[Amended 3-12-1985 by Ord. No. 47-1985]
There is hereby adopted by the City of Port Republic, New Jersey,
in the manner as is provided in N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.1 et seq., for the
purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous
to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known
as the "Fire Prevention Code," recommended, promulgated and printed
by the American Insurance Association, being the latest and most current
edition thereof, subject to the approval of the City Council, and all amendments,
corrections and supplements thereto and the whole thereof, a copy
of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, save and except
such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of
which code not less than three copies have been and are now filed
in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port Republic, and
the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as if set out at length
herein, and, from the date on which this chapter shall take effect,
the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the
City of Port Republic; provided, however, that the provisions in the
said code which may require a permit for the conduct of any business
or occupation therein described are not herein adopted, but the regulations
governing the activities described shall apply and be complied with.
As used in this chapter, and the code adopted hereby, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Whenever any work is being done in violation of the provisions
of this chapter or at variance with the terms of any permit issued
for such work, the Chief of the Fire Department or his duly authorized
representative or the Building Inspector may order all work on the
job stopped until such violation or variance is eliminated and any
work or installation made in violation of this chapter corrected.
Such stop order, if oral, shall be followed by a written stop order
within 24 hours, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
Whenever it is herein provided that anything must be done to
the approval of or subject to the direction of the Fire Prevention
Bureau or the Building Inspector or any other officer of the municipality,
this shall be construed to give such official only the discretion
of determining whether the rules and standards established by ordinance
have been complied with, and no such provision shall be construed
as giving any official discretionary powers as to what such regulations
or standards shall be or power to require conditions not prescribed
by ordinance or to enforce ordinance provisions in an arbitrary or
discriminatory manner.