(A) As per § 506, “Key Boxes”, 506.1 through 506.2, 2015 International Fire Code and Chapter 18, “Fire Department Access and Water Supply”, 18.2.2 through 18.2.2.1, 2015 NFPA 1 National Fire Code, the following buildings/structures shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the main entrance or such other location required by the Township Fire Chief, his or her designee or authority having jurisdiction, AHJ. The required key lock box shall become effective as stated upon ordinance acceptance.
(1) All commercial and industrial buildings. All commercial and industrial buildings/structures shall mean buildings 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 in employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit.
(2) All multi-family residential buildings. All multi-family residential structures comprised of four or more units in which access to the buildings or common areas or mechanical or electrical rooms within the building are denied through locked doors.
(3) Any buildings or facilities with hazardous materials. Any buildings/structures or facility which handles, uses, or stores hazardous materials and/or is required to prepare the emergency services, material safety data sheets (MSDS) or hazardous chemical inventory forms under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title III). This includes any facility, firm or corporation operating structures that handle, use or store hazardous materials.
(4) Governmental structures.
(5) Municipal structures.
(6) Nursing care facilities.
(7) Educational facilities.
(8) All places of assembly, including churches.
(9) All buildings/structures which are protected with an automatic fire suppression or standpipe system and is not manned during a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation, shall be equipped with a key lock box.
(10) All buildings/structures which are protected by an automatic fire alarm system (auto dialer, central station, external audible alarm) shall be equipped with a key lock box.
(B) All newly constructed buildings/structures subject to this chapter shall have the key lock box installed and operational prior to the final inspection and final occupancy. The Building Code Official shall not issue final occupancy permit for said building/structure until it has final written approval for key lock box from the Township Fire Department.
(C) All existing buildings/structures subject to this ordinance shall have the key lock box installed and operational as stated in § 96.09, compliance, below.
(D) The Township Fire Chief, his or her designee, or the authority having jurisdiction, AHJ, shall designate the type of key lock box system to be implemented with the township and shall have authority to require all structures to use the designated rapid entry system.
(E) The owner operator of a building/structure required to have a key lock box shall, at all times, keep keys and information in the key lock box that will allow for access to the following:
(1) Keys to locked points of egress, whether on the interior or exterior of such building/structures;
(2) Keys to locked mechanical equipment rooms;
(3) Keys to lock electrical rooms;
(4) Keys to elevator controls, elevator machine rooms;
(5) Keys to other areas as required by the Township Fire Chief after written notice;
(6) Keys to any fenced or secured exterior areas;
(7) A card containing the emergency contact people and phone numbers for such building/structure;
(8) Keys to areas of the building/structure where fire alarm panels and fire protection systems are located;
(9) An inventory of keys is to be posed inside all key lock boxes;
(10) In lieu of having the interior building/structure keys in the exterior key lock box, a second key lock box may be located within the main lobby of the building/structure to hold these keys.
(F) The Township Fire Chief, his or her designee, or the authority having jurisdiction, AHJ, shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations for the use of the key lock box system.
(Ord. 35, passed 3-9-2016)