[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Town of West New York 2-21-1979 by Ord. No. 1334. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any building containing one or more rooms used as a dwelling
unit or dwelling units.
Any room or group of rooms arranged for the use of one or
more persons as a single housekeeping unit and/or sleeping facilities.
Any building containing six or more guest rooms intended
or designed to be used, which are used, rented or hired out to be
occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.
[Added 1-21-1981 by Ord. No. 1444]
A building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling
units and not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.
[Added 1-21-1981 by Ord. No. 1444]
An Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., (UL) label and/or Factory
Mutual approved, listed and labeled smoke detector device sensing
visible or invisible particles of combustion which, when actuated,
shall provide an alarm sufficiently audible to warn occupants of the
dwelling unit, whether such occupants are sleeping or awake.
On or before September 30, 1979, in all existing dwellings shall be installed therein a sufficient number of, but no less than one per dwelling unit, smoke detectors as defined in § 344-1, to warn all the occupants of the presence of any visible or invisible particles of combustion. Such devices shall be placed in such locations in the dwellings that, when actuated, will sound off an alarm sufficiently audible to warn any sleeping occupants of the presence of such combustible particles.
[Added 1-21-81 by Ord. No. 1444]
Effective March 12, 1981, all multifamily houses
will have installed, in the hallways and basement or cellar area,
smoke detectors of the electric-type, to be installed by a licensed
electrician working under a permit. This system must be electronically
interconnected. Battery-type smoke detectors will be installed in
the dwelling units. These will be installed to conform to both local
and state codes as set by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
[Added 1-21-1981 by Ord. No. 1444]
Effective March 12, 1981, there will be installed
smoke detectors of the electric-type, which will be of the electronically-inter-connected-type.
These units will be installed by a licensed electrician working under
a permit. This type of detector win be installed in all hallways,
basements and in each living unit. These will be installed to conform
to both local and state codes as set by the New Jersey Department
of Community Affairs.
Effective immediately, no certificate of occupancy
shall be issued for any new dwelling or any newly rehabilitated dwelling
unless the Fire Department certifies that such dwelling has installed
therein smoke detectors sufficient in number to warn all occupants
of the dwelling. Such detectors shall be in proper working order and
shall be installed in locations within the dwelling so that the detectors,
when actuated, will be sufficiently audible to all occupants, whether
they are asleep or awake.
In dwellings containing more than one level,
there shall be installed at least one detector in the hallway of each
level, in addition to the detectors needed in each dwelling unit.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of each building to have installed the number of smoke detectors required
by this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any owner to fail or refuse
to install such detectors in accordance with this chapter and to maintain
the detectors in proper working order.
Any new, rehabilitated or existing dwelling
which is required by law or regulation to have installed therein any
smoke detector or fire prevention system other than that which is
required by this chapter and does in fact have such system installed
shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Any person willfully violating this chapter shall
be liable to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the court of competent
jurisdiction.
B.
Any person willfully violating this chapter by removal
of energy supply or vandalizing the detector unit shall be liable
to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days,
or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the court of competent
jurisdiction.
The town officials charged with the duty of
enforcing this chapter shall be the members of the Fire Department,
the Construction Official and the Building Subcode Official.
