Borough of Merchantville, NJ
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2022-09-12
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Municipal Code
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Chapter 30 Fires
- Municipal Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Abandoned Properties
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing
- Ch 4 Alarm Systems
- Ch 5 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 8 Amusement Devices
- Ch 9 Animals
- Ch 12 Bicycles
- Ch 13 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 14 Brush, Weeds and Trees
- Ch 15 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 16 Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 18 Claims Procedure
- Ch 18A Crane Operation and Licensing
- Ch 19 Curfew
- Ch 19A Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 20 Demolition of Buildings
- Ch 20A Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 21A Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 22 Emergency Water Regulations
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Excavations
- Ch 25 Fees
- Ch 27 Filling Stations and Inflammable Liquids
- Ch 28 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 29 Fire Prevention
- Ch 30 Fires
- § 30-1 Fires on streets prohibited.
- § 30-2 Fires on occupied lots prohibited; exceptions.
- § 30-3 Fires on unoccupied lots prohibited; exception.
- § 30-4 (Reserved)
- § 30-5 Repealer.
- Ch 31 Firemen
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Fire Department
- Ch 33A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 34 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 37 Gems, Precious Metals, Gold and Jewelry
- Ch 37A Green Team
- Ch 38 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 38A (Reserved)
- Ch 38B Hazardous Substances
- Ch 39 Health Nuisance Code
- Ch 39A (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Launderettes
- Ch 42 Littering
- Ch 43 Loitering
- Ch 46 Noises
- Ch 48 Numbering of Property
- Ch 50 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Oil Burning Equipment
- Ch 53 Parks
- Ch 54 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 55 Permit Parking
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 56A (Reserved)
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Police Department
- Ch 60 Poolrooms
- Ch 60A Public Defender Services
- Ch 60B Property Maintenance
- Ch 61 Public Garages
- Ch 63 Purchasing
- Ch 65 Raffles and Bingo Licensing
- Ch 66 Rental Properties
- Ch 66A Returned Checks
- Ch 67 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 70 Sewers
- Ch 71 Shoplifting
- Ch 71A Stormwater Management
- Ch 73 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 73A Subdivision of Land
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Swimming Pools
- Ch 77 Taxation
- Ch 79 Taxicabs
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Television Cable Franchise
- Ch 83 Unsafe Buildings
- Ch 83A Use of Tobacco, Cannabis and Marijuana Products in Public Areas
- Ch 84 Towing
- Ch 86 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 87 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 89 Water Commission
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Yard Sales
- Ch 94 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Merchantville Borough Council 6-9-1924. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful to kindle any fire or fires on any of the
improved public streets in the borough.
It shall be unlawful to kindle any fire or fires on any lot
or parcel of land upon which a dwelling is situated, unless same be
kindled and maintained in a proper container suitable therefor and
unless said fire shall be safeguarded by the personal attention of
some responsible person above the age of 14 years who shall have not
less than two buckets of water at his immediate disposal for use in
case said fire shall become dangerous.
It shall be unlawful to kindle any fire or fires or maintain
the same on any vacant lot or parcel of land not connected or used
in conjunction with a dwelling, unless there shall be present at all
times during said fire at least two adult persons with suitable means
to control said fire.
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Editor's Note: Former § 30-4, Violations and
penalties, was repealed 5-27-1997.
Ordinance No. 129 and all other ordinances or parts thereof
inconsistent herewith are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby
repealed, and this chapter shall take effect immediately.
