[Adopted 3-9-10 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.
ACT OF GOD
An electrical storm, lighting or other power fluctuation or power surge beyond the control of the alarm system owner.
AUTOMATIC ALARM DEVICE
Any alarm system which communicates or transmits alarms or prerecorded messages of fire, smoke, flood or other peril as a result of the activation of the alarm systems.
FALSE ALARM
Any erroneous or unfounded communication or sound, whether caused by the malfunction of an automatic alarm device, power failure or inadvertence, negligence or intentional or unintentional act of any person, form or corporation, either directly or indirectly, to a commercial alarm service or to any person causing the communication of the peril to the Reliance Fire Company.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any individual, entity, corporation, tenant or other person having a legal interest in a property having an alarm system.
Any person having knowledge of an alarm activation shall immediately notify the Borough of Woodstown emergency response agency Reliance Fire Company. The Fire Department shall cause an investigation to be made of all alarm activations and a record of same shall be kept on file.
It shall be the responsibility of all persons that maintain alarm systems within the borough to prevent the transmission of false alarms through training programs, periodic inspection and maintenance of the alarm system.
A. 
For fire alarms the Woodstown Borough Fire Official or Fire Department representative will issue a false fire alarm warning form for all false alarms to the person on location representing the business. There shall be a fine as indicated below to be paid by the owner of the business located upon the premises where the alarm is situated beginning with the sixth and each subsequent false alarm thereafter in any calendar year.
B. 
A record of same shall be kept on file for all fire alarms in the Office of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and also on file with the Reliance Fire Company.
C. 
For fire alarms the Woodstown Borough Fire Official or the Reliance Fire Company shall issue a notice of violation with order to pay penalty for the sixth fire alarm, as per the penalties schedule below.
D. 
Failure to pay a fire alarm penalty will result in a written complaint from the Woodstown Borough Fire Official or Reliance Fire Company to the Mid-Salem County Municipal Court for collection of penalties.
E. 
Alarm activations upon investigation of the Woodstown Borough Fire Official and/or Reliance Fire Company determined to be caused by an "act of god" shall not be penalized per the violation schedule.
F. 
Violation and penalties for fire alarms.
(1) 
First through fifth: No fine
(2) 
On the sixth alarm a penalty of: $250.00
(3) 
On the seventh alarm a penalty of: $300.00
(4) 
On the eighth alarm a penalty of: $400.00
(5) 
On the ninth alarm a penalty of: $500.00
(6) 
Any alarm thereafter a penalty of: $500.00
G. 
All fees collected for penalties shall be added to the budget of the Reliance Fire Company.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the general alerting alarms that may be used by fire companies, ambulance squads or other municipal agencies to summon response of their members. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to alarm systems that are affixed to motor vehicles.