[Adopted 2-9-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1]
Pursuant to § 11 of the Uniform Fire
Safety Act, it shall be locally enforced in the Township of Mansfield.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Township
Bureau of Fire Prevention which is hereby created therein. The Bureau
of Fire Prevention shall hereinafter be known as the local enforcing
agency.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention established by §
21A-2 of this article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life-hazard uses required by the code on behalf of the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
[Added 3-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-5]
The application fees for the permits listed
in N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.7 shall be as provided by state regulation.
[Added 3-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-5]
(Reserved)
[Added 3-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-5]
Pursuant to §§ 15 and 17 of the
Uniform Fire Safety Act, any person aggrieved by any action of the local enforcing
agency shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of
Appeals of Burlington County.
[Added 3-22-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-5; amended 4-27-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-9]
Except as otherwise set forth below, enforcement, violations and penalties shall be as established in conformity with the Uniform Fire Safety Act, the Uniform Fire Code and all other laws of the State of New Jersey. For violations of §
21A-8, conviction in first offense shall carry with it a fine of $100; $250 for a second offense; and $500 for the third and each subsequent offense.
[Adopted 5-25-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-6]
There is hereby created within the Township of Mansfield in
the Office of Fire Prevention who shall be known as the "Senior Fire
Inspector" of Mansfield Township.
A. Senior
Fire Inspector. Fire Inspectors who are licensed by the Department
of Community Affairs as Fire Inspector or Fire Official who maintain
their certification may be recommended for the rank of Senior Fire
Inspector by the Fire Official.
B. No person
shall carry out the duties of the Fire Official or Fire Inspector
unless that person is certified pursuant to Section 5:71-4.3 of the
Uniform Fire Code. The term “carry out the duties” shall
mean and include representing oneself as authorized to carry out inspection
of life hazard uses on behalf of the Commissioner, issuing orders
pursuant to the Act, and assessing or imposing any of the penalties provided
for by the Act.
C. No local
enforcing agency shall employ any person to enforce the provisions
of the Uniform Fire Code at a life hazard use, unless that person
shall be certified in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
D. Compensation.
The rate of compensation will be between $15 an hour and $25 per hour.
The first five years of employment the Senior Fire Inspector shall
be paid at the rate of $15 an hour. After five years the Senior Fire
Inspector will be compensated at the rate of $19 dollars an hour.