[Adopted 10-19-1972 by Ord.
No. 609]
There is hereby adopted by the Council of the Borough of Media, for
the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life
and property from fire or explosion, the code known as the "Fire Prevention
Code" recommended by the American Insurance Association, being particularly
the 1970 Edition thereof, and the code known as the "Life Safety Code (National
Fire Prevention Association No. 101, 1970)," both of which are hereinafter
referred to as the "Fire Prevention Code." Not less than three copies of the
Fire Prevention Code have been and are now filed in the office of the Fire
Marshal, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set
out at length herein, and from the date on which this article shall take effect,
the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code shall be controlling within the
limits of the Borough of Media; provided, however, that Sections 14.4 and
14.5 of Article 14 and Sections 28.1(a)(d) and 28.7 and 28.16 of Article 28
of the Fire Prevention Code recommended by the American Insurance Association,
being particularly the 1970 Edition thereof, are hereby deleted from this
article.
A. Fire Marshal and Deputy Marshals.
(1) There is hereby created the office of Fire Marshal, which
officer shall enforce the Fire Prevention Code. The Council of the Borough
of Media shall appoint a Fire Marshal, who need not be a resident of the Borough
of Media, and he or she shall serve at the pleasure of the Council of the
Borough of Media.
[Amended 8-19-1993 by Ord.
No. 862]
(2) The Media Borough Council may appoint no more than three
Deputy Fire Marshals, who need not be residents of the Borough of Media, to
aid and assist the Fire Marshal in the enforcement and execution of his duties
and at his direction. They shall serve at the pleasure of the Council of the
Borough of Media.
[Amended 1-16-1986 by Ord.
No. 782]
(3) The Fire Marshal and the Deputy Fire Marshal(s) shall
be paid such compensation for their services as the Council may determine.
B. The Council shall designate a member of Council who,
with the Fire Marshal and his assistants and one other resident of the Borough
of Media whom the Council shall appoint and who may be an elected or appointed
official or employee of the Borough of Media, shall constitute the Fire Prevention
Board, whose duty it shall be to supervise the enforcement of the Fire Prevention
Code, make reports or recommendations to the Media Borough Council, as necessary
or required by the Council, and make proposals for such actions as it may
deem necessary and proper towards the furtherance of the intent and purposes
of this article. The designated member of Council shall be Chairman of the
Board.
C. The Fire Marshal and any Deputies appointed shall be
persons qualified by experience and intelligence to serve in the offices to
which appointed, and the Council shall have the power to examine them before
appointment, as it shall choose, and to require that they attend any school
or take any courses for the purpose of qualifying or advancing their knowledge
and qualifications to serve. The Council shall pay the expenses for such examination,
school or courses and attendance thereat, as allowed by law for other Borough
employees or appointees.
A. As used in the Fire Prevention Code, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
The Fire Prevention Board of the Borough of Media appointed hereunder,
and the chief of said Board shall be the Chairman, as designated herein.
B. When used in the Fire Prevention Code, the words "Chief
of the Fire Department" or any similar like words shall mean the Fire Marshal
appointed herein.
Wherein the Fire Prevention Code may contain provisions or regulations
in conflict with any statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the statute(s)
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall apply.
The Fire Prevention Board shall have the power to establish rules or
regulations interpreting, altering, changing or amending the Fire Prevention
Code, but such rules and regulations shall not become effective until approved
by the Media Borough Council and adopted as an ordinance of the Borough of
Media, except that rules or regulations which are interpretive only of existing
sections of said Fire Prevention Code shall not be adopted as ordinances nor
approved by Council but shall be kept by the Fire Marshal in a file therefor
provided and be open to public inspection. No public hearings shall be held
on any rules or regulations unless directed by the Council.
A. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Fire Marshal
shall have a right to appeal said decision within 30 days from the date of
said decision, and said appeal shall be heard within 45 days from the date
of the filing of the appeal.
