Township of Franklin, NJ
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2023-09-27
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 132 Fire Prevention
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Article VI False Alarms
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 Alliance Against Substance Abuse
- Ch 13 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 20 Emergency Management
- Ch 23 Hamilton Street Business Community Special Improvement District
- Ch 26 Housing Authority
- Ch 41 Notaries
- Ch 46 Personnel Policies
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 54 Political Contributions
- Ch 58 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 60 Retirement Programs
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 66 Seal and Mission/Vision Statement
- Ch 70 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 74 Trust Funds
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 81 Affordable Housing
- Ch 85 Alarm Systems
- Ch 88 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 93 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 99 Amusement Devices
- Ch 106 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 109 Clothing Bins, Charitable
- Ch 112 Land Development
- Ch 115 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 121 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Business and Commercial Establishments
- Ch 132 Fire Prevention
- Ch 132 Art VI False Alarms
- § 132-25 Definitions.
- § 132-26 Reports and investigations; summonses.
- § 132-27 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 134 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 138 Food Establishments
- Ch 142 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 146 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 151 Housing Standards
- Ch 156 Junkyards
- Ch 161 Curfew
- Ch 166 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 167 Noise
- Ch 169 Nuisances
- Ch 177 Exchange Zone for Online Transactions
- Ch 180 Fees
- Ch 183 Property Maintenance
- Ch 185 Filming
- Ch 187 Firearms
- Ch 188 Firewood
- Ch 192 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 196 Fuel Oil Delivery, Emergency
- Ch 201 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 206 Soil Removal and Deposit
- Ch 207 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Handwashing
- Ch 210 Housing Discrimination
- Ch 214 Insurance
- Ch 219 Library
- Ch 222 Trees and Vegetation
- Ch 226 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 230 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy
- Ch 235 Municipal Gazebo
- Ch 236 Municipal Services
- Ch 241 Newsracks
- Ch 245 Non-Gender-Specific Restrooms
- Ch 248 Nursing Homes and Rest Homes
- Ch 253 Parades
- Ch 260 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 265 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 271 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 278 Quarrying and Blasting
- Ch 284 Recycling
- Ch 287 Rehabilitation of Abandoned Property
- Ch 290 Rental Dwellings
- Ch 294 Rent Control
- Ch 298 Right of Entry
- Ch 300 Smoking on Public Property
- Ch 303 Sales
- Ch 308 Scrap Metal Dealers
- Ch 325 Special Events
- Ch 330 Stormwater Management
- Ch 333 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 340 Swimming Pools
- Ch 345 Taxation
- Ch 350 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 354 Telecommunications Services
- Ch 359 Tenant and Home Buyer Protection
- Ch 364 Tort Claims
- Ch 374 Vehicles, Inoperable
- Ch 378 Motorized Sport Bikes and Related Vehicles
- Ch 384 Water
- Ch 390 Wreckers
- Appendix
- Ch A400 New Jersey Bell Franchise
- Ch A401 Telecommunications Franchises
- Ch A402 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated.
Any alarm for which there is no evidence of smoke or fire
or for which there is evidence of any equipment failure or evidence
of inadvertence on the part of any property owner, agents, servants
and employees and which registers in or is called into the Police
Department with a fire company responding to the location of the alarm.
In the case of a false fire alarm, any person having knowledge thereof shall immediately notify the Police Department. In addition, in the case of false fire alarms, the Fire Official shall cause an investigation to be made and keep a record of such alarms on file. The Fire Official shall be empowered to issue a Municipal Court summons in accordance with § 132-27.
A.Â
For the second false fire alarm in any given calendar
year, a first warning may be issued; for the third false fire alarm
in the same calendar year, a second warning may be issued; for the
fourth false fire alarm in the same calendar year, the first summons
may be issued; for the fifth fire alarm in the same calendar year,
a second summons may be issued; for each false fire alarm in excess
of five in the same calendar year, additional summonses may be issued
for each such additional false fire alarm.
B.Â
For the first summons issued in a calendar year, a
fine of $100 shall be paid to the Township; for a second summons issued
in the same calendar year, a fine of $200 shall be paid to the Township
for each summons in excess of two in a calendar year, a fine of $500
shall be paid to the Township.
C.Â
The Fire Official shall be empowered to deviate from
the penalty sequence provided by this section where it is his determination
that extenuating circumstances so warrant.
