Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act, the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced
in the Township of Mount Holly.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
The local enforcing agency shall be Fire District
No. 1 of Mount Holly Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3; 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
Fire District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township
(District) shall enforce the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the fire
safety codes and regulations adopted under it in all buildings, structures
and premises within the Township, including multiunit residential
dwellings as defined in the 1999 Edition of the Basic National Building
Code (BOCA), as supplemented, or such other code as may hereafter
be adopted by the State of New Jersey under the Uniform Fire Safety
Act and the Uniform Fire Code, except for owner-occupied one- and two-unit residential dwellings. The District shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code. The District shall, further, enforce the provisions of Chapters
92,
126, and
234 of this Code. Registration and or inspection fees shall be charged as set forth elsewhere in this Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
Fire District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township
shall carry out the periodic inspections of life-hazard uses required
by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community
Affairs, as well as such other inspections required by the Township
Fire Prevention Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
The Fire Official shall be appointed by Fire
District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act, any person aggrieved by any order of Fire District No.
1 of Mount Holly Township shall have the right to appeal to the Construction
Board of Appeals of Burlington County.