B. The Council of the Borough of Media shall constitute
the Board of Appeals. A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum,
and the same shall act by a majority vote. The Council shall serve without
compensation. The Council shall have the power otherwise to provide procedures
for the disposition of appeals. All meetings for hearing appeals shall be
public meetings.
C. Appeals from the decision of this Board to the courts
of Pennsylvania must be made within 30 days and shall be, as in all other
cases of appeal, from a decision of the Borough Council.
[Amended 12-19-2002 by Ord. No. 961]
No person, business, government agency (local and/or state) shall cause,
allow, permit or maintain any outdoor fire and/or bonfire of leaves, and/or
tree branches, and/or yard trimmings or rubbish fire on a street or on private
property, whether in connection with any building operation or in an open
dump or otherwise.
No person making, using, storing or having in charge or under his control,
any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay straw or combustible
waste materials shall fail or neglect to cause all such material which is
not compactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner to be removed from the
premises or stored in suitable vaults or in approved containers.
[Amended 3-18-1976 by Ord.
No. 651]
The storage of explosives and blasting agents in the Borough of Media
is hereby prohibited, except those blasting agents as are approved by the
Fire Marshal for fire-fighting purposes by any Municipal Fire Department in
the Borough of Media or fighting a fire within the Borough of Media. All other
blasting operations in the Borough of Media shall be conducted by persons
who are licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Fire Marshal shall
be notified prior to the first blast of each day, and all such blasts shall
be supervised by the Fire Marshal.
The storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks and in
new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids in the Borough of Media
is prohibited.
The bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases in the Borough of Media
is hereby prohibited.
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVED RATING BUREAU
An insurance inspection bureau, department or organization, including
the American Insurance Association, Factory Insurance Association, Associated
Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies and Insurance Services Offices of
Pennsylvania, and any other such organization hereafter duly approved by resolution
of the Council of the Borough of Media.
BASEMENT
A story, partly underground, the greater part of which is above ground.
A basement shall be counted as a story unless otherwise specifically stated,
but shall exclude crawl space.
CELLAR
A story of which 1/2 or more is below grade.
DIVIDED
A subdivision within a building which separates the building into
two or more sections, with fire walls having a four-hour rating, and all openings
in such walls protected with Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., listed Class
A fire doors.
FIRE RESISTIVE BUILDING
A building in which the walls are of approved masonry or reinforced
concrete and the structural members of which have fire-resistance ratings
sufficient to withstand the hazard involved in the occupancy, but not less
than a four-hour rating for bearing walls, fire walls, party walls, isolated
piers, columns and wall-supporting girders; a three-hour rating for walls
and girders other than above specified and for beams, floors and roofs; and
a two-hour rating for fire partitions, and in which all floor openings are
protected by effective fire-resistive enclosures.
HIGH-HAZARD OCCUPANCY BUILDING
A building or structure used for the storage, manufacture or processing
of highly combustible or explosive products or materials which are likely
to burn with extreme rapidity or which may produce poisonous fumes or explosions;
storage or manufacture involving highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalies,
acids or other liquids or chemicals involving flame, fume, explosive, poisonous,
irritant or corrosive gases; and the storage or processing of any materials
involving explosive mixtures of dust or which result in the division of matter
into fine particles subject to spontaneous ignition.
MAJOR KITCHEN
A kitchen with an area of 500 square feet or more in any building
except a single-family or a two-family dwelling.
SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED
Any substantial structural alteration in or addition to the supporting
or structural members of a building, such as bearing walls, bearing columns,
bearing beams or bearing girders, provided that a substantial alteration shall
not include, inter alia, repairs to the roof, walls or interior; exterior
or interior painting or redecoration, elimination, moving or construction
of new partitions within an existing building; air conditioning; repairs or
replacement of heating systems; modernization of kitchens or bathrooms, including
moving or replacement of utility lines, gas, water, sewer and electricity;
and installation or replacement of kitchen or bathroom equipment. A structural
alteration not increasing the square footage of a building more than 20% shall
not be considered a substantial alteration.
