HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 11-1983MICROFfR_. MED 445 -85
ORDINANCE NO. 11 -83
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING "FIRE PREVENTION CODE"
CHAPTER 621 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, BY REQUIRING A PUBLIC
SAFETY KEYBOX SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURES REQUIRING
FIRE DEPARTMENT ALARM SYSTEMS AND MULTI- FAMILY
RESIDENCES HAVING ENCLOSED COMMON AREAS; RE-
PEALING ALL PORTIONS OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 621 "Fire Prevention Code"
of the City Code of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, is hereby
amended by adding Section 621.07, as follows:
Sec. 621.07 Lock Boxes Required. Lock Boxes are required
on structures that are required to have Fire Department
alarm systems and on multi - family residences having en-
closed common areas, which the Fire Department, in the
event of an emergency, may need to gain access to. The
public safety Keybox System shall contain keys for ele-
vator return and door opening, elevator rooms, fire
alarm box room, electrical rooms and any other keys
necessary for the Fire Department to gain access to
common areas or through common areas to individual units.
The Keybox System shall not require keys of individual
units.
Keybox system may be surface mounted or flush mounted
in an easily accessible location and the Fire Depart-
ment shall maintain possession of the only key. In the
event locks are changed in any of the above mentioned
rooms, the Fire Department shall be notified immediately.
All Keybox Systems must be approved by the Fire Chief of
the Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department.
SECTION 2. All portions of the code in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this
3rd
day of Ma , 1983.
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First Rea•ing 4 -19 -83
Posted: 4 -20 -83
Advertised: 4-25-83
Second Reading 5 -3 -83