As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACT OF GOD
An electrical storm, lightning or other power fluctuation
or power surge beyond the control of the alarm system owner.
AUTOMATIC ALARM DEVICE
Any alarm system which communicates or transmits alarms or
prerecorded messages of fire, smoke, flood or other peril as a result
of the activation of the alarm system.
FALSE ALARM
Any erroneous or unfounded communication or sound, whether
caused by the malfunction of an automatic alarm device, power failure
or inadvertence, negligence or intentional or unintentional act of
any person, firm or corporation, either directly or indirectly, to
a commercial alarm service or to any person causing the communication
of the peril to the Reliance Fire Company.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any individual, entity, corporation, tenant or other person
having a legal interest in a property having an alarm system.
It is unlawful for a property owner to have more than five false
alarms at any one location in any calendar year.
Any person having knowledge of a alarm activation shall immediately
notify the Township of Pilesgrove emergency response agency Reliance
Fire Company. The Fire Department shall cause an investigation to
be made of all alarm activations and a record of same shall be kept
on file.
It shall be the responsibility of all persons that maintain
alarms systems within the Township to prevent the transmission of
false alarms through training programs, periodic inspection and maintenance
of the alarm system.
[Amended 11-9-2021 by Ord. No. 21-10]
A. For false alarms the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or Fire Department
representative will issue a false fire alarm warning form for all
false alarms to the person on location representing the business.
There shall be a fine as indicated below to be paid by the owner of
the business located upon the premises where the alarm is situated
beginning with the sixth and each subsequent false alarm thereafter
in any calendar year.
B. A record of same shall be kept on file for all false alarms in the
Office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and also on file with the
Reliance Fire Company.
C. For false alarms the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or the Reliance
Fire Company shall issue a notice of violation with order to pay penalty
for the sixth false alarm, as per the penalties schedule below.
D. Failure to pay a false alarm penalty will result in a written complaint
from the Pilesgrove Township Fire Official or Reliance Fire Company
to the Pilesgrove Joint Municipal Court for collection of penalties.
E. Alarm activations upon investigation of the Pilesgrove Township Fire
Official and/or Reliance Fire Company determined to be caused by an
"act of god" shall not be penalized per the violation schedule.
F. Violation and penalties for false alarms.
(1) First through fifth alarm: No fine.
(2) On the sixth alarm, a penalty of: $250.
(3) On the seventh alarm, a penalty of: $300.
(4) On the eighth alarm, a penalty of: $400.
(5) On the ninth alarm, a penalty of: $500.
(6) Any alarm thereafter, a penalty of: $500.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the general
alerting alarms that may be used by fire companies, ambulance squads
or other municipal agencies to summon response of their members. The
provisions of this article shall not apply to alarm systems that are
affixed to motor vehicles.