[Ord. 682, 4/8/2014]
The Council of the Borough of West Homestead determined that the health, welfare and safety of the citizens are promoted by requiring certain structures to have a key lock box installed on the exterior of the structure to aid the West Homestead Volunteer Fire Departments in gaining access to or within a structure when responding to calls for an emergency service and to aid access into or within a building that is secured or is unduly difficult to gain entry into due to being either unoccupied or the occupants are unable to respond.
[Ord. 682, 4/8/2014]
1. 
The following structures shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the main entrance or such other location as required by the Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief:
A. 
Commercial or industrial structures.
B. 
Multifamily residential structures that have restricted access through locked doors but have a common corridor for access to the living units.
C. 
Schools, whether public or private.
D. 
Governmental structures and nursing care facilities, unless the building is staffed or open 24 hours.
2. 
All new construction subject to Subsection 1 shall have a key lock, commonly referred to as a "Knox Box®," installed and operational prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit. All structures in existence on the effective date of this Part and subject to Subsection 1 shall have six months from enactment date of this Part to have a key look box installed and operational.
3. 
The type of key lock boxes to be implemented within the Borough shall be a Knox Box® brand system or such other rapid-entry system of comparable quality which has been specifically authorized in writing by the Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief as being an acceptable substitution for the Knox Box® brand system.
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1. 
All Knox Boxes®, or their approved substitute, shall be installed to the left side of the main business door.
2. 
All Knox Boxes®, or their approved substitute, shall be flush-mounted, as set forth in the Knox Box® instructions and recommendations, a copy of which is attached hereto, made a part hereof, and marked Exhibit A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Borough offices.
3. 
In the event that the rapid-entry box system cannot be installed at the aforesaid location and/or height, the Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief may designate in writing a different location and installation specifications.
4. 
All Knox Boxes® shall have a tamper switch installed in the building as an intrusion/burglar alarm.
5. 
All realty and/or property with an electronic security gate shall have the Knox Box® installed outside of the gate.
6. 
The Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief must approve any changes in the installation.
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The operator of the building shall immediately notify the Borough Emergency Management Coordinator. Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief and provide the new keys when a lock box is changed or rekeyed. The key to such lock shall be secured in the Knox Box® in addition to a list of emergency contact persons and their telephone numbers.
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The contents of the lock box are as follows:
1. 
Keys to locked points of ingress or egress, whether on the interior or exterior of such buildings.
2. 
Keys to all mechanical rooms.
3. 
Keys to all locked electrical rooms.
4. 
Keys to elevators and their control rooms.
5. 
Keys to the fire alarm panels.
6. 
Keys (special) to reset pull stations or other fire-protective devices.
7. 
Keys to any other areas as requested by the Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief.
8. 
Names of emergency contact persons and their telephone numbers.
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The following structures are exempt from the mandate to install a key lock box system:
1. 
Single-family structures and multifamily structures that do not meet the definition set forth in § 7-102, Subsection 1B.
2. 
Structures that have twenty-four-hour, three-hundred-sixty-five-day on-site security personnel or have other personnel on site.
3. 
Businesses that are open and staffed 24 hours, 365 days per year (which may include, but are not limited to, nursing homes, hospitals, police stations, etc.).
4. 
Rental storage facilities where there is a single lock on the separate storage pods that are renter-supplied; provided, however, the entry security gate(s) will require a Knox Box® if electronically controlled, or locked with a master key issued by the landlord to all tenants.
5. 
Any facility not having an automatic care alarm system;
[Ord. 682, 4/8/2014]
Any person, entity or corporation who has violated any provisions of this Part or who has failed to comply with any order issued by the Emergency Management Coordinator, Building Code Officials, or Volunteer Fire Department Chief or has failed to comply with any order issued pursuant to any section thereof, shall upon conviction before the proper judicial authority, be punished by a fine of not more than $300. Each day a violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.