All properties within the Township of Union
having an automatic fire alarm system and/or an automatic fire suppression
system shall be equipped with a rapid entry key box. Residential property
shall be exempt from this requirement.
The rapid entry box shall be of the Underwriters'
Laboratories, Inc. (UL) type and approved by the Fire Official of
the Township of Union Bureau of Fire Prevention. The rapid entry key
box shall be installed in a location outside of the building, structure
or other improvement approved by the Fire Official.
The rapid entry key boxes shall contain the
following:
A. Keys to locked
points of ingress or egress, whether such points are on the interior
or exterior of the building.
B. Keys to locked
mechanical equipment rooms.
C. Keys to locked
electrical rooms.
D. Keys to elevator
controls.
E. Keys to other
areas as mandated by the Fire Official.
All existing occupied buildings shall comply
with this article within 18 months of the effective date of this article.
All existing buildings not occupied on the effective date of this
article shall comply prior to occupancy. All existing buildings at
a change of occupancy shall comply prior to reoccupancy. All buildings,
structures and other improvements under construction or newly constructed
buildings, not yet occupied, shall comply immediately and, in all
events, prior to occupancy.
Any building owner violating this article after
notice from the Township of Union Fire Official shall be subject to
assessed penalties in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.12.