[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Worcester 5-19-2021 by Ord. No. 284. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Emergency entry key boxes shall be installed on the premises at any of the following occupancy classifications, as defined in the 2015 International Building Code, and any successor code or regulation thereto: A-2, A-3, B, E, F, H, I-4, M, and S. Emergency entry key boxes shall likewise be required to be installed at the entrance feature to a gated community, development or property, if required by the Worcester Township Fire Marshal.
A. 
The make and model of emergency entry key boxes, and the location each box is to be installed, shall be determined by the Worcester Township Fire Marshal.
B. 
Emergency entry key boxes shall contain the following items, as may be applicable, all of which shall be clearly identified:
(1) 
Keys to locked points of egress, whether on the structure interior or exterior;
(2) 
Keys to locked mechanical rooms;
(3) 
Keys to locked elevator rooms;
(4) 
Keys to elevator controls;
(5) 
Keys to any fenced or secured areas;
(6) 
A floor plan of the rooms within the structure;
(7) 
An emergency contact list;
(8) 
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS); and
(9) 
Any other keys or item required by the Fire Marshal.
The developer or owner of a nonresidential structure, a mixed-use structure, or a multifamily structure that includes more than two dwelling units and that contains truss construction, shall install and maintain a truss emblem to the left of the main entrance at each structure, at a height of not less than five feet above the floor level. The developer or owner of a residential subdivision with dwellings that contain truss construction shall install a truss emblem at a location at or near the entry point to the development, if required by the Worcester Township Fire Marshal. The make and model of the truss emblem, and the location each emblem is to be installed, shall be approved by the Worcester Township Fire Marshal.
Structures shall possess address identification as follows:
A. 
All nonresidential, mixed-used and multifamily structures shall display the numeric street address and, if any, the name of establishment, at both the front door and rear door of the structure.
B. 
In structures with internal service corridors all doors accessing a corridor shall display the street address, unit number, and, if any, the name of the establishment on or adjacent to the door. The Worcester Township Fire Marshal may likewise require signage at any other door that accesses an internal corridor including, but not limited to, doors that access mechanical rooms, restrooms, sprinkler rooms, common areas, fire alarm panel controls, and utility closets.
C. 
All other structures shall display the numeric street address on the structure or property at a location that is viewable from the street. All individual numbers and letters shall be legible, and a minimum of four inches in height.
Any person, partnership or corporation, including but not limited to the owner, general agent, contractor, lessee or tenant, who or which shall violate or permit a violation of any provision of this chapter or any other person who commits or takes part or assists in any such violation shall be liable for a judgment of not more than $500 per violation, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Township as a result thereof in a civil enforcement proceeding initiated by a Township official on behalf of the Township before a District Justice. Each day that a violation is continued after notice thereof shall constitute a separate offense, unless the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating this chapter to have believed that there was no such violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of the violation by the District Justice, and thereafter, each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or restrict the power and authority of the Township to pursue remedies for violation of this chapter in civil proceedings before the Court of Common Pleas.