[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 13-3
of the Revised General Ordinances; amended in its
entirety 1-6-2005 by Ord. No. 05-8]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An assembly incorporating a sensor, control components, and
an alarm notification appliance in one unit, operated from a power
supply either located in the unit or obtained at the point of installation,
that detects carbon-monoxide gas.
A fire alarm device capable of sensing visible or invisible
particles of combustion and providing suitable alarm audible in all
sleeping areas.
(As per the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code):
B.
The smoke detectors required above shall be located
in accordance with NFPA 74-1984, incorporated herein by reference,
and maintained in working order.
(1)
The detectors shall not be required to be interconnected.
C.
Smoke detectors may be battery-powered and shall be
listed in accordance with ANSI/UL 217, incorporated herein by reference:
(1)
A/C-powered smoke detectors shall be accepted as meeting
the requirements of this section.
D.
Carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed in all dwelling
units in buildings in Use Groups I-1, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4, except
for units in buildings that do not contain a fuel-burning device or
have an attached garage, as follows:
(1)
Single station carbon monoxide alarms shall be installed
and maintained in the immediate vicinity of the sleeping area(s).
(2)
Carbon monoxide alarms may be battery-operated, hard-wired
or of the plug-in type and shall be listed and labeled in accordance
with UL-2034 and shall be installed in accordance with the requirements
of this section and NFPA-720.
A.
The owners or managing agents of all residential buildings
shall install and maintain smoke detectors in full operating condition
in the locations prescribed by the rules and regulations adopted by
the State of New Jersey.
B.
It shall be the duty of the tenant or occupant of
a dwelling unit, at his/her own cost and expense, to maintain and
replace all batteries of battery-operated smoke-detector devices installed
by the owner in such dwelling unit. Any tenant who fails to maintain
and replace such batteries shall be guilty of violating this section.
C.
The duty of the tenant to maintain the battery shall
not relieve the owner of the duty to maintain the detector unit in
proper operating order other than the battery in the dwelling unit,
as well as the duty to maintain both the battery and the unit installed
in the common areas of the dwelling.
It shall be unlawful for any tenant, occupant,
owner, agent or any other person to tamper with, damage, destroy,
steal, paint over or do anything to cause such smoke/carbon monoxide
detector or any of its parts to malfunction or fail to operate.
Any residential premises having in operation
a form or system of electronic or other fire detection system, device
or similar system approved by the Uniform Construction Code as an
alternative alarm system shall be exempt from the equipment requirements
of this article as to all areas so protected.
Compliance with this section shall be mandatory
for premises devoted to single-family residences, including semiattached
or rowhouses, on or after June 1, 1980, and for multifamily residences,
including apartment houses, and other residential housing, including
two or more dwelling units, on or after September 1, 1980; provided,
however, that no residential property shall be sold and no building
permit shall be issued for any structural alteration or repair except
upon certification by the applicant of compliance with the requirements
of this article and the regulations promulgated hereunder at any time
on or after June 1, 1980. The effective date of this article shall
be June 1, 1980, with respect to any residential property which is
conveyed or for which a building or plumbing, electrical or other
construction or repair permit is issued on or after such date. The
Construction Official shall issue notices of this requirement in connection
with the issuance of any building permit.
The codification of this article within this
chapter shall not be considered to vest exclusive jurisdiction to
the Fire Prevention Bureau in the terms of its enforcement, and violations
of this section may be enforced by other City officials, including
the personnel of the Division of Fire, Division of Inspection (Housing
Division), Department of Housing and Economic Development, and the
Division of Police.
Before any transfer of ownership takes place
on a one- or two-family dwelling in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3(a)
a certificate of smoke detector/carbon monoxide detector compliance
shall be applied for and the appropriate fees paid before an inspection
is conducted. This application is available at the Department of Inspections'
Division of Housing and must be returned to that Department. Upon
completion of the inspection and the necessary detectors are installed
where required, a certificate of inspection shall be issued. It shall
be a violation of this code and the Uniform Fire Code of the State
of New Jersey to change ownership of a one- or two-family dwelling
prior to receipt of the certificate.
The fee will be based on when the application
is received and when the change of occupancy takes place.
A.
More than 10 business days prior to change of occupancy:
$35.
B.
Four to 10 business days prior to change of occupancy:
$70.
C.
Less than four business days prior to the change of
occupancy: $125.
D.
Reinspection required due to inoperable, improperly
located, or absence of required detector: $15.
