Fire code compliance in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code is enforced in Upper Saddle River by the town's own local enforcing agency, the Borough of Upper Saddle River Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement. This page names that agency and the chapters of the borough code our code book lists for Upper Saddle River.
Who enforces the fire code in Upper Saddle River, and under which chapters
- Local enforcing agency
- Borough of Upper Saddle River Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement
- Municipality
- Borough of Upper Saddle River, Bergen County
The Borough of Upper Saddle River code chapters
- Chapter 51, Fire PreventionBorough of Upper Saddle River codeRelated, not from this chapter: non-life-hazard uses are registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official on the local cycle.
- Chapter 40, Certificates of Continued OccupancyBorough of Upper Saddle River code
- Chapter 28, Alarm SystemsBorough of Upper Saddle River codeRelated, not from this chapter: the NFPA 72 alarm inspection is a separate licensed trade. We do not do it. We track its date, make sure the visit happens, and file the report.
From our code book, word for word: “Borough of Upper Saddle River Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement. Code: Chapter 51, Fire Prevention; Chapter 40, Certificates of Continued Occupancy; Chapter 28, Alarm Systems.”
Chapter numbers and titles are from the Borough of Upper Saddle River code. General information about published codes, not legal advice. The fire official's word controls, so ask the Borough of Upper Saddle River Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement when a question is close.
The state fire code comes first. The local chapters sit beside it.
The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:70) governs a building in use and applies to every building except owner-occupied one- and two-family homes. Life Hazard Uses are registered with the state Division of Fire Safety and inspected on the state's schedule. Every other use the fire code applies to is registered with the municipality under its local fire-prevention ordinance and inspected by the local fire official. The use decides which list a building goes on. The owner does not choose.
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