[Adopted 7-26-1967 by Ord. No. 1967-13 (Ch. 151, Art. II,
of the 1995 Code)]
The Chief of Riverside Fire Company No. 1 and all officers and
members designated by the Township Committee are hereby empowered
and authorized at any and all reasonable times to enter upon any premises,
building or structure within the corporate limits of the Township
of Riverside for the purpose of examining and inspecting the same
to ascertain the condition thereof with reference to the presence,
arrangement or deposit of any articles, materials, substances, goods,
wares or merchandise which may have a tendency to create danger by
fire in said premises, building or structure or to create danger in
case of fire on or in said places or personal injury to or loss of
life of the occupants of or persons on or in said premises, building
or structure; also with regard to the condition, size, arrangement
and efficiency of any and all appliances for protection against fire
on or in such premises, building or structure.
If they shall find upon such inspection any rubbish, debris,
waste or combustible materials and that the same is not arranged or
disposed of so as to afford safeguard against fire, or if they shall
find that the articles, material, goods, wares and merchandise on
or in said premises, building or structure are so arranged and disposed
of that the occupant or occupants thereof or persons rightfully on
or in said premises, building or structure would not, because of such
arrangement and disposition, be afforded free access to the exits
of said premises, building or structure in case of fire, or if they
shall find that, by reason of such arrangement or disposition, the
members of the Fire Department would unnecessarily and unreasonably
be interfered with in the exercise of their duties in and about such
premises, building or structure in case of fire in the same, they
may order, in writing, the removal of such rubbish, debris, waste
or combustible materials from said premises, building or structure
or the disposing and arranging of the same on or in said premises,
building or structure in such manner as will remove such danger from
fire. They may also order, in writing, that such articles, materials,
goods, wares or merchandise be so arranged and disposed of on or in
said premises, building or structure that the occupants thereof or
the persons rightfully on or in the same will be afforded all reasonable
access to the exits from the same in case of fire, and the members
of the Fire Department will be afforded all reasonable facilities
for the discharge of their duties in and about said premises, building
or structure in case of fire.
If they shall find that the appliances on or in such premises,
building or structure for protection against fire are not in proper
condition or of insufficient size or number or are otherwise insufficient
for the purpose for which the same are designed and intended or if
they shall find that such appliances are reasonably necessary for
the protection of such premises, building or structure and are wholly
wanting, they shall order, in case of such improper condition or insufficiency,
that the same be placed in proper condition and sufficient to afford
protection against fire, and in the case of absence of such appliances
where they may find that they are necessary for protection against
fire, they may order the installation of appliances sufficient to
afford protection in case of fire to said premises, building or structure
and to the occupants thereof or persons rightfully on or in the same.
Such order or orders hereinbefore mentioned shall be directed
to the owner or owners, lessee or occupant or agents in charge of
such premises, building or structure or to the person or persons in
control of the articles, materials, goods, wares or merchandise herein
referred to or to the owner thereof, as the circumstances may require,
and it is hereby made the duty of such owner, lessee, occupant or
agent of such premises, building or structure and of such person in
control of such articles, materials, goods, wares and merchandise
or the owner thereof to comply with such order or orders within the
time specified in the written notice from the Chief of Riverside Fire
Company No. 1 or his assistants.
[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 8-23-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-18]
The terms "owner," "lessee," "occupant" and "person in control
of," as used in the foregoing, shall be construed to include the plural
as well as the singular and artificial persons as well as real.
