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 municipality of Ventnor City.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau
of Fire Prevention in the Ventnor City Fire Department.
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 Ventnor City, other than owner-occupied one- and two-family
dwellings, and shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the
Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
The local enforcing agency established by §
122-8 of this article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
The local enforcing agency established by §
122-8 of this article shall be a part of the Ventnor City Fire Department and shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Fire Official, who shall report to the Chief of the Fire Department. In the event the Chief is the Fire Official, he shall report to the Commissioner of Public Safety.
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 City of Ventnor City.
In addition to the registration, inspections
and fees required pursuant to the Act and the regulations of the Department
of Community Affairs, the following additional registrations, inspections
and fees shall be required.
A. All places of business, to include but not be limited to doctors' offices, dentists' offices, law offices, accounting offices, real estate offices and labor union offices, will be charged a fee in the amount set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule, per year for registration and fire inspection.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B. All mercantile establishments, with the exception of those buildings listed as life-hazard uses in the code, will be charged a fee in the amount set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule, per year for registration and fire inspections. All cooking establishments not listed as life-hazard uses that are required to have a suppression system must be issued a Type I Permit at an additional cost, as set forth in Chapter
114, per year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C. All buildings containing three or more units, whether residential, commercial or a combination thereof, except life-hazard uses as established in the code, will be charged a fee for the first three units and an additional fee for each unit per year for registration and fire inspection, as set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
D. All warehouses, except those defined as life-hazard uses, will be charged a fee of in an amount set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule, per year for registration and fire inspection.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
E. Buildings with four or more mercantile/business uses
that contain any common area shall be inspected once a year; the owner
of such building shall be responsible for the registration of the
uses within said property. Registration and inspection of the entire
property shall be performed once annually.
F. All registrations and inspections listed in Subsections
A through
E of §
122-16 shall be performed once annually.
G. The fee for issuance of a status of fire code violation penalties report shall be in an amount set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule, per report.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
H. The application fee for a Uniform Fire Code permit shall be in the amounts set forth in Chapter
114, Fee Schedule.
[Amended 2-5-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1; 12-27-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-47; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]