Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 376 Multiple Dwellings
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Article III Safety and Security Fixtures
- 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 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 376 Art III Safety and Security Fixtures
- § 376-14 Required equipment for security.
- § 376-15 Additional equipment to be maintained.
- § 376-16 Violations and penalties.
- § 376-17 Interpretation.
- 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 3-8-1994 by Ord. No. 4298 (Ch.
373, Art. III, of the 2004 Code)]
In addition to the provisions of all other laws
and ordinances, in order to increase and maintain the safety and security
of tenants and other occupants of premises and their lawful visitors
and in order to help prevent and combat crime, all owners, landlords,
employers, operating agents or other entities owning, managing or
controlling any multifamily premises consisting of 20 or more dwelling
units, wherein there dwell or are located any tenants, dwellers or
occupants, however called, whereas under lease, monthly tenancies,
as occupants, employees or otherwise, shall provide suitable access,
safety and security fixtures and equipment, including the following:
A.
Functioning locks
on all apartment entrance doors and on all windows.
B.
Functioning outside
entrance light.
C.
Functioning entrance
lobby light.
D.
Functioning locks
on all common entrance doors.
E.
Functioning name
bells.
F.
Functioning mailboxes
with locks.
G.
Functioning lights
in all hallways and landings.
H.
Functioning locks
to all roof doors.
I.
Keys for all
of same as needed, with replacement keys in reasonable number to replace
lost keys.
J.
Appropriate lighting
functional in backyards, courts and areaways, parking garages and
on-site parking areas.
The above safety equipment is deemed minimal,
but existing standards or equipment shall not be abandoned, but must
be maintained and kept in good operating repair, and failure or refusal
to do so shall constitute a violation of this article.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
If any of the above tenant and occupant security
and safety equipment is out of service for a period of 24 hours after
the owner, his manager or responsible agent knows or should have known
of such condition, such failure to maintain and repair such safety
equipment shall constitute a violation, the penalty for which there
shall be a fine of up to $2,000 and/or up to 90 days in jail and/or
up to 90 days of community service. Each day that such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
This article shall not relieve any person of
any obligation or deprive any person of protection to health and safety,
except to provide and maintain additional security, safety and protection
as an added exercise of the police power, and shall be so construed
in harmony with all laws and ordinances that have effect in the field
of construction, operation and maintenance of buildings.
