[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Closter 2-9-1977 by Ord. No. 1977:300 (Ch. 5 of the 1967
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide standards
and regulations for various types of intrusion, burglar, fire and
other emergency alarm devices whether by direct line, radio, telephone
or other means actuating a device at the police headquarters of the
Borough of Closter and requiring response thereto by the Police Department,
the Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person who operates, maintains or owns any alarm device or local alarm designed to summon the Police or Fire Department or other 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 other offices within or without the Borough of Closter so long as such activity is not connected to the alarm console; except, however, that any person having a premises protected by an alarm device shall still be responsible for the registration thereof in accordance with § 65-4B without fee.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The console or control panel of devices producing a visual
or audio response, or both, and located within the Municipal Building
of the Borough.
Any device or mechanism used or designed for detection and
warning of unauthorized entry, fire, smoke, flood or other perils
but specifically excluding local alarm mechanisms located entirely
within enclosed residential buildings.
Any alarm device or aggregate of alarm devices installed
on or within a single building or on or within more than one building
or other structure on a common site at a specific location.
Any police alarm device actuated by a burglary, robbery or
theft at a specific location.
Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases
a system of emergency alarm devices, which facility is manned at all
times by trained operators employed to receive, record and validate
alarm signals and to relay information concerning such validated signals
to the police or fire dispatch room.
Any alarm device connected directly by leased telephone wires
from a specific location to the radio dispatch room at the Municipal
Building.
Any signal or message received by the Police or Fire Department
and to which either or both respond, which signal or message was directly
or indirectly brought about or produced by an alarm device of any
type, but not the result of criminal activity or other emergency and
not created by malfunction of the alarm console within the Municipal
Building.
Any private individual, partnership, corporation or firm
which is authorized by license of the municipality to maintain and
operate the alarm console except for use by the Police and Fire Departments.
Any alarm device which, when actuated, produces an audible
or visible signal designed to notify persons within audible or visible
range of the signal that a criminal act or other emergency is occurring
or has occurred.
The Borough of Closter or any department, agency or officer
duly authorized to act on behalf of the municipality.
Any private individual, partnership, corporation or firm
which holds a permit from the municipality to use an alarm device
on premises owned or leased by it.
[Amended 8-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1982:435]
Any of the following alarm devices:
DIAL ALARMAny alarm device which automatically or electronically selects a telephone trunk line of the Police or Fire Department of the municipality and thereafter delivers a signal or reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other emergency.
DIRECT TELEPHONE ALARMAny alarm device, mechanism, system, practice or procedure by which a criminal act or other emergency is reported by telephone to the municipality by means of a central alarm station, private alarm company, telephone operator or by any person other than the owner or lessee of the premises from which the criminal act or other emergency call emanates.
A.
Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation or firm to operate or maintain any alarm device, as defined by this chapter, without obtaining a valid permit on an annual basis. Said permits shall be obtainable through the Chief of Police upon the payment of an annual fee, made payable to the Borough of Closter, in an amount as set forth in Chapter A301, Fees and Deposits.
[Amended 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 1980:397; 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578; 1-3-1994 by 1993:663]
B.
Any individual, partnership, corporation or firm which
owns and operates or maintains an alarm device or devices shall make
application to the Chief of Police for a permit therefor on forms
supplied by the Police Department. The application shall specify the
name, address and telephone number of the owner and user of the alarm
installation, the exact location of the alarm device or devices, the
name and address of the installer of said device, the type of device,
the name and address of the individual or firm regularly servicing
said alarm device, if any, provisions relating to false alarms and
testing procedures, a list of names and addresses of persons to be
contacted in the event of an alarm and other information relating
to the alarm device reasonably required by the Chief of Police.
C.
Applications for a permit must be filed on or before
February 1 next succeeding the adoption of this chapter for all existing
or new alarm installations and shall be accompanied by an annual fee
payable to the municipality in accordance with the schedule of fees
hereinafter set forth.[1]
[Amended 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578]
D.
All permits shall expire on December 31 in the year
issued and shall not be valid after said date. A renewal permit application
must be filed with the Chief of Police on or before January 15 in
each year and shall be accompanied by an annual fee payable to the
municipality in accordance with the schedule of fees hereinafter set
forth. The renewal application, on forms supplied by the Police Department,
shall provide for any changes in information from that contained in
the original application or in the most recent renewal application.
