[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lehighton 5-19-2014 by Ord. No. 613-2014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 61.
Uniform Construction Code — See Ch. 78.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 109.
A.
The following structures shall be equipped with a key lock box at
or near the main entrance or such other location required by the Fire
Chief.
(1)
All commercial or industrial structures protected by an automatic
alarm system or automatic suppression system, or such structures that
are secured in a manner that restricts access during an emergency.
(2)
Governmental structures and nursing care facilities.
(3)
Retail structures; any structure containing retail sales over 1,000
square feet.
(4)
Any structure over 5,000 square feet.
B.
All newly constructed structures subject to this section shall have
the key lock box installed and operational prior to the issuance of
an occupancy permit. All structures in existence on the effective
date of this chapter and subject to this section shall within 365
days from the effective date of this chapter have a key lock box installed
and operational. The property owner shall notify the Borough that
the lock box has been installed within 30 days of installation.
C.
The Fire Chief shall designate the type of key lock box system to
be implemented within the Borough and shall have the authority to
require all structures to use the designated system.
E.
The owner and/or operator of a structure required to have a key lock
box shall, at all times, keep keys to the following in the box (as
applicable):
(1)
Main entrance door.
(2)
Alarm room (if one exists).
(3)
Mechanical rooms and sprinkler control rooms.
(4)
Fire alarm control panel.
(5)
Electrical rooms.
(6)
Special keys to reset pull-station or other fire protection devices.
(7)
Elevator keys, if required.
(8)
All other rooms as specified during the plan review process.
F.
The Fire Chief shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations
for the use of the lock box system.
G.
The Lehighton Fire Department shall keep a record of the use of the
access to any building through the key lock box system. This record
may be kept on location at the offices of the Lehighton Fire Department
in conjunction with the Carbon County Telecommunications Center. Their
records shall be kept for a period of three years.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation
of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Police Department of the
Borough of Lehighton.
