[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Swedesboro 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 9-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L.
1983 c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70-1 et
seq.) shall be locally enforced in the Borough of Swedesboro.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Gloucester County Fire
Marshal's Office. The Gloucester County Fire Marshal's Office
shall hereinafter be known as the local enforcing agency.
A.
The local enforcing agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire Code in
all buildings, structures, and premises within the established boundaries
of the Borough of Swedesboro other than one- and two-unit owner-occupied
dwellings used exclusively for dwelling purposes and buildings, structures,
and premises owned or operated by the federal government, interstate
agencies or the state.
B.
The local enforcing agency shall faithfully comply with all the pertinent
requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
The Borough of Swedesboro shall defer to the Gloucester County
Fire Marshal's Office Ordinance for matters governing organization,
appointments, qualifications, term of office, removal, inspections
of both life hazard uses and non-life hazard uses, permits and inspection
fees, Board of Appeals, enforcement, violations and penalties, and
any other provisions of the Gloucester County Fire Marshal's
Office Ordinance not otherwise inconsistent with this chapter.
This chapter shall be effective upon passage and publication
as required by law along with the release of the executive order prohibiting
LEA transfers (Order No. 103).