B. Automatic sprinkler equipment required throughout certain
buildings. Automatic sprinkler equipment shall be installed and maintained
throughout buildings of the types set forth below hereafter erected, converted
or substantially altered:
(1) High-hazard occupancy buildings.
(2) Hospitals and other institutional buildings.
(3) Sanitariums, nursing homes, convalescent homes and homes
for the aged housing bed or ambulatory patients.
(5) Open-plan educational buildings.
(a)
Non-fire-resistive buildings used as places of public
assembly, including, inter alia, motion picture theaters and auditoriums used
for theatrical, operatic or musical performances.
(b)
Fire-resistive buildings having an undivided floor area
of 10,000 square feet or more used, in whole or in part, for the manufacture,
storage or sale of combustible goods, wares or merchandise, including, inter
alia, stores, restaurants and supermarkets.
(c)
Non-fire-resistive buildings having an undivided area
of 5,000 square feet or more used, in whole or in part, for the manufacture,
storage or sale of combustible goods, wares or merchandise, including, inter
alia, stores, restaurants and supermarkets.
(d)
Fire-resistive buildings having an undivided area of
10,000 square feet or more used for the housing of automobiles, not including
open deck garages unless the same are over two stories in height.
(e)
Non-fire-resistive buildings having an undivided area
of 60,000 square feet or more, used for the housing of automobiles.
C. Automatic sprinkler equipment required in certain parts
of certain buildings. Automatic sprinkler equipment shall be installed and
maintained in cellars, subcellars, basements, subbasements, storage rooms,
major kitchens and chutes of buildings of the types set forth below hereafter
erected or substantially altered:
(2) Apartment houses and apartment hotels.
(3) Schools, dormitories, office buildings, condominiums
and other buildings used for educational purposes; provided, however, that
in such buildings automatic sprinkler equipment shall also be installed and
maintained in stairways and corridors.
(5) Churches, chapels, synagogues and other places of worship.
D. Automatic sprinkler equipment required in basements.
Automatic sprinkler systems shall be installed in all basement areas exceeding
2,500 square feet when used for the manufacture, sale or storage of combustible
goods or merchandise or for the housing of motor vehicles or having a bowling
lane or restaurant occupancy.
E. Sprinkler system siamese connection.
(1) All sprinkler system connections shall be two-and-one-half-inch
National Standard thread male couplings or five-inch Storz sexless fittings
with caps or plugs and chains or other type caps approved by the Fire Marshal.
[Amended 5-21-1998 by Ord.
No. 927]
(2) The number, location and interconnections of siamese
connections shall be as directed by the Fire Marshal; provided, however, that
buildings that face on two streets shall have a minimum of two siamese connections,
interconnected with the sprinkler system. The sprinkler system siamese connections
shall be located approximately two feet above ground level, or as otherwise
directed by the Fire Marshal.
F. Dry standpipe fire lines required in certain buildings.
Dry standpipe fire lines shall be installed and maintained in buildings more
than 25 feet in height and in underground parking garages in accordance with
the standards set forth in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) No.
14; provided, however, that dry standpipe fire lines shall not be required
in the following:
(3) Single-family or two-family dwellings converted into
apartment houses, dormitories, office buildings, schools or stores, after
the effective date of this article.
G. Wet standpipe fire lines required in certain buildings.
Approved wet standpipe systems shall be installed in all buildings exceeding
one story and 50 feet in height; provided, however, that the Fire Marshal
may require wet standpipe systems in buildings less than 50 feet if, in his
opinion, there is a distinct hazard to life or property. Wet standpipes shall
be installed in accordance with standards set forth in NFPA No. 14; provided,
however, that wet standpipe fire lines shall not be required in the following:
(3) Single-family or two-family dwellings converted into
apartment houses, dormitories, office buildings, schools or stores, after
the effective date of this article.
H. Location and size of sprinkler heads, valves and pipes;
water supply. The location and size of sprinkler heads, pipes and other fire-extinguishing
equipment, appliances and devices shall comply with the standards set forth
in the National Fire Protection Association No. 13. Such equipment shall be
connected to an adequate water supply, as determined by an approved rating
bureau and the Fire Marshal.
