The purpose of this chapter is to establish provisions, including
penalties, for false alarms from alarm systems within the Township.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
ALARM DEVICE
Any type of alarm-actuating equipment which provides warning
of intrusion, fire, smoke, burglary, flood or like perils, including
dial alarms (devices using normal telephone lines or other telephony,
such as wireless, cable or VOIP mechanisms, transmitting notification
directly to the Communications Center) and direct alarms (devices
using telephone lines or other telephony, such as wireless, cable
or VOIP mechanisms, terminating at the Communications Center). The
term "alarm device" shall not include a personal medical alert device.
ALARM SYSTEM
An installation, on premises within this Township, in or
near one or more buildings or structures on said premises, of one
or more alarm devices or local alarms for the express purpose of giving
warning of an intrusion, fire, smoke, burglary flood or like perils,
to which the local or state police or other Township agency, or a
fire company, rescue squad, or other emergency responder, may be expected
to respond.
AUDIBLE ALARM
A device that emits an audible signal from the premises that
it is designed to protect.
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Hunterdon County dispatch center, responsible for dispatching
police, fire, and rescue, in the event of any type of emergency where
a request is made for assistance.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm signal resulting in a response by the police, or
a rescue squad and/or Fire Department operating in the Township, where
an emergency does not exist.
LOCAL ALARM
An alarm device which emits an audible alarm or emits a flashing
light or other warning, not transmitted beyond the immediate area.
The term "local alarm" shall not include an alarm system solely connected
to a registered motor vehicle, nor shall the term include equipment
designed to signal solely within a building or series of buildings
and which does not emit signals, visible or audible, to persons outside
such building or buildings, e.g., independent smoke detector.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association
or other legal entity.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, New
Jersey.