E.
The Chief of Police is the designated official of
the municipality to issue and renew permits, to remove or suspend
permits and to otherwise enforce and apply the provisions of this
chapter.
F.
An application for a permit or permit renewal may
be denied if the Chief of Police disapproves of the equipment intended
to be used or continued by the applicant or the manner of use thereof
or if the applicant has violated any other provision of this chapter
or is in default in the payment of the annual fee.
G.
All permits as may be granted hereunder shall be accepted
upon the express conditions that:
(1)
The permittee shall defend, indemnify and save harmless
the municipality and its authorized officials, agents and employees
from and against any and all damages, costs, expense and liability
arising out of the acts or failure to act of the municipality, the
alarm console licensee, the permittee, the alarm contractor, or any
one or more of them, or arising out of any defects, deficiencies or
inadequacies in any alarm device or devices for which a permit has
been granted or in any installation, monitoring or maintenance thereof
or by reason of any malfunction or defect in the operation or maintenance
of the alarm console.
(2)
The permittee shall comply with all other provisions
of this chapter.
A.
There is hereby established a police alarm console license which shall be granted upon recommendation of the Chief of Police as set forth in § 65-4 of this chapter. Any such licensee shall have exclusive use and control of the alarm console except for use by the Police Department of the Borough of Closter, and such licensee will be responsible at no cost to the Borough of Closter for the establishment, construction and installation of said console containing equipment and being of a design approved by the Chief of Police and for the care, maintenance and management thereafter of said console. Said licensee shall locate said console and relocate said console if necessary under the supervision of the Chief of Police at no cost to the Borough of Closter.
B.
Any connection to the police alarm console shall be
of a type inspected and approved by the Chief of Police of the Borough
of Closter or his or her designated representative, and any person
aggrieved by said decision may appeal said decision, in writing, within
10 days to the Mayor and Council.
C.
All alarms existing as of the date of the adoption
of this chapter, except dial alarms, shall be connected hereunder
to the alarm console by the licensee, and no connection cost for such
transfer shall be permitted.
D.
Allowable fees charged by licensees.
(1)
The licensee for the alarm console shall be permitted
to charge permittees a maximum installation fee of $50 and a maximum
monthly retainer or maintenance fee of $7, except, however, that no
fee shall be charged to the Borough of Closter or the Board of Education
of the Borough of Closter for monthly charges or console connection
charges for any existing or future systems in public buildings, and
any equipment or alarm devices installed by the alarm console licensee
in such public building shall be at wholesale cost exclusive of labor
charges. Any person, firm or company that operates a central alarm
retransmission facility or central alarm station for the benefit of
permittees shall be permitted to connect to the alarm console for
fire alarm retransmission purposes. The licensee shall be permitted
to charge such person, firm or company installation and monthly fees
based upon the aggregate number of permittees using such central retransmission
facility or central alarm station which connects to the alarm console.
[Amended 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578]
E.
The licensee shall install initially an annunciator
or display console having no fewer than 250 zones available for present
systems and future connections, which console shall be approved by
the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
F.
Except as provided in § 65-6 of this chapter, any license issued hereunder shall be for a term of three years from the date of approval by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Closter; such licensee shall post with the Borough Clerk a performance bond in the amount of $5,000, noncancelable without notification to the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Closter, guaranteeing performance for three years of the obligation of the licensee and ensuring maintenance of said console and alarm system during said period when such license is in force.
G.
Said licensee, for the privilege of obtaining such
license, shall pay to the Borough of Closter a minimum annual sum
of not less than 5% of the gross rental earned annually by such licensee
from subscribers connected to said alarm console, which payment shall
be made within 30 days of the close of each fiscal year in which said
license is in force, and such licensee, by acceptance of said license,
shall be deemed to have agreed to having the books and accounts of
said licensee open to inspection by the Borough Auditor or other designated
representative of the Mayor and Council to verify the annual account
which shall be submitted by said licensee coincidental with the fee
described herein.
[Amended 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578]
H.