I. Approval of plans. Before any automatic sprinkler equipment,
standpipes or hydrants are installed or altered, detailed plans thereof shall
be submitted to and approved, in writing, by an approved rating bureau, and
thereafter said plans shall be submitted to and approved, in writing, by the
Fire Marshal. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the installation
of other types of automatic fire-protection equipment than those specified
herein when such equipment is approved, in writing, by an approved rating
bureau and the Fire Marshal.
J. Exemptions. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to require the installation of automatic sprinkler and/or standpipe equipment
in safe deposit or other vaults; rooms or buildings used for the sale, manufacture
or storage of aluminum powder, calcium carbide, calcium phosphide, metallic
sodium, potassium quicklime, magnesium powder, sodium peroxide or like substances
to which the application of water will cause or increase the fire hazard;
or any other location where the installation of such equipment may, in the
opinion of an approved rating bureau and the Fire Marshal, increase the hazard
to life or property or for any other reason be impractical due to existing
conditions.
K. Detailed requirements for dry standpipes.
(2) Number and location of risers: one riser per fire tower.
(3) Number and location of outlets:
(a)
There shall be one outlet valve at each floor level,
including the basement and subbasement located in each fire tower. The roof
outlets shall be at the direction of the Fire Marshal. All outlets shall be
two-and-one-half-inch National Standard thread male couplings or five-inch
Storz sexless fittings equipped with caps or plugs and chains. All standpipe
risers shall be interconnected at their base. The Fire Department siamese
connections shall be located approximately two feet above ground level or
as otherwise directed by the Fire Marshal.
[Amended 5-21-1998 by Ord.
No. 927]
(b)
Each Fire Department siamese connection shall be provided
with a conspicuous, durable and permanently legible sign reading "Dry Standpipe
for Fire Department Use Only."
(c)
The Fire Department siamese connections shall be equipped
with two-and-one-half-inch Jones-snap, male couplings with caps or plugs,
equipped with chains and clapper valves.
L. Detailed requirements for wet standpipes; class of system:
wet, Class II.
(1) Number and location of risers: The number of hose stations
in each building and each section of a building divided by fire walls shall
be such that all portions of each story of the building are within 20 feet
of a nozzle when attached to not more than 75 feet of hose. Equipment shall
be so arranged as to permit directing the discharge from the nozzle into all
portions of important enclosures, such as closets and like enclosures.
(2) Hose connections. Wet standpipes shall be provided with
one-and-one-half-inch hose, with national standard thread, with shut-off type
fog nozzles.
A. Minimum requirements. The following minimum requirements
for an approved fire alarm system are hereby established, but additional requirements
may be imposed by either the Fire Marshal or the Director of the Department
of Building Regulations when more stringent regulations are deemed necessary:
(1) All exposed wiring must be installed in approved metallic
raceway or armored cable (BX). The source of current for fire alarm systems
shall be taken from the service side of the main switch and shall terminate
in a fused safety switch prominently stenciled "Fire Alarm." The fused switch
shall be located within three feet of the main switch.
(2) Automatic fire-detecting equipment shall be installed
at the top of the basement or cellar stairway and throughout all parts of
the basement or cellar. Combination rate of rise and fixed temperature detectors
shall be used and shall be installed on the ceiling. A sufficient number of
sounding devices approved by the Fire Marshal shall be installed on each floor
of the building and be so arranged that they may be heard in all parts of
the building above all other normal sounds, with a minimum of 62 decibels
in any area of the building.
(3) One hammerless break-glass station shall be installed
on the first floor of the building within 10 feet of the primary exit. A spare
glass and a key for the same shall be kept at the fire alarm control box.
(4) An inspection certificate from an approved rating bureau
showing that the installation has been inspected and approved shall be supplied
to the Fire Marshal by the company which installed the approved fire alarm
system.
