[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.
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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;
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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.