[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Wanaque 8-18-1986 by Ord. No. 6-85-86.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 13.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 67A.
Fire insurance claims - See Ch. 72A.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 74B.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded
former Ch. 73, Fire Prevention, adopted 6-12-1968, as amended.
[Amended 2-15-1994 by Ord. No. 3-0-94]
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau
of Fire Prevention of the Borough of Wanaque Fire Department. This
agency shall consist of the certified Fire Official and certified
Fire Inspectors, said number of Fire Inspectors to be designated by
the Fire Official and approved by the Mayor and Council.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall enforce
the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted
under it in all buildings, structures and premises within the established
boundaries of the Borough of Wanaque, other than owner-operated one-
and two-family dwellings, and shall faithfully comply with the requirements
of the Uniform Fire Safety Act[1] and the Uniform Fire Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et
seq.
The Fire Prevention Bureau shall carry out the
periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire
Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
The local enforcing agency shall be a part of
the Borough of Wanaque Fire Department and shall be under the direct
supervision and control of the Borough of Wanaque Fire Official.
A.
Fire Official and Fire Inspectors shall be recommended
by the Fire Chief and appointed by the Mayor and Council, subject
to certification by the civil service.
B.
The Fire Official and Inspectors shall serve for a
term of one year.
D.
The Fire Official and Inspectors must be active members
of the Fire Department and have at least seven years of experience.
E.
The Fire Inspectors shall be subject to removal from
office for inefficiency or misconduct after the proper civil service
procedures have been followed.
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act,[1] any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcement
agency shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of
Appeals of the County of Passaic.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and
52:27D-208, respectively.
In addition to inspection and fees required
pursuant to the Act and the regulations of the Department of Community
Affairs, additional inspections and fees shall be required from time
to time by amendment to this chapter.
[Amended 2-9-2004 by Ord.
No. 3-0-04; 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2-0-11]
The permit fees established by the Uniform Fire Code shall be
established as follows:
[Amended 5-18-1987 by Ord. No. 4-86-87; 4-16-1990 by Ord. No. 2-87-90; 3-19-1991 by Ord. No. 3-90-91; 2-9-2004 by Ord. No. 3-0-04]
A.
Fire lanes on private property devoted to public use.
(1)
The Chief of the Fire Department and Fire Official
is hereby authorized to establish fire lanes on private property,
devoted to public use, including but not limited to shopping centers,
bowling alleys, drive-in theaters, churches, swimming pools and similar
uses involving parking of sufficient numbers of motor vehicles to
make necessary such regulations for protection of persons and property
in case of fire or other emergency.
(2)
The fire lanes shall be established to ensure fire
equipment and other emergency vehicles unobstructed means of ingress
and egress to such properties and the buildings, persons, vehicles,
fire hydrants and standpipes thereon in case of fire or other emergency.
(3)
The number, location, width, length and markings of
such lanes shall be determined by the Chief of the Fire Department
and Fire Official. Such determination shall be based upon the size,
type and location of the building or buildings, the use to which the
property is put, the number of persons using or occupying premises,
existing means of ingress and egress, total area or property, including
size of parking lot or lots, and all other relevant factors.
(4)
The Chief of the Fire Department and Fire Official
shall notify the property owner, in writing, of the location and markings
required to designate each fire lane, and within 30 days after the
receipt of said notice, the property owner shall have complied with
the directions contained therein with respect to the marking and identification
of each designated fire lane. If the property owner fails to complete
this work within the time prescribed, then the Chief of the Fire Department
shall notify the appropriate Borough Department which shall do all
the necessary work, and the cost thereof shall be added to the tax
assessment of the property owner and collected in the manner of other
tax assessment and in accordance with the New Jersey statute as may
be provided.
(5)
After establishment of a designated fire lane, parking
of motor vehicles or otherwise obstructing such fire lane shall be
prohibited at all times, and any person who parks a motor vehicle
therein or otherwise obstructs a designated fire lane shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $50. In addition thereto, any motor vehicle
parked on a designated fire lane may be towed away and stored at the
owner's expense.
(6)
The Borough of Wanaque Police Department shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce
the provisions of this section.
(7)
The Chief of the Fire Department and Fire Official
shall have power to grant exceptions to any of the provisions of the
Fire Prevention Code upon application, in writing, by the owner or
lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties
in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided
that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured
and substantial justice done. The particulars of such exceptions when
granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department,
and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
B.
ALARMS
FALSE NOTIFICATIONS
PERSON
Definitions pertaining to false fire alarms. As used
in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Any mechanical or electronic signal reporting by means of
telephone cables or other means or transmission, which signals are
monitored by the Police Department of the Borough of Wanaque at its
headquarters or an audible alarm which is heard and/or called in by
another and which signals, upon receipt or upon activation, indicate
to the Department that an emergency exists at the sending location.
Said "alarms" shall include those types installed to indicate fires
at the sending location.
Any report or request for fire service directed to the Police
Department by any means of any communication wherein the situation,
condition, incident or emergency as subject of the report or request
did not and does not exist.