B. After-ring fire alarm. All coded fire alarm systems required
by the Department of Labor and Industry of the commonwealth, except pre-signal
systems, shall be provided with a relay that will sound all alarm devices
automatically and continuously after the code cycle is completed and until
the system is turned off manually at the main control panel.
A. Private fire hydrants supplied by an eight-inch or larger
main shall be provided in new real estate subdivisions, on new streets, in
shopping centers, education institutions, apartment complexes and similar
occupancies at the direction of the Fire Marshal, who shall consult with an
approved rating bureau and the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company before
directing such installations; provided, however, that a six-inch main may
be installed in lieu of an eight-inch main if approved by the Media Water
Authority, an approved rating bureau and the Fire Marshal. When new streets
are taken over and made public by the Borough, all private fire hydrants on
such streets become public, and thereafter water rental charges for the same
are borne by the Borough.
B. Private fire hydrants shall adhere to the following specifications:
four-and-one-half-inch V.O.A.-24009-17 hydrants, with two two-and-one-half-inch
National Standard thread male couplings or five-inch Storz sexless fittings,
one four-and-one-half-inch pumper nozzle F-547, one nine-and-one-sixth-inch
pent nut open right and either a six-inch hub shoe or a six-inch Mech. Jt.
shoe.
[Amended 5-21-1998 by Ord.
No. 927]
C. The four-and-one-half-inch F-547 pumper nozzle, pitch
diameter of 5.571 inches, major diameter of nozzle of 5.735 inches, minor
diameter of 5.392 inches, has four threads to the inch.
If, in the opinion of the Fire Marshal, it is not practical to provide
private fire hydrants within certain areas, in shopping centers, educational
institutions, apartment complexes and similar occupancies, a series or grid
of dry standpipes and dry fire hydrants may be required as directed by the
Fire Marshal, who shall first consult with an approved rating bureau and the
Superintendent of Fire before ordering such installations.
A. Only Interstate Commerce Commission shipping cylinders
not exceeding 100 pounds' capacity shall be used as containers for liquefied
petroleum gas. In addition, the valve on the cylinder shall be protected when
in storage or transit by a protective cap or other device approved by the
Fire Marshal in order to give adequate protection against valve damage.
B. Each cylinder in use shall be adequately supported in
an upright position. Where the space heater and cylinder are located on the
same floor, not more than one cylinder shall be used for each 400 square feet
of floor space to be heated. For concrete protection only, where cylinders
are placed on the floor below where heaters are in use, not more than one
heater shall be used for each 200 square feet of floor space to be heated.
Under certain climatic conditions, additional heaters may be used when approved
by the Fire Marshal.
C. Each heater shall have installed thereon a one-hundred
percent-shutoff safety valve.
D. Only two-braid neoprene hose shall be used for connecting
the supply cylinder to the heater. Such hose shall be fitted at each end with
threaded hose unions, and the hose with fitting shall withstand a pre-pressure
test of 250 pounds per square inch. The length of the hose shall not exceed
20 feet and shall be protected from damage.
E. Heaters shall be placed at least six feet from any cylinders
or any combustible material in any horizontal direction and at least 10 feet
from any tarpaulin cover. They shall not be placed on unprotected wood flooring
nor used in any unventilated areas.
F. No excess storage of liquefied petroleum gas is permitted
in the same area where heaters are being used. Excess cylinders shall be stored
in a separate storage structure satisfactory to the Fire Marshal. Such structure
shall be kept securely locked when not in actual use and be provided with
the fire extinguishers in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association
Standard No. 10. All cylinders, empty or full, shall be treated alike and
handled in the same manner.
G. Signs shall be installed at the storage areas, reading
"Keep Open Flames and Fires Away" and "No Smoking in This Area," and in other
locations, as directed by the Fire Marshal.
H. Oxygen cylinders shall not be stored in the same storage
area with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders.
I. The placement and operation of the heaters shall be under
the supervision of two persons, whose names are to be registered with the
Fire Marshal.
J. All cylinders shall be stored and used in an upright
position.
