The following insertions and changes are hereby made to the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code/1996:
A. 
Wherever the words "municipality" or "jurisdiction" are used in this code, said words shall be held to mean Montgomery Township.
B. 
Wherever the term "Corporation Counsel" is used in this code, the words shall be held to mean the Solicitor for Montgomery Township.
C. 
Whenever the words "Fire Official" are used in this code, the words shall be held to mean the Fire Marshal, Code Enforcement Official or Deputy Fire Marshal, unless the plain meaning of the sentence, phrase, clause or paragraph in which it appears is to the contrary.
D. 
The storage of Class I, IA, IB and IC liquids, as such liquids are defined in Article 28 of this code, in outside aboveground storage tanks is prohibited in all areas of Montgomery Township except those areas presently zoned LI, Limited Industrial.
E. 
The storage of liquified petroleum gases is prohibited in all areas of Montgomery Township except those areas in Montgomery Township zoned LI, Limited Industrial.
F. 
Article 31, § F-3103.4, of this code is hereby deleted and the following is substituted in its place:
F-3103.4 Insurance: The permittee shall furnish to Montgomery Township a liability policy of insurance issued by a liability insurance company authorized to do business in Pennsylvania and acceptable to Montgomery Township. Said policy of insurance shall name the permittee and Montgomery Township as insured under said policy. Said policy of insurance shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000 for personal injury liability (including death) of any one or more persons and property damage liability of not less than $5,000,000 for property damage to any one or more persons arising out of an accident or occurrence and caused by reason of the permittee's display or use of fireworks or firework apparatus or arising from any acts with regards to the use or display of fireworks by the permittee, Montgomery Township or its officers, agents, servants, workmen, employees or any subcontractor of the permittee or of Montgomery Township.
The following provisions are hereby added to this code:
A. 
This code shall be enforced by the CEO and/or Fire Marshal for the Township of Montgomery with the final authority vested in the CEO.
B. 
This code and the provisions set forth under Article V of this chapter shall collectively be known as the "Fire Prevention Code of Montgomery Township."
C. 
Wherever violations of the Fire Code of Montgomery Township are discovered by a Fire Marshal, the Fire Marshal shall report such findings to the CEO for review. A record and form system shall be devised and implemented by the CEO so that uniform procedures and forms are used by all personnel in fire prevention, including all Deputy Fire Marshals.
D. 
The Office of Code Enforcement shall, monthly, compile a written report to the Township Manager. Such a report shall contain a list of all prosecutions instituted under the Fire Prevention Code and shall contain such statistics as are necessary. The Fire Marshal shall also recommend at the time of his/her monthly report, or sooner, if necessary, any amendments to the Fire Prevention Code which, in the judgment of the Fire Marshal, shall be desirable or necessary.
E. 
The Fire Marshal and/or CEO are hereby authorized to institute prosecutions against any and all persons for any violation of the Fire Prevention Code.
F. 
The Fire Marshal and/or CEO shall enforce all ordinances relating to the following subjects:
(1) 
Inspection of properties to determine the existence of any potential fire hazards.
(2) 
The abatement of existing fire hazards.
(3) 
The investigation of the cause, origin or circumstances of any fires.
(4) 
The control or use of flammable liquids and flammable substances.
G. 
By way of implementing the requirement for numbering buildings under Chapter 22 of the Code of Montgomery Township, the owner of every building in Montgomery Township shall cause the street number of such building to be posted conspicuously on the street side of the building at a point no less than five feet from the ground level and no higher than eight feet from the ground level immediately below the numbers posted. The numbers posted shall be posted in such a manner that they will be readily visible and legible from the adjacent street, road or highway. Such numbers shall be at least four inches in height. In lieu of posting such numbers on the street side of the building, the owner of the building may post the numbers on a gate post or a post to the right of the driveway as the driveway is viewed from the adjacent street, road or highway. The numbers so posted shall be no less than three feet nor more than five feet from the ground immediately underneath the place where the numbers are posted. All apartment buildings and multiple dwelling buildings shall be uniformly marked, numbered or lettered or otherwise identified so that such markings, number or letters or identification are readily visible to the operators of fire equipment from the roads, streets and highways immediately adjacent to the apartment building or multiple-dwelling building.
H. 
Fire lanes are hereby established around the entire perimeter of all buildings having a business occupancy, mercantile occupancy, industrial occupancy or storage occupancy. Said fire lanes shall be a width of 20 feet measuring from the outside walls of such building, and, in a case of buildings that have curbs which separate the outside walls of such buildings from the driveways or parking areas, the twenty-foot width of such fire lanes, on the lots on which such buildings are located, shall be measured from the outer edge of curbs. Parking of motor vehicles, as parking is defined in the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, shall be absolutely prohibited at all times in such fire lanes. If the building is fully sprinklered, then the fire lanes can be removed.
