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.