K. Not more than 300 pounds of liquefied petroleum gas shall
be connected to one manifold inside a building. If more than one manifold
is required, they shall be separated by 50 feet.
L. Suitable means for fire extinguishment shall be provided
on each floor where the heaters are used. At least a three-fourths-inch hose
with running water to reach all points or six water pails (protected from
freezing) for each 5,000 square feet or approved type nonfreezing fire extinguishing
equipment shall be provided.
A. Cylinders in use shall be adequately supported and braced
in an upright position, outside of the structure wherein the liquefied petroleum
gas is being used.
B. Cylinders shall be adequately protected from extreme
weather conditions, mechanical injury or adjacent sources of heat and also
by a permanent protective cap or other device approved by the Fire Marshal
in order to give adequate protection against valve damage.
C. Cylinders shall be of a type complying with Interstate
Commerce Commission Specifications for the storage of liquefied petroleum
gases and of a container capacity not to exceed 100 pounds.
D. Only two-braid neoprene hose shall be used for connecting
the supply cylinder to the heater. Such hose shall be fitted at each end with
threaded hose unions and the hose, with fitting, shall withstand a pre-pressure
test of 250 pounds per square inch. The length of the hose shall not exceed
20 feet and shall be protected from damage.
E. Low-pressure regulators shall be of a type approved by
the Underwriters Laboratory or the American Gas Association.
F. Where field office trailers are constructed with the heating equipment as an integral part, including copper tubing protruding from the trailer with a threaded fitting in accordance with the requirements of §
165-19.
G. No excess storage of liquefied petroleum gas will be
permitted in the same area where heaters are being used. Excess cylinders
shall be stored in a separate storage structure satisfactory to the Fire Marshal.
Such structure shall be kept securely locked when not in actual use and provided
with fire extinguishers in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association
Standard No. 10. All cylinders, empty or full, shall be treated alike and
handled in the same manner.
H. Signs shall be installed at the storage areas, reading
"Keep Open Flames and Fires Away" and "No Smoking in This Area," and in other
locations, as directed by the Fire Marshal.
I. Oxygen cylinders shall not be stored in the same storage
area with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders.
J. The method of manifolding two cylinders with high-pressure
copper tubing (short lengths) factory-coupled to the automatic gas regulator
is acceptable to the Fire Marshal.
K. Each trailer shall be provided with a ten-pound Class
ABC fire extinguisher.
A. Only Interstate Commerce Commission shipping cylinders
not exceeding 100 pounds' capacity shall be used as containers for the liquefied
petroleum gas.
B. The connecting of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders to
tar kettle units shall be conducted outdoors.
C. Liquefied petroleum gas cylinders in use shall be adequately
supported in an upright position and safeguarded against damage or heat.
D. No excess cylinders shall be stored on the job site without
permission of the Fire Marshal.
E. Each portable tar kettle unit shall be provided with
an extinguisher of the dry-chemical type containing at least 10 pounds of
extinguishing agent.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, maintain
or use a kindled tar kettle:
(1) In any building or on roofs of any structure unless the
roof is of noncombustible construction.
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) On or within two feet of the surface of any asphalt pavement
except for the purpose of repairing, removing or constructing the same.
(4) Without a pressure regulator and excess flow check valve
approved by the Underwriters Laboratories and also provided with a shut-off
valve at the cylinder.
A. All institutional, school and commercial kitchen hood
and exhaust duct systems shall be protected against grease fires by a pressure-operated,
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., listed automatic dry chemical. The system
shall also have a manual control so that the plenum area behind the filters
and the exhaust duct system can be flooded with a high concentration of dry
chemical to eliminate the possibility of fire being sustained and expanded.
B. The exhaust fan in said cut system shall be either automatically
turned off when the system is activated or allowed to continue operating in
accordance with the recommendation of the manufacturer and approval of the
Fire Marshal.
C. After the effective date of this Fire Prevention Code,
all future installations of fire extinguishing systems shall include the deep-fat
fryers, ranges, griddles and broilers.
