West New York, NJ Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Section 198-9C of the Town Code is the Town of West New York's carbon monoxide provision. It creates the certificate of smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm compliance, called the CSDCMAC, which the section says is required by N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3. The application fee is $150 under § 198-9C(1). Under § 198-9C(2), a property owner is required to obtain a new CSDCMAC each time a change of occupancy occurs, whether by sale, lease or change in tenant. The certificate is therefore tied to turnover, not to a calendar schedule: a sale, a new lease or a new tenant each starts a new application and a new fee.

The section sets the fee and the trigger. It does not itself print alarm placement or type specifications, and the standards the Fire Official applies when issuing the certificate come from the state fire code the section cites. The provision was amended 9-19-2018 by Ord. No. 15/18.

The certificate sits alongside the other turnover paperwork in the Town Code. Chapter 148 requires an ownership certificate before a sale of a residential building, a business certificate for a change in tenancy or use of a commercial or mixed-use building, and a residential tenant certificate for a change of tenants (§ 148-1). Chapter 260, Article IV, requires an apartment certificate of occupancy before a landlord of a structure with more than two units leases to a new tenant (§ 260-19). Section 198-9 also sets permit fees: application fees as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.9(c) for Types 1, 2, 3 and 4, with single-event permits paid at application and all other permit fees paid annually on July 1. Fire inspections under § 198-8 are run by the Bureau of Fire Prevention.