Township of Howell, NJ
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2023-06-27
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 235 Rapid Entry Systems
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Advisory Committees
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 8 Affordable Housing
- Ch 10 Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 13 Emergency Service Benefits
- Ch 16 Employment Relations
- Ch 18 Ethics and Conduct, Code of
- Ch 19 Federal Law Violation and Cannabis Prohibition
- Ch 21 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 25 Nepotism Policy
- Ch 29 Personnel Policies
- Ch 33 Referendums
- Ch 35 Sewerage Authorities
- Ch 42 Stream Naming Map
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Abandoned Properties
- Ch 50 Alarm Systems
- Ch 53 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 57 Animals
- Ch 59 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 61 Automobile Auctions
- Ch 65 Bicycles
- Ch 68 Billiard Halls
- Ch 70 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 77 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 80 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 83 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 86 Burning, Open
- Ch 89 Business Regulations
- Ch 93 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 95 Chlorine Leak Detection
- Ch 101 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
- Ch 104 Commercial and Industrial Maintenance Code
- Ch 108 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 111 Construction Sites
- Ch 115 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 118 Curfew
- Ch 124 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 127 Dumpsters and Refuse Containers
- Ch 131 Emergency Management
- Ch 134 Engineering Approvals and Permits
- Ch 136 Excessive Consumption of Municipal Services
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Fertilizer
- Ch 143 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 146 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 154 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 157 Fowl, Disposal of
- Ch 160 Games of Chance
- Ch 164 Genetically Engineered Microorganisms
- Ch 168 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 172 Home Buyers' Protection
- Ch 175 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 178 Housing Code; Rental Property
- Ch 179 Hunting
- Ch 180 Invasive Plants
- Ch 182 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Junk Dealers
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 192 Littering
- Ch 195 Loitering
- Ch 197 Massage Establishments
- Ch 198 Minibikes
- Ch 201 Minors; Body Art Facilities
- Ch 204 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 208 Noise
- Ch 211 Nuisances
- Ch 216 Parking
- Ch 220 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 223 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 226 (Reserved)
- Ch 230 Private Used Car Sales
- Ch 232 Property Maintenance
- Ch 233 Public Park and Playground Facility Use Policy
- Ch 235 Rapid Entry Systems
- § 235-1 Purpose.
- § 235-2 Key box.
- § 235-3 Installation standards; time frame for compliance.
- § 235-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 235-5 Exceptions.
- § 235-6 Enforcement.
- Ch 237 Real/Vacant Property Registration
- Ch 238 Recycling and Source Separating
- Ch 241 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 244 Right to Farm
- Ch 245 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 247 (Reserved)
- Ch 252 Sewer and Water
- Ch 256 Signs
- Ch 260 Skateboard Park
- Ch 265 Snow and Ice
- Ch 269 Soil Removal/Filling
- Ch 273 Solid Waste
- Ch 275 Stormwater Management
- Ch 277 Streets and Sidewalks and Right-Of-Way Excavations
- Ch 281 Swimming Pools, Nonresidential
- Ch 284 Swine
- Ch 292 Taxes
- Ch 295 Autocabs/Limousines and Taxicabs
- Ch 299 (Reserved)
- Ch 302 Tobacco and Smoking
- Ch 306 Towing
- Ch 307 Trailers and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 311 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 315 (Reserved)
- Ch 320 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 325 Wetlands Management
- Ch 329 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A335 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Howell
by Ord. No. O-97-14, as amended through Ord. No. O-01-10 (§ 10-5
of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a
rapid entry system for the fire services allowing swift entry into
structures by the responding fire services, preventing damage which
results from forceful entry and providing a safe/secure status of
the structure when the emergency response is completed.
A.
A key box shall be installed in an accessible location
as determined by the Fire Prevention Official to provide for immediate
building access by the responding fire company, to verify the existence
of a fire or other emergency condition in any and all buildings equipped
with or required to be equipped with fire detection, fire alarm or
fire suppression equipment or systems or any other related fire detection/suppression
system or equipment.
B.
The Township Bureau of Fire Prevention Official, with
approval of the Fire Chief, may require a key box in other types of
building facilities where certain occupancies, hazards and/or storage
conditions are deemed to require rapid entry by the responding fire
company.
C.
The key box shall be of UL type and be approved by
the Township Bureau of Fire Prevention. It shall be installed in a
manner approved by the Township Bureau of Fire Prevention and shall
contain keys to gain necessary access to the subject structure and
equipment as required by the Fire Official, as well as floor plans,
special instructions and other type forms necessary for the safe access
by the fire departments/companies as required by the Fire Official.
A.
The installation of the key box shall be in compliance
with Section 5:18-2.2 of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code.
B.
All buildings shall comply with this chapter within
three months of its effective date. All newly constructed buildings
not yet occupied or buildings under construction on the effective
date of this chapter shall comply as a condition of issuance of a
certificate of occupancy.
Failure to comply after given notice by the
Fire Official shall require penalties as set forth in the New Jersey
Uniform Fire Code.
Owner-occupied one- and two-family dwellings
and all existing commercial buildings under 12,000 square feet in
size are exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
The Township Bureau of Fire Prevention is charged
to enforce the regulations contained in this chapter.
