[Adopted 6-26-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-12[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. I, Uniform Fire Code, adopted 12-27-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-31.
Pursuant to § 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383), N.J.S.A. 52:27D-202, the New Jersey Uniform Code shall be enforced locally in the Borough of Stanhope.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Sussex County Fire Marshall pursuant to a shared services agreement between the Borough of Stanhope and the County of Sussex, which agreement is incorporated by reference herein. A copy of said agreement is on file with the Borough Clerk.
The Sussex County Fire Marshall shall enforce the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted thereunder in all buildings, structures and premises within the established boundaries of the Borough of Stanhope covered by the Act, and the codes and regulations and shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code.
The Sussex County Fire Marshall shall conduct all life-hazard and non-life-hazard building inspections. The Sussex County Fire Marshall shall carry out the periodic inspection of life-hazard uses or whenever conditions which constitute an imminent hazard are found to exist as required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
Pursuant to §§ 15 and 17 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and 52:27D-208, any person aggrieved by any order of the Sussex County Fire Marshall shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals of Sussex County. The appeal shall be filed with the Construction Board of Appeals by the 15th day after the receipt by the person of notice of the ruling, action, order or notice complained of.
The permit fees established by the Uniform Fire Code and as are incorporated in the shared services agreement referred to in § 84-2 above are hereby adopted.
Fire incident reports shall be made available to interested parties after such parties make a request, in writing, to the Sussex County Fire Marshall for such reports.
The Sussex County Fire Marshall shall maintain all records of its activities on file in accordance with the shared services agreement referred to in § 84-2 above.
Violations and penalties shall be as prescribed by N.J.S.A. 52:27D-207 through 52:27D-211 and as set forth in the New Jersey Administrative Code pursuant to duly adopted regulations by the Department of Community Affairs.