
- Ch 186 Littering
- Ch 189 Loitering
- Ch 193 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 195 Noise
- Ch 199 Obscene Materials
- Ch 202 Parking Meters
- Ch 204 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 208 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 211 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 217 Property Maintenance
- Ch 221 Riparian Buffer Zones
- Ch 224 Rolloff Containers
- Ch 226 School District Enrollment for Residents Only
- Ch 227 Secondhand Goods and Precious Metals
- Ch 230 Sewer Rents
- Ch 233 Sewer Use
- Ch 236 Sex Offender Free Zone
- Ch 237 Sidewalk Cafés
- Ch 238 Signs
- Ch 239 Smoke Detectors
- § 239-1 Smoke detectors required.
- § 239-2 Definitions.
- § 239-3 Number required; audible alarms.
- § 239-4 Approval required; enforcement.
- § 239-5 Responsibility of owners.
- § 239-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 240 Smoking
- Ch 245 Soil Removal
- Ch 250 Solid Waste
- Ch 253 Stormwater Management
- Ch 254 Stormwater Quality
- Ch 256 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 262 Tattooing
- Ch 264 Taxicabs
- Ch 266 Telephones, Public
- Ch 268 Towing
- Ch 269 Traffic
- Ch 271 Trailer and Boat Storage
- Ch 275 Trees
- Ch 280 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Dunellen 5-15-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Effective with the passage of this chapter,
the owners of all rented dwellings being used to house one or more
family units in the Borough of Dunellen shall be required to install
at least one smoke detector on each floor of said dwelling. This chapter
will apply to but not be limited to single rented quarters, boardinghouses,
hotels and two-or-more-family dwellings. Said smoke detectors shall
be required to be in working order.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An instrument approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
for the detection of combustion products. The detector shall be of
the type operated by battery or electricity on a specific circuit.
A minimum of one detector shall be required
on each level containing sleeping quarters. Alarm signaling devices
shall be clearly audible in all bedrooms when all intervening doors
are closed.
The installation, location and number of said
units shall be subject to the inspection, recommendations and approval
of the Fire Prevention Bureau of the Borough of Dunellen, which Bureau
shall also control the enforcement of this chapter.
It shall be the sole responsibility of the owner
to install said smoke detectors and maintain them in proper working
order.
Failure to comply with this chapter will result
in a fine for the first offense not to exceed $100 and a fine for
the second offense not to exceed $200.
