Borough of Carteret, NJ
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 68 Alarm Systems
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Aging, Office on
- Ch 9 Borough Property
- Ch 12 Commendation Committees
- Ch 15 Community Development Board
- Ch 16 Cultural and Arts Committee
- Ch 17 Disabled, Office for the
- Ch 18 Environmental Committee
- Ch 19 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 19A Emergency Services
- Ch 20 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 27 Historical Committee
- Ch 28 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 30 Handicapped, Board for the
- Ch 35 Mutual Aid
- Ch 38 Personnel Policies
- Ch 42 Police Department
- Ch 43 Port Authority, Municipal
- Ch 45 Purchasing
- Ch 47 Recreation Commission
- Ch 48 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 50 Suggestion Award Committee
- Ch 52 Tax Map, Official
- Ch 55 Zone Development Corporation
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 60 Advertising Materials
- Ch 64 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 68 Alarm Systems
- § 68-1 Purpose.
- § 68-2 Definitions.
- § 68-3 Response to alarms; duty of owners.
- § 68-4 Notice to owner.
- § 68-5 Maintenance of alarm systems.
- § 68-6 Exceptions.
- § 68-7 Duties of owners of leased property.
- § 68-8 Violations and penalties; enforcement.
- Ch 71 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Amusement Games
- Ch 80 Barbershops
- Ch 83 Bicycles
- Ch 85 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 89 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 91 Building Permits
- Ch 92 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 93 Housing Standards; Unsafe and Abandoned Buildings
- Ch 95 Business Hours
- Ch 99 Certificates of Habitability
- Ch 101 (Reserved)
- Ch 105 Circuses, Carnivals and Other Entertainment
- Ch 107 Community Center
- Ch 109 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 111 Contracts
- Ch 113 Cranes
- Ch 114 Dance Halls
- Ch 118 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 121 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 124 Electrical Standards
- Ch 126 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 127 Fees
- Ch 127A Fertilizer
- Ch 128 Fire Prevention
- Ch 132 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 137 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 140 Graffiti
- Ch 142 Hazardous Materials, Transportation of
- Ch 146 Home Improvement Contractors
- Ch 149 (Reserved)
- Ch 151 Insurance
- Ch 152 Internet Page
- Ch 154 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 160 Land Development
- Ch 163 Lighting
- Ch 164 Licensing Procedures
- Ch 165 Littering
- Ch 168 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 172 Noise
- Ch 176 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 179 Parking
- Ch 182 Parks
- Ch 183 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 186 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 189 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 191 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 193 Pornography
- Ch 195 Precious Metals and Gems, Sale of
- Ch 198 Property Maintenance
- Ch 202 Recycling
- Ch 203 Redevelopment Plans
- Ch 204 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 206 Security Screens
- Ch 207 Sewers
- Ch 208 Sex Offenders
- Ch 209 Shopping Carts
- Ch 210 Shopping Centers
- Ch 211 Skateboards
- Ch 212 Smoking
- Ch 215 Solid Fuel, Sale of
- Ch 217 Special Improvement District
- Ch 218 Spills, Liquid
- Ch 219 Steep Slopes
- Ch 220 Storm Sewers
- Ch 222 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 226 Surface Water Control
- Ch 229 Swimming Pools
- Ch 232 Taxation
- Ch 235 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 238 Towing and Storage
- Ch 240 Tractor Trailers
- Ch 243 Trailer Parks
- Ch 246 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 249 Trucks, Unattended
- Ch 254 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 258 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 263 Waterfront, Maintenance of
- Ch 264 Waterfront Park
- Ch 266 Weapons
- Ch 270 (Reserved)
- Part III, Board of Health
- Ch 277 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 280 Barbershops
- Ch 283 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 287 Dogs
- Ch 290 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 294 Fees, Licenses and Permits
- Ch 297 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 300 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 304 Housing Standards
- Ch 308 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 312 Poultry
- Ch 316 Rendering Plants
- Ch 320 Sanitation
- Ch 323 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 327 Surface Water Control
- Ch 330 Swimming Pools
- Ch 339 Vendors, Frozen Confection
- Ch 342 Water Supply, Individual and Semipublic
- Appendix
- Ch A345 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Carteret
4-4-1985 as Ord. No. 85-14. Section 68-6 amended at time of adoption of Code;
see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish responsibilities of the
Police and Fire Department and owners and operators of automated (either physically,
electronically or mechanically) burglar alarms and fire alarms in the Borough
of Carteret.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The activation or call for police or fire assistance by either electronic,
mechanical or physical means, via the telephone system or any alarm system
connected to the central alarm console maintained at police headquarters or
fire headquarters.
Any alarm activated by other than an intruder or malfunction of the
alarm console maintained by the borough; or, in the case of a fire alarm,
any alarm activated by other than a fire or the report of an actual fire or
pressure drops that cause alarms to be activated or by malfunction of the
console maintained by the borough, which subsequently is determined false
or erroneous.
[Amended 2-15-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-2]
A.
It shall be the duty of the owner or his agent to respond
to any alarm activation by his system and to secure the alarm and property.
The owner or his agent must, within 10 days of receiving a certificate of
occupancy, notify the Police Department of said ownership and supply said
Department with the name, address and emergency phone number of the person
whose responsibility it is to respond to alarms and secure the property.
B.
The owner or his agent shall, within seven days, notify
the Police Department of any change of information for the person charged
with the aforementioned responsibility.
It shall be the responsibility of the Police and/or Fire Department
to notify the owner of an alarm activated and to keep a record thereof.
[Added 2-15-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-2]
A.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the owner
or his agent to maintain, repair, improve and/or modify the alarm system in
his building to prevent false alarms.
B.
If two false alarms are received from the same building
in the same calendar year, it shall be deemed that the system is in disrepair
and the owner is in violation of this chapter.
[Added 2-15-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-2]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner or his agents to ensure
that persons occupying his property comply with this section, and it shall
not be deemed to be a valid defense were assumed or give to persons occupying
said property.
[Amended 4-19-1990 by Ord.
No. 90-16; 2-15-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-2]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in § 1-17 of this Code. It shall be the responsibility of the Police and/or Fire Department to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
