It shall be unlawful for any property owner in the Township
of Plumsted to sell and/or transfer title to any real property containing
a residential building or structure thereon or lease, let or rent
a structure or building to a lessee or tenant for a term in excess
of one (1) year without said structure or building containing the
requisite number of smoke and fire detectors as required for new construction
under applicable state building and fire codes and/or, at a minimum,
at least one (1) smoke and fire detector on each floor or story of
the structure used as living space.
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[Editor's Note: Former Section 53-2, Inspections, repairs
and certificates of compliance, previously codified herein was repealed
by Ordinance No. 93-14.]
[Ord. #94-12, § 1; 2009-06, § 1]
The Township of Plumsted Inspection Department is hereby authorized
to charge a thirty dollar ($30) inspection fee and a twenty dollar
($20) certification fee in accordance with the time, efforts and costs
involved in completing said smoke detector inspection and in issuing
said certifications. There shall be an additional charge of twenty-five
dollars ($25) for each reinspection.
[Ord. #94-12, § 2]
The Plumsted Township Inspection Department is empowered to
administer and enforce the requirements of this chapter.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court;
and each day such violation shall be continued shall be deemed and
taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
