A.
Required.
[Amended 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 1576-2011; 3-29-2023 by Ord. No. 2080-2023]
(1)
Before any one- and two-family or attached single family structure
is sold, leased, or otherwise made subject to a change of occupancy
for residential purposes, the owner shall obtain a certificate of
smoke alarm, carbon monoxide alarm, and portable fire extinguisher
compliance CSACMAPFEC N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3, evidencing compliance with
N.J.A.C. 5:70-4.19, from the Perth Amboy Fire Prevention Bureau.
(3)
A fee of $50 shall be paid for any re-inspection required as a result
of any missing, out dated, or non-working life safety equipment or
failure of the applicant or applicant's agent not being present
for the inspection. In addition, any cancellation received less than
24 hours, shall be subject to the $50 re-inspection fee.
B.
In dwellings having basements or cellars, an additional smoke detector
shall be installed in the basement or cellar in a location approved
by a fire inspector of the City of Perth Amboy.
C.
The above-referred-to smoke detector shall be either an electrically
operated smoke detector or a battery-operated smoke detector, approved
by a fire inspector of the City of Perth Amboy as per code. Any such
detector shall bear a seal, tested and listed by an approved rating
organization, and shall comply in design to all applicable state,
federal or industrial requirements and shall be operable.
D.
No single-family or multifamily residential unit shall be sold, rented
or have additions constructed thereto, unless and until the residential
unit has been brought into compliance with Article.
E.
The Tax Collector of the City of Perth Amboy shall provide each person
requesting an official tax search, from his or her office, a statement
calling attention to the provisions of this Article with respect to
smoke detectors. The Tax Collector shall further inform the recipient
of each and every tax search that the seller or lessor of real estate
located in the City of Perth Amboy covered by this Article is required
to obtain a permit application from the Fire Prevention Bureau for
compliance with this Article. Applications shall be made to the Fire
Official of the City of Perth Amboy, Fire Prevention Bureau, 375 New
Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, New Jersey together with the required
fee payable to the City of Perth Amboy.
[Amended 12-10-2018 by Ord. No. 1898-2018]
F.
The application fees required for the inspection of the sale of one- or two-family residential properties for carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers and also smoke detectors shall be found in Subsection A above.
[Amended 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 1576-2011; 3-29-2023 by Ord. No. 2080-2023]
G.
Whenever the term "fire inspector" of the City of Perth Amboy is
used in the within Article, it shall mean a fire inspector of the
Fire Prevention Bureau and Perth Amboy Fire Department.
[Amended 1-23-2019 by Ord. No. 1900-2019]
[Amended 12-10-2018 by Ord. No. 1898-2018]
In addition to the penalties assessed pursuant to the Fire Prevention
Code, any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this Article shall upon conviction, be punished by one
(1) or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail, or
in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners,
for any term not exceeding ninety (90) days; or by a fine not exceeding
two thousand dollars ($2,000); or by a period of community service
not exceeding ninety (90) days; 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.
