[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 4-9-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated in this section:
AUTOMATIC FIRE-SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
A system or assembly of piping, valves, controls and sprinklers which are designed and installed to comply with the National Fire Protection Association which utilize water, foam, carbon dioxide or other gas to automatically react to and suppress fire.
BOX DOCUMENT VAULT
A high-security steel plate vault, a minimum of 14 inches high by 12 inches wide by two inches deep, constructed to the same standards as the key box, for the storage of documents.
EMERGENCY ALARM
Any device designed to alert police, fire or emergency medical personnel to an emergency condition requiring attention and to which police, fire or emergency medical service units are expected to respond. This definition shall include alarms that terminate at an answering service, as well as those that emit an audible or visible signal.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm signal from an emergency alarm or notification by an emergency alarm answering service which calls for an emergency response from the police, fire services or emergency medical services when an emergency situation does not exist. The term "false alarm" shall not include an alarm signal caused by testing or repairing of telephone or electrical lines or equipment outside of the premises, an attempted illegal entry of which there is visible evidence, violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user or alarm supplier.
KEY BOX
A high-security key vault of UL type approved by the Village of Valatie, master keyed with a Medeco® Biaxial Level 7 or equivalent lock, as approved by the fire department having jurisdiction. Locks shall be keyed to the key configuration provided by the Village. Such vaults shall have weatherproof gaskets, shall have a covered lock opening and shall be resistant to drilling or vandalism.
This chapter shall be applicable to:
A. 
All buildings located within the Village of Valatie having an automatic fire alarm system or an automatic fire-suppression system.
B. 
Any building having three or more false alarms within a six-month period.
A. 
One- and two-family dwellings.
B. 
Buildings having a twenty-four-hour presence, seven-day-per-week guard system are specifically exempted from the requirements for a key box.
C. 
United States Post Offices and federally insured banks.
D. 
Dispensaries of controlled substances.
E. 
Any building that is normally required to maintain a key box that applies to the Village, and has that application approved by the Village Board after the Village notifies the fire department(s) of the application and has an opportunity to appear at the Board meeting to be heard.
F. 
Any building exempt under Subsection B, C, D, or E from maintaining a key box must maintain a document box.
A. 
The key box shall be installed on the front of the building, near the main entry door. The Building Department must approve all installations.
B. 
Keys within the key box shall be labeled for easy identification either by the tenant name or indexed to a floor plan of the building and shall be kept current.
C. 
The document box shall contain the following:
(1) 
A current list of facility personnel knowledgeable about safety procedures of the materials on site, complete with the telephone numbers for each person.
(2) 
A current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form and binder containing the material safety data sheets (MSDS) or, in the event that the volume of MSDS sheets is too great to keep practically in the document vault, the location of on-site MSDS, and those MSDS shall be readily available for use by emergency response personnel.
(3) 
A facility site plan showing the location of storage and use of hazardous materials on site, and any other building floor plan deemed necessary by the Village.
(4) 
Unless otherwise agreed upon with the local Fire Chief, key(s) or magnetic cards for all the interior doors identified below within the building, and a scaled floor plan of the building. Mixed occupancies and strip shopping center keys shall be provided only for the occupancies where system control valves or fire alarm system panels exist.
(5) 
Keys or magnet cards to locked electrical rooms or panels or fire alarms control panels.
(6) 
Keys or magnet cards to locked elevator rooms or controls, and elevator keys, if required.
(7) 
Keys or magnet cards to other areas as directed by the Village.
D. 
The key box will contain all items described in the document box and will additionally contain and identify keys or magnetic access cards to all exterior doors.
A. 
All existing buildings covered by this chapter shall comply within 36 months of the effective date of this chapter.
B. 
All new construction covered by this chapter, including buildings currently under construction as of the effective date, for which no certificate of occupancy has been issued, shall comply immediately.
A. 
Any person who shall fail to comply with any of the applicable provisions of this chapter or any lawful order, notice, directive, permit or certificate of the Village of Valatie hereunder shall be punishable by a fine of $250. Each month that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
B. 
In lieu of said fine, any person charged with violating the provisions of the chapter shall immediately install and maintain a key box or key box document vault subject to approval of the Village of Valatie.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper, meddle with, deface, vandalize or interfere in any way with an emergency access system. Violations to this section only are to be administered by a police agency and not as defined in § 155-7.
D. 
Except as otherwise provided by law, such a violation shall not be a crime. The penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment.