In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
52:27D-192 et seq., the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983, c 383),
the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced in the
Borough of Wrightstown by the Wrightstown Borough Bureau of Fire Prevention.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Wrightstown
Borough Bureau of Fire Prevention and shall hereafter be referred
to as the "Bureau" or "local enforcing agency."
The Bureau shall consist of at least one paid
Fire Official/Marshal and such paid fire inspector(s) as may be required
to carry out the intent of the Code, as well as any other support
staff as may be required by the Fire Official/Marshal and approved
by the Council, if the support staff is compensated. The Fire Official/Marshal
can select support staff volunteers without Council approval. The
Marshal shall have the power to terminate volunteers and recommend
to the Council termination of paid support staff.
The Bureau 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 Wrightstown, and any other municipalities where the Bureau
is designated as the local enforcing agency, other than owner-occupied
one- and two-family dwellings used exclusively for dwelling purposes,
and faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
The Bureau shall carry out the registration
and periodic inspections of life-hazard uses as required by the Uniform
Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of the Department of Community
Affairs.
The owner of a local use registered within the
Borough of Wrightstown shall pay an inspection fee in the amount specified
in this section. Inspection fees shall be paid when due. It shall
be the responsibility of the Fire Official/Marshal to ensure the collection
of inspection fees. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to
pay the fee to the Fire Official/Marshal. The owner of a local use
shall pay the inspection fee within 30 days of the day on which it
was demanded by the Fire Official/Marshal. For failure to pay the
required inspection fee within 30 days of the day it was demanded,
the owner shall be subject to a penalty in the amount equal to the
amount of the inspection fee. Should an owner fail to make the required
payment of both the inspection fee and penalty, the Fire Official/Marshal
may, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-201, issue a certificate to the Clerk
of the Municipal Court stating that the owner is indebted to the local
enforcing agency for the payment of the inspection fee, and the Clerk
shall immediately enter upon his record of docketed judgments the
name of the owner and of the local enforcing agency, a designation
of the ordinance under which fee is assessed, the amount of the fee
is certified and the date the certification was made. The making of
the entry shall have the same effect as the entry of the docketed
judgment in the office of the Clerk, but without prejudice to the
owner's right of appeal.
A. Where more than one local use exists under one ownership
at a given location, only the inspection fee for the primary local
use registered shall be charged.
B. The fees set forth in Appendix A of this chapter shall be paid to Wrightstown Borough Bureau
of Fire Prevention for local inspections and registrations.
Permits required pursuant to the Uniform Fire
Code shall be charged by the Fire Official/Marshal and paid to the
Wrightstown Borough Bureau of Fire Prevention.
A. Permit fees shall be as follows:
(1) Uniform Fire Code.
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Type
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Fee
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1
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$166
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2
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$331
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3
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$497
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(2) Nonprofit organizations shall be exempt from permit
fees except for an administrative fee of $10.
B. Fire investigative reports may be requested from the
Bureau and shall be provided for a fee of $20. Photographs will be
provided at cost, plus an administrative fee of $10. Diagrams will
be provided for a fee of $10 per page.
C. The fee for the issuance of a smoke detector compliance
as required by N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3 shall be:
(1) Thirty-five dollars for requests received 10 days
or more prior to the date on which it is needed.
(2) Seventy dollars for requests received four to nine
days prior to the date on which it is needed.
(3) One hundred dollars for requests received three days
or less prior to the date it is needed.
D. The fee for the issuance of a certificate of fire
code status shall be $25.
In accordance with the provisions of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act, any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcing
agency shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of
Appeals of Burlington County.
When code enforcement procedures for the abatement
of a violation requires the use of apparatus or manpower of the Volunteer
Fire Company, the fee for each unit or apparatus shall be $100 per
hour. The fee for each fire fighter involved in the enforcement or
abatement activity shall be $15 per hour. The units of apparatus and
number of firefighters for each enforcement or abatement activity
shall be determined by the Fire Officer in charge at the scene of
the activity.