Any individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company,
firm, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency or other entity
recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
C.
No person, firm or corporation shall install or cause
to be installed any automatic alarm-dialing equipment without having
first registered the same with the Clerk of the Borough of Wanaque.
Said registration shall include the type of device utilized, including
the brand name or manufacturer thereof, serial number, type of device,
provisions relating to false alarms and testing procedures, a list
of persons to be contacted in the event of an alarm and any other
information as may be required by the Chief of Police or his agent.
D.
Registration will be required of all persons, firms
or corporations who have installed said automatic alarm-dialing equipment
prior to the effective date of this chapter.
E.
Upon the filing of said registration, the registrant
shall pay to the Clerk of the Borough of Wanaque a registration fee
of $25 and thereafter an annual operational fee of $25 for all alarms
terminating in the Borough of Wanaque's police headquarters. This
fee shall include both direct leased-line alarms and those utilizing
recorded telephone dialing equipment.
F.
The registration fee shall cover all or part of the
first year. The operation fee shall be payable by January 15 of each
year, annually, as long as the alarm is in service.
G.
The Police Department shall have the power and the
duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
H.
After the effective date of this chapter, it shall
be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation, owner or lessee
of any building in which a fire alarm has been installed to:
(1)
Cause, suffer, allow or permit the accidental or purposeful
transmission of a false alarm signal from any public or private place
in the Borough of Wanaque to the Police Department of the Borough
of Wanaque.
(2)
Cause, suffer, allow or permit to be made any report
or request for fire service or assistance by any means of communication
wherein the situation, condition, incident or emergency as subject
of the report or request for fire service or assistance did not and
does not exist.
I.
Businesses.
(1)
All businesses after the adoption of this chapter
must conform with the following:
(a)
All exit signs shall be illuminated.
(b)
All businesses where the occupancy, in the opinion
of the Fire Official or Fire Inspector, is or may be likely to exceed
10 persons, shall have all egress doors swing in the direction of
exit travel.
(c)
Where, in the opinion of the Fire Official or
Fire Inspector, more than average risk of fire exits or where flammable,
hazardous or explosive materials are stored or situate therein, businesses
shall have all egress doors swing in the direction of exit travel;
(d)
On all new business construction, after the
effective date hereof, all egress doors shall swing in the direction
of exit travel.
(e)
Sheetrock [ 5/8 inch fireguard] must be
installed above boilers and hot-water heaters to extend two feet outside
of boiler area.
(f)
All holes in sheetrock in ceilings must be repaired.
(2)
All businesses shall be inspected yearly by members
of the Borough of Wanaque Fire Prevention Bureau. Bureau members shall
be compensated at a rate of $12 per hour, effective retroactively
to January 1, 1990. Said hourly rate should be examined and adjusted
as permits and fees dictate and amended herein.
(3)
Any business closed for 30 days or more must be reinspected
before opening.
(4)
Violations and penalties shall be the same for life
hazard and non-life hazard.
J.
Residences. All barbecue gas grills must be 10 feet
away from any structure when in use unless permanently piped to the
natural gas line.
[Added 7-8-2019 by Ord.
No. 6-0-19]
A.
Requirements.
(1)
The following buildings shall be subject to the provisions of this
section:
(a)
All buildings having an automatic fire detection or suppression
system 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 a fire.
(b)
All multiple-dwelling buildings which contain more than two
units, and which include any common area between the individual units,
and which common area is locked from the outside of the building,
including group homes.
(c)
All commercial and industrial properties.
(d)
All commercial structures which contain two or more individual
separately located businesses, and which contain common area between
such commercial units, and which is locked from the outside.
(e)
All day care/nurseries, public and private schools, all nursing
homes, convalescent centers and intermediate-care facilities.
(f)
All municipal buildings.
(g)
All community and condominium clubhouses and recreation centers.
(h)
All places of worship.
(2)
Excluded from the requirements of this section are one- and two-family
dwellings identified and defined by the Uniform Construction Code
(N.J.A.C. 5:23 et seq.) as R-3 and R-4.
B.
BUILDING
FIRE CHIEF
HAZMAT CABINET
KEY LOCK BOX
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
VAULT
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any building or structure located in the Borough of Wanaque, whether privately or publicly owned, including, without limitation, any building owned by the Borough of Wanaque, the Wanaque Board of Education, or any other public, quasi-public, or private entity or person, subject to the exclusion set forth in Subsection A of this section.
The Fire Chief or Fire Official.
UL-listed Knox-Box® hazmat
cabinet approved by the Fire Chief that meets the requirements and
uses the same security key code adopted by the Fire Department.
A UL-listed Knox-Box® rapid-entry
key box system approved by the Fire Chief that meets the requirements
and uses the same security key code adopted by the Fire Department.
The person(s) charged with the responsibility for occupancy,
building or business owner.
A UL-listed Knox vault approved by the Fire Chief that meets
the requirements and uses the same security key adopted by the Fire
Department.
C.
Compliance.
(1)
All existing buildings shall comply with the requirements of this
section within 18 months from its effective date.
