[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Wanaque: Article I, 11-26-1980 as Ord. No. 14-0-80.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Direct telephone communications between care facilities and police headquarters — See Ch. 103.
[Adopted 11-26-1980 as Ord. No. 14-0-80]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any and all preprogrammed or automatic alarm dialing
attachments or radio reporting devices or any other type of equipment
which is utilized to report to the Police or Fire Departments over
the telephone wires any message, alarm signal or transmission.
No person, firm or corporation shall install
or cause to be installed any automatic alarm dialing equipment without
having first registered the same with the Clerk of the Borough of
Wanaque. Said registration shall include the type of device utilized,
including brand name or manufacturer thereof, serial number, type
of device, from whom purchased, method of operation of said device,
provisions relating to false alarms and testing procedures, a list
of persons to be contacted in the event of an alarm and any other
information as may be required by the Chief of Police or his designated
officer or agent.
Registration will be required of all persons,
firms or corporations having installed said automatic alarm dialing
equipment prior to the effective date of this article.
A.
Upon the filing of said registration, the registrant
shall pay to the Clerk of the Borough of Wanaque a registration fee
of $25 and thereafter an annual operational fee of $25 for all alarms
terminating in the Borough of Wanaque's police headquarters. This
fee shall include both direct-leased-line alarms and those utilizing
recorded telephone dialing equipment.
B.
The registration fee shall cover all or part of the
first year. The operation fee shall be payable by January 15 of each
year, annually, so long as the alarm is in service.
C.
The registration fee and the annual operational fee
shall be waived for senior citizens who have qualified for the state
"Lifeline" program, that is, one of the owners of the property shall
be at least 62 years of age and the combined income is no more than
$9,000 per year.
A.
In case of a false alarm, any person having knowledge shall immediately notify the Police Department in a manner to be prescribed in § 46-6 herein, in addition, in the case of a false alarm, the Chief of Police or his designated officer or agent shall cause an investigation to be made and keep a record of said alarms on file.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation shall be in violation
of this section for each false alarm responded to after the first
four false alarms in each calendar year and shall be liable in a sum
not to exceed $50 for each such violation. The Chief of Police, upon
proper investigation, shall have the authority to order the discontinuation
of alarm privileges, when deemed necessary, for repeated false alarms.
A code designation system shall be instituted
by the Chief of Police or a designated officer of the Police Department
for each alarm user in order that he may have the opportunity of canceling
police response in the event that his device transmits an inadvertent
alarm. Such cancellation must be received at police headquarters within
one minute after the receipt of the alarm to avoid a false alarm being
credited to the alarm user.
Dial alarms or any alarm devices which, when
activated, automatically or electronically select a telephone line
connected to the police headquarters of the Borough of Wanaque, reporting
a prerecorded message requesting police assistance, shall conform
with the following regulations:
A.
Dial alarms shall be coded to dial a special separate
number designated as a "code-a-phone." No such devices shall be connected
to or be set up to dial police headquarters switchboard telephone
lines.
B.
The total length of the alarm message must not exceed
15 seconds.
C.
Prerecorded messages must be approved by the Chief
of Police or his designated officer in charge of overseeing this system.
D.
The alarm message shall be transmitted at least two
times but no more than three times.
E.
The alarm device must be provided with an automatic
line seizure feature in the event that the code-a-phone line is busy
with another alarm call.
F.
In the event that any person has a dial alarm device
in existence at the time of the passage of this article, he shall
have 30 days in which to register said device and pay the annual fee.
G.
All components of such equipment must be maintained
by the owner and kept in good repair. Where evidence exists that there
has been a failure to comply with the operational requirements of
this article, the Chief of Police or his designated officer or agent
shall demand that such device be disconnected until such time as compliance
with this article is reestablished.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any provision of this article shall be liable to a fine
not exceeding $50, and each date in which such violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation or offense.
