[Adopted 5-5-81 as Ord. No. 22-81]
Pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1979, c. 419 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-7.1
et seq.), the smoke detector regulations promulgated on November 12,
1980, as approved by the Department of Community Affairs, Division
of Housing, and filed in the Secretary of State's office, are
hereby accepted, adopted and established as the standard to be used
in the location, specification, maintenance and periodic testing of
the smoke detectors and smoke alarms.
In accordance with the smoke detector regulations as set forth
in N.J.A.C. 5:10-2.2, the definitions of "multiple-station unit,"
"single-station unit," "smoke detector," "smoke detector of the non-self-contained
type" and "tag" are hereby adopted by the City of Orange as set forth
in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
types of smoke detectors as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3 et seq.
and the amendments or supplements hereinafter promulgated are adopted
by the governing body of the City of Orange Township as set forth
in Schedule A attached hereto, and any supplements or amendments thereafter
are made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
power source and owners' duties as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3
et seq. and the amendments or supplements hereinafter promulgated
are adopted by the governing body of the City of Orange Township as
set forth in Schedule A attached hereto, and any supplements or amendments
thereafter are made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
duties of occupants in multiple dwellings as set forth in N.J.A.C.
5:10-25.3 et seq. and the amendments or supplements hereinafter promulgated
are adopted by the governing body of the City of Orange Township as
set forth in Schedule A attached hereto, and any supplements or amendments
thereafter are made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
location in dwelling units as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3 et seq.
and the amendments or supplements hereinafter promulgated are adopted
by the governing body of the City of Orange Township as set forth
in Schedule A attached hereto, and any supplements or amendments thereafter
are made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
common area requirements as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3 et seq.
and the amendments or supplements hereinafter promulgated are adopted
by the governing body of the City of Orange Township as set forth
in Schedule A attached hereto, and any supplements or amendments thereafter
are made a part hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Pursuant to the smoke detector regulations as promulgated by
the Department of Community Affairs, as amended on August 16, 1982,
requirements as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3 et seq. and the amendments
or supplements hereinafter promulgated are adopted by the governing
body of the City of Orange Township as set forth in Schedule A attached
hereto, and any supplements or amendments thereafter are made a part
hereof.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
In the event that the owners or managing agents of all hotels
or multiple dwellings desire to install heat detectors in those locations
where frequent and nuisance alarms would likely occur, approval must
first be obtained from the Department of Community Affairs, the Bureau
of Housing Inspection, or its successor or designee therein, and,
upon said approval, the owners and/or managing agents shall submit
a copy of said approval to the local Department of Building Inspections
and Code Enforcement and the local Fire Protection Subcode Official.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
A. The owner, architect, engineer or managing agent shall submit plans
and specifications as required to the Fire Prevention Subcode Official
and the Department of Building Inspections and Code Enforcement for
its approval before any work is commenced for the installation thereof
of an approved system of multiple-station units powered by alternating
current (AC) in common areas in all buildings that do not comply with
the minimum life safety requirements of the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code, in public corridors, interior stairways and basements or cellars
as those requirements are more particularly set forth in rules and
regulations of the Department of Community Affairs, its amendments
and supplements therein. (N.J.A.C. 5:10-25.3 et seq.)
B. Permits for the installation of electric circuits and systems powered
by alternating current (AC) shall be obtained from the Electrical
Subcode Official in the Department of Building Inspections and Code
Enforcement.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of habitability as provided in §
156-23, the owner or managing agent shall comply with the requirements in §§
49-13,
49-14,
49-16,
49-17 and
49-18 above.
[Amended 12-21-82 by Ord. No. 52-82]
Single-station units shall be installed and maintained in rented
residential dwellings, whether owner-occupied or not, in one- to three-family
dwellings. Said buildings shall be required to have a minimum of one
(1) approved single-station smoke detector located in close proximity
to each sleeping area. Smoke detectors shall be located so that a
maximum distance from the detector to any sleeping area exit door
shall not exceed ten (10) feet. The basement or cellar directly connected
to a dwelling unit, as said unit is defined in the R-3 designation
in the Uniform Construction Code of the State of New Jersey, in which
a basement or cellar is used by occupants of that dwelling shall have
a minimum of one (1) approved smoke detector located in the highest
ceiling in the area or at the ceiling of the first-floor stair landing
or other approved location where the earliest detection of fire would
activate the alarm. The owner or his representative, the tenant, boarder
or occupant shall be required to comply with regulations of the Department
of Community Affairs, Division of Housing, which are incorporated
herein for the purpose of the installation, inspection, maintenance,
tagging, testing and monitoring all smoke detector unit(s). This requirement
will also include all interior stairways not enclosed by a minimum
one-hour fire-rated separation from other common areas or which function
as a sole interior means of egress, which shall have approved smoke
detectors installed at each floor level at either the ceiling of the
landing or the high point of the landing or the high point of the
sloped staircase soffit.
Whenever in the enforcement of this Article or the regulation
of smoke detectors and smoke alarms is promulgated by the Department
of Community Affairs, Division of Housing, the responsibility of more
than one (1) enforcement official may be involved, it shall be their
duty to coordinate their inspections and administrative orders as
fully as practicable so that the owners, managing agents, occupants
and residents of the dwelling shall not be subjected to visits by
numerous inspectors or multiple or conflicting orders. Whenever an
inspector or an employee from any agency or department observes an
apparent or actual violation of some provision of this Article which
is not within the jurisdiction of the inspector or employee's
authority to enforce, that individual shall report the findings to
the Fire Prevention Subcode Official or to the Department of Building
Inspections and Code Enforcement.
Compliance with the requirements of this Article shall be not
later than three (3) months after final passage and adoption as provided
by law. Such additional time as may be allowed by the Fire Prevention
Subcode Official or, in his absence, the Department of Building Inspections
and Code Enforcement may be allowed upon application in writing made
prior to the expiration of the original time for compliance herein,
provided that good cause is shown for said extension, and further
provided that the owner or managing agent shall have installed in
each dwelling unit an approved, single-station smoke detector located
in close proximity to each sleeping area. Any approval or extension
beyond the initial three-month compliance period shall not be extended
beyond an additional three (3) months.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.) or by imprisonment
for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both. Such fine
and imprisonment and each violation of any of the provisions of this
Article and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken
to be a separate and distinct offense.