Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 307 Fires and Fire Prevention
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Article II Fire Hydrants
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Administration, Department of
- Ch 19 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Contracts
- Ch 29 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Economic Development
- Ch 43 Emergency Management
- Ch 48 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Environmental Commission
- Ch 65 Flood Control Commissions
- Ch 72 Health, Board of
- Ch 76 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 91 Law, Department of
- Ch 98 Mayor's Alliance Against Drug Abuse
- Ch 102 Meetings
- Ch 107 Nepotism
- Ch 112 Officers and Employees
- Ch 122 Payroll
- Ch 127 Personnel Benefits
- Ch 131 Public Safety Department
- Ch 136 Public Works Department
- Ch 141 Purchasing
- Ch 151 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 156 Residency Requirements
- Ch 164 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 190 Affordable Housing
- Ch 195 Alarms
- Ch 199 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 203 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 208 Animals
- Ch 213 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 226 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 231 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Leaves
- Ch 240 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 245 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 249 Business Operations
- Ch 252 Cannabis Business Permits
- Ch 256 Donation Bins
- Ch 261 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 274 Cranes
- Ch 279 Curfew
- Ch 287 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 294 Fees
- Ch 298 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 302 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 307 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 307 Art II Fire Hydrants
- § 307-9 Use limited to Fire Department.
- § 307-10 Use permit; fee; procedures; hydrant wrench.
- § 307-11 Violation complaints; disposition of fines.
- Ch 316 Gasoline Stations and Garages
- Ch 321 Golf
- Ch 326 Graffiti
- Ch 337 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 344 Liability Insurance
- Ch 346 Library
- Ch 351 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 356 Limousines
- Ch 361 Littering
- Ch 365 Locomotion Devices, Human-Powered
- Ch 371 Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 376 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 387 Newsracks
- Ch 392 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 403 Obscenity
- Ch 407 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 415 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 419 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 423 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 440 Property Maintenance
- Ch 447 Rental Property
- Ch 457 Sales and Outdoor Displays
- Ch 461 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 466 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 476 Shopping Carts
- Ch 481 Site Improvements
- Ch 486 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 491 Soil Removal
- Ch 496 Solid Waste
- Ch 501 Space Heaters, Liquid-Fuel-Burning
- Ch 505 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 520 Stormwater Management
- Ch 530 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- Ch 550 Taxation
- Ch 554 Taxicabs
- Ch 559 Telephones, Public
- Ch 564 Theaters
- Ch 568 Towing
- Ch 573 Trailers and Tourist Camps
- Ch 577 Trees
- Ch 590 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part III: Land Development
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Part IV: Board of Health
- Ch 650 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 660 Animals
- Ch 682 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 693 Fees, Board of Health
- Ch 697 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 708 Health Officers and Personnel
- Ch 713 Housing
- Ch 728 Laundries, Launderettes and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 735 Noise
- Ch 739 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 754 Recreational Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 761 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 766 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 781 Wells
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3877 (Ch.
277 of the 2004 Code)]
All fire hydrants located within the Township
of Union, in the County of Union, are and shall be for the use only
of the Fire Department of said Township, and no other person or persons,
firm or corporation shall use the same, except in a manner as hereinafter
provided.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation, desiring
to use any fire hydrant in the Township of Union, for lawful business
and for legitimate and necessary reasons, shall make application,
in writing, therefor to the Chief of the Fire Department or his designated
representative and shall present written permission for the use thereof
from the water company serving water to such fire hydrant, as the
case may be, and the Chief of the Fire Department of said Township
shall thereupon, in his discretion, have power to grant such application.
For every permit so granted, the applicant shall pay to the Fire Department
the sum of $100 for the use of said fire hydrant. If the Chief of
the Fire Department or his designated representative approves such
application and the proper fee is received by the Fire Department,
the Fire Department shall loan said applicant the proper hydrant wrench
for applicant's use. The applicant is hereby required to sign a statement,
absolving the Fire Department, its members and the Township and its
members from any liability in connection with such use of the fire
hydrant. In addition, the applicant shall sign a statement acknowledging
that any damage incurred to the fire hydrant shall be the liability
of the applicant. Upon the expiration date of the permit, the applicant
shall notify the Fire Department that said applicant has completed
use of the fire hydrant, and the applicant shall return the hydrant
wrench to the Fire Department. After inspection of the fire hydrant
by the Fire Department and ascertaining that there is no damage to
the fire hydrant, a release shall be signed by the Fire Chief or his
designated representative.[2]
[1]
Note: Public fire hydrants in the Township of Union are owned
by New Jersey American Water. All permits fees and required tools
are subject to water company approval. All applications are obtained
from the water company.
Complaints for violation of this article shall
be made by the Chief of the Fire Department or his designated representative,
and all fines shall be collected for the benefit of the Fire Department
of said Township and shall be transferred to the account of the Fire
Department on the first day of the month next after said fine has
been imposed and collected.
