[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 13-4
of the Revised General Ordinances]
A.
When a property within the City is protected by an
automatic alarm system, a fire sprinkler system or has windows covered
to the extent that quick access and visibility to the inside of the
structure are blocked, the owners or managing agents shall install
a key box approved by the Chief of the Fire Division and installed
on the property in a location approved by the Chief. Residential properties
under six units or properties protected by guard service on site,
24 hours, seven day a week shall be exempt from this requirement.
B.
Upon examination of the physical condition and characteristics
of any property and upon notice, in writing, to the assessed owner
and principal occupant thereof, the Fire Chief may further require
a key box to be installed in a specified location whenever access
to or within a structure or an area is unduly difficult because of
secured openings or where immediate access is necessary for life saving
or fire-fighting purposes.
C.
Cabinet style vaults shall be required when deemed
necessary by the Fire Chief at premises containing hazardous materials.
These cabinets shall then contain hazardous material information and
MSDS Data Sheets, site plans, floor plans and other information, as
required by the Fire Chief.
Owners or operators of controlled vehicle parking
areas which use mechanical parking gates to control motor vehicle
ingress or egress shall install and maintain an emergency override
control device on each gate. Such device shall be a master-key-operated
type switch approved by the Fire Chief.
In the event locks are changed in any of the
above-mentioned locations, the Fire Division shall be notified immediately.
This article shall not be deemed to vest exclusive
jurisdiction in the Fire Division in the terms of its enforcement.
Violations of this article may be enforced by other City officials,
including the personnel of the Division of Inspection, Department
of Housing and Economic Development and the uniformed members of the
Police Division.
Any person aggrieved by any decision or requirement
of the Fire Chief made pursuant to this article shall be entitled
to a hearing before the Director of Public Safety, who shall thereafter
issue a final decision.
