[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:31.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
The actuation of an alarm device of any type to which the Police
Department must respond and for which an investigation fails to reveal a cause
of the nature or type to which the alarm device was designed or intended to
react.
Any alarm or device warning of intrusion, burglary, fire, smoke,
flood or other peril, located on residential or commercial property, and connected
to a private monitoring system which may then relay the warning to Township
Police Headquarters prompting a response.
Direct dial alarms shall not be permitted. All alarm
systems, including those that warn of intrusion, burglary, fire, smoke, flood
or other peril, whether installed on residential or commercial property, must
be routed through a central station, which may then relay the warning to Township
Police Headquarters for response.
In the case of a false burglar alarm, the investigating officer shall complete a report noting all circumstances. In case of a false fire alarm, as defined in § 169-5, the Fire Department involved shall be notified and the Fire Chief or his designee shall participate in the investigation. Fees for false fire alarms will be charged in accordance with § 169-5.
Service charges. Fees for false burglar alarms are listed
below. A service charge of $25 shall be imposed for the first false alarm
in excess of one within any one calendar year. Thereafter, a service charge
shall be imposed for any subsequent false alarms within the same calendar
year preceding the present false alarm and in accordance with the following
schedule: