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Township of Pilesgrove, NJ
Salem County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Pilesgrove 6-15-2010 by Ord. No. 10-03.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Department — See Ch. 20.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 80.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch. 20, Arts. II and III, but was renumbered with Township permission to Ch. 50 to maintain the organization of the codification.
A. 
Key box requirement. All properties within the Township of Pilesgrove having an automatic fire alarm system or a fire sprinkler system shall be equipped with a key box. Residential property shall be exempt from this requirement.
B. 
Key box type. The key box shall be of DL type and approved by the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official. The key box shall be installed in a location approved by the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official.
C. 
Key box contents. The key boxes shall contain the following:
(1) 
Keys to locked points of egress, whether on the interior or exterior of such buildings.
(2) 
Keys to locked mechanical equipment rooms.
(3) 
Keys to the locked electrical rooms.
(4) 
Keys to elevator controls.
(5) 
Keys to other areas as directed by the Township Fire Official.
D. 
Time of compliance. All existing buildings shall comply within 12 months of the effective date of this article. Existing structures that have already installed key boxes may keep them in their current location. All newly constructed buildings not yet occupied, or buildings currently under construction, shall comply immediately.
E. 
Penalties. Any building owner violating this article after notice from the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official shall be subject to a fine of $100.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT OF GOD
An electrical storm, lightning or other power fluctuation or power surge beyond the control of the alarm system owner.
AUTOMATIC ALARM DEVICE
Any alarm system which communicates or transmits alarms or prerecorded messages of fire, smoke, flood or other peril as a result of the activation of the alarm system.
FALSE ALARM
Any erroneous or unfounded communication or sound, whether caused by the malfunction of an automatic alarm device, power failure or inadvertence, negligence or intentional or unintentional act of any person, firm or corporation, either directly or indirectly, to a commercial alarm service or to any person causing the communication of the peril to the Reliance Fire Company.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any individual, entity, corporation, tenant or other person having a legal interest in a property having an alarm system.
It is unlawful for a property owner to have more than five false alarms at any one location in any calendar year.
Any person having knowledge of a alarm activation shall immediately notify the Township of Pilesgrove emergency response agency Reliance Fire Company. The Fire Department shall cause an investigation to be made of all alarm activations and a record of same shall be kept on file.
It shall be the responsibility of all persons that maintain alarms systems within the Township to prevent the transmission of false alarms through training programs, periodic inspection and maintenance of the alarm system.
[Amended 11-9-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
A. 
For false alarms the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or Fire Department representative will issue a false fire alarm warning form for all false alarms to the person on location representing the business. There shall be a fine as indicated below to be paid by the owner of the business located upon the premises where the alarm is situated beginning with the sixth and each subsequent false alarm thereafter in any calendar year.
B. 
A record of same shall be kept on file for all false alarms in the Office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and also on file with the Reliance Fire Company.
C. 
For false alarms the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or the Reliance Fire Company shall issue a notice of violation with order to pay penalty for the sixth false alarm, as per the penalties schedule below.
D. 
Failure to pay a false alarm penalty will result in a written complaint from the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or Reliance Fire Company to the Pilesgrove Joint Municipal Court for collection of penalties.
E. 
Alarm activations upon investigation of the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official and/or Reliance Fire Company determined to be caused by an "act of god" shall not be penalized per the violation schedule.
F. 
Violation and penalties for false alarms.
(1) 
First through fifth alarm: No fine.
(2) 
On the sixth alarm, a penalty of: $250.
(3) 
On the seventh alarm, a penalty of: $300.
(4) 
On the eighth alarm, a penalty of: $400.
(5) 
On the ninth alarm, a penalty of: $500.
(6) 
Any alarm thereafter, a penalty of: $500.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the general alerting alarms that may be used by fire companies, ambulance squads or other municipal agencies to summon response of their members. The provisions of this article shall not apply to alarm systems that are affixed to motor vehicles.