I. 
All permits required to be issued under the Fire Prevention Code will be issued by the Office of Code Enforcement and will be issued within 90 days after application has been made for such permit and the fees for such permit have been paid to Montgomery Township.
J. 
Appeals; additional materials for permits.
(1) 
Whenever the Fire Marshal/CEO shall approve or disapprove an application or shall grant or refuse to issue an order to eliminate a dangerous or hazardous condition under § F-105.1 of this code or when it is claimed that the provisions of this code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of this code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted by the Fire Marshal and/or CEO, the applicant or person against whom such order has been issued or to whom such application has been disapproved or whose permit has been refused or the person who shall request the issuance of an order to eliminate a dangerous or hazardous condition may appeal such action or inaction to the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township. All appeals to the Board shall be filed, in writing, with the Township Manager within 10 days from the date of the decision or action complained of and, in the case of permits, within 10 days from the date of the decision or action complained of and, in the case of permits, within 10 days from the date of issuance of a permit or within 10 days from the date when a permit should have been issued.
(2) 
The Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township and the CEO shall act as a committee to determine or specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies, which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in the Fire Prevention Code. The CEO shall post such a list in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies to interested parties.
K. 
The maintenance of any condition or building or structure or lot or piece of ground in violation of any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and is abatable as such pursuant to the Second Class Township Code.
L. 
The following provisions shall supplement Article 31 of this code:
(1) 
At least 15 days in advance of the date of the display or discharge of fireworks, the permittee shall notify, in writing, the organized volunteer fire company in Montgomery Township nearest to the proposed display and/or discharge site of the fireworks and shall arrange with said fire company for emergency fire protection and apparatus to be at the site of said display or discharge during all times of said display or discharge of fireworks.
(2) 
The permittee shall have available and in good operating order at the site of the display and/or discharge of the fireworks such portable fire-extinguishing equipment of the type, size and capacity as required by the Office of Code Enforcement.
(3) 
Before commencing any display or discharge of fireworks, the permittee shall wet down and keep wet all dry grass, weeds and vegetation in the display and discharge site as well as at the fireworks impact site.
(4) 
No permit shall be issued for the display or discharge of fireworks where the density of buildings or the conditions of vegetation at the display, discharge or impact site would present an unreasonable risk of fire.
M. 
The following provisions supplement Article 20 of this code:
(1) 
Carnivals, circuses, traveling shows, exhibitions, fiestas and festivals are defined as any temporary or traveling show or exhibit held in any building, tent enclosure or on any lot where the following forms of amusement or entertainment are or may be conducted: riding devices such as Ferris wheels, merry-go-carousels, whips, roller coasters or similar devices, illusions shows, animal acts, trapeze acts, feats of daring, clowns, mechanical shows, freak shows, sideshows, funhouses or active games of skill such as ball-throwing pitch-till-you-win games, swinging ball games, hoop-throwing games or games of like character.
(2) 
No person shall hold or conduct a carnival, circus, traveling show, exhibition, fiesta or festival in Montgomery Township unless such person shall first obtain a permit from Montgomery Township.
(3) 
No such permit shall be issued by Montgomery Township unless the applicant first shall:
(a) 
Furnish Montgomery Township with information, in writing, as to the proposed date and place of the event; the organization, society or club, if any, for whose benefit the event is to be held; the nature of the structures and the devices to be used; the nature of entertainment to be given or permitted; and the location, by Tax Map parcel number, of the place where the event is to be held.
(b) 
Pay a permit fee to Montgomery Township as set forth in the Montgomery Township Fee Schedule.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A236, Fees.
(4) 
Conditions.
(a) 
Any person permitted to conduct such an event in Montgomery Township shall, as a condition to retention of his/her permit:
[1] 
Close the event not later than 12:00 midnight.
[2] 
Comply with all the requirements of all Montgomery Township codes and ordinances and the Statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[3] 
Take all necessary action which is required to prevent the use of loud or noisy devices or activities or the occurrence of any disorderly conduct by patrons or employees of the permittee.
(b) 
Failure of the permittee to comply with these conditions shall result in immediate revocation of the permit previously issued.
(5) 
Each permittee, as a condition for the issuance of any permit, shall first supply Montgomery Township with a valid, prepaid policy of liability insurance, insuring the permittee and Montgomery Township against bodily injury liability, including death, in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and property damage liability in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000.
