As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADEQUATE RADIO COVERAGE
A.
The minimum usable signal required to provide a clear message
that is intelligible and where each word is understandable in the
presence of occasional noise or occasional distortion in 95% of the
area of each floor of the building when transmitted from the closest
Washington Township police radio communications system site;
B.
The minimum usable signal required to provide a clear message
that is intelligible and where each word is understandable in the
presence of occasional noise or occasional distortion at the closest
Washington Township police radio communications site when transmitted
from 95% of the area of each floor of the building;
C.
The frequency range which must be supported shall be 500 to
506 MHZ, 154.430, 154.175, 154.205, 154.265, 159.375, 153.830, 155.175,
155.340 and 155.280 VHF and;
D.
A reliability factor of 100%.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the areas of the floor or floors of a building
which are enclosed and suitable for human occupancy and having a clear
ceiling height of at least seven feet six inches, but including closet
space, attached garages and hallways and excluding cellars, attics,
dead air space, open porches, breezeways, and all accessory buildings.
Such area shall be measured from outside to outside of exterior walls.
The owner of a structure used as a motor vehicle parking facility
and the owner of each nonresidential structure in the Township which
is 250,000 square feet or more of gross floor area and/or 35 feet
or more in height must annually apply for and receive a license from
the Township for such structure. No structure required under this
chapter to be licensed shall be used or occupied unless licensed.
Licenses shall be issued on a calendar-year basis. Application for a license hereunder shall be secured from the office of the Township Clerk. Completed applications, together with a fee as provided in Chapter
80, Fees, shall be filed no later than November 1 prior to the license year.
No structure shall be licensed unless there is adequate radio
coverage as verified by a radio coverage survey as described hereafter,
except that a license may be issued for the first calendar year following
adoption of this chapter if:
A. A complete application is filed; and
B. The application fee is paid; and
C. The testing procedure described in §
285-316 is undertaken and results obtained; and
D. The applicant presents a viable plan for assuring adequate radio
coverage will be achieved within nine months from the effective date
of this chapter; and
E. The applicant submits a written certification that all necessary
steps to achieve adequate radio coverage will be completed prior to
one year from the effective date of this chapter.
In order to determine if a new building or structure needs radio
equipment, a computer-generated radio coverage prediction using a
state-of-the-art propagation analysis system, such as RCC's COMSITETM or its equivalent, will be performed against the
above criteria by Washington-Township-authorized personnel. If a determination
is made that the new building or structure needs radio equipment,
a certificate of occupancy shall not be issued until the new radio
equipment is tested and meets the adequate radio coverage as described
in this chapter.
Buildings and structures which cannot support the required level
of radio coverage shall be equipped with either a radiating cable
system or an internal multiple antenna system with or without FCC-type
accepted bidirectional 500 MHZ amplifiers as needed. If any part of
the installed system or systems contains an electrically powered component,
the system shall be capable of operating on an independent battery
and/or generator system for a period of at least 12 hours without
external power input. The battery system shall automatically charge
in the presence of an external power input.
All tests shall be conducted, documented and signed by a person
in possession of a current FCC license or a current technical certification
issued by the Associated Public-Safety Communications Officials International
(APCO) or the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA).
All test records shall be retained on the inspected premises by the
building owner and a copy submitted to the Washington Township Police
Department.
Washington Township police personnel and/or their technical
representatives, after providing reasonable notice to the owner or
his representative, shall have the right to enter onto the property
to conduct field testing to be certain that the required level of
radio coverage is present. Before doing so, the Police Department
shall notify the various fire companies and the First Aid Squad serving
the Township that such field testing is being scheduled so that if
any such companies/squad want to participate in such field testing,
they may do so at the same time as the field testing is being done
by the Police Department.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article 1, of this Code.