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 or Fire Department of
the Borough of Wood-Ridge, and requiring response thereto by the Police
Department, Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person, firm
or corporation who or which operates, maintains, installs, repairs
or owns any alarm device, remote station 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, persons, firms
and/or corporations from providing service by private source to other
dwellings or buildings within the Borough of Wood-Ridge so long as
such activity is not connected to the alarm console at the Borough
of Wood-Ridge police or fire headquarters; except, however, that any
person, firm or corporation having a premises protected by an alarm
device shall still be responsible for the registration thereof without
fee.
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
or Fire Department of the Borough of Wood-Ridge.
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 or fire 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, 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 or any type of audio noises.
PERMITTEE
Any person owning, operating and/or maintaining an alarm
device or a local alarm within the scope of this chapter.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, corporation or
association.
The Borough of Wood-Ridge 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 governing body of the Borough of Wood-Ridge,
and any individual permit issued hereunder may be revoked at any time
by the governing body, upon recommendation of the Police Chief, provided
that 30 days' notice is given in writing to said permittee by
registered mail.
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 governing body must first approve said rules or any changes
thereto.
[Amended 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16]
Except as set forth in §
175-8 hereof, any person, firm or corporation found guilty in the Municipal Court of the Borough of Wood-Ridge of violation of the terms of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II.