[Adopted 8-12-1985 by Ord. No. 1985-19]
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act,[1] the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code shall be locally enforced
in the Township of Mount Holly.
[1]
See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-202
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
The local enforcing agency shall be Fire District
No. 1 of Mount Holly Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3; 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
Fire District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township
(District) shall enforce the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the fire
safety codes and regulations adopted under it in all buildings, structures
and premises within the Township, including multiunit residential
dwellings as defined in the 1999 Edition of the Basic National Building
Code (BOCA), as supplemented, or such other code as may hereafter
be adopted by the State of New Jersey under the Uniform Fire Safety
Act[1] and the Uniform Fire Code, except for owner-occupied one- and two-unit residential dwellings. The District shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code. The District shall, further, enforce the provisions of Chapters 92, 126, and 234 of this Code. Registration and or inspection fees shall be charged as set forth elsewhere in this Code.
[1]
See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
Fire District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township
shall carry out the periodic inspections of life-hazard uses required
by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community
Affairs, as well as such other inspections required by the Township
Fire Prevention Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
The Fire Official shall be appointed by Fire
District No. 1 of Mount Holly Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1993-3]
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act,[1] any person aggrieved by any order of Fire District No.
1 of Mount Holly Township shall have the right to appeal to the Construction
Board of Appeals of Burlington County.
[1]
See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and 52:27D-208.
A.
The Fire Official shall issue the following permits
for specified activities:
(1)
Type I permit.
(a)
Bonfires.
(b)
The use of a torch or flame-producing device
to remove paint from or seal membrane roofs on any building or structure.
(c)
Tents exceeding 1,200 square feet or 30 feet
in any dimension, excluding canopies, whether single or made up of
multiple smaller units, when used for purposes which would constitute
a life-hazard use, were the use to be found in a building.
(d)
The use of any open flame or flame-producing
device, in connection with any public gathering, for purposes of public
entertainment, amusement or recreation in places of public assembly.
(e)
Welding or cutting operations, except where
the welding or cutting is performed in areas approved for welding
by the Fire Official and is registered as a Type B life-hazard use.
(f)
The possession or use of explosives or blasting
agents.
(g)
Helistops.
(h)
The occasional use in any building of a multipurpose
room, with a maximum permitted occupancy of 100 or more for amusement-
, entertainment- or mercantile-type purposes.
(3)
Type 3 permit.
(a)
Industrial processing ovens or furnaces operating
at approximately atmospheric pressures and temperatures not exceeding
1,400º F. which are heated with oil or gas fuel or which contain
flammable vapors from the product being processed.
(b)
Any wrecking yard or junkyard.
(c)
The storage or discharging of fireworks.
(4)
Type 4 permit.
(a)
Storage or use at normal temperature and pressure
of more than 2,000 cubic feet of flammable compressed gas or 6,000
feet of nonflammable compressed gas.
(b)
The production or sale of cryogenic liquids,
the storage or use of more than 10 gallons of liquid oxygen, flammable
cryogenic liquids or cryogenic oxidizers or the storage of more than
500 gallons of nonflammable, nontoxic cryogenic liquids.
(c)
The storage, handling and processing of flammable,
combustible and unstable liquids in containers and portable tanks,
as required by Subchapter 3 of this code.
(d)
Except for medicines, beverages, foodstuffs,
cosmetics and other common consumer items, when packaged according
to commonly accepted practices, the storage or handling of:
[1]
More than 55 gallons of corrosive liquids.
[2]
More than 500 pounds of oxidizing materials.
[3]
More than 10 pounds of organic peroxides.
[4]
More than 500 pounds of nitromethane.
[5]
More than 1,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate.
[6]
More than one microcurie of radium not contained
in a sealed source.
[7]
More than one millicurie of radium or other
radiation material in a sealed source or sources.
[8]
Any amount of radioactive material for which
a specific license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is required.
[9]
More than 10 pounds of flammable solids.
(e)
Any installation of liquefied petroleum gas
or liquefied natural gas utilizing storage containers of over 2,000
gallons individual water capacity or with an aggregate water capacity
exceeding 4,000 gallons.
(f)
The melting, casting, heat treating, machining
or grinding of more than 10 pounds of magnesium per working day.
B.
The Fire Official shall charge the fees as provided
in the Uniform Fire Code for fire permits.
[Amended 4-11-1984 by Ord. No. 1988-4; 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-5]
C.
For structures other than one- and two-family, the
inspection fee shall be set by the square foot, determined by the
outside dimensions of the structure(s) to be inspected. The minimum
fee shall be $30.
[Added 1-27-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-3]
|
Outside Dimensions
|
Fee
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Under 500 square feet
|
$30
| ||
|
501 to 800 square feet
|
35
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|
801 to 1,500 square feet
|
40
| ||
|
1,501 to 2,000 square feet
|
45
| ||
|
2,001 to 5,000 square feet
|
50
| ||
|
5,001 to 8,000 square feet
|
75
| ||
|
8,001 to 11,999 square feet
|
100
|
D.
The fee for a smoke detector inspection for the change
of ownership for one- and two-family structures shall be $25.
[Added 1-27-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-3]
