As used in this chapter, the terms are defined as follows:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any device designed for the detection of an unauthorized entry on
the premises, its commission or occurrence and, when actuated, gives a signal,
either visual, audible or both, or transmits or causes to be transmitted a
signal, except residential in-house fire alarms.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm signal that alerts any person which is not the result of
an actual threatened emergency requiring a response. False alarms include
negligently or accidentally activated signals, signals which are the result
of faulty, malfunctioning or improperly installed or maintained equipment,
signals which are purposely activated to summon police, fire or emergency
services in nonemergency situations and alarm signals for which the actual
cause is not determined.
LOCAL ALARM
A system that gives a signal, either visual, audible or both, on
the exterior portion of the property, but such signal does not leave the structure
by wire or radio wave to a control receiving station.
No person shall install, have installed, own, use or possess an operative
alarm system without obtaining a permit from the Borough Manager. Said permit
shall include, but not be limited to, providing a means of identifying the
alarm system service and persons who may be called in the event of an alarm
and the subject’s premises are unattended.
The fee for an alarm system permit shall be as established from time
to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
Any person causing or permitting the giving of repeated false alarms
for any reason, or owning or maintaining an alarm system which triggers a
false alarm, shall pay a charge to the Borough, to be established from time
to time by resolution of the Borough Council, for each and every false alarm
to which a Fire Department, Police Department, Borough official, or other
public safety or emergency service official responds.