The Municipal Council of the Borough of Wallington does hereby
find and declare that:
A. The occupants
of numerous residential, commercial and industrial establishments
in the Borough of Wallington have found it desirable to make provision
for the installation upon their premises, at their own cost and expense,
of alarm systems for emergencies, such as burglary, intrusion, fire,
smoke, flood and like perils.
B. The public
interest, therefore, requires the enactment of rules, regulations,
standards and procedures to regulate and control the private alarm
business in the Borough of Wallington to the end that:
(1) The
municipal departments and agencies charged with the protection of
public safety may efficiently and economically coordinate their functions
with the various alarm systems to which the public of the Borough
of Wallington may subscribe.
(2) The
quality of the alarm services rendered to the public may be improved
and maintained at a high level.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards and regulations
for various types of intrusion, security and fire emergency alarm
devices that activate an alarm which requires a response thereto by
the Borough of Wallington Police Department or Fire Department.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person who
operates, maintains or owns any alarm device designed to summon police
or fire personnel to any location in response to an alarm.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALARM DEVICE
Any type of equipment providing warning of intrusion, fire
or other danger by way of audible signal or other means.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm activated by inadvertence, negligence, unintentional
or intentional act of someone other than an intruder or by fire, including,
but not limited to, alarms caused by malfunctioning of the alarm device,
but shall not include alarms caused by an activity by a public utility.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, corporation or
association.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Two-family houses or less or multiple-dwelling units without
commercial space containing four or less units.
The Borough Administrator may promulgate written rules and regulations
supplementing this chapter in order to provide for accurate recordkeeping
and efficient management.