[Adopted 9-15-1980 by Ord. No. D-317 (Sec. 4-25 of the 1973 Revised General Ordinances)]
A. 
Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum of one electric or battery-operated smoke detector device for each sleeping area. Any such detector shall bear a seal, tested and listed by an approved rating organization, and shall comply in design to all applicable state, federal or industrial requirements. Smoke detectors shall be capable of being installed and maintained by the person responsible for the occupancy of the family dwelling unit. They shall consist of an assembly incorporating the detector, control equipment and the alarm-sounding device in one unit. They shall have a power supply consisting of a monitored battery or a cord connection to an electrical receptacle which is fitted with a plug restrainer device. The plug-in receptacle shall not be controlled by any switch other than that of the main power supply. Two or more single-station smoke detector assemblies may be interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate.
B. 
No residential unit shall be sold, rented or occupied unless and until the residential unit has been brought into compliance with this article.
C. 
The Tax Collector of the Township of Old Bridge shall provide to each person requesting a tax search from his or her office a statement calling attention to the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code with respect to smoke detectors. The Tax Collector shall further inform the recipient of each and every tax search that the seller of real estate located in a residential zone is required by the Fire Prevention Code to provide a certification to the Township of Old Bridge certifying his or her compliance with this article.
D. 
The making and submission of a willfully false certification, pursuant to this article, shall be punishable by the penalties set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, Penalty, and enforceable within the Municipal Court of the Township of Old Bridge by the Fire Official of the Township.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Construction Official unless the applicant shall have first complied with all the conditions of this article.
The issuance of a certificate of continued use shall constitute evidence of compliance with the terms of this article.
Whenever the following terms are used in the Fire Prevention Code, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
APPROVED RATING ORGANIZATION
Any of the following:
A. 
Underwriters' Testing Laboratories.
B. 
Factory Mutual Research Corporation.
C. 
National Bureau of Standards.
D. 
NFPA No. 74, 1975.
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL
A qualified person appointed by the municipal appointing authority or the Commissioner pursuant to the Act[1] and the regulations to enforce and administer the regulations within the jurisdiction of the enforcing agency.
FIRE PROTECTION SUBCODE OFFICIAL
The Fire Inspector and the Fire Protection Subcode Official prescribed by the Uniform Construction Code.[2]
[Amended 1-3-1989 by Ord. No. 70-88]
MISDEMEANOR
Shall be construed to mean "a violation of this article" and shall not be construed as an attempt to constitute such offense a misdemeanor as the same is defined by the law of the State of New Jersey.
[1]
Editor's Note: "The Act" refers to the Uniform Construction Code Act. See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 108, Construction Codes, Uniform, and Ch. 185, Fire Prevention, of the Code of the Township of Old Bridge.
[Amended 1-3-1989 by Ord. No. 70-88]
The Fire Protection Subcode Official, with the advice of the Construction Official, shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code upon application therefor, in writing, by the owner or lessee or his duly authorized agent when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the Code, provided that, in any such event, the spirit of the Code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done, provided that any such modification shall be in writing, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the appropriate Fire Official.