Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L.
1983 c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70-1 et
seq.) shall be enforced by the Borough of Merchantville.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Merchantville Fire Department
through its Bureau of Fire Prevention which is hereby created. The
Bureau of Fire Prevention shall hereinafter be known as the local
enforcing agency.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention established by 29-2 of this chapter
shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required
by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of the New
Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
All owners, lessees or tenants of any building or structure
damaged by fire and subject to assistance from the Fire Department
of the Borough of Merchantville shall report to the Fire Department
the name and address of the fire insurance carrier, the name and address
of the insurance agent on such policy and policy limits of coverage.
This information shall be supplied to the Fire Official within five
days of the date of the fire in question.
There is further adopted by the Borough of Merchantville, in
the County of Camden and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life
and property from fire and explosion, the 16 volumes of the 1981 Edition
of the National Fire Code, including Life Safety Code 101, as compiled
by the National Fire Protection Association. Three (3) copies of said
code and any amendments, additions or modifications thereto, as herein
set forth, have been and now are filed in the Office of the Borough
Clerk for the use of and examination by the public.
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act,
any person aggrieved by any action of the local enforcing agency shall
have the right to appeal to the Camden County Construction Board of
Appeals.
Enforcement, violations, and penalties shall be managed in conformity
with the Uniform Fire Safety Act, the Uniform Fire Code and all other
laws of the State of New Jersey.
No insurer issuing fire insurance policies in the State of New
Jersey shall pay any claims for fire damages in excess of two thousand,
five hundred dollars ($2,500.) on any real property or improvements
located within the Borough of Merchantville unless or until the insured
person submits an official certificate of search for municipal liens
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:5-12 et seq., certifying that all taxes, assessments
or other municipal liens or charges levied and assessed and due and
payable against said property have been paid or the Borough of Merchantville
submits a certified copy of a resolution permitting same.