[Ord. #93-02, Preamble]
Governor Florio, in April 1991, signed Public Law 1991, Chapter
92, which requires the installation of at least one (1) smoke detector
on each level of one (1) and two (2) family dwellings in order to
reduce the fatalities which arise from undetected fires in residences.
[Ord. #93-02 § 1.1]
No owner, or agent of any owner, shall sell, convey or transfer
title, or permit a person or family to begin a new occupancy of a
portion or the entirety of any one (1) and two (2) family residential
premises within the Township unless and until that owner or agent
of any owner applies for and obtains a "Certificate of Smoke Detector
Compliance".
[Ord. #93-02 § 1.2]
The Department of Fire Inspections, through its employees, and/or
Fire Sub Code Official shall be authorized to inspect residential
premises upon the request of the owner (or their agent) of the residential
premises in question and the payment to the Township of an application
fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars. The Inspector shall determine
if an operable and operating smoke detector exists on each level of
the residential premises.
[Ord. #93-02 § 1.3]
All persons described in above, as the Local Enforcement Agency
responsible for enforcing the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983,
Ch. 383), shall also be permitted to issue the "Certification of Smoke
Detector Compliance" on such forms as are approved by the Fire Safety
Bureau of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs when the
residential premises inspected are found to be in compliance.
[Ord. #93-02 § 1.4]
Any owner or agent of an owner found to be in violation shall
be subject to a minimum fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars.
[Ord. #93-02 § 2]
To the extent that this section repeals, amends or alters any
existing provision of the Township Code of the Township of Frelinghuysen,
this section shall supersede previous enactments.
