[Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Trainer 7-12-2018 by Ord. No. 763. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A small metal box attached to a building in which keys, plans
and other pertinent information required by this chapter and/or the
Fire Chief of the Marcus Hook Trainer Fire Company ("Fire Chief"),
are locked inside and the Fire and Police Department have a master
key to that box.
A.
The following buildings/structures shall be equipped with a key lockbox
at or near the main entrance or such other location required by the
Fire Chief or his/her designee or authorities having jurisdiction.
(1)
All commercial or industrial buildings/structures which include buildings
where industry, trade or business is carried on or where any process
or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade
or business, is carried on and where any person is employed by another
for direct or indirect gain or profit;
(2)
Any buildings/structures which are protected with an automatic fire
suppression or sand pipe system and is not manned during a twenty-four-hour,
seven-day-a-week operation;
(3)
Multifamily residential buildings of four or more units in which
access to the buildings are common areas and/or mechanical or electrical
rooms within the building are denied through locked doors;
(4)
Any building or facility which handles, uses, or stores hazardous
materials or is required to prepare the emergency services, material
safety data sheets (MSDS) or Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms under
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Titled
III);
(5)
Nursing care facilities;
(6)
Government structures;
(7)
All nonresidential buildings/structures which are protected by an
automatic fire alarm system (auto dialer, central station, external
audible alarm);
(8)
Churches and places of worship.
B.
Exception:
(1)
The buildings/structures on the premises currently owned and/or operated
by Monroe Energy, LLC, which is a transportation worker identification
credential facility (TWIC), its successors and/or assignees in interest,
are exempt from the requirements of this chapter for so long as there
is maintained the Company 86 Conoco — Phillips Fire & Rescue
Department or other similarly trained, certified and equipped fire
department and also a trained volunteer emergency response team (VERTs)
which are presently available and active at the premises and have
full access to all buildings/structures on the premises 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.
C.
Location of key lockbox.
(1)
The key lockbox shall be located directly or as close as reasonably
possible to the main entrance or the recognized public entrance, adjacent
to the fire annunciator panel, or the exterior of the structure, above
the fire department connection, when occupancy is serviced by fire
sprinkler system and/or fire alarm system approved by the Fire Chief;
(2)
The key lockbox shall be located at a height not less than six feet
and more than 10 feet above finished surface grade;
(3)
No steps, displaced signs or other fixtures or structure protrusions
shall be located under the key lockbox which would allow intruders
to access the box without assistance.
A.
All existing building/structures required to have a key lockbox shall
comply with this chapter within one year from its effective date.
B.
All newly constructed structures subject to this chapter shall have
the key lockbox installed and operational prior to the issuance of
an occupancy permit.
C.
The property owner or operator of a building/structure is responsible
at all times to keep a key(s) in the key lockbox that will provide
access to the building/structure and all other contents in the key
lockbox as required by this chapter and the Fire Chief.
D.
The Fire Chief shall designate the type of key lockbox system to
be installed and implemented within the Borough of Trainer and shall
have the authority to require all buildings/structures to use the
designated system.
E.
The Fire Chief shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations
for the use of the key lockbox system.
A.
The property owner or operator of a building/structure subject to
this chapter is required at all times to keep a key(s) in the key
lockbox that will access to the building/structure.
B.
The property owner or operator of a building/structure subject to
this chapter is required at all times to insure the key lockbox shall
contain, but not be limited to, the following items as designated
by the Fire Chief:
(1)
Labeled keys to lock points of ingress and egress and interior or
exterior such buildings;
(2)
Labeled keys to the locked mechanical room;
(3)
Labeled keys to locked elevator rooms and controls;
(4)
Labeled keys to any fence or secured area;
(5)
Labeled keys to areas of the building where fire alarm panels and
fire protection systems are located;
(6)
Labeled keys to any other areas that may be required by the Fire
Chief;
(7)
A card containing the emergency contact names and phone numbers for
such building.
A.
The owner/operator of a building/structure subject to this chapter
shall immediately notify the Fire Chief and provide a new key when
a lock is changed or rekeyed.
B.
The key to such lock shall be secured in the key box.
C.
The cost of purchasing or installing, along with any costs associated
with implementation of the program on a specific property, will be
borne by the property owner.
A.
Failure to install the key lockbox after 30 days when required to
install shall enable the Marcus Hook Trainer Fire Department to purchase
and install said key lockbox at the owner's expense.
B.
Enforcement of this chapter shall be accomplished through citations
issued by the Code Enforcement Officer for the Borough of Trainer
with the direction of the Fire Chief or Trainer Borough Council.
C.
It shall be the responsibility of the building owner or operator
to order and install, at his/her expense, a key lockbox as approved
and designated by the Fire Chief.
D.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for in the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 plus costs
and attorney fees and, in default of payment of said fine, costs and
attorney fees, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each
day that a violation of this chapter continues or each section which
shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
All ordinances or resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions
insofar as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections,
or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the intent of the
Borough Council, that this chapter would have been adopted had any
such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section
or part thereof not been included therein.
The effective date of this chapter shall be July 12, 2018.
