The Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383) was enacted for the purpose of establishing a system for
the enforcement of minimum fire safety standards throughout the State
of New Jersey; and the Uniform Fire Safety Act authorized municipalities
to provide for local enforcement and to establish local enforcement
agencies for that purpose. It is in the best interest of the Borough
of Bradley Beach to have the Uniform Fire Safety Act enforced locally.
There are hereby adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Bradley Beach in the County of Monmouth and the
State of New Jersey, for the purpose of establishing a system for
the enforcement of minimum fire safety standards, the Uniform Fire
Safety Act and Uniform Fire Code.
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383), the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced
in the Borough of Bradley Beach.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau
of Fire Prevention which is hereby created in the Department of Public
Safety.
[Amended 1-28-1992]
The local enforcing agency shall enforce the
Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted under
it in all buildings, structures and premises within the established
boundaries of the Borough of Bradley Beach, and shall faithfully comply
with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform
Fire Code.
[Amended 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-3]
A. The local enforcing agency established by §
210-19 of this article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life-hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Safety Act, the Uniform Fire Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
B. In addition to the inspections required pursuant to the Uniform Fire
Safety Act, the Uniform Fire Safety Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, all buildings, except owner-occupied one- and two-family
dwellings within the Borough that are not classified as life-hazard
uses as defined by the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be registered
with the Borough and inspected at least once every 12 months.
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2; 5-12-2009 by Ord. No.
2009-7; 6-22-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4]
N.J.A.C. 5:71-3.2 provides that the Fire Official shall be the chief administrator of the local enforcing agency. The Fire Official, as the supervisor of the LEA, is solely responsible and accountable for the operation of the LEA in furtherance of Code enforcement activities. The local enforcing agency established by §
210-19 of this article shall be a part of the Department of Public Safety and shall be under the direct supervision of the Director of Community Development.
[Amended 1-28-1992; Ord.
No. 1992-01; 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2; 5-12-2009 by Ord. No.
2009-7]
The local enforcing agency shall be under the
supervision of a Fire Official who shall be appointed by the Mayor
and Council and shall be under the direct supervision of the Director
of Community Development.
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2]
The Fire Official shall serve for a term of
four years.
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2]
Such inspectors and other employees as may be
necessary in the local enforcing agency shall be appointed by the
Mayor and Council taking into consideration the recommendation of
the Fire Official.
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-2]
Inspectors and other employees of the enforcing
agency shall be subject to removal by the Mayor and Council for inefficiency
or misconduct. Each inspector or employee to be so removed shall be
afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appointing authority or
a designated hearing officer.
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act, any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcing
agency shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board of
Appeals of the County of Monmouth.
[Added 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-3]
All fees and penalties as set forth in the Uniform Fire Safety
Act, the Uniform Fire Code, and the regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto have been adopted by the Borough and same shall be enforced
and used by the local enforcing agency for the purposes of enforcing
this chapter and discharging the duties of said agency as may be required.