[Adopted 10-16-1991 by Ord. No. 2-91]
[Adopted 1-26-2005 by Ord. No. 3-2005]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act (P.L. 1983 c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C.
5:70-1 et seq.) shall be locally enforced in the Borough of Atlantic
Highlands.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Atlantic
Highlands Fire Department through its Division of Fire Prevention,
which is hereby created therein. The Division of Fire Prevention shall
hereinafter be known as the local enforcing agency.
The Division of Fire Prevention established by §
178-24 of this article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act, any person aggrieved by any action of the local enforcing
agency shall have the right to appeal to the local construction board
of appeals. (If no such body exists, appeals shall be made to the
county construction board of appeals.)
Enforcement, violations, and penalties shall
be managed in conformity with the Uniform Fire Safety Act, the Uniform
Fire Code and all other laws of the State of New Jersey.