(2)
All newly constructed buildings not yet occupied or buildings currently
under construction, and all buildings or businesses applying for a
certificate of occupancy or continued certificate of occupancy, shall
comply with the requirements of this section immediately.
D.
Location of key vaults/lock box. Where structurally possible, the
key vault/lock box shall be located four feet to the left from the
main entrance to the building or property; otherwise, the key vault/lock
box shall be located at or near the main entrance to the building
or property. The key vault/lock box shall be mounted at a minimum
height of six feet and a maximum height of eight feet above final
grade.
E.
Contents of key vault/lock box.
(1)
Labeled keys, easily identified in the field to provide access into
the property and/or building, and to any locked areas within the said
building, and as may be further directed by the Fire Chief. All affected
rooms shall be clearly marked with either a number or label so as
to coincide with their labeled keys.
(a)
Keys to all locked points of egress whether interior or exterior
of said building.
(b)
Keys to locked mechanical rooms.
(c)
Keys to locked electrical rooms.
(d)
Keys to fire control panels.
(e)
Keys to sprinkler rooms.
(f)
Keys to boiler/utility rooms.
(g)
Keys to elevator control rooms.
(h)
Keys to other control rooms.
(i)
Pertinent building information or emergency notification information
may also be required to be contained in the key vault/lock box or
other locations as determined by the Fire Chief.
(j)
Pass/reset codes for any fire alarm system.
(k)
Keys to any fenced or secured areas.
(2)
The Fire Chief may require the installation of a tamper-switch system
to connect the lock box or vault box to the building's burglar
alarm system.
(3)
Where a building contains a business that is required to prepare
or have available a material safety data sheet or an emergency and
hazardous chemical inventory form under Subtitle B, Section 311 and
312 of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986 (SARA Title III), the Fire Chief may require that the responsible
party also install a hazmat cabinet or vault as determined by the
Fire Chief.
(4)
If required by the Fire Chief, the hazmat cabinet or vault shall
contain the following information for emergency response personnel:
(a)
A current list of key facility personnel knowledgeable about
safety procedures of materials on site, complete with telephone numbers
for such personnel in the event of an incident after normal hours
of facility operation.
(b)
A current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form and
a binder containing the material safety data (MSD) sheets or in the
event that the volume of the MSD sheets is too great to keep practically
in the hazmat cabinet shall give the location of the on-site MSD sheets,
and the MSD sheets shall be readily available for use by emergency
response personnel.
(c)
A facility site plan to include the following:
[1]
The location of storage and use of hazardous materials on site;
[2]
The location of on-site emergency firefighting and spill clean-up
equipment;
[3]
A diagram of the complete sewer system and the water system,
showing fire hydrant and water main location and sizes;
[4]
A copy of the Wanaque Fire Department's preplan for the
facility; and
[5]
Any building floor plan determined to be necessary by the Fire
Chief.
F.
Key vault/lock box minimum criteria.
(1)
Locks must have the ability to be a master keyed to the lock utilized
by the Wanaque Fire Department and the Wanaque Fire Prevention Bureau.
(2)
Lock cylinders must have listings in accordance with UL 437, Safety
Key Locks.
(3)
System keys must withstand a minimum of 50 in./lbs. of torque when
fully inserted.
(4)
System keys shall be cut using a biaxial pattern similar to Medico
Level 3 or better.
(5)
Vendor must be able to provide official proof of UL listing.
(6)
System keys must be able to be secured in an electric retention device
controlled from the Fire/Police Dispatch Desk.
(7)
Key vaults/lock boxes must be listed in accordance with UL 1307 anti-theft
devices.
(8)
Key vaults/lock boxes must have a minimum door and wall thickness
of one-quarter-inch plate steel.
(9)
Key vaults/lock boxes must have a weatherproof gasket seal of Neoprene
or better around all openings.
(10)
Key vaults/lock boxes must have a stainless-steel dust cap or
cover over lock cylinder.
(11)
Master key(s) will be held by the Wanaque Fire Department and
the Wanaque Fire Prevention Bureau. Keys will be located within designated
vehicles.
G.
Noncompliance. Any responsible party in violation of any provision
hereof shall receive written notice of the violation(s) and shall
be provided 30 days to correct any violation(s) and come into compliance.
Any responsible party, after receiving written notice by the Fire
Chief and failing to correct the violation within the thirty-day period,
shall be subject to a fine of up to $500 for each day of continued
noncompliance following the end of the designated thirty-day period
to correct any violation(s). Continued noncompliance may also result
in the revocation of the certificate of occupancy.
H.
Return of keys. Following the installation by a responsible party
of a vault/lock box, all keys currently in the possession of the Wanaque
Fire Department shall be returned to the responsible party.
I.
Limitation of liability. The Borough of Wanaque Fire Department and
the Fire Chief assume no liability for any defects in the operation
of the key lock box, the keys contained in the key lock box, any information
stored within the key lock box or otherwise provided to the Fire Chief,
or the security of any property required to have a key lock box due
to access of the key lock box by any person.
