[Adopted 4-6-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Parapet walls present collapse and fall hazards to firefighters, and their dangers are well known to the fire service community; and the Harrison Township Fire District has requested that all buildings built with parapet walls be marked with a placard indicating their height above the roofline to provide for the safety of their fire suppression members.
For the purpose of this article, certain words and phrases are defined as follows:
PARAPET WALL
The part of a wall entirely above the roofline or a barrier, which is an extension of the roof, terrace, balcony or other structure.
ROOFLINE
The roofline shall be that portion of the roof structure or truss which sits or is affixed to the outside bearing wall.
A. 
All buildings constructed with walls that extend above the level of the roof line or roof deck shall be marked with a rectangular placard that indicates the height of the highest parapet wall on the building.
B. 
Said placard shall be affixed on the front side of the building that contains the parapet wall, preferably the top-left corner. The design of the placard shall be as determined by the Fire Marshal of the Harrison Township Fire District.
C. 
The placard shall consist of a blue rectangle with white reflective letters and numbers. These letters and numbers will indicate the wall height above the roof deck.
All existing buildings shall comply with this article within 12 months of its effective date. All newly constructed buildings or structures, not yet occupied and/or currently under construction, shall comply immediately.
Any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to comply with any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,250, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person, firm or corporation who is convicted of violating the provisions of this article within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same article and who was fined for the previous violation shall be sentenced by the court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court for a repeated offense shall not exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of this article, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the original violation of this article.