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Every person who installs, maintains
or uses a private or local alarm system to serve an improved property
within the Township shall maintain it in good repair and proper working
condition, shall meet the standards which may be promulgated by the
Police 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 that the system or device is sounding an inordinate
number of false alarms, and upon a failure to respond to the notice
to comply, such person shall be in violation of this chapter.
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Every private or local alarm system
which has a sounding device shall be equipped with a cutoff mechanism
which will terminate the sound after 15 minutes.
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Any person aggrieved by the action
of the Chief of Police in the acceptance, denial or suspension of
a registration 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 Township Committee. The appeal shall be taken by
filing with the Township Clerk, 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 Township Clerk shall schedule such appeal at the next Township
Committee meeting and notice of the hearing shall be given to the
applicant by certified mail to his last known address at least three
days prior to the date set for hearing. The decision of the Police
Chief shall be affirmed, modified or reversed, and the reasons therefor
shall be set forth in a written communication to the applicant.
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The Township of Springfield and the
Springfield Police Department shall not assume any responsibility
whatsoever to any licensee, registrant, or other person with respect
to the adequacy, operation or maintenance of any private alarm system
or warning device. No action taken by the Township or the Township's
Police Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall
create any liability upon either the Township or the Township's Police
Department by reason of any failure of any private alarm system or
warning device and any failure to respond to any private alarm system
or warning device. Every registrant who submits a registration for
a private or local alarm system or registers a warning device agrees
to hold and save harmless the Township and its Police Department,
their agents and employees from any liability whatsoever in connection
with the alarm system or warning device.
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a.
The Township will allow up to three false/accidental
alarm activations without penalty per calendar year. Penalties for
additional false/accidental activations are as follows:
b.
The above violations are billable offenses
by the Police Department/Township. Failure to remit payment of a bill
within 30 days will result in the issuance of a summons requiring
a mandatory appearance in the Springfield Township Municipal Court.
