[10-22-2018 by Ord. No.
2018-30]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L.
1983 c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code and all standards adopted
herein shall be enforced locally within the established limits of
Fire District Nos. 1 and 2 in the Township of Neptune.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau of Fire Prevention
specific to Fire District lines as defined below:
a. Neptune Fire District No. 1, which will enforce the Code (each) within
the limits of the fire district which are all that portion of the
Township which lies to the west of the center line of Main Street
(Route 71).
b. Neptune Fire District No. 2, within the limits of the Fire District
which is known as Ocean Grove and is bordered on the west by the center
line of State Highway Route 71, on the south by the Borough of Bradley
Beach, on the north by Wesley Lake, and on the east by the Atlantic
Ocean.
The local enforcement agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire
Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted under it and herein
adopted in all buildings, structures and premises within the established
boundaries of Fire District Nos. 1 and 2 other than owner-occupied
one- and two-family family dwellings, and shall faithfully comply
with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform
Fire Code.
The local enforcing agencies established by Subsection
15-1.3 shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.19 of the Uniform Fire Code, any
person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcement agency (or
agencies) shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board
of Appeals of Monmouth County.
In addition to the inspection schedule and fee required pursuant
to the Act and the regulations of the Department of Community Affairs,
the following additional inspections schedule and fees shall be required.
All non-life-hazard uses shall register and be inspected annually,
as follows:
a. All structures, businesses and activities required to secure a mercantile license in accordance with Chapter
4 of the Code of the Township of Neptune and all structures or part thereof occupied by any professional activity or use license or for which a permit is issued by any department, branch, division or agency of the State of New Jersey shall be inspected pursuant to this section prior to issuance of a mercantile license or in the case of a nonmercantile licensed structure, business or activity as aforesaid, there shall be an annual inspection. The owners and occupants of all structures shall register and be inspected annually and shall within two weeks of a written request supply such information as may be required by the Fire Official of Fire Prevention for the enforcement of this section.
b. Registration fees under this section shall be $55 for up to two 2,500
square feet and $25 for each additional 2,000 square feet or fraction
thereof to be inspected. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, a not-for-profit
organization shall not be charged an inspection fee greater than $55
for a building which does not have a life hazard use required to be
registered under the Uniform Fire Code of the State of New Jersey.
The registration fee shall be paid by the occupant of the structure
or area to be inspected.
c. Inspections During Non-Regular Business Hours.
1. For inspections requested or required to be made during non-regular
business hours, in addition to the regular permit and/or application
fee, the following fee schedule shall apply:
(b)
For each man hour more than two man hours, an additional $50
per man hour.
2. "Regular business hours" shall mean the hours the Bureau of Fire
Prevention is normally open. A "man hour" shall mean the time up to
one hour for one inspector. Any fraction of a man hour shall be considered
one man hour.
d. Permit fees and fire code status fees shall be charged according
to the following fee schedule.
5. Fire code status fee: $25.
e. The enforcement and penalty provisions which govern life hazard uses
(N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.12, Penalties, and N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.12A, Dedicated
Penalties) are hereby incorporated herein and any party failing to
obtain any inspection required, failing to furnish requested registration
information, failing to pay registration fee or failing to comply
with any orders issued as a result of such inspection shall be subject
to the enforcement and penalty provisions.
f. False Fire Alarm. A "false fire alarm" shall be defined as either
a signal, message or warning transmitted to the Township's Fire
Communications central dispatch indicated a fire condition, or the
emission of an audible, visual or electronic transmission of any signal,
message or warning intended to summon the services of the Township
fire-fighting personnel or apparatus, which signal, message, or warning
is activated by a cause other than one for which the transmitting
system is specifically designed to respond, at a time when no fire
exists. The alarm shall not be considered false if caused by a power
or telephone line interruption. The Fire Official may assess penalties
for violations herein as follows:
1. Three false fire alarms within a thirty-day period: $100.
2. Fourth and subsequent false fire alarms within one calendar year:
$200 per occurrence, in addition to remedies available within the
NJUFC and the UCC.