Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L.
1983, c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced
in the Township of Riverside.
The local enforcing agency within the Township of Riverside
shall be the Bureau of Fire Prevention Unit of the Township of Riverside.
The Bureau shall consist of the Fire Official and such Fire
Inspectors as may be required to carry out the intent of the code,
as well as any other support staff as may be required.
The local enforcement agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire
Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted under it with respect
to those buildings, structures and premises within the boundaries
of the Township of Riverside, other than owner-occupied one- and two-family
dwellings, that are subject to the Act and shall faithfully comply
with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and Uniform Fire
Code.
The Fire Official and inspectors of the enforcing agency shall
be subject to removal by the governing body of the Township of Riverside
for unsatisfactory performance or misconduct. Each person to be so
removed shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appointing
authority or designated hearing officer.
The Bureau shall carry out the registration and 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 order of the local enforcement agency
shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals
of the Township of Riverside.
[Amended 10-19-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-14]
Refer to Chapter 150 of the Code of the Township of Riverside.
No person shall operate or use or maintain any open fire or
any device commonly known as a "barbecue" in or on any apartment unit,
porch, balcony, covered patio area or any other private area of an
apartment or multifamily dwelling unit. The Fire Official may, upon
application made, exempt any person from the provisions of this section,
provided that the request is made in writing and the Fire Official
certifies that the procedures are safe with regard to fire protection
and fire prevention standards, which standards are incorporated in
the Fire Prevention Code.
No person shall store or park or cause to store or park any
internal combustion engine vehicle, including, but not limited to,
those commonly known as "motorcycle," "moped," "go-cart," "dirt bike,"
"lawn mower," "snowblower," etc., in or on any apartment unit porch,
balcony, covered patio area, entrance, exit or any other private are
of an apartment or multidwelling unit.
All doorway entrances shall have printed thereon, in block letters
at least three inches high and approximately six inches from the top
of the doorway, in conspicuously contrasting colors, the name of the
commercial establishment located therein; provided, however, that
there shall be exempt from this requirement such main entrances as
are otherwise conspicuously and clearly marked with the identity of
the commercial establishment located therein. It is the intent of
this provision that emergency personnel arriving at the scene of a
fire or other emergency have immediate identification of access routes
to commercial occupancies located in a particular commercial building(s).
In addition, all buildings shall have affixed thereon, in accordance
with the 2008 International Property Maintenance Code, the address
of the property.