The Council of the Town of Clinton determined that the health
welfare and safety of the citizens and business owners of the Town
of Clinton are promoted by encouraging certain structures to have
a key box installed on the exterior of the structure to aid the Clinton
Volunteer Fire Department in gaining access to or within a structure
when responding to calls for emergency service, and to aid access
into or within a building that is secured or is unduly difficult to
gain entry due to being either unoccupied or the occupants being unable
to respond.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE
A building which is or is intended to be occupied by a single
individual, corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership
or joint-stock company, and used for nonresidential purposes.
DEPARTMENT
The Town of Clinton Volunteer Department.
FIRE CHIEF
The Chief of the Town of Clinton Volunteer Fire Department.
FIRE OFFICIAL
The Fire Official of the Town of Clinton, appointed in accordance with Chapter
77 of the Code of the Town of Clinton.
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE
A building intended for or incidental to use as a factory,
mill, shop, processing plant, assembly plant, fabricating plant, warehouse,
or a research and development facility; engineering, architectural
or designing facilities.
MIXED-USE BUILDING
A building that contains at least one floor devoted to allowed
nonresidential uses and at least one devoted to allowed residential
uses.
UNIFORM FIRE CODE
The State of New Jersey Code regarding fire code regulations
contained within N.J.A.C. 5:70 et seq., promulgated by N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192
et seq.
The contents of the key box shall include at least the following:
A. Keys to locked points of ingress or egress, whether on the interior
or exterior of such buildings.
B. Keys to all mechanical rooms.
C. Keys to all locked electrical and utility rooms.
D. Keys to elevator and their control rooms.
E. Keys to the fire alarm panels and fire suppression systems.
F. Keys to reset pull stations or other fire protective devices.
G. Building or security access cards, as needed.
H. Keys to any other areas as requested by the Fire Official or Fire
Chief.
I. Any other items reasonably required by the Fire Official or Fire
Chief.
The following structures are exempt from the mandate of §
10-26 hereunder to apply for a variance and execute a release agreement in the event the property owner does not install a key box system:
A. Structures occupied by the Town of Clinton Fire Department, First
Aid and Rescue Squad, and Police Department,
B. Rental storage facilities where there is a single lock on the separate
storage pods that are renter supplied; provided, however, that the
entry security gates(s) have a key box if electronically controlled,
or are locked with a master key issued by the landlord to all tenants.
C. Mixed-use buildings that are occupied by the owner or operator as
a primary residence.
All new construction and new occupancies by tenants subject to this article shall have a key box installed and operational or execute the agreement required by §
10-30 hereunder prior to occupancy. All structures in existence on the effective date of this section and subject to this article shall have 90 days from enactment date of this article to have a key box installed and operational or execute the agreement required by §
10-30 hereunder.