[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of North Castle as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alarms — See Ch. 109.
Building code administration and enforcement — See Ch. 127.
[Adopted 1-11-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006 (Ch. 107, Art. II, of the 1987 Code)]
The Town Board of the Town of North Castle has determined that the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of North Castle are promoted by requiring certain structures and driveways to have a key box installed to aid first responders in gaining access to property when responding to calls for emergency service.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER
A uniformed or otherwise identified employee or volunteer of a fire department, police department or ambulance service based within the Town of North Castle or under contract with the Town.
KEY BOX
A secure tamper-proof device with a lock operable only by an emergency service provider master key and containing building entry keys and other keys that may be required for access in an emergency.
[Amended 4-29-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
A. 
All new commercial buildings, new multifamily residential buildings and new commercial driveways with gates, including gated facilities, shall provide a key box of a type approved by the Building Department. The location and contents of the key box must be approved by the Fire Inspector or Building Inspector.
B. 
Key boxes shall be required on all existing commercial buildings with an alarm system or sprinkler system or a kitchen hood system which generate three false alarms while under the control of the same owner, as determined by the respective fire chief or his/her designee. The location and contents of the key box must be approved by the Fire Inspector or Building Inspector.
C. 
All residential driveways with gates, including gated communities, shall provide a key box acceptable to the Fire Inspector or Building Inspector.
D. 
Installation of key boxes shall be optional for one-family and two-family residential buildings.
Buildings and facilities with uninterrupted twenty-four-hour security acceptable to the respective fire chief or his/her designee shall not require the installation of a key box.
Where the requirements of this article impose a different restriction or requirement than imposed by other sections of the Code of the Town of North Castle, the Town Law of the State of New York or other applicable rules or regulations, the requirements of this article shall prevail.