[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Township Council of the
Township of Toms River as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 4168-08[1]]
Any person who willfully or maliciously cuts, injures, damages,
tampers with, destroys, defaces or uses without authorization from
the Board of Fire Commissioners or the Township Council of the Township
of Toms River any fire hydrant, fire hose, fire engine or fire equipment
or apparatus, whether publicly or privately owned, or intentionally
opens any fire hydrant without proper authorization as aforesaid,
shall be fined not more than $2,000 or sentenced for a term of not
more than six months in the county jail, or both.
[Adopted 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 4168-08[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Art. II, Fire
Hydrants in Residential Areas, adopted 12-26-1973 by Ord. No. 1388,
as amended.
A.
No construction
permit shall be issued for any residential structure located in an
area served by a public or private water company unless the distance
from the midpoint of the frontage of such premises to a fire hydrant
as measured down the center line of connecting public streets is no
more than 250 feet.
B.
All temporary
roads shall be accessible to fire apparatus by way of an approved
temporary driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of
fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds, with the exception
of masonry foundations.
No subdivision shall be approved by the Planning Board unless
fire hydrants are indicated on the tentative plat or, where tentative
approval has previously been granted or not applied for on the final
plat, in accordance with the requirements herein contained as to location
of and distances between fire hydrants.
No fire hydrant shall be placed at the closed end of a turnaround
of a cul-de-sac unless the distance between the open end and the closed
end is greater than 400 feet, in which event fire hydrants shall be
placed at both the open and closed ends of the cul-de-sac. Where a
waterline dead ends at a hydrant, such waterline shall be no less
than eight inches in diameter. Hydrants shall be set plumb with nozzles
18 inches above the ground or, where they are to be placed in hose
houses, 18 inches above the floor.
A.
Access road width with a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located
on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26
feet.
B.
Required access roads. Prior to any certificate of occupancy, facilities,
buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be
accessible to Fire Department apparatus by way of an approved fire
apparatus access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved
driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus
weighing at least 75,000 pounds (34,050 kg).
C.
Dead ends. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads in excess of 150
feet (45,720 mm) shall be provided with a minimum width of 26 feet
and turnaround provisions in accordance with the following. One-hundred-fifty-one-foot
to seven-hundred-fifty-foot-long road: ninety-five-foot cul-de-sac;
or one-hundred-twenty-foot Hammerhead, or sixty-foot Y.
D.
Turning radius. The minimum turning radius for all buildings and
structures shall be determined by the Code Official.
E.
Existing fire hydrants. Existing fire hydrants on public streets
are allowed to be considered as available. Existing fire hydrants
on adjacent properties shall not be considered available unless fire
apparatus access roads extend between properties and easements are
established to prevent obstruction of such roads.
Installation of fire hydrants with respect to any subdivision
shall not be considered a subdivision improvement to be included in
the bonding requirements of the Subdivision Ordinances of the municipality,[1] but rather the proper installation of fire hydrants shall
be a condition of the issuance of certificates of occupancy.
[Amended 5-12-2009 by Ord. No. 4195-09]
The procedure for determining fire-flow requirements for buildings
or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be in accordance
with the latest edition of the International Fire Code and its Appendix
B and any subsequent appendices as adopted by reference by the New
Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
All fire hydrants shall be painted in accordance with the following
schedule:
A.
All public hydrants, i.e., those maintained by a public water company
or authority, shall be painted in a color combination of yellow tops
and nozzle caps and silver barrels.
B.
All private hydrants, i.e., hydrants other than public hydrants,
shall be entirely painted in yellow.
C.
Each public hydrant shall be marked or identified by numbers no less
than three inches high placed above the steamer connection and below
the bonnet, where feasible, indicating the size main, in inches, to
which the hydrant is connected. Such markings or identification shall
be painted on each hydrant, shall face the street or, in the absence
of a public street, the direction from which reasonably might be expected
responding fire apparatus, and notwithstanding the foregoing, the
size and color of such markings or identification shall be readily
visible to a person with 20/20 vision from a distance of 75 feet in
daylight and in clear weather.
D.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall inspect such hydrants to ensure
compliance herewith.
E.
The owners of existing private hydrants shall comply with this section
by October 15, 1984, and the owners of existing public hydrants shall
comply with this section by December 31, 1985, provided that at least
1/3 of the hydrants owned by public water companies or authorities
operating within Toms River Township shall conform to this section
by December 31, 1984, and 2/3 of such hydrants shall conform by June
30, 1985.
All fire hydrants installed in the municipality shall have no
less than two two-and-one-half-inch hose connection nozzles and one
four-and-one-half-inch pumper nozzle. All threads are to be national
standard fire hose threads.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who or which shall
violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both, and each day in which such violation continues shall constitute
a separate violation or offense. This penalty provision shall be construed
as an addition to and not in place of any other remedies available
in law or in equity, including the withholding of certificates of
occupancy.
