[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Wolcott 4-20-1993 by Ord. No. 74. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide minimum
uniform standards and regulations applicable to users and installers
of burglar, fire, hold-up and automatic telephone dialer alarms within
the Town of Wolcott, to reduce the number of false alarms, provide
penalties for noncompliance, and to encourage the installation and
responsible use of protective alarm systems in all dwellings and commercial
structures.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device,
such as a solid-state unit, which may operate from a 110-volt AC line)
arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention
and to which Police or Fire Department personnel are expected to respond.
This includes all burglar alarms, fire alarms, hold-up alarms and
automatic telephone dialer alarms, except this does not include smoke
detectors or other alarm systems which do not signal outside an alarmed
premises or alarm systems in motor vehicles.
Any person, firm or corporation on whose premises any alarm
is maintained within the Town.
An alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone
lines, by direct communication or otherwise, a prerecorded voice message
indicating the existence of the emergency situation that the alarm
system is designed to detect.
The activation of an alarm system through mechanical failure,
malfunction, improper installation, or the negligence of the owner
or lessee of an alarm system or of his employees or agents which causes
or precipitates an emergency response. Such terminology does not include,
for example, alarms caused by power outages or hurricanes, tornadoes,
earthquakes or other normally violent conditions or acts of God. Excluded
from this chapter are false alarms that are transmitted with a criminal,
malicious or mischievous intent. Such violations will be prosecuted
under the applicable General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
An individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind, including governmental entities.
A.
All existing alarm systems shall be registered with the Wolcott Police
Department within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter.
B.
Any person installing an alarm system within the Town shall register
with the Wolcott Police Department at least 10 days prior to the anticipated
installation.
C.
No alarm systems shall be installed by other than a licensed person
or other person meeting the requirements set forth in the building
and electrical codes of the State of Connecticut. No alarm system
shall be installed unless an electrical permit to install an alarm
system has been obtained from the Town Building Official, or his designated
representative, in accordance with the building and electrical codes
of the State of Connecticut.
D.
No person shall install an automatic telephone dialing system within
the Town, the termination point of which is the Wolcott Police Department.
E.
A maximum of three false alarms per calendar year shall be allowed
from any alarm system of any person. Upon receipt of a fourth false
alarm and for each false alarm thereafter during the calendar year,
a fine shall be assessed against said person.
B.
Any person found to be in violation of § 209-3E shall be fined $25 upon receipt of the fourth false alarm and $25 for each false alarm thereafter.
C.
Any fine levied in accordance with this chapter shall be paid to
the Wolcott Police Department within 60 days of notification of the
fine.
D.
Alarms originating from any building owned or operated by the Town
of Wolcott shall be exempt from this section.
The Chief of Police of the Wolcott Police Department shall promulgate
such regulations as said Chief may deem necessary in order to implement
this chapter.