The licensee granted a license hereunder will assume
all liability and hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and save harmless
the Borough of Closter, its departments, agencies, officials and agents
from and against any and all damages, claims, suits, causes of action
and costs and expenses in connection with or arising out of the installation
and operation of the alarm console. The licensee shall at all times
be considered an independent contractor.
I.
Insurance.
(1)
The licensee shall provide, prior to the granting
of a license, and maintain in full force and effect with responsible
carriers satisfactory to the Borough the following insurance:
(a)
Workmen's compensation and employers' liability insurance
covering all persons employed by the licensee. The licensee shall
also cause any of its subcontractors to provide and maintain workmen's
compensation and employers' liability insurance covering all persons
employed by such subcontractors.
(b)
Comprehensive general liability insurance, including
contractors' contingent liability, covering bodily injury with limits
of $500,000 for each person killed or injured and $1,000,000 for more
than one person injured or killed in any one accident; property damage
liability with limits of $100,000 per occurrence.
(2)
All insurance policies are to carry cross-coverage
clauses; i.e., insure both the licensee and the Borough.
(3)
All insurance policies shall contain a statement that
the same may not be canceled or modified except upon 10 days' written
notice to the Borough of Closter.
(4)
The policies shall otherwise be in a form satisfactory
to the Borough Attorney.
J.
Except as otherwise herein provided, any license issued
hereunder shall be for a term of three years.
K.
The licensee shall at all times observe and comply
with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, statutes, regulations
and orders that in any manner affect the installation, repair and
operation of the alarm console system and shall defend, indemnify
and save harmless the Borough and all its various departments, agencies,
officials and agents against any claims, liability or expenses arising
out of or based upon the nonobservance of any of the foregoing.
L.
The licensee shall pay all royalties and license fees
necessary for the full and free use and enjoyment by the Borough of
any and all rights to any inventions, machines, processes, licenses
or systems supplied by the licensee which may be included in the alarm
console system either in the installation or use after completion.
The licensee shall defend all suits and claims for infringement of
any patent right or rights of a similar nature and shall indemnify
and save harmless the Borough in connection therewith.
M.
The licensee shall be responsible for and shall pay
all federal, state and local taxes of every type and description incident
to the performance of its duties and obligations hereunder.
N.
The licensee shall keep and perform its duties and
obligations under its personal control and supervision and shall not
assign, transfer, sublet or otherwise dispose of any right or responsibility
under the license granted, without the express written consent of
the governing body of the Borough of Closter, which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld.
[Amended 8-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1982:435]
O.
Only the Borough and the Board of Education and such
other public and private individuals, partnerships, corporations and
firms which shall have applied to and been granted permission by the
Borough to connect with the alarm console shall be permitted to use
the services of the alarm console system. The Borough of Closter,
through its authorized officials, shall have the right to suspend
or terminate a permittee's service at any time for the failure or
neglect of such permittee to comply with any requirement herein established,
in which event the licensee shall disconnect the permittee's service
at no cost or expense to the Borough or to such permittee, except
that the permittee shall be billed to the date of termination of the
service.
P.
Suspension or revocation of license.
(1)
The license issued to the licensee hereunder may be
revoked at any time by the governing body of the Borough, upon 60
days' written notice by ordinary mail to the licensee, for failure
or neglect of the licensee to comply with and fully perform any one
or more of the requirements or regulations herein established in a
manner satisfactory to the Borough. The licensee shall be entitled
to a revocation hearing by the governing body, provided that written
request therefor is made to the Borough Clerk within 10 days after
the mailing of the notice of termination to the licensee.
(2)
The governing body may at any time and without advance
notice suspend any issued license when it shall appear to it that
to do so would be necessary in the best interests of the municipality.
The suspension shall be effective for such period of time as may be
required for the municipality to investigate the matter. The municipality
may request another individual or firm to service the alarm console
during the period of suspension and the cost therefor shall be paid
by the licensee. The licensee may continue to collect the usual fees
during any period of suspension, but not for any period following
termination.
(3)
Any suspension or termination of the license as herein
provided shall be without cost, expense or liability of the municipality.