N. 
The following provisions further supplement Article 20 of this code as follows:
(1) 
Flammable and combustible liquids and gases: For motor vehicles, marine vessels, farm equipment and all mechanical devices on display and which are located in any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure which contains fuel tanks for flammable and/or combustible liquid or gas fuel, the fuel tanks thereof shall be maintained between 1/3 and 1/2 full of fuel. All caps on the filler pipe on every such fuel tank or the aperture through which fuel is introduced into any such fuel tank shall contain caps or other devices of a locking type, which devices shall require a key for locking and a key for the unlocking thereof, and said caps on filler pipes or on the apertures through which fuel is introduced into the fuel tank shall be kept locked at all times while the fuel tank is located within any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure. Liquid petroleum, gas, propane gas and all cylinders which contain flammable gas shall not be located at any time within any tent or air-supported structure. No open flame, the fuel for which is supplied by any gaseous or liquid substance, shall be permitted at any time within any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure.
(2) 
Electrical safety: The electrical systems of all motor vehicles, marine vessels, farm equipment and all mechanical equipment, when on display, whether within or without any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure, shall be de-energized. The de-energization shall be accomplished by removing the battery or batteries of the motor vehicle, marine vessel, farm equipment or mechanical equipment or removing the battery cables of the motor vehicle, marine vessel, farm equipment or mechanical equipment. All electrical equipment used or exhibited within Montgomery Township in any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure must be approved and bear the Underwriter's Laboratory seal and be installed and maintained at all times in accordance with the Electric Code of Montgomery Township.
(3) 
Each tent or air-supported structure or enclosure and all decorative material contained in any of such and all materials used for table coverings in any such tent or air-supported structure or enclosure shall be made of fire-retardant material having a fire rating of two hours. Each tent or air-supported structure or enclosure shall contain fire extinguishers, and the fire extinguishers shall be so located that there is no more than 75 feet travel distance to a fire extinguisher from any point within the tent or air-supported structure or enclosure. Portable fire extinguishers shall be rated at the minimum 2A-type extinguisher. Where a tent or air-supported structure or enclosure is over 3,500 square feet in area, fire hose lines of at least one-inch diameter and of sufficient length to reach any point in the tent or air-supported structure or enclosure shall be provided at a point outside of the tent or air-supported structure or enclosure but within 10 feet of the outside edge of the tent or air-supported structure or enclosure. Such hose lines shall be equipped with a nozzle and shall be attached to an adequate supply of water with adequate water pressure for a one-inch hose. Generators and transformer wagons shall be provided with extinguishers of an at least 10BC minimum rating. Conspicuous no-smoking signs shall be posted at the main entrance of tents or air-supported structures or enclosures and within the same. The owners and operators of tents or air-supported structures shall enforce the prohibition against smoking within any tent or air-supported structure or enclosure.
(4) 
Lighting: Emergency lighting systems are required and shall be provided by the owner or operator of all tents or air-supported structures or enclosures which have a seating capacity in excess of 500 or more persons, and all tents or air-supported structures or enclosures which contain more than 15,000 square feet of fabric or plastic material, regardless of the seating capacity thereof, shall contain emergency lighting systems.
(5) 
Parking: No motor vehicle, marine vessel, farm equipment or any other type of equipment which contains any liquid fuel tank or gas fuel tank or gas cylinder shall be parked within 100 feet of any tent, stake lines or within 100 feet of any air-supported structure or enclosure, except that electrical generators shall not be subject to this prohibition.
O. 
The following provisions supplement Article 3 of this code:
(1) 
Portable heaters and portable cooking appliances: Portable heaters and portable cooking appliances are prohibited. All portable heaters and cooking appliances shall have a seal of approval from a recognized testing agency such as Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. Use of open flame, or non-explosion-proof electrical portable heaters and cooking appliances shall be prohibited in certain occupancies defined as:
(a) 
Theaters, nightclub, exhibition halls, churches, schools and like occupancies when open to the public.
(b) 
Those areas of commercial and industrial occupancies where flammable and/or combustible vapors dusts and/or liquids are used or introduced.
(c) 
Storage areas of commercial and industrial occupancies where combustible materials such as paper, cardboard and fabrics are warehoused.
(d) 
Occupancies where the manufacture of paint, varnish, ammunition, celluloid, matches and like products are performed or introduced.
(e) 
Individual rooms for let in hotels, motels and dormitories, except for office and other nonpublic areas.