[G.O. No. 1315, § 1]
Every person who installs, maintains or uses a private alarm system or warning device to serve an improved property within the Town shall maintain it in good repair and proper working condition, shall meet the standards which may from time to time be promulgated in writing by the police chief or Fire Chief to prevent faulty systems or devices, and shall promptly correct or disconnect any faulty system or device upon notice from the Chief of Police or Fire Chief that the system or device is sounding an inordinate number of false alarms.
[G.O. No. 1315, § 1]
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Chief of Police or Fire Chief in the issuance, denial or suspension of a permit for a private alarm system or with respect to the installation, operation or maintenance of any alarm equipment shall have the right of appeal to the Town business administrator. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the administrator, within 14 days after the notice of the action complained of has been mailed to the person's last known address, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for appeal. The administrator shall set a time and place for hearing of the appeal, and notice of the hearing shall be given to the appellant by certified mail to his last known address at least five days prior to the date set for hearing. The decision of the police chief or Fire Chief shall be affirmed, modified or reversed, and the reasons therefor shall be set forth in a letter to the applicant. A party aggrieved by the action of the administrator may appeal to the license committee of the Town Council.
[G.O. No. 1315, § 1]
The Town of Westfield and the Westfield Police and Fire Departments shall not assume any responsibility whatsoever to any licensee, permittee or other person with respect to the adequacy, operation or maintenance of the alarm panel, alarm register or any private alarm system or warning device. No action taken by either the Town or the Town's police or Fire Departments pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall create any liability upon either the Town or the Town's police or Fire Departments by reason of any failure of any private alarm system or warning device, any failure to respond to any private alarm system or warning device. Every permittee who accepts a permit for a private alarm system or registers a warning device agrees to hold and save harmless the Town and its police and Fire Departments, their agents and employees from any liability whatsoever in connection with the alarm system or warning device or its deactivation or disconnection by the Town of Westfield. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to provide for the reactivation or reconnection of a system deactivated or disconnected by the Town. The alarm panel and register and allied equipment shall be maintained at the will of the Town Council and are subject to termination at any time by cancellation of the system by resolution duly adopted by the Town Council. Any individual permit issued hereunder may be revoked at will by the Town Council upon recommendation of the business administrator provided that 30 days' notice is given in writing to said permittee.
[G.O. No. 1315, § 1]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction be subject to a penalty not exceeding $200 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Court judge. The alarm panel and register and allied equipment shall be maintained at the will of the Town Council and are subject to termination at any time by cancellation of the system by resolution duly adopted by the Town Council. Any individual permit issued hereunder may be revoked at will by the Town Council upon recommendation of the business administrator provided that 30 days' notice is given in writing to said permittee.
[G.O. No. 1315, § 1]
It is the intention of the Town Council that the Fire Chief have control of private alarm systems that are designed primarily to detect the presence of smoke or fire and that the police chief have control with respect to all other private alarm systems as well as the operation of the alarm panel. The police chief and Fire Chief may jointly, from time to time promulgate rules and regulations as are in their judgment necessary to the implementation of this chapter, provided however, no such rule or regulation shall be inconsistent with any provision of this chapter.
Said rules and regulations shall be in writing and shall be given to each permittee or licensee at the time of the application for or issuance of the permit or license or renewal thereof.