Town of West New York, NJ
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2022-12-14
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 198 Fire Prevention
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Article II Fire Protection Systems
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Agreements, Joint
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 5 Attendance Policy
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 8 Automotive Maintenance and Repair, Division of
- Ch 10 Board of Education
- Ch 11 Civil Rights Commission
- Ch 13 Civil Service
- Ch 16 Community Development, Department of
- Ch 19 Construction Board of Appeals
- Ch 21 Construction Code Official
- Ch 24 Court, Municipal
- Ch 27 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 30 Electrical Subcode Official
- Ch 31 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 36 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Finances
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Franchises
- Ch 49 Housing, Department of
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 56 Law Department
- Ch 58 Library Board
- Ch 59 License Department
- Ch 62 Local Civil Defense Council
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Parking Services Agency
- Ch 74 Pensions
- Ch 76 Personnel
- Ch 80 Police Department
- Ch 83 Police and Fire Department Affairs
- Ch 86 Public Affairs, Department of
- Ch 88 Purchasing
- Ch 90 Residency Requirements
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 95 Sanitation Division
- Ch 97 Swimming Pool Commission, Municipal
- Ch 98 Tenants Advocacy
- Ch 100 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 108 Air Pollution
- Ch 111 Alarm Systems
- Ch 114 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 117 Amusements
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 124 Automobile Service Stations
- Ch 125 Background Checks
- Ch 126 Bamboo
- Ch 127 Barbershops, Beauty Salons and Nail Salons
- Ch 130 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles and Scooters
- Ch 135 Building Construction Standards
- Ch 139 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 142 Burglary Prevention
- Ch 145 Canopies and Awnings
- Ch 148 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 151 Checks, Returned
- Ch 154 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 158 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 161 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 162 Construction Cranes
- Ch 164 Contractors, Registration of
- Ch 167 Curfew
- Ch 170 Defacement of Property
- Ch 174 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 178 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 181 Dumpsters/Construction Containers
- Ch 186 Fees
- Ch 189 Filming
- Ch 192 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 195 Fire Limits
- Ch 198 Fire Prevention
- Ch 198 Art II Fire Protection Systems
- § 198-24.1 Preamble.
- § 198-25 Maintenance.
- § 198-26 Recall of fire protection components.
- § 198-27 Violations and penalties.
- § 198-28 through § 198-31. (Reserved)
- Ch 200 First Responder Radio Communications
- Ch 201 Flea Markets
- Ch 204 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 207 Food Handling
- Ch 210 Fuel Devices and Suppliers
- Ch 215 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 218 Heating
- Ch 221 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 222 Identification Card Program
- Ch 223 Insurance
- Ch 227 Junk Dealers
- Ch 231 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 234 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 237 Limousines and Livery Vehicles
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 245 (Reserved)
- Ch 248 Massage Parlors
- Ch 251 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 254 Mobile or Street Food Vendors
- Ch 257 Mopeds
- Ch 260 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 263 Newsracks
- Ch 266 Noise
- Ch 269 Nuisances
- Ch 273 Obscenity
- Ch 277 Parking
- Ch 280 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 284 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 287 Plastic Coverings and Bags
- Ch 290 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 293 Police Protection
- Ch 296 Precious Metals
- Ch 299 Property Maintenance
- Ch 302 Public Property, Damage to
- Ch 304 Real Property
- Ch 306 Recycling
- Ch 309 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 310 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 312 Rent Control
- Ch 316 Rooming, Lodging and Boarding Houses
- Ch 319 Sales, Special
- Ch 322 Sanitation
- Ch 325 Screens, Protective
- Ch 327 Security Cameras
- Ch 328 Sewage Disposal, Individual
- Ch 329 Sewerage Authority, North Hudson
- Ch 331 Sewers
- Ch 335 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 338 Signs
- Ch 341 Skates, Skateboards, Roller Blades, In-Line Skates and Scooters
- Ch 344 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 345 Smoking
- Ch 348 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 352 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Strikebreakers
- Ch 358 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 361 Swimming Pools
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 367 Taxicabs
- Ch 370 Telephones
- Ch 374 Tort Claims
- Ch 377 Towing
- Ch 379 Tree Removal
- Ch 380 Utility Poles and Underground Facilities
- Ch 380A Vacation Rentals, Short-Term
- Ch 381 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 382 Vehicle Boot Pilot Program
- Ch 384 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 387 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 391 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 394 Vending Machines, Food
- Ch 398 Vibration
- Ch 401 Water
- Ch 403 Waterfronts
- Ch 406 Weapons
- Ch 409 Weeds
- Ch 414 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-17-2009 by Ord. No. 14/09]
WHEREAS, The Uniform Fire Safety Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383) N.J.S.A.
52:27D-192 et seq. and the Uniform Fire Code, N.J.A.C. 5:70-1 et seq.
are locally enforced in the Town of West New York; and
WHEREAS, currently the Town of West New York agency designated
as the local enforcing agency is the Fire Prevention Bureau of the
Town of West New York and the Department of Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure the safety of its citizens, the
Town must act to prevent the tampering with or hampering of the effectiveness
of fire protection systems in Town:
All fire protection systems shall be maintained in an operative
condition at all times. An owner or occupant shall not reduce the
effectiveness of the protection so required. The requirement shall
not prohibit the owner or occupant from temporarily reducing or discontinuing
the protection where necessary to make test, repairs, alterations,
or additions. The Fire Official shall be notified before disconnection
or interpretation of protection and when tests, repairs, alterations
or additions are started and upon completion of such work. The Fire
Official shall be advised of the extent of and reason for such work,
and the restoration of the protection shall be diligently pursued.
Any fire protection system component regulated by this code
that is the subject of a voluntary or mandatory recall under federal
law shall be replaced with approved, listed components in compliance
with referenced standards of this code. The Fire Code Official shall
be notified in writing by the building owner when the recalled component
parts have been replaced.
The maximum penalty for any act or omission in violation of
the foregoing sections shall be:
