[1]
Editor's Note: The title of this article was changed from
“Emergency Access for Gated Properties” to “Miscellaneous”
5-23-2017 by L.L. No. 4-2017
A.
The installation of security gates across an emergency
vehicle access road, residential or commercial, shall comply with
the provisions of the Fire Code of New York State. Access shall be
provided for emergency vehicles as follows, and shall require the
approval of the Fire Marshal. All automatic security gates installed
across access driveways for residential and commercial properties
within the Village of Southampton shall comply with the following:
(1)
All installations of new security gates shall have
the approval from the Village Building Department and Architectural
Review Board and shall be compliant with this section of the Code.
(2)
Where automatic security gates are installed, they
shall be equipped with a Knox Company key switch model No. 3502 and
shall be installed on the street side of the security gate in a clearly
visible and accessible location on the entrance key pad. In addition,
coded entry numbers will be designated by the Fire Department, Ambulance
and Police Department.
(3)
Automatic security gates shall be equipped with a
"free exit" sensor pad in the access driveway that senses a vehicle
and automatically opens the gates upon exiting.
(4)
Automatic security gates shall be equipped with emergency
power should there be primary power failure; the gates shall open
upon exiting, use of key pad or Knox key switch and/or remain open
during such outage.
(5)
Automatic security gates and their emergency operations
shall be maintained operational at all times.
(6)
A final inspection of the installation shall be conducted
by the Fire Marshal prior to the closing of any permit.
(7)
Upon activation of a central station monitored fire
alarm system the security gates shall open and remain open until the
alarm system is reset.
(8)
Alternative Knox devices may be approved by the Fire
Marshal should the building owner wish to provide additional access
to the interior of the building to emergency responders, especially
those properties equipped with automatic fire sprinkler, automatic
fire and burglar alarm systems and monitored by a central station.
(9)
Preexisting automatic security gates shall comply with § 58-16 within a two-year time period, starting at the time of this chapter being adopted in the Village Code, unless a formal written complaint is filed by the Chief of the Fire or Police Department with due cause, which may result in the owner having to fix, repair or otherwise remedy the situation stated in the complaint immediately.
New and existing buildings shall have approved
address numbers, building numbers, or approved building identification
placed in a position to be plainly legible and visible from the street
or road fronting the property. These numbers shall contrast with their
background. Address numbers shall be Arabic numerals or alphabet letters.
Numbers shall be a minimum of four inches (102 mm) high with a minimum
stroke width of 0.5 inch (12.7 mm).
A.
No person or persons shall at any time interfere with
the work of the Fire Department at any fire or in the course of any
work incidental thereto.
B.
No person or persons shall at any time interfere with
any Fire Department personnel, Fire Marshal or CEO in the performance
of their duties or in carrying out an inspection or in the performance
of any other duties as such designated.
The Fire Marshal may require that all premises
on which buildings or portions of buildings are constructed and located
in such a manner that access to public fire hydrants is minimal or
of a distance such that the Fire Marshal can demonstrate that fire-fighting
operations would be impaired shall be provided with a water supply
system installed in accordance with the provisions of NFPA 24.
A.
The manager or person in charge of any bar, tavern
or nightclub where the maximum occupancy is over 100 persons shall
provide mechanical or electronic counting devices which shall be utilized
by the management, owner or person in charge to maintain the required
occupancy limits. The management shall produce this device or devices,
as well as the total number of occupants present when such bar, tavern
or nightclub is operating, upon the request of the Fire Marshal, police
officer, CEO or Building Inspector of the Village of Southampton.
Other methods meeting the intent of this subsection may be approved
by the Fire Marshal on an individual basis.
B.
The formation of a stationary line of people in front
of any required or designated exit from any bar, tavern or nightclub
shall constitute an illegal obstruction of the exit.
C.
Overcrowding. It shall be unlawful for the owner/agent
of an establishment to create or maintain a condition that either
there are more people in a building, structure or portion thereof
than have been authorized or posted by the Fire Marshal, or the Fire
Marshal determines that a threat exists to the safety of the occupants
due to persons sitting and/or standing in locations that may obstruct
or impede the use of aisles, passageways, corridors, stairways, exits
or other components of the means of egress.
[Added 5-23-2017 by L.L.
No. 4-2017[1]]
It shall be unlawful to maintain in any building or upon any
premises or other places combustible or dangerous accumulations of
rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes, shavings
or any highly flammable materials especially liable to fire. The provisions
of § 304 of the Fire Code and § 305 of the Property
Maintenance Code of the State of New York also apply to this article.
[Amended 8-13-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate this chapter, to permit
or maintain such violation, to refuse to obey any provision thereof
or to fail or refuse to comply with any such provision or regulation
except as variation may be allowed by the Fire Marshal. Proof of such
unlawful act or failure shall be deemed prima facie evidence that
such act is that of the owner or other person in control of the premises.
Prosecution, or lack thereof, of either the owner, occupant or the
person in charge shall not be deemed to relieve any of the others.
