[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73]
(a) 
The License Bureau is hereby authorized to issue a permit to any individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity owning or using any real estate, or a portion thereof, in the City and having alarm facilities, approved by the Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee, capable of being connected to an emergency alarm panel located at Police Headquarters.
(b) 
The holder of such permit shall be entitled, if technically feasible, to have such approved emergency alarm system connected to the emergency alarm panel and maintained from year to year thereafter upon payment of the license fees hereafter set forth.
(c) 
Such permits shall be conditioned upon the holder of the permit complying with the administrative regulations regarding alarm systems promulgated by the Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety, in conformity with the standards herein set forth.
[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73; MC 1978-12, § 1, May 1, 1978]
(a) 
The fee for an alarm permit shall be One Dollar ($1.00) per year payable in advance, and the license year shall run from April 1 of each year. Fees for the initial connection to the alarm panel in Police Headquarters shall be Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) payable in advance of the time of such connection. A fee of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per year payable in advance shall apply for the maintenance of each alarm located within the alarm panel.
(b) 
In addition to the annual license and administrative fees, the permit holder shall be subject to and shall pay to the City the following sums for false alarms to which the City has responded. Such payment shall be required from the owner, operator, lessee or other person in possession of premises concerning which a false alarm report is made as the result of the operation of an unlicensed alarm device whether or not being capable of being attached to the emergency panel.
No penalty shall be imposed for zero (0) to five (5) false alarms. Subsequent false alarms are subject to a penalty charge not to exceed fifty ($50.00) dollars and possible forfeiture of permit, if required, after a hearing by the Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety for cause based upon negligence or willful conduct causing expense to the City. Said charges apply for false alarms during each calendar year.
(c) 
Any business entity that is required by law to make a periodic telephonic or other report to the City, in the absence of which a police or fire response is to be made, and which fails to make such report, shall be liable for the charges set forth in the preceding section.
[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73]
No contractor shall install or maintain an emergency alarm system whether or not a permit is issued hereunder, unless said contractor is qualified to render the installation or maintenance services which qualification shall be presumed if such contractor is approved by the Insurance Services Office having authority over the area in which the contractor's place of business is located or other agency approved by the Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee. In the event a system has been installed by a contractor who is not so approved, or by any other person, said system shall be inspected by an agency approved by the Director, with a certification of inspection forwarded to the License Bureau and attached to the permit application. In the event a maintenance contract is outstanding covering the system the response time and servicing capabilities will comply with the administrative regulations prescribed by the Director.
[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73]
(a) 
Each application for an alarm system permit shall contain the following information:
Name, address and telephone number of applicant.
Name, address and telephone number of owner of premises, if other than applicant.
Name, address and telephone number of sufficient personnel acquainted with the alarm system who can be contacted in the event of an emergency.
Type of Device.
Name of Installer.
Other information required by the administrative regulations prescribed by the Director.
[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73]
The Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee shall promulgate administrative regulations governing the installation and performance standards required for emergency alarm systems whether or not the same is to be subject to a permit issued hereunder. Such standards shall be sufficient to insure speedy and accurate reporting of alarms and minimum false alarms caused by mechanical failure and the minimizing of consequential danger from false alarms to the citizens of the City. Copies of said standards shall be reproduced and available to any interested parties without cost, either from the City Clerk or the Police Division.
[Ord. No. MC 1973-1, § 1, 1/15/73]
(a) 
Dial alarms are alarm devices which utilize conventional central office telephone lines to transmit messages to the City telephone system. Such devices will be authorized if such alarms are technically reliable and the installation and maintenance procedures of such alarm devices receive the approval of the Director of the Department of Public Affairs and Safety or his designee, which approval may be withdrawn in the event the cost of maintenance of such monitoring of dial alarms exceeds the revenue derived therefrom. The device must be installed with the required couplers provided by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.
(b) 
The fee for the monitoring of a dial alarm device shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per year payable in advance of the date of initial installation. The license year shall be as aforementioned in this ordinance. There shall be no fee for maintenance as a dial alarm device cannot be connected to the alarm panel. The fees and/or requirements of Section 9:1 A-2(b) and (c) shall apply.