[Adopted 12-9-2008 by Ord. No. 4168-08[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Art. I,
Fire Protection in Public Buildings, adopted 11-27-1973 by Ord. No.
1378 as Ch. 85 of the 1973 Code.
All use groups other than one- and two-family dwellings as outlined
in the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code constructed in the Township
of Toms River, in the County of Ocean and State of New Jersey, shall
not be constructed unless provided with adequate fire protection.
The following minimum standards are hereby established and are required
to be met:
A.
Prior to construction no building or structure shall be constructed
unless it shall have water mains therein of at least eight inches
in size. If an eight-inch main installed in any shopping center or
industrial area shall not complete a good gridiron, then a sufficiently
larger size of water main shall be installed to afford ample and proper
fire protection, depending upon the size, construction, layout and
occupancy of the buildings.
B.
In multiple-dwelling groups, at least an eight-inch main shall be
installed, unless the circumstances in that particular multiple-dwelling
group meet the standards set forth in the next sentence hereof. A
six-inch main may be used where it completes a good gridiron, but
only up to 600 feet in length between interconnecting mains; and larger
mains shall and are hereby required over and above the six-inch size
of mains for multiple-dwelling groups wherever the six-inch mains
will not afford proper fire protection.
C.
Fire hydrants shall be provided and installed for all building and
use groups hereafter constructed in accordance with the latest edition
of the International Fire Code and its Appendix C and any subsequent
appendices as adopted by reference by the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code.
[Amended 5-12-2009 by Ord. No. 4194-09]
D.
When water mains and fire hydrants are installed on private property,
agreements shall be executed between the property owner and water
company furnishing water in that particular area outlining responsibility
for installation, inspection and maintenance of fire hydrants and
payment for service.
[Amended 5-12-2009 by Ord. No. 4194-09]
Provision shall be made for hydrants on private property to
be inspected by the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention with the
cost to be paid by the property owner. The procedure for determining
fire-flow requirements for buildings or portions of buildings hereinafter
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.
Painting and identification of hydrants shall be in accordance with § 297-7.
Nozzles and threads shall be in accordance with § 297-8.
The owner of each and every shopping center, multiple-dwelling
group, industrial park, office building, hotel, motel, school, institution
or other building or structure shall submit to the Fire Official triplicate
copies of his or her plan or proposal to comply with this article.
Upon the receipt of the triplicate copies of such plan or proposal,
the Fire Official shall retain one copy thereof for his or her records;
file one copy thereof with the Township Engineer and shall file the
remaining copy of said plan or proposal with the water company which
services the area in which the proposed construction is to be erected.
The applicant shall, at the time he/she submits the copies of
the said plan or proposal to the Fire Official and Township Engineer
and the said water company, request each of them to examine the said
plan or proposal sent each of them and report in writing thereon to
the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment as to whether or not, in
the judgment of the said Township Engineer, Fire Official and the
said water company, the said plan or proposal fairly meets the requirements
of this article and affords proper protection for the general public
in each of said proposed items to be constructed. If the answer of
either the said Township Engineer, Fire Official or the said water
company is in the negative, the Building Inspector shall not issue
a building permit for the proposed construction until he or she has
made certain that the proposal or plan does meet the requirements
of this article, and that the general public is afforded reasonable
fire protection in the use of the item to be so constructed.
A.
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 $1,250 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 in addition to and not in place of any other remedies available
in law or in equity, including the withholding of certificates of
occupancy.
B.
All penalties as indicated in the New Jersey Administrative Code,
Title 5, Chapters 70 and 70B (Uniform Fire Code), shall be adopted
for the purpose of enforcing this article.
The omission of penalty for subsequently constructed shopping
centers, multiple-dwelling groups, industrial parks, office buildings,
hotels, motels, schools or other institutions have been intentionally
omitted herein for the reason that such future construction will not
receive a certificate of occupancy until the provisions of this article
are complied with.
After this article has become effective, Township Clerk shall
send a certified copy hereof to each of the following:
A.
United Water Company Toms River, which services a substantial area
of Toms River Township.
B.
New Jersey Water Company, which services part of Toms River Township.
C.
Toms River Director of Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands, Building
Inspector and Township Engineer.
D.
Toms River Township Planning Board.
E.
Toms River Township Board of Adjustment.
