[Adopted 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4845 (Ch. 285, Art. II, of the 2004 Code)]
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.