The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards
and regulations for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire and
other emergency alarm devices, whether by direct line, radio, telephone
or other means actuating a device at the police headquarters of the
Borough of Dunellen and requiring response thereto by the Police Department,
Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to
any person who operates, maintains or owns any alarm device or local
alarm designed to summon the police, Fire Department or other municipal
agencies to any location in response to any type of alarm signal.
The terms of this chapter shall in no way prohibit alarm companies
from providing service by private source to other offices within or
without the Borough of Dunellen so long as such activity is not connected
to the alarm console; except, however, that any person having a premises
protected by an alarm device shall still be responsible for the registration
thereof as required by the Chief of Police of the Borough of Dunellen.
As used in this chapter the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM CONSOLE
The console or control panel of devices giving a visual or
audio response, or both, and located within the confines of the Police
Department of the Borough of Dunellen.
ALARM DEVICE
Any type of alarm system actuating equipment in the alarm
console providing warning of intrusion, fire, smoke, flood or other
peril.
ALARM INSTALLATION
Any alarm, device or combination of devices installed for
one or more buildings at a location other than the alarm console.
DIAL ALARM
That type of device using telephone lines transmitting an
alarm directly through the police switchboard.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm actuated by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional
act of someone other than an intruder and shall include, as well,
alarms caused by malfunctioning of the alarm device or other relevant
equipment.
LICENSEE
The person obtaining the license to maintain the alarm console
as hereinafter set forth.
LOCAL ALARM
Any alarm or device which, when actuated, produces a signal
not connected to the alarm console, such as store burglar alarms actuating
bell devices.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, corporation or
association.
PERMITTEE
Any person owning an alarm device or a local alarm within
the scope of this chapter.
The Borough of Dunellen shall be under no duty
or obligation to any permittee hereunder or to any alarm console licensee
hereunder, the alarm console and allied equipment being maintained
at will and subject to termination at any time by cancellation of
the system by resolution duly adopted by the Council of the Borough
of Dunellen, and any individual permit issued hereunder may be revoked
at any time by the Council upon the recommendation of the Chief of
Police, provided that 30 days' notice is given in writing to said
permittee.
The Chief of Police may, from time to time,
promulgate rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order
to provide for recordkeeping and efficient management of said system;
provided, however, that the Council must first approve said rules
or any changes thereto.