Township of Franklin, NJ
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2023-12-26
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 218 Fire Prevention
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Article I General Provisions
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch AOI Act of Incorporation
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrator, Township
- Ch 6 Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Ch 7 Alternate Members
- Ch 10 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 12 Architectural and Landscape Design Advisory Board
- Ch 15 Board of Recreation Commissioners
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 21 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Communications Commission
- Ch 25 Contracts
- Ch 27 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 28 Department of Code Enforcement and Land Use
- Ch 30 Department of Law
- Ch 32 Department of Public Works
- Ch 35 Deputy Municipal Clerk
- Ch 37 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 38 Emergency Management
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Engineer
- Ch 49 Environmental Commission
- Ch 53 Fire Districts and Commissioners
- Ch 55 Flex-Clerk
- Ch 58 Historical Advisory Committee
- Ch 62 Housing Authorities
- Ch 67 Industrial Commission
- Ch 69 Insurance Fund
- Ch 70 Intermunicipal Assistance
- Ch 81 Major Subdivision and Site Plan Review Advisory Committee
- Ch 83 Meetings
- Ch 85 Municipal Alliance Commission
- Ch 86 Municipal Court, Joint
- Ch 89 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 92 Personnel Policies
- Ch 94 Petty Cash Fund
- Ch 95 Planning and Zoning
- Ch 98 Police Department
- Ch 102 Public Defender
- Ch 106 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 110 Retirement
- Ch 114 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 117 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Secretary to Zoning Officer
- Ch 122 Senior Citizen Advisory Committee
- Ch 125 Tax Assessor
- Ch 131 Vital Statistics
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 138 Affordable Housing
- Ch 140 Alarm Systems
- Ch 143 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 147 Amusement Devices
- Ch 151 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 162 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 165 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 173 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 178 Certificate of Occupancy Transfer
- Ch 182 Charitable Organizations
- Ch 185 Checks, Returned
- Ch 188 Community Center
- Ch 190 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 194 Criminal Registration
- Ch 198 Curfew
- Ch 202 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 207 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 210 Dump Site
- Ch 214 Exhaust Brakes
- Ch 218 Fire Prevention
- Ch 218 Art I General Provisions
- § 218-1 Adoption of standards.
- § 218-2 Fire Marshal; inspections and reports.
- § 218-3 through § 218-5. (Reserved)
- § 218-6 Appeals.
- § 218-7 New materials, processes or occupancies which may require permits.
- § 218-8 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 221 Fireworks
- Ch 226 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 230 Games of Chance
- Ch 235 Hawkers, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors
- Ch 241 Insurance
- Ch 247 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 253 Land Development
- Ch 257 (Reserved)
- Ch 261 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 262 Littering
- Ch 265 (Reserved)
- Ch 272 Noise
- Ch 275 Nuisances
- Ch 278 Parks
- Ch 284 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 287 Pinelands Protection Area
- Ch 290 Police Services, Use of
- Ch 292 Precious Metal Merchants
- Ch 295 Property Maintenance
- Ch 299 Public Exhibitions, Recreations and Dancing
- Ch 302 Public Health
- Ch 310 Road Damage
- Ch 314 Roadside Stands
- Ch 319 Sales and Auctions, Private
- Ch 322 (Reserved)
- Ch 323 Smoking
- Ch 325 Soil Removal
- Ch 329 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 333 Storm Sewers
- Ch 335 Stormwater Control Within and Outside Pineland Zones
- Ch 337 Street Openings and Excavations
- Ch 339 Street Vacation Requests
- Ch 341 Swimming, Boating and Fishing: Prohibited Areas
- Ch 346 Taxation
- Ch 350 Taxicabs
- Ch 356 Towing and Storage Services
- Ch 360 Trailer Courts and Coaches
- Ch 364 Trees
- Ch 368 Used Merchandise Sales
- Ch 373 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 375 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 377 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 386 Water Pollution
- Ch 387 Water Utility
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 400 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 404 Rooming Houses and Tenement Houses
- Ch 408 Swine Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The local enforcement agency shall enforce the Uniform Fire
Safety Act[1] and the codes and regulations adopted under it in all
buildings, structures, and premises within the established boundaries
of the Township of Franklin, other than owner-occupied one- and two-family
dwellings, except buildings owned or operated by the federal government,
the State of New Jersey and interstate agencies, and shall faithfully
comply with the requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the
Uniform Fire Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.
B.
The Fire Marshal and deputies, if any, shall be appointed by the
Township Committee of the Township of Franklin, such appointments
shall be for one year, on a calendar basis.
C.
A report of the Fire Marshal and the inspectors of the Township of
Franklin shall be made annually to the New Jersey Division of Fire
Safety as required; and copied to the Township Administrator.
Whenever the Fire Marshal shall disapprove an application or
refuse to grant a permit applied for or when it is claimed that the
provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning
of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant
may appeal from the decision of the Fire Marshal to the Construction
Board of Appeals.
The Township Committee and the Fire Marshal, deputies, and inspectors
shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected
persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or
occupancies which shall require permits, in addition to those now
enumerated in said code. The Fire Marshal shall post such list(s)
in a conspicuous place on the bulletin board of the municipal building
of the Township of Franklin and in his or her office, if any, and
distribute thereof to interested persons.
B.
Any penalties hereinbefore described which may be imposed for the
violations of any provision of this article shall not limit or bar
the Fire Marshal, the Township Committee or any person designated
therefor from taking such other action or instituting such proceedings
in any court of competent jurisdiction which shall be required to
enforce the provisions of this article or which shall be empowered
to enforce removal of prohibited conditions.
