[Adopted 6-9-1969 by Ord. No. 1969-5 (Ch. 151, Art. I, of
the 1995 Code)]
[Amended 12-2-1970 by Ord. No. 1970-14]
There is hereby adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Riverside for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion that certain code known as the "Fire Prevention Code," recommended by the American Insurance Association, being particularly the 1970 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended (by § 219-6 of this article), of which code not fewer than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the Township of Riverside and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this article shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the Township of Riverside.
A.Â
The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Fire Marshal, who
shall be appointed by the Mayor and Township Committee for a term
of one year commencing January 1 and expiring December 31 or until
his successor is appointed, upon recommendation to the Township Committee
by the Fire Company. The Fire Marshal shall be under the direction,
control and supervision of the Fire Chief and the Fire Chief shall
be under the control and supervision of the Director of Public Safety
appointed from among its members by the Mayor and Township Committee.
The Township Committee may provide for compensation of the Fire Marshal
in the annual Salary Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Salary Ordinance is on file in the office
of the Township Clerk.
B.Â
The Fire Marshal may detail such members of the Fire Department as
inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Fire Marshal
shall recommend to the Township Committee the employment of technical
inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected
through an examination to determine their fitness for the position.
The examination shall be open to members and nonmembers of the Fire
Department, and appointments made after examinations shall be for
an indefinite term with removal only for cause.
C.Â
A report of the Fire Marshal shall be made annually and transmitted
to the Mayor and Township Committee; it shall contain all proceedings
under this article, with such statistics as the Fire Marshal may wish
to include therein; the Fire Marshal shall also recommend any amendments
to the code which, in his judgment, shall be desirable.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Attorney for the Township of Riverside.
The Township of Riverside.
A.Â
The limits referred to in Section 16.22a of the Fire Prevention Code
in which storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks
is prohibited are hereby established as follows: The entire Township
of Riverside.
B.Â
The limits referred to in Section 16.51 of the Fire Prevention Code
in which new bulk plants for flammable or combustible liquids are
prohibited are hereby established as follows: The entire Township
of Riverside.
The limits referred to in Section 21.6a of the Fire Prevention
Code in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted
are hereby established as follows: The entire Township of Riverside.
The Fire Prevention Code is amended and changed in the following
respects: Division VI, Service Stations, of Article 16, Flammable
and Combustible Liquids, Revised October 1966, in its entirety.
The Fire Marshal shall have power to modify any of the provisions
of the Fire Prevention Code upon application, in writing, by the owner
or lessee or his duly authorized agent when there are practical difficulties
in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided
that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured
and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modifications
when granted or allowed and the decision of the Fire Marshal thereon
shall be entered upon the records of the Department and a signed copy
shall be furnished the applicant and the Township Committee.
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 Township Committee
of the Township of Riverside within 30 days from the date of the decision
appealed.
The Township Committee of the Township of Riverside, the Chief
of the Fire Department and the Fire Marshal 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 in a conspicuous place in his
office and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
A.Â
Any person, firm, corporation, association or legal party whatsoever who shall violate, or authorize or procure a violation, or cause to be violated, any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided under Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 8-23-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-18]
B.Â
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
