As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any type of alarm system actuating equipment in the alarm
panel providing warning of intrusion, fire, smoke, flood or other
peril.
That device existing in the Police Department of the Borough
of Garwood giving visual or audio indications or both, requiring a
response thereto by the Police Department, Fire Department or other
municipal agency.
That type of device that employs an automatic dialing system
precoded to connect with a telephone in the Police Headquarters rather
than to the alarm panel.
The actuation of an alarm system by causes other than those
to which the alarm system was designed or intended to respond.
Any alarm or device which when activated produces a signal
not connected to the alarm panel, such as burglar alarms actuating
bell devices.
Deemed to include any natural person, partnership, corporation
or association or any other legal entity.
A.Â
No person shall install, operate or maintain any type
of alarm system, unless the alarm system has been registered with
the Police Chief or Fire Chief as follows.
B.Â
An alarm system shall be deemed registered when the
occupant of the building in which it is installed shall have filed
with the Police Chief a registration form which shall include, among
other data, the location of the device, the name of the installer
of said device, the type of device, provisions relating to false alarms
and testing procedures, a list of persons to be contacted in the event
of an alarm, and other information as may be required by the Chief.
(1)Â
All local alarms shall be equipped with a time relay
or battery to limit the sounding of alarms to 30 minutes or less.
(2)Â
Owners of alarm systems upon registration shall be
deemed as having consented to inspection of the premises in which
said alarm devices are installed at reasonable hours by the Police
Chief and/or Fire Chief, or their designated representatives.
(3)Â
No dial alarm shall be permitted unless it shall first
have been:
(4)Â
All dial alarms shall be coded as well to notify a
relative, neighbor, or other third party who shall be named in the
registration required by this article.
(5)Â
All dial alarms shall be capable of being disconnected
by the owner to permit a call to the police switchboard in the event
that a false alarm occurs.
A.Â
In the case of false alarm any person having knowledge
thereof shall immediately notify the Police or Fire Department. In
addition, in the case of false alarms the Police Chief and/or Fire
Chief shall cause an investigation to be made and keep a record of
said alarms on file. For such false alarms the following penalties
shall be imposed:
(1)Â
For the first and second false alarms in any given
calendar year, a warning shall be issued;
(2)Â
For the third false alarm in the same calendar year,
a fine of $15 shall be paid to the Borough of Garwood; and
(3)Â
For the fourth and subsequent false alarms a fine
of $25 shall be paid to the Borough of Garwood.
B.Â
Where the investigation of the Police and/or Fire
Department discloses continued abuse of the privilege of connection
to the alarm panel or register and a disregard of the permittee for
taking remedial steps to avoid false alarms, the Police Chief has
the right to require disconnection from the alarm panel or register
for limited or permanent time, provided that no such registration
shall be revoked or suspended without giving the permittee an opportunity
to show cause before the Chief of Police why such action should not
be taken.
A.Â
The Chief of Police may from time to time promulgate
rules and regulations supplementing this article in order to provide
for recordkeeping and efficient management of said system.
B.Â
If any article, section or subsection of this article
is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such provisions
shall be deemed severable.
