1610.14 KEY LOCK BOX SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.

   (a)   The following structures shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the main entrance or such other location required by the Fire Chief effective January 1, 2006.

      (1)   All commercial and industrial buildings. Commercial and industrial building shall mean any building where industry, trade or business is carried on or where any process or operation directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business, is carried on and where any person is employed by another for any direct or indirect gain or profit.

      (2)   Multi-family residential structures comprised of three or more units in which access to the building or common areas or mechanical or electrical rooms within the building is denied through locked doors.

      (3)   Any building or facility containing a quantity of hazardous materials, which would require compliance with Title III of the Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act.

      (4)   Governmental structures.

      (5)   Nursing care facilities.

      (6)   Daycare facilities.

      (7)   Educational facilities.

   (b)   All newly constructed structures subject to this section shall have the key lock box installed and operational prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit. All structures in existence on the effective date of this section and subject to this section shall have one year from the effective date of this section to have a key lock box installed and operational.

   (c)   The Fire Chief shall designate the type of key lock box system to be implemented within the City and shall have the authority to require all structures to use the designated system.

   (d)   The owner or operator of a structure required to have a key lock box shall, at all times, keep a key in the lock box that will allow for access to the structure.

   (e)   The Fire Chief shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations for the use of the lock box system.

   (f)   Enforcement of this section shall be accomplished through citations issued by the Fire Chief or his or her designee.

   (g)   Any violation of this section shall be considered a misdemeanor of the third degree, and shall punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus costs of prosecution. Each day the violation continues shall be considered as a separate offense.

(Ord. 2888.  Passed 11-28-05.)