[Adopted 2-2-1993 by Ord. No. 3-93 (Ch.
68, Art. I, of the 1974 Code)]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act [P.L. 1983, c. 383, § 11 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-202)], the
New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced within the
City of Northfield.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Bureau
of Fire Prevention and Inspection, which is hereby created in the
Northfield Fire Department.
A.
The local enforcing agency shall enforce the Uniform
Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 53-27D-192 et seq.) and the codes and regulations
adopted under it in all buildings, structures and premises within
the established boundaries of the City of Northfield, 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.
B.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Department of Community Affairs shall continue to be responsible
to inspect all buildings, structures and premises owned or operated
by the state, its agencies, departments or instrumentalities or an
interstate agency.
The local enforcing agency established by § 171-12 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 § 171-12 of this article shall be a part of the Northfield Fire Department and shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Fire Chief.
A.
The Fire Official and any other employees as may be
necessary within the local enforcing agency shall be appointed by
the governing body of the City of Northfield upon the recommendation
of the Chief of the Northfield Fire Department.
B.
The local enforcing agency designated in § 171-12 of this article shall be under the direct supervision of a Fire Official.
C.
The Fire Official, with the approval of the Fire Chief
of the Northfield Fire Department, shall appoint a member(s) of the
Fire Prevention Bureau and/or a member of the Northfield Fire Department
as the Fire Investigator(s).
The Fire Official shall serve for a term of
one year and until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified.
Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
The Fire Official and any other employee of
the enforcing agency shall be subject to removal by the Fire Chief
of the Fire Department of the City of Northfield for inefficiency,
misconduct or failure to properly and adequately enforce the Uniform
Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 52-27D-192 et seq.) or for other good cause
shown. Any employee terminated shall be given an opportunity to be
heard before a hearing officer or a panel of hearing officers designated
or appointed by the governing body of the City of Northfield.
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and 52:27D-306), any person aggrieved
by any order of the local enforcing agency shall have the right to
appeal to the Construction Board of Appeals of Atlantic County.
The inspections and the fees required pursuant
to the Uniform Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.) and the
regulations of the Department of Community Affairs shall apply.
A.
In addition to the registration and inspections of
life hazard uses as required by the Uniform Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A.
52:27D-192 et seq.), the permit fee for each permit type shall be
established by the Uniform Fire Code.
B.
In addition, any application fee required by the enforcing
agency and not otherwise classified in this section or the preceding
section of this article shall be $40.
[Amended 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 15-2010]
Nothing contained within this article is intended to permit any activity or any use not otherwise authorized or permitted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.) and Chapter 215, Land Use and Development, of the Code of the City of Northfield.