D. The operation of any extinguishing system shall automatically
shut off all sources of fuel and heat to all cooking equipment except for
the fuel supply to provide gas pilots. A manual operation shall be required
to reestablish the fuel or heat supply. When gaseous fuels are used, a permanent
notice shall be posted at the reset device cautioning the operator to shut
off the gas at all appliances before resetting the device.
E. Permit. A permit shall be required from the Fire Marshal
before the installation, addition or alteration of any automatic kitchen protection.
(1) Approval of plans. Detailed plans of the automatic kitchen
protection installation shall be submitted to and approved, in writing, by
an approved rating bureau, and such approved plans shall then be submitted
to the Fire Marshal within 30 days after the start of the installation. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prevent the installation of other types
of automatic fire protection restaurant equipment than those specified herein,
when such equipment is approved, in writing, by an approved rating bureau
and by the Fire Marshal.
(2) Inspection and tests.
(a)
At least annually, all automatic fire protection systems
in restaurants shall be thoroughly inspected and checked for proper operation
by a competent engineer or inspector. Regular service contracts with the manufacturer
or installing company are desirable and recommended. The goal of such inspections
and testing shall be not only to ensure that the system is in full operating
condition but also to indicate the probable continuance of that condition
until the next inspection. Attention at each inspection shall be given to
any extension of the hazard protected by the system.
(b)
Suitable discharge tests shall be made when any inspection
indicates their advisability. The engineer's report, with recommendations,
shall be filed with the owner. Between the regular service contract inspection
or tests, the system shall be inspected visually or otherwise by approved
or competent personnel following an approved schedule.
(c)
At least semiannually, the contents of all expellent
gas containers shall be checked by pressure or weight, as stipulated by the
manufacturer, against the required minimum. Also at least semiannually, the
dry chemical in the system shall be examined to determine whether it is in
freely running, powdery condition.
(3) Maintenance. All automatic fire protection systems in
restaurants shall be maintained in full operating condition at all times.
Impairment and restoration of the system must be reported promptly to the
Fire Marshal. Any difficulties or impairments shall be corrected at once by
competent personnel.
(4) Instruction. All persons who inspect, test, maintain
or operate automatic fire protection systems in restaurants shall be thoroughly
trained and kept thoroughly trained in the functions they are expected to
perform. Training programs approved by the Fire Marshal shall be established
for this purpose.
A. Whenever the Fire Marshal shall determine that the parking
of motor vehicles upon any public or private street, lane, alley or shopping
center is liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or
seriously hamper egress of occupants from buildings in case of fire, he shall
post signs on such street, lane, alley or shopping center reading "No Parking
by Order of the Fire Marshal."
B. The Fire Marshal is hereby given authority to adopt and
enforce temporary parking regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions
in any public or private street, lane, alley or shopping center if he shall
determine that the parking of motor vehicles is liable to interfere with the
operations of the Fire Department. He shall post signs on such street, lane,
alley or shopping center reading "No Parking - Temporary Fire Regulation -
By Order of the Fire Marshal of the Borough of Media."
C. Whenever the Fire Marshal shall determine that "No Parking
by Order of the Fire Marshal" signs on any public or private street, lane,
alley or shopping center will not clearly indicate the area in which parking
is prohibited, he is hereby authorized to establish fire lanes by painting
lines four inches in width on the roadway surface indicating the area in which
parking is prohibited. In addition, he shall paint the words "Fire Lane" in
letters three feet in height on the roadway surface at intervals he deems
necessary within the prohibited parking area.
D. Whenever the Fire Marshal shall determine that the parking
of motor vehicles upon any public or private street, lane, alley or shopping
center is liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or
seriously hamper the egress of occupants from buildings in case of fire, he
is hereby authorized to establish fire lanes by painting lines four inches
in width on the roadway surface indicating the area in which parking is prohibited
without posting signs on such street, lane, alley or shopping center reading
"No Parking by Order of the Fire Marshal." He shall paint the words "Fire
Lane" in letters three feet in height on the roadway surface at intervals
he deems necessary within the prohibited parking area.
