As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any alarm device which automatically dials to a central station and
uses a pretaped or prerecorded message to alert the police that an emergency
exists or that the services of that department or of the Fire Department are
needed. "Alarm system" shall also mean any alarm device which automatically
emits an audible, visual or other response upon the occurrence of any hazard
or emergency and is intended to alert persons outside the building to the
existence of said hazard or emergency. The term shall also include the fire
alarms for the purposes of this chapter, but does not include alarm signals
transmitted to privately operated central stations.
CENTRAL STATION
Any company that is licensed and has submitted an application to
the local police; has been approved to install emergency alarm devices and
monitor pretaped or prerecorded messages; and who will notify the Fire or
Police Department that an emergency exists at a specific location.
DIAL ALARM or DIALING DEVICE
Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device or telephone
attachment which automatically or electronically selects a telephone line
connected to a central station and reproduces a prerecorded message to report
a criminal act or other emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response.
FALSE EMERGENCY ALARM
Any signal actuated by an emergency alarm to which the Police or
Fire Department responds which is not the result of a fire, holdup, robbery
or other crime or emergency.
POLICE EMERGENCY NUMBER
Any telephone number designated by the Police Department as a telephone
number through which members of the public may report an emergency or request
public assistance.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of Manorhaven.
All dialing devices operated by automatic means shall transmit messages
only to such numbers as may be designated for that purpose. After six months
following the effective date of this chapter, no person shall use, operate
or install any device which will, upon activation by automatic means, initiate
the dialing, calling or other connection with any emergency number other than
the designated alarm company central station.
No person shall use, operate or install any dialing device that will,
upon activation, automatically dial, call or connect with the telephone number
designated for the purpose of receiving such alarm messages, more than twice
for any one incident. Any system installed on or after the effective date
of this chapter must comply with this section. Preexisting installations must
comply within six months of the effective date of this chapter.
Upon the activation of a burglary (break-in) alarm, there shall be a
mandatory delay of at least 15 seconds before the transmission of a signal
to the alarm company central station to enable the user to abort the signal
in the event that it was triggered inadvertently. This delay shall not be
applicable to a robbery (hold-up), fire or medical emergency alarm. Any system
installed on or after the effective date of this chapter must comply with
this section. Preexisting installations must comply within six months of the
effective date of this chapter.
The user of every alarm system emitting an audible, visual or other
response shall, at the time such system is installed, or within six months
of the effective date of this chapter in the case of existing systems, install
or cause to be installed an automatic timing device which shall deactivate
such alarm so that it will be activated for no more than 20 minutes.
In the event that an alarm system emitting an audible, visual or other similar response shall fail to be deactivated within the time limitation specified in §
25-6 above, the village shall have the right to take such action as may be necessary in order to disconnect any such alarm.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty
of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be subject to such fines as may
be imposed by the Village Justice in accordance with the provisions of the
Code of the Village of Manorhaven.
If any part or parts of this chapter are for any reason held to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
chapter. The Board of Trustees hereby declares that it would have passed the
local law enacting this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases might be declared invalid.