[Adopted 5-9-1988 by Ord.
No. 470]
For purposes of this part, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
A building where lodging and/or meals are provided for compensation
and shall include, but not be limited to, hotels and motels.
A structure designed, built or occupied as a shelter or roofed
enclosure for persons, including tents, lunch wagons, dining cars,
camp cars, trailers and other roofed structures on wheels or other
supports used for residential, business, mercantile, storage, commercial,
industrial, institutional, assembly, educational or recreational purposes.
For the purposes of this definition, "roof" shall include an awning
or other similar covering, whether or not permanent in nature.
A building or portion thereof, but not an automobile house
trailer, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including
one-family dwellings, two-family
dwellings, three-family dwellings and multiple-family dwellings, but
not including hotels or lodging houses.
A building or portion thereof containing four or more dwelling
units, including, but not limited to, dormitories.
A building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively
for occupancy by one, two or three families.
A building or portion thereof arranged for the use of one
or more individuals living together as a housekeeping unit on a permanent,
temporary or transient basis, which may include sanitary facilities
or facilities for preparation, storage or serving of food.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
and, in addition, any domestic servants or gratuitous guests thereof,
or group of not more than five persons who need not be related by
blood, who are living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining
a common household.
A building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively
for occupancy or where the business or operations of a society or
association are carried on, including, but not limited to, college
fraternities and sororities, buildings for the aged, convalescent
homes or other medical care facilities.
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with other
persons, has legal title to any premises. This includes any person
who has charge, care or control over any premises as (i) an agent,
officer, fiduciary or employee of the owners; (ii) the committee,
conservator, or legal guardian of an owner who is incompetent, a minor
or otherwise under a disability; (iii) a trustee, elected or appointed,
or a person required by law to act as a trustee, other than a trustee
under a deed of trust to secure the payment of money; or (iv) an executor,
administrator, receiver, fiduciary, officer appointed by any court,
attorney-in-fact, or other similar representative of the owner or
his or her estate. This does not include a lessee, a sublease or other
person who merely has the right to occupy or possess a premises.
A device which detects visible or invisible particles of
combustion and is capable of providing a suitable audible alarm of
at least 85 decibels at 10 feet, either ionization or photoelectric
type, which has received Underwriters' Laboratories approval.
In each multiple-family dwelling, institutional building, boardinghouse
and other buildings, as defined herein, there shall be installed by
the owner of the real estate, one smoke detector on each floor and
cellar area.
In each newly constructed one-, two- and three-family dwellings,
there shall be installed by the owner of the real estate one smoke
detector on each floor and cellar area.
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In cases of new construction of multiple-family dwellings, institutional
buildings, boardinghouses and other buildings, as defined herein,
smoke detectors required to be installed, as stated herein, shall
be hard wired into an alternate current (AC) electrical line, unless
waived in writing by the Fire Chief of the Borough of Sharpsburg.
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In the case of existing multiple-family dwellings, institutional
buildings, boardinghouses and other buildings, as defined herein,
and in newly constructed one-family, two-family and three-family dwellings
smoke detectors required to be installed, as stated herein, not connected
into an alternating current (AC) electrical line may be battery-operated.
Each property owner shall be responsible for maintaining the smoke
detectors so that they remain in proper working order and are fully
activated at all times.
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There shall be required to be installed in existing and newly constructed
multifamily dwellings, institutional buildings, boardinghouses and
other buildings, as defined herein, an automatic fire alarm system
throughout the building or dwelling for the detection and warning
of fires inside the building or dwelling.
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The automatic fire alarm system as stated herein is to be connected
to the Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Department Alarm System.
[Amended 2-21-2013 by Ord. No. 13-05]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this part 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 part continues or each section
of this part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
