Pursuant to Section 11 of the Uniform Fire Safety
Act (P.L. 1983, c. 383, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-202) the New Jersey Uniform
Fire Code shall be locally enforced in the Town.
The local enforcing agency shall be the Town
of Boonton Fire Department through the Bureau of Fire Prevention,
which is hereby created therein.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall enforce
the Uniform Fire Safety Act and the codes and regulations adopted
under it in all buildings, structures and premises within the established
boundaries of the Town, other than owner-occupied one- and two-family
dwellings, and shall faithfully comply with the requirements of the
Uniform Fire Safety Act and the Uniform Fire Code.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall carry out
the periodic inspections of life hazard uses required by the Uniform
Fire Code on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
[Amended 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 24-2011]
The Bureau of Fire Prevention is a part of the
Town of Boonton Fire Department and shall be under the direct supervision
and control of the Fire Official who shall report to the Board of
Chiefs.
A.
Appointment of Fire Official. The Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall be under the supervision of the Fire Official who shall be appointed
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, with the recommendation of the
Board of Fire Chiefs, pursuant to Title 11, Civil Service, of the
Revised Statutes. The Fire Official shall be a person certified by
the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
B.
Term of office. The Fire Official shall serve for
an unspecified term pursuant to Civil Service rules and regulations.
C.
Inspectors and employees. Such inspectors and other
employees as may be necessary for the Bureau of Fire Prevention to
properly carry out its responsibilities shall be appointed by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, with the recommendation of the Board
of Fire Chiefs, pursuant to Title 11A, Civil Service, of N.J.S.A.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Pursuant to Sections 15 and 17 of the Uniform
Fire Safety Act,[1] any person aggrieved by any order of the Bureau of Fire
Prevention shall have the right to appeal to the Construction Board
of Appeals of the County of Morris.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:27D-206 and 27D-208.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Technical amendments to the Code must go beyond
the minimum established by the Code.