[Ord. #10-1985, § 1]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L.
1983, c. 383) the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced
in the Borough of Spring Lake Heights.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 2; Ord. No. 2018-10]
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau of Fire prevention
which is hereby created in the Borough unless otherwise provided by
act of the Governing Body. The Governing Body, as authorized by law,
may contract with another municipality or multiple municipalities
under a shared services agreement to perform the functions of the
local enforcing agency.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 3]
The local enforcing agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire Safety
Act and the codes and regulations adopted under it in all buildings,
structures and premises within the established boundaries of Spring
Lake Heights, other than owner-occupied one and two family dwellings,
and shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire
Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 4]
The local enforcing agency established by subsection
11-1.2 of this section shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 5]
The local enforcing agency established by subsection
11-1.2 of this section shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Fire Official who shall report and be responsible to the Borough Council.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 7]
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act,
any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcement agency
shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals
of the County of Monmouth.
[Ord. #10-1985, § 8; New; Ord.
No. 2018-10]
The permit fees for Types 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Borough of Spring
Lake Heights as authorized by the Uniform Fire Code.
[Ord. #4-1988, § 1]
In addition to the inspection and fees required pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the regulations of the Department of the Community Affairs, as implemented by Section
11-1 of this Chapter, the following additional inspections and fees shall be required annually:
a. All retail stores and other mercantile uses less than 12,000 square
feet: $25.
b. Assembly uses not classified as life hazard uses with occupancy greater
than 50 people and less than 10,000 square feet in size: $50.
c. Assembly uses not classified as life hazard uses with occupancy more
than 100 people and greater than 10,000 square feet: $200.
d. Storage uses not classified as life hazard uses, greater than 1,000
square feet but less than 10,000 square feet: $50.
e. Storage uses not classified as life hazard uses equal to or greater
than 10,000 square feet: $200.
f. All office buildings: $100. If the office building consists of individual
units which are owned under a condominium fee simple form of ownership
each unit shall be inspected at a fee of $25 and the common elements
shall be inspected at an additional fee of $25.
g. All hotels and motels under two stories or under four stories with
exterior stairways or use groups R-1 defined in the New Jersey Uniform
Construction Code: $100.
h. All multiple family dwellings of use group R-2 as defined in the
New Jersey Construction Code: $50 per building.
i. All other occupancies of use group B and M as defined in the New
Jersey Uniform Construction Code: $75.
[Ord. #4-1988, § 2]
The Fire Official of Spring Lake Heights shall submit a registration survey to the owner of any use that is set forth in Subsection
11-2.1 of this section. It shall be a violation for an owner to fail to complete and return such a survey within 30 days and for each such violation a penalty of $500 may be imposed.
[Ord. #4-1988, § 3]
Owners of buildings which contain uses as set forth in subsection
11-2.1 of this section shall have concurrent responsibility with any owners of the uses which are set forth in subsection
11-2.1 of this section for compliance with this section. Where building owners and use owners are separate persons, responsibility for compliance shall be determined by the Fire Official, provided that no person shall be required to abate any violation which he has no power to abate or to require to be abated.
[Ord. #4-1988, § 4]
The inspection fees set forth in this section may be amended
from time to time by resolution of the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Spring Lake Heights which fees shall meet but not exceed the reasonable
cost of enforcement.
[Ord. No. 12-2006; Ord. No. 2018-10]
a. Where required. In all buildings regardless of use or occupancy,
which are protected by an automatic alarm system and/or a fire sprinkler
system, the owners and/or management agents shall install a key box,
of a type and in a location approved by the Fire Official. The following
are exempt from this requirement; all properties protected by an on-site,
24 hours per day/seven days per week guard service; all properties
having employees on duty and/or on site 24 hours per day/seven days
per week; multiple-family dwellings containing six or less individual
occupancies; and single-family homes.
b. For all buildings where installation is not required under the provisions of subsection
(a), such installation shall be permissible but not required. If the owner or management agent of a property which is not required to install a key box elects to do so, said owner or management agent shall be obligated to meet all criteria specified for buildings where key box installation is required.
c. Upon examination of the physical condition and characteristics of
any property subject to this section, and upon written notice to the
owner and/or principal occupant thereof, the Fire Official may require
a key box to be installed in a specific location whenever access to
or within a structure or an area is unduly difficult because of secured
openings or where immediate access is necessary for life saving or
firefighting purposes.
d. Cabinet-style vaults shall be required when deemed necessary by the
Fire Official at premises containing hazardous materials which require
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), site plans, and floor plans.
e. Owners and operators of controlled vehicle parking areas which use
mechanical parking gates to control motor vehicle ingress and egress
shall install and maintain an emergency override control on each gate.
Said emergency override control devises shall contain a mater key-operated
type switch approved by the Fire Official.
[Ord. No. 2018-10]
The Division of Fire and the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall
adopt procedures for protecting the integrity and security of the
master keys/system which allow access to key boxes. Procedures shall
include, but not be limited to: a definition of authorized uses and
users of the system; specific means of access to the system; protection
against unauthorized or uncontrolled use of mater keys or master key
systems; secure storage systems for master keys; a system for release
and control of master keys; the recording of individuals having access
to the master key, including data, time and location of access; and
protections and safeguards against unauthorized duplication of master
keys or access system.
[Ord. No. 2018-10]
A person shall not willfully fail to refuse to comply with any
lawful order or direction of the Fire Official or to interfere with
the compliance attempts of another individual.