[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lincoln Park 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 1,032 as Ch. 62 of the 1991 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
False alarm fees — See Ch. 34, § 34-10.
Fire Department — See Ch. 39.
Police Department — See Ch. 99.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards and regulations for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire and other emergency alarm devices.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person who operates, maintains or owns any alarm device or local alarm designed to summon police, fire companies or other municipal agencies to any location in response to any type of alarm signal.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
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.
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE
A member of the Police Department of the Borough.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm actuated by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional act of someone other than an intruder, including, as well, alarms caused by malfunctioning of the alarm device or other relevant equipment.
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
The person owning or leasing an alarm device or a local alarm within the scope of this chapter.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, corporation or association.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation who or which owns or operates a police alarm device or local alarm shall make application for the continuance thereof, in writing, to the Chief of Police, which application shall contain at least the location of the device, provisions relating to false alarms and testing procedures, a list of persons to be contacted in the event of an alarm and other information as may be required by the Borough Administrator.
B. 
Local alarms shall be registered, but no fee shall be charged therefor.
C. 
Owners of alarms shall be governed by the false alarm procedures and penalties set forth in § 34-10D.
D. 
Any permit granted hereunder shall be accepted upon the express condition that the permittee shall indemnify and hold the Borough harmless from and on account of any and all damages arising out of the activities of the permittee, its alarm contractor or the Borough.
All fire alarm devices shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of applicable Borough ordinances, fire prevention codes and Fire Department regulations.
The Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be made and a record to be kept of all alarms which are reported. When those alarms are false, the Chief of Police shall prescribe the penalties provided in § 34-10D.
The Borough Administrator may, from time to time, promulgate rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order to provide for record keeping and efficient management of such system.