[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The purpose of this Part is to require certain structures to
have a key lock box installed on the entrance of the structure to
enable members of Rescue Fire Company, Progress Fire Company, Edgemont
Fire Company and Susquehanna Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel
and police officers to gain access to the structure when responding
to an emergency without forceful entry.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Key Lock Box
Ordinance."
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
As used in this Part the following words, terms and phrases
shall have the meanings herein ascribed thereto unless the context
clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any engineered system, device, equipment, mechanical, electrical
or battery-operated arrangement to activate an alarm or signal of
the occurrence of a police, fire, hazard or medical emergency requiring
urgent attention and to which police, fire units or EMS personnel
are expected to respond.
An engineered system that automatically detects a fire, activates
an alarm and suppresses a fire by applications of an extinguishing
agent through fixed piping and nozzle.
All members and equipment of Rescue Fire Company, Progress
Fire Company, Edgemont Fire Company and Susquehanna Emergency Medical
Services (EMS).
A fire.
The Manager of the Township.
An emergency involving the health of a person or persons.
Any person, group, firm, partnership, association, company,
corporation or organization of any kind.
All members of the Susquehanna Township Police Department.
An incident requiring prompt response by the Police Department.
That which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
The Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
All structures within the Township having an automatic detection
system and/or automatic suppression system that are secured in a manner
that restricts access during an emergency including, but not limited
to, multi-family residential structures that have restricted access
through a locked door or have a common corridor for access to the
living units, governmental structures, health care facilities, schools
and churches, shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the
main entrance in such other location required an approved by the Township
Manager or his designee. Single-family residential dwellings having
independent means of ingress and egress shall be exempt from this
requirement.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The owner of each newly constructed structure subject to this
Part shall have the key lock box installed and operational prior to
the issuance of an occupancy permit. The owner of each structure in
existence on the effective date of this Part and subject to this Part
shall have one year from the effective date of this Part to have a
key lock box installed and operational.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The key lock box shall be an Underwriter's Laboratory type
and approved by the Township Manager or his designee. The key lock
box will be equipped with a lock which can be opened only with a key
that is issued only to the Township Manager or his designee. Emergency
vehicles will be equipped with one key that is held in a special security
device. The structure owner shall not be able to obtain a key to open
the lock box.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The key lock box shall be mounted on the structure entrance
at a height of between four to six feet and within three feet of the
direct access port or such other location approved by the Township
Manager or his designee. Flush mounted or surface recessed key lock
box installations will be permitted, provided that the key lick box
is clearly marked. Once the key lock box is installed, the owner of
the structure shall contact the Township Manager or his designee during
regular office hours to arrange for the owner of the structure to
be contacted and visited by a member of the fire companies and a member
of the Police Department to inspect the key lock box and install the
access keys.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The key lock box shall contain keys to locked ports of entrance,
whether on the interior or exterior of the structure, keys to locked
mechanical equipment rooms, keys to locked electrical rooms, keys
to elevator controls, keys to any fenced or secured areas, floor plan
of the rooms within the structure denoting any utility disconnects
or controls, fire alarm panels or controls and any hazardous materials
stored in the structure. If contents of the key lock box must be added
or removed, arrangements shall be made with the Township Manager or
his designee to visit the structure to open the box, inspect the change
of contents and then lock the box.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
The owner of the structure required to have a key lock box shall
provide a list of contact person, indicating name, home address and
home telephone number to the Township Manager or his designee. The
owner of the structure shall immediately upon any change with respect
thereto furnish the Township Manager with such information with respect
to such change.
[Ord. 99-5, 2/11/1999]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part, upon summary
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of said fine and costs, be imprisoned in the Dauphin County
Prison for a period of not more than 30 days. Each day's violation
of any provision of this part shall constitute a separate offense.
