[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Boxford 5-12-1982
ATM, Arts. 27 and 28; amended in its entirety 10-29-1997
STM, Art. 24. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No alarm system or equipment shall be terminated at the Town Communications
Center without first obtaining an alarm application permit signed by the Director
of Communications, Police Chief or Fire Chief if applicable.
The only types of equipment which will be allowed to terminate at the
Town Communications Center will be digital dialer and leased line systems,
unless otherwise deemed by the Director of Communications to be compatible
with the town's emergency alarm monitoring console. Telephone dialing
systems which include voice or prerecorded taped messages are not compatible
with the town's system and shall therefore not be allowed to connect
to the town's system, nor shall they be allowed to call in on any of
the Communications Center phone lines.
These equipment specifications apply to all applications for alarm systems
made to the Communications Center after May 9, 1979, and to existing systems
if subsequently they should abuse the right to access by excessive false alarms
or system malfunctions.
The owners or lessees of a dwelling or business shall be assessed a
penalty fine of $50 for each false alarm other than those caused by faulty
telephone service, electrical storms or the town's main monitoring console.
New systems will be allowed a two-month grace period, during which a penalty
fine will not be assessed. All said penalty fines shall be paid to the Town
of Boxford upon receipt of notification from the Communications Department.
Any home or business installing or presently using an alarm system with an inside or outside audible bell, siren or horn, must have an automatic shutoff device which will deactivate the audible alarm 20 minutes after the system is activated. Any longer period of time would be considered to be creating a nuisance in the neighborhood. All existing installations shall be in compliance with this bylaw on or before May 12, 1983. Noncompliance with this bylaw shall cause a penalty fine of $50 to be assessed to the owner or lessee of the dwelling or business, for false alarms pursuant to those outlined under § 45-4, on all alarm systems in town, whether or not they are terminated at the town's alarm monitoring console.
Any home or business installing or presently using alarm systems of
any type terminating at the town's alarm monitoring console or not, shall
have a backup power source to maintain their system during power failure for
a time of at least 12 hours. All existing systems shall be in compliance with
this bylaw on or before May 12, 1983.
