Township of Barnegat, NJ
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2022-12-06
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 46 Fire Prevention
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Article II Uniform Fire Safety Act
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Administrator
- Ch 1B Americans With Disabilities Act
- Ch 2 Attorney, Municipal
- Ch 2A Auxiliary Police
- Ch 3 Engineer, Municipal
- Ch 4 Assessors, Board of
- Ch 5 Cable Television: Programming Policies and Procedures for Government Access Channel
- Ch 6 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 7 Claims and Payments
- Ch 8 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 9 Court, Municipal
- Ch 9A Deputy Township Clerk
- Ch 9B Economic Development Committee
- Ch 9BB Emergency Management Services
- Ch 9C Environmental Commission
- Ch 10 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 10A Handicapped Grievance Procedure
- Ch 11 Health, Board of
- Ch 11A Holiday Celebrations Committee
- Ch 11B Historian, Local
- Ch 11C Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 11D Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP)
- Ch 12 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 12A Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 12B Meadowedge Park
- Ch 12C Officers and Employees
- Ch 13 Personnel Policy
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Police Department
- Ch 15A Principal Assessing Clerk
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Manager of Municipal Operations
- Ch 18 Public Works Department
- Ch 19 Recreation Commission
- Ch 20 Recreation Disability Advisory Board
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Salaries
- Ch 22A Senior Advisory Council
- Ch 23 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 24 Tax Assessor, Assistant
- Ch 24A Transportation Assistance Program Committee
- Ch 24B Tort Claims Act Notice
- Ch 24C (Reserved)
- Ch 24D (Reserved)
- Ch 24E Wildfire Safety Council
- Ch 25 Veterans Commission
- Ch 25A Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer, Deputy
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 25B Adopt-A-Highway Program
- Ch 26 Alarm Systems
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 28 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 29 Alcoholic Beverages Consumption by Underage Persons on Private Property Prohibited
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Bathing Beach
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Brush, Weeds, Obnoxious Growth
- Ch 36A Properties in Foreclosure
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 38A Cats
- Ch 38B Letters of Non-Interest for Resale of Units
- Ch 38C Charitable Solicitation on Roadways
- Ch 39 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 40 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 41 Curfew
- Ch 41A Truancy
- Ch 42 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 42A Drunk Driving Free School Zones
- Ch 43 Dock, Municipal
- Ch 44 Dogs
- Ch 44A Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 44B Fertilizer Application
- Ch 45 Fences
- Ch 45A Firearms
- Ch 46 Fire Prevention
- Ch 46 Art II Uniform Fire Safety Act
- § 46-9 Local enforcement.
- § 46-10 Agency designation.
- § 46-11 Duties.
- § 46-12 Life hazard uses.
- § 46-13 Organization.
- § 46-14 Appointments, term of office, removal.
- § 46-15 Board of Appeals.
- § 46-16 Additional required inspections and fees.
- § 46-17 through § 46-20. (Reserved)
- Ch 46A Fire Lanes
- Ch 46B Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 47 Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 48 Garbage, Rubbish, Refuse Matter
- Ch 48A Recycling
- Ch 49 Garage Sales
- Ch 50 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Canvassers, Solicitors and Mobile Vendors
- Ch 53 Insurance
- Ch 54 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 55 Land Use
- Ch 55A Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 55B (Reserved)
- Ch 55C Anti-Litter Ordinance
- Ch 55D Loitering
- Ch 55E Invasive Plants
- Ch 55F Manufactured Home Communities for "Housing for Older Persons" Service Fee
- Ch 56 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 57 Motor Vehicle Junk Dealers
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Nuisances
- Ch 60 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 60A Excessive Consumption of Municipal Services
- Ch 61 Sale of Puppies and Kittens
- Ch 62 Pollution
- Ch 62A Property Damage by Minors
- Ch 63 Property Maintenance
- Ch 63A (Reserved)
- Ch 63B Rental Properties
- Ch 64 Rent Leveling
- Ch 64A Smoking
- Ch 64B Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 65 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 65A Soil Removal, Excavation and Mining
- Ch 66 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 67 Taxes and Assessments
- Ch 68 Taxicabs
- Ch 68A Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 68B Towing Businesses
- Ch 69 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 70 Random Drug Testing Policy for First Aid and Firefighting Volunteers
- Ch 70A Pet Waste, Proper Disposal
- Ch 70B Litter Control
- Ch 70C Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 70D Wildlife Feeding, Prohibited
- Ch 70E Containerized Yard Waste
- Ch 70F Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 70G Illicit Connection
- Ch 70H Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 71 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 71A Vehicles, Parking Restrictions in Residential Areas
- Ch 72 Vehicles, Unlicensed and Licensed
- Ch 73 Vending Machines
- Ch 73A Water Conservation
- Ch 74 Water/Sewer Utility
- Part III: Board Of Health Legislation
- Ch 75 Food Establishments, Mobile
- Ch 76 Food Handling Establishments
- Ch 77 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 79A Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 80 Swine
- Ch 81 Swimming Pools
- Ch 82 Water Supplies
- Appendix
- Ch A85 Sewerage Authority Agreement
- Ch A86 Cable Television and Communications System
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch LUDL Land Use Disposition List
[Adopted 2-20-97 by Ord. No. 1996-7]
Pursuant to section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A.
52:27D-202, the New Jersey Uniform Fire Safety Code shall be enforced
in the Township of Barnegat by the Ocean County Bureau of Fire Safety,
and the Fire Marshal.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Ocean County Bureau
of Fire Safety.
A.
Local enforcement agency. The local enforcement agency shall enforce
the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted
under it in all buildings, structures and premises within the established
boundaries of the Township of Barnegat, other than owner occupied
one and two family dwellings, and shall faithfully comply with the
requirements of the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
B.
Fire Marshal. The Fire Marshal shall conduct annual inspections as
needed and provide educational programs addressing fire safety.
The local enforcing agency designated in Section 46-10 of this Article shall carry out the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
The local enforcing agency designated by Section 46-10 of this Article shall be under the supervision of the Ocean County Emergency Management Office.
A.
Appointment. The local enforcement agency shall include a Fire Marshal
who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Committee.
B.
Term of office. The appointment of the Fire Marshal shall continue
during good behavior and satisfactory service.
C.
Inspectors and employees. Each Fire Department may appoint such inspectors
as may be necessary to carry out all required inspection activity
in the Township. Such inspectors shall be under the supervision and
control of the Fire Marshal.
D.
Removal. Inspectors and other employees of the enforcing agency or
the Fire Marshal shall be subject to removal by the Township Committee
for inefficiency and misconduct. Each inspector or employee to be
so removed shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard by the appointing
authority or a designated hearing officer.
Pursuant to Section 15 and 17 of the Uniform Fire Safety Act,
any person aggrieved by any order of the local enforcement agency
shall have the right to appeal to the Ocean County Construction Board
of Appeals.
A.
In addition to the inspection and fees required pursuant to the act
and the regulation of the Department of Community Affairs, additional
inspections and fees for those uses not defined as life hazard uses
shall be required, as established by the Ocean County Bureau of Fire
Safety.
