[Derived from Sec. 19-3 of the 2002 Revised General Ordinances, adopted 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 02-27; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The BOCA Basic Fire Prevention Code is amended and supplemented as follows:
A. 
BOCA/1984, Appendix B, Section 12, Blocking Fire Hydrants and Fire Department Connections. Appendix B, Section 12, is amended to provide as follows:
It shall be unlawful to obscure from view, damage, deface, obstruct or restrict access to any fire hydrant or any Fire Department connection for the pressurization of fire-suppression systems, including fire hydrants and Fire Department connections that are located on public or private streets, access lanes or on private property.
Any vehicle blocking a fire hydrant or Fire Department connection shall be subject to being towed, at the owner's expense, to remove the obstruction.
The penalty for each violation of this Subsection A shall be not less than $100 nor more than $200.
B. 
BOCA/1984, Appendix B, Sections 13 and 15, and BOCA NBC, Section 1715.0, Fire Yard Hydrants/Installation Requirements and Fire Department Connection Marking. Appendix B, Sections 13 and 15, and NBC, Section 1715.0, are amended to provide as follows:
The owners of all new and existing private occupancies and uses involving high fire or life hazards which have driveways extending more than 75 feet from a public or private street or have buildings or structures which are located more than 75 feet from a public or private street or which require quantities of water beyond the capabilities of the public water distribution system shall provide properly placed yard fire hydrants.
Such yard fire hydrants shall be capable of supplying fire flows as required by the Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official and shall be connected to a water system in a grid fashion, not dead-ended, and in accordance with acceptable engineering practices. The Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official shall designate and approve the number and location of such yard fire hydrants to be installed.
Such yard fire hydrants shall not be placed into or removed from service unless and until approved by the Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official and shall be maintained in proper working condition at all times by the owner of the property.
The penalty for the unauthorized shutdown or installation of a yard fire hydrant shall be a minimum of $1,000 per occurrence and up to $5,000 maximum per occurrence.
The requirements shall apply to all privately installed and owned fire hydrants and all Fire Department connections, including all Fire Department sprinkler and standpipe connections within the Township.
In front of all fire hydrants, public and private, and Fire Department sprinkler and standpipe connections shall be a rectangular prohibited parking area, extending 10 feet on either side of the hydrant or Fire Department connection and extending out from the hydrant or connection into the roadway a distance of 10 feet. The outline of this prohibited parking area shall be outlined by three-inch yellow lines, with three-inch yellow lines painted diagonally striped inside the no parking area. Signs mounted on seven-foot posts, or on building walls mounted seven feet from the ground, shall be placed along the side of the marking or above the fire hydrant or Fire Department connection for private property to indicate the restricted parking areas in snow conditions. These signs shall be 18 inches high by 12 inches wide, with red letters on a white background, and shall read "No Parking Fire Zone."
C. 
Hazardous materials. The provisions shall cover the spilling, leaking, dumping or discharging into the atmosphere of hazardous materials or substances, as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Hazardous Materials and Waste Index (Index).
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner, upon discovery, to immediately notify the Fire Department of all hazardous material or substances and waste spills, leaks, dumping or discharges into the atmosphere, whether on public or private property. Cleanup efforts shall be diligently pursued to abate all conditions. The property owner shall also be responsible for complying with the requirements of NJUFC, Section 5:18-2.9, B and C.[1]
In addition to the hazardous materials identified in the Index, all combustible, flammable, corrosive, radioactive and oxidizing materials, as well as poisonous gases and substances, etiological agents, potentially explosive chemicals, or highly reactive or toxic materials, shall be considered hazardous materials.
The failure to report immediately after discovery a hazardous material or waste spill, discharge or dumping to the Fire Official/Fire Marshal/Fire Code Official shall subject the violator to a minimum fine of $1,000 per occurrence and a maximum fine of $5,000 per occurrence.
A fire inspection report shall be filed with the Uniform Fire Code Enforcing Agency annually by any business, industrial or residential property owner, except owner-occupied one- or two-family dwellings, located in the Township where there exists or should exist a sprinkler or smoke-detection or -extinguishing system on the property. A fire inspection report shall also be required whenever there is a sale of any such property or a new certificate of occupancy is to be issued. In the case of property where there is a smoke-detection-type system, the fire inspection report may be completed and filed by the owner. However, in the case of property where there is a sprinkler or extinguishing system in existence or required, the fire inspection report must be completed and filed by an independent testing company. Such reports shall be filed annually, no later than December 31 of each year.
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Editor's Note: See now N.J.A.C. 5:70-1.1 et seq.