As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RENTAL DWELLING
See § 132-127.
RENTAL STRUCTURES IN A CONCENTRATED AREA
Twenty or more rental units owned or operated by the same owner or corporation contained within a three-square-block area.
RENTAL STRUCTURES, LARGE
Any public or private housing complex, rental dwelling or rooming house containing 50 or more dwelling units or lodging rooms. Structures containing less than 50 dwelling units or lodging rooms, but existing with other buildings which are physically contiguous and operated as a single housing complex and owned by the same person or entity, shall be considered large rental structures.
RENTAL STRUCTURES, SMALL
Any public or private housing complex, rental dwelling or rooming house containing 49 or fewer dwelling units or lodging rooms.
ROOMING HOUSE
See § 132-127.
[Amended 3-17-2016 by Ord. No. 16-10; amended 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided, all owners/developers of public and private buildings operating in the City of Trenton shall be required to have present on the premises a security guard as follows:
(1) 
Twenty-five to 50 housing units:
(a) 
One armed security guard for the eight hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning and an unarmed security guard for the remaining 16 hours per day, during each day of the year.
(2) 
Fifty to 100 housing units:
(a) 
One unarmed security guard for the eight hours between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. during each day of the year.
(b) 
One armed security guard for the eight hours between 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. during each day of the year.
(c) 
One armed security guard for the eight hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning, during each day of the year.
(3) 
One hundred or more housing units:
(a) 
One armed security guard 24 hours during each day of the year.
(4) 
Senior housing units:
(a) 
All public and private housing buildings in the City of Trenton which contain over 50 housing units and which are senior citizens housing buildings shall be required to have present on the premises an unarmed security guard for 24 hours each day of the year.
B. 
If no one building entrance has access to the housing units, then the security guard shall be required to patrol the entire complex and provide adequate proof of the regular patrol of the entire premises. The provisions of this section shall apply to any dwelling unit which is a condominium, development or any rental or condominium building with units each having an individual exterior entrance.
C. 
Housing units which are situated on the grounds of hospitals, regularly patrolled by a security force and wherein such grounds are revisited by a security patrol at least once per hour shall be exempt from the requirement of maintaining an armed security guard on the premises.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
As used in this section:[1]
ARMED SECURITY GUARD
A uniformed guard armed with a handgun who is a Trenton police officer, Trenton special police officer or an employee of a licensed security officer company.
HOUSING UNIT
Each individual certificate of occupancy issued for occupancy as a residence, under one ownership entity within a one- or two-block radius). The determination of housing units shall be made based on building plans and original certificates of occupancy issued by the City of Trenton, not the number of currently occupied units. Any attempt to falsely reduce the number of housing units in a building having previously been shall be considered a violation of this chapter punishable by a fine of up to $500 per day for each day the owner/operator is found to be in violation of this chapter.
UNARMED SECURITY GUARD
A uniformed Trenton special police officer or a uniformed employee of a licensed security officer company who is not armed with a handgun.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
Violations of this article[1] by any person or corporation shall be punishable by a fine of at least $250 but not exceeding $1,000 per day. Each day's violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
A. 
All public and private housing buildings in the City of Trenton which contain parking lots or parking garages for 25 or more vehicles shall be required to install and maintain on the premises video surveillance cameras which shall be in a state of good repair and operating condition on a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week basis. Said video surveillance cameras shall be positioned in such a manner as to reasonably cover the entire parking lot/parking garage and all driveways and ramps.
B. 
All public and private housing buildings in the City of Trenton shall be required to install and maintain on the premises video surveillance cameras which shall be in a state of good repair and operating condition on a twenty-four-hour-per-day, seven-days-per-week basis. Video surveillance cameras shall be positioned in such a manner as to reasonably cover all entrances and exits in the housing building that provides access to the housing units.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
A. 
The owner/operator of public or private housing buildings with 50 units or more contained in a concentrated area and located with the City shall be required to submit for approval a security plan to the office of the Police Director and the office of the Director of Inspections by October 1 of each year. This plan shall set forth in detail the proposed twenty-four-hour-a-day security measures, above and beyond the requirements of this chapter, for each rental structure. If approved, the security plan shall be implemented by January 1 of each year. Approval of these plans will be based upon the assessment of the number of reports received during the previous registration year which indicate whether the current security plan adequately provides for the safety and well-being of its occupants and the surrounding community.
B. 
The security plans shall include certain twenty-four-hour-a-day crime-deterrent devices, which may include, but not be limited to, security lighting, fencing, doorbells, self-closing devices, signs, managerial staff or security personnel or any other means that adequately provide security to the housing properties.
C. 
The security plan should include a list of known occupants that may need assistance during an emergency, power outage or other crisis. The owner shall retain full responsibility for providing and maintaining the required security measures for these buildings.
D. 
Submission of a security plan shall not be required for public or private housing buildings with 50 units or less. However, the Police Director and the Director of Inspections have the discretion to require the owner to implement security measures based upon reports received during the registration year which indicate that the property poses a risk to the safety and welfare of its occupants or the surrounding community in the absence of such security measures.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
A. 
Enforcement of the provisions in this article[1] shall be by the Trenton Department of Inspections, Trenton Police or the Trenton Code Enforcement Officer or their respective designee.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
B. 
Any owner/operator who shall fail to provide and maintain video surveillance cameras in accordance with the provisions herein shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $500 for each day the owner/operator is found to be in violation of this chapter.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
A. 
The provisions of this ordinance[1] are severable, and if any of its sections, clauses or sentences shall be held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such provision shall not affect or impair any remaining sections, clauses or sentences of the same.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
B. 
All other applicable sections of the Code of the City of Trenton governing required security measures shall in all other respects be and remain in full force and effect.
C. 
If any portion of this ordinance,[2] or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any other portion thereof, or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[2]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
D. 
If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this ordinance[3] are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
[3]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
E. 
Any ordinance or resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance[4] is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this ordinance.
[4]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.
[Added 11-14-2019 by Ord. No. 19-69]
This ordinance[1] shall take effect 20 days after its adoption and publication by law. This ordinance applies to any and all existing and future public or private housing buildings established in the City of Trenton, which are fully bound by all provisions regulating same herein, upon adoption of this ordinance. All owner/operators of public or private housing buildings, as required by this ordinance, shall execute all necessary steps to come into compliance within 120 days of adoption of this ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to Ord. No. 19-69, codified as §§ 132-93 through 132-93.9.