[Adopted 2-24-1998 by Ord. No. 98-4 (Ch. 7, Part 1, of the 1995 Code
of Ordinances)]
All industrial uses, uses classified as Use Groups F and H by
the Warrington Township Building Code, and any other property determined
by the Warrington Township Fire Marshal as being required to install
a rapid access key box shall install a rapid access key box.
The rapid access key box shall be of a UL type and shall be
approved by the Warrington Township Fire Marshal's Office prior
to installation. The rapid access key box shall be installed in a
location approved by the Warrington Township Fire Marshal.
All rapid access key boxes required to be installed under this
article shall contain the following, each clearly labeled:
A. Keys to locked points of egress, whether on the interior or exterior
of such buildings.
B. Keys to the locked mechanical rooms.
C. Keys to the locked elevator rooms.
D. Keys to the elevator controls.
E. Keys to any fenced or secured areas.
F. Keys to any other areas as directed by the Fire Marshal.
G. A floor plan of the rooms within the building.
H. Material safety data sheets (MSDS).
All existing buildings required by this article to install a
rapid access key box shall comply with this article within six months
of the effective date of this article. All newly constructed buildings,
not yet occupied, or buildings currently under construction which
are required by this article to install a rapid access key box shall
comply immediately.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Warrington
Township Fire Marshal. The owner or occupier of any use required to
comply with the terms of this article who shall fail to comply herewith
shall be in violation of this article. Violations of this article
shall be enforced by an action brought before a Magisterial District
Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Upon conviction
in a summary offense, the violator shall be subject to a fine not
exceeding $1,000 per violation and/or imprisonment for up to 90 days
in the Bucks County Correctional Facility.