Required in buildings containing fire alarm
systems and fire suppression systems or buildings where visual inspection
for the presence of fire is obstructed or buildings of life hazard
use or when, in the opinion of the Fire Official, there is a need
for immediate access in the event of fire, a high security keyvault
shall be installed whereby the Fire Department may gain access to
a building without the use of force. Such keyvaults shall contain
keys for entry and fire suppression and alarm systems.
A. Keyvaults shall be installed in the following location:
(1) All high-rise (over four stories) buildings, both
residential and commercial.
(2) All multiple-dwelling buildings, which contain five
units or more, and which include any common area between the individual
units, and which common area is locked from the outside of the building.
(3) All commercial buildings, two stories or higher.
(4) All commercial structures which contain five or more
individual separately located businesses, and which contain common
area between such commercial units, and which is locked from the outside.
B. All keyvaults shall be located in a prominent and
viewable location near the main entrance of the building.
C. All keyvaults, regardless of the manufacturer, shall be fitted with locks that are keyed to match the keys presently utilized by the Fire Department of the Borough of Fort Lee. The obligation to install appropriate locks in accordance with this Article
IX shall be the responsibility of the owner of the building or its duly authorized representative.
D. All keyvaults must contain and be adequately marked
with the following keys:
(8) General storage room key.
E. Colors.
(1) All keys placed into the keyvaults shall be color
coded, utilizing only the following specific colors:
(a)
Red for all fire alarms, fire suppression systems
and fire fighter recall elevator keys.
(b)
Yellow for all utilities, gas, electric and
generator rooms.
(c)
Green for mechanical rooms, storerooms and the
like.
(2) The only exception to this requirement shall be for
master key systems, in which one master key is utilized for all of
the above-mentioned systems, utilities and rooms.
F. The keyvault installed by the owner or owners of the
building shall be of a proper size, sufficient to accommodate the
amount of keys required for the building. It shall be the owner or
owners responsibility to notify the Fire Prevention Bureau of any
changes in keys or additional keys for the building which are placed
in the keyvault.
The provisions of this Article
IX shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions contained in Part
1 of this chapter of the Code of the Borough of Fort Lee and in accordance with relevant provisions of the Uniform Fire Code and the Uniform Fire Safety Act.
Violations of the provisions contained within this Article
IX shall be governed by §
216-21 of Part
1 of this chapter of the Code of the Borough of Fort Lee.