E. Any person parking a motor vehicle in disregard of any sign or fire lane erected by the Fire Marshal, as provided herein, shall be guilty of a violation of this article and subject to the fines and penalties of a minimum of $25 and as further designated in §
165-29.
[Amended 12-21-2006 by Ord. No. 1015]
A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING
Includes a dwelling which is occupied by members of a single family,
with rooms rented to outsiders, if any, not accommodating more than two persons.
B. Fire protection. In all such single-family dwellings
where a room or rooms are rented to one or two persons, at least one Underwriters'
Laboratories Inc., listed Class ABC fire extinguisher with a minimum rating
of 2A, 16 BC shall be provided on each story of the building; provided, however,
that an extinguisher may not be provided for the basement if the first floor
extinguisher is accessible to the basement.
C. Maintenance. Each fire extinguisher shall be serviced
by a competent service organization at least once a year or immediately upon
discharge and such service organization shall provide the Director of the
Building Regulations and Permit Department with proof of such service at least
once a year or immediately upon servicing after discharge.
The owner of any building or structure shall, whenever the same becomes
vacant or unoccupied, remove therefrom all papers or other combustible waste
materials accumulated therein or upon any part of the premises. All doors,
windows or other openings into such buildings or structures shall be kept
closed and locked while the same remain unoccupied. In the event that windows,
doors or other openings are broken, they shall be immediately replaced or
boarded up in such a manner that will prevent entrance by the public.
It shall be unlawful for any person to draw water from a fire hydrant
for any purpose without permission from the Media Water Authority and the
Fire Marshal or to willfully permit water from a fire hydrant to be wasted
or to damage or break a fire hydrant or to hinder or obstruct any fireman
or any vehicle of the Fire Department from passing along the streets to or
from a fire or from conducting fire-fighting operations at a fire.
The Fire Prevention Board of the Council of the Borough of Media shall
act as a committee to determine, specify and approve, after giving affected
persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes and occupancies
in addition to those now enumerated in the Fire Prevention Code. The Fire
Marshal shall list such approved new materials, processes and occupancies
in a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies thereof to interested
persons.
No person, firm or corporation owning or occupying any property within
the Borough of Media shall permit any grass, brush or weeds or any vegetation
whatsoever not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose to
grow or remain upon such premises so as to exceed a height of 12 inches or
to throw off any unpleasant or noxious odor or to conceal any filthy deposit
or to create or produce pollen within 20 feet of any curbline or within 100
feet of any building, pole, structure, building material or other inflammable
material or shrubbery on an adjoining property.
Where any person permits brush, grass or other vegetation to grow to maturity as prohibited in §
165-25 above and, after proper notice, shall fail to have the same removed, the Highway Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to have the same removed.
Whenever and as often as it becomes necessary for the Highway Committee
to take action under this article, the expense thereof, with 20% additional,
together with all incidental costs, fees, charges and expenses, may be collected
by action in assumpsit or otherwise from the owner or occupier, either or
both, at the option of the Borough. The Borough may also, as an additional
remedy, cause a municipal lien or claim to be filed against said property
or as much thereof with the appurtenances as is involved in the violation
aforesaid.
Any notice referred to in this article may be served upon the tenant or occupier of the premises or any part thereof or may be given by posting a written or printed notice upon some public part of the premises or by mailing the same to the last known address of the owner or occupier of such premises at the option of the Borough. Or, in the case of a violation of §
165-25, if a copy of this article shall have been mailed to any owner, thereafter it shall be deemed that sufficient notice has been given to do such cutting on or about June 15 and September 15 of each year if general notice is published for two successive weeks preceding those dates in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Borough.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation who or which shall violate
any of the provisions of this article or any of the regulations pursuant thereto
shall be deemed guilty of a breach of this article, and shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 and, in default of payment thereof,
shall be liable to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding
30 days, provided that each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense
and notice to the offender shall not be necessary in order to constitute an
offense.