It is the intent and purpose of this ordinance to provide minimum standards
and regulations applicable to users and installers of burglar, fire, holdup
and automatic telephone-dialer alarms within the Town of North Haven, to provide
penalties for noncompliance and to encourage the installation of protective
alarm systems in all dwellings and commercial structures.
The following definitions shall apply to this ordinance:
ALARM SYSTEM
An assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device, such as
a solid-state unit, which may operate from a one-hundred-ten-volt AC line)
arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and
to which Police or Fire Department personnel are expected to respond. This
includes all burglar alarms, fire alarms, holdup alarms and automatic telephone-dialer
alarms but does not include smoke detectors which do not signal outside an
alarmed premises or "alarm systems" on motor vehicles.
ALARM USER
Any person, firm or corporation on whose premises any alarm system
is maintained within the town.
AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE-DIALING DEVICE
An alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone
lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded voice message indicating
the existence of the emergency situation that the alarm system is designed
to detect.
FALSE ALARM
The activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure, malfunction,
improper installation or the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm
system or of his employees or agents. "False alarm" does not include alarms
caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes or other normally infrequent
violent natural conditions or acts of God. Also excluded from the definition
of "false alarm" are false alarms that are transmitted with a criminal, malicious
or mischievous intent. Such violations will be prosecuted under the applicable
General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
Any person, firm or corporation installing an alarm system, with the
exception of alarms to detect fire hazards or emergencies (fire alarms), within
the town shall register with the North Haven Police Department at least 10
days prior to the anticipated installation. All existing alarm systems, except
for fire alarms, shall be registered with the North Haven Police Department
within 60 days of the effective date of this ordinance. Any person, firm or
corporation installing an alarm system designed to detect fire emergencies
or hazards within the town shall register with the North Haven Fire Department
at least 10 days prior to the anticipated installation. All existing alarm
systems designed to detect fire emergencies or hazards shall be registered
with the North Haven Fire Department within 60 days of the effective date
of this ordinance.