As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALARM CONSOLE
The approved 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 Township.
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
Any alarm device which, when activated, automatically or
electronically selects a telephone line connected to a central alarm
station or to police headquarters, reporting a prerecorded message,
requesting police assistance.
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, but shall not include alarms created by malfunction of
the alarm console.
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.
PERMITTEE
Any person owning or leasing an alarm device or a local alarm
within the scope of this chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards and regulations
for various types of local alarms of intrusion, burglar, fire and
other emergency alarm devices, whether by direct line, radio, telephone
or other means of actuating a device at the police headquarters of
the Township, and requiring response thereto by the Police Department,
Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
The Township 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. Any individual permit issued hereunder may be revoked
at any time by the Township Council upon recommendation of the Chief
of Police, provided that 30 days' notice is given in writing
to such permittee.
Any licensee for the alarm console, and any permittee utilizing
the services of any alarm company connected to such console, shall
provide for a representative to be on call at all times. Such service
shall be provided within eight hours of notification by the Police
Department of any malfunctioning of any equipment.
Any unauthorized equipment may be disconnected by the Chief
of Police for noncompliance with this chapter. Any such person installing
or maintaining unauthorized equipment shall be prosecuted for violation
of this chapter, and each and every day such equipment is in operation
shall be considered a separate violation.
Any permittee shall, by acceptance of this permit, be deemed
to have consented to inspection of the premises on which the alarm
devices are installed, at reasonable hours, by the Chief of Police
or his/her designated representative.
All audible alarms shall be equipped with a time relay or battery
to limit the sounding of an alarm to 30 minutes or less.
The Chief of Police, from time to time, may promulgate written
rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order to provide
for recordkeeping and efficient management of the system; provided,
however, that the Township Council shall first approve such rules
and regulations, or any changes thereto, by appropriate resolution.
In addition to the penalty provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, General Penalty, any license, permit or registration may be suspended or revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter relating thereto, if for other good cause, after notice and hearing, if requested, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
11, Article
I.