[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 401]
A locked container located either on the interior or exterior
of a structure containing materials and information.
Any substance that, by reason of being explosive, flammable,
poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating or otherwise harmful,
is likely to cause injury or death.
Material Safety Data Sheet and emergency and hazardous chemical
inventory form required under SARA.
Each individual person who holds record title to real estate
and, if the real estate is not owned by individual person(s), with
respect to corporations, means the chief executive officer of the
corporation, and with respect to partnerships and joint ventures,
means each partner or joint venturer except that in limited partnership
situations, the word "owner" shall mean managing partner(s) and shall
exclude limited partners unless they are also managing partners.
Each individual person in charge of the day-to-day operation
and functioning of a structure. A business organization may designate
the "person in control" by submitting a written and signed communication
to the Executive Secretary of the Borough advising the name, address
and daytime and nighttime telephone numbers of said person and, if
such designation is made, the owner of the real estate shall not be
subject to responsibility for compliance with this Part unless the
designated "person in control" is no longer in charge of the day-to-day
operation and functioning of the structure at the time of the violation.
A locked container mounted on the exterior of a structure
containing keys for entry to the structure and other such items.
Subtitle B, §§ 311 and 312, of Title III of
the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1968.
Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on
the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the
ground except fixed and movable awnings. A building shall be construed
to be a "structure."
A master key which gives access to multiple rapid entry systems.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 402]
1.
The following structures shall be equipped with a rapid entry system
and a cabinet style vault at or near the main entrance or such other
location as designated by the Fire Chief:
A.
Commercial or industrial structures protected by an automatic alarm
system or automatic suppression system, or such structures that are
secured in a manner that restricts access during an emergency.
B.
Multifamily residential structures consisting of four or more units
that have restricted access through locked doors and have a common
corridor for access to the living units.
C.
Governmental structures, hospital, hotels and nursing care homes
and facilities, personal care homes, assisted living facilities and
buildings used by similar health and/or personal care facilities regardless
of what they call themselves or how they may be licensed by State
or Federal agencies.
D.
Structures required to file MSDS with the County of Lehigh under
SARA.
2.
Excepted from the requirements of Subsection 1 are structures operating on a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis.
3.
All newly constructed structures and/or additions and/or remodeling
of structures subject to this Section shall have the rapid entry system
and cabinet style vault installed and operational prior to occupancy
and/or final inspection. All structures subject to this Section that
have been in existence prior to the effective date of this Part shall
have one year from the effective date of the ordinance to comply with
the requirement to have a rapid entry system and cabinet style vault
installed and operational.
4.
If the cabinet style vault is located on the exterior of the structure
it may also serve as the rapid entry system. The type and location
shall be approved by the Fire Department and consistent with the standards
set forth in § 404.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 403]
1.
The owner or person in control of structures subject to the regulations
of this Part shall place in the rapid entry system keys and an emergency
contact list for entry to the structure, elevator return and door
opening, elevator rooms for alarm box, fire alarm box room, electric
rooms and any other key necessary for access to occupied floors within
the structure. All keys shall be clearly labeled.
2.
The owner or person in control of structures subject to the regulations
of this Part shall place in the cabinet style vault the following
information for emergency response personnel:
A.
Current list of key facility personnel knowledgeable about safety
procedures of materials on site, complete with telephone numbers for
such personnel in the event of an incident after normal hours of facility
operation.
B.
Current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form and a binder
containing the material safety data (MSD) sheets, or, in the event
that the volume of MSD sheets is too great to keep practically in
the cabinet style vault, the information in the container shall give
the location of the on-site MSD sheets and MSD sheets shall be readily
available for use by emergency response personnel.
C.
Facility site plan to include the following:
D.
MSDS.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 404]
1.
Each rapid entry system and cabinet style vault shall meet UL 437
standards for safety key locks and UL 1610 standards for control station
— alarm units for use with UL listed alarm systems, and the
UL 1037 standard for antitheft alarms and device.
2.
All cabinet style vaults shall have a minimum interior size of 14
inches high by 12 inches wide by two inches deep, except that the
Fire Chief may permit smaller vaults upon written application.
3.
Units serving as the rapid entry system shall be manufactured by
the Knox Company, Irvine, California, or such other manufacturer designated
by the Borough.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 405]
The owner or person in control of a structure subject to the
regulations of this Part shall update the appropriate documents within
the cabinet style vault on an annual basis on or before March 31 of
each year or more frequently when deemed necessary by the Fire Department
and shall send the Fire Department a copy of all updated material,
including an updated copy of the emergency and hazardous chemical
inventory form.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 406]
Within six months after issuance of an occupancy permit for
a new structure, the structure shall be inspected by the Fire Department
to facilitate emergency response.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 407]
1.
Each vault key shall be numbered.
2.
All vault keys shall be kept only:
3.
The Fire Department shall maintain a log book in which shall be recorded
the date and time any vault key is removed; the name and signature
of the person to whom the key was given; the purpose for the removal,
including the locations of any cabinet style vaults or rapid entry
systems opened by the vault key; the date and time the vault key was
returned; and the name and signature of the person to whom the key
was returned.
4.
The Fire Department shall maintain a schedule of the location of
each vault key in its possession. The Fire Department shall maintain
a record of the date and time of any request to the Emergency Dispatch
Office of Lehigh County for release of vault keys and the location
of any cabinet style vault or rapid entry system opened with such
key.
5.
At least annually the Fire Department shall conduct an inventory
confirming the location of all vault keys.
[Ord. 717, 12/5/2005, § 408]
1.
Any person who owns or operates a structure subject to this Part
shall be subject to the penalties set forth herein.
2.
Enforcement of this Part shall be effected by an action brought by
the Executive Secretary or the Borough Solicitor (on information received,
if necessary) before the Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction
in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. The Borough Solicitor
may assume charge of the prosecution pursuant to Pa. R. Crim. P. No.
454 (relating to trial and summary cases).
3.
Any person(s) found guilty of violation of this public safety ordinance
shall be liable to pay a fine of $600 per violation to be paid to
the Borough, and for conviction of a second offense shall also be
subject to imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment
of summary offenses.
