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The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards and regulations
for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire and other emergency
alarm devices, thereby requiring a response by the Police Department,
Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
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The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person, other
than the Township, who operates, maintains or owns any alarm device
or local alarm designed to summon the Police, Fire Department or other
local 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 from providing service by private source to offices within
or without the Township so long as such activity is not directly connected
to the Township Police Department or other Township facility; except,
however, that any person having a premises protected by an alarm device
shall be responsible for the registration thereof in accordance with
the appropriate section of this chapter, without fee.
Any type of alarm system providing warning of burglary, intrusion,
fire, smoke, flood or other peril.
The installation of one or more devices in one or more buildings
for the purpose of giving visual or audible warning, or both, of an
emergency such as burglary, intrusion, fire, smoke, flood or other
peril. For purposes of this chapter, the term "alarm system" shall
include central alarms and local alarms. The term "alarm system" does
not include devices which are designed solely to be seen or heard,
or both, within the premises and do not transmit a signal to a remote
location, such as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors which
are specifically excluded.
Any alarm system which when activated sounds an external warning
signal at the location of the alarm premises and does not transmit
any type of signal to another location.
Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
any other legal entity.
The actuation of an alarm system by causes other than those
to which the alarm system was designed or intended to respond. A "false
alarm" shall not include intentional false alarms, which are subject
to penalty under the Disorderly Persons Law.
Limited to a member of the Police Department of the Township.
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All fire alarm devices and fire alarm systems shall be installed
in accordance with the requirements of the State of New Jersey and
with the approval of the Fire Marshal.
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The Chief of Police may from time to time promulgate rules and
regulations supplementing this chapter in order to provide for record-keeping
and efficient management of such system, provided that the Township
Committee must first approve such rules or any changes thereto.