In the event of termination of the license by the municipality, the
licensee shall have the right to remove the alarm console system as
may be owned by the licensee, at no expense to the municipality, in
a manner and at the time directed by the Chief of Police [not later
than 30 days after termination date] to permit installation of a substitute
alarm system by an approved successor licensee. Any equipment as may
be owned by the licensee which is not removed when directed by the
Chief of Police shall become the property of the municipality, and
the licensee shall have no further claim or right thereto or to any
part thereof. The licensee may sell the alarm console equipment owned
by it to another individual or firm accepted and approved as a licensee.
Q.
All equipment installed as part of the alarm console
shall either be owned by the licensee or shall be under his or her
sole and exclusive control, unless otherwise consented to, in writing,
by the governing body of the Borough of Closter. Satisfactory proof
of ownership or sole and exclusive control shall be furnished to the
municipality immediately upon request.
[Amended 8-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1982:435]
R.
The licensee shall enter into a contract with the
municipality in a form approved by the Borough Attorney, which contract
shall grant the license hereunder and incorporate by reference all
of the requirements and regulations herein as an integral part thereof.
The Borough of Closter, its various departments,
agencies and officials shall be under no duty or obligation to any
permittee or to any alarm console licensee hereunder or to any other
person or persons with respect to the adequacy, operation, installation,
repair or maintenance of the alarm console equipment and any allied
or related equipment or services and assumes no liability in connection
therewith. Upon issuance of a permit hereunder, the permit holder
hereby agrees to hold and save harmless the Borough of Closter, its
departments, agencies and officials from any liability or damages
suffered as a result of or arising out of improper or faulty installation,
operation or maintenance of any police or fire alarm system of the
permittee or the improper or faulty installation, operation or maintenance
of the alarm console at the Municipal Building.
The licensee for the alarm console in the Municipal
Building shall be selected in the following manner:
A.
Any individual or firm which desires to become the
licensee of the alarm console of the municipality under the provisions
of this chapter shall complete and file an application therefor with
the Borough Clerk on forms supplied by that office. The application
shall be filed no later than the date specified for filing in the
public advertisement therefor or as posted on the bulletin board in
the Municipal Building.
B.
Applications for licenses shall be accepted for a
reasonable period of time, as fixed by the governing body, immediately
preceding the expiration of the then-current license, or in the event
of termination of a license to its natural expiration date, applications
shall be accepted at any time after the mailing of the notice of termination
to the current licensee.
C.
The application shall require satisfactory proof of
financial ability to perform, experience, service, capability, past
performance, proposed charges and fees to subscribers and such other
information as may be required by the governing body.
D.
The governing body or its duly authorized agent may
interview one or more applicants for the license, but shall not be
required to do so.
E.
The license shall be awarded to the individual or
firm which the governing body shall determine, in its sole judgment,
to be the most advantageous and in the best interests of the municipality,
and the determination of the governing body shall be conclusive. The
governing body shall take into consideration in making its determination
the financial ability of the applicant, the applicant's prior experience
with other municipal and governmental bodies, the applicant's service
capability on a twenty-four-hour basis, the proximity of the applicant's
office to the Municipal Building as bearing on service and repair
availability, the applicant's past performance in this or other municipalities,
proposed fees and charges to subscribers and such other factors as
the governing body shall deem relevant to selecting the applicant
which will be in the best interests of the municipality.
F.
The governing body, if it determines it to be in the
best interests of the municipality, may grant a license to expire
on December 31 of the then-current calendar year rather than for a
full three-year term. The grant of a license for this abbreviated
term shall be with the consent of the proposed licensee and subject
to all other applicable provisions of this chapter.
B.
In the case of a false alarm, any person having knowledge thereof shall immediately notify the Police Department in a manner to be prescribed by rules and regulations in accordance with § 65-11 of this chapter. In addition, in the case of false alarms, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be made and shall keep a record of said alarms on file. For such false alarms, the Mayor and Council prescribe the following penalties: for the first through third false alarms, a warning shall be issued; for the fourth and additional false alarms, a fine of $25 shall be paid. For the eighth and additional false alarms, the Chief of Police or his or her designated agent may disconnect the alarm until the alarm device is repaired or the cause of the false alarms is corrected. Where the investigation of the Police Department discloses continued abuse of the privilege of connection to the alarm console and a disregard of the permittee for failing to take remedial steps to avoid false alarms, the Mayor and Council reserves the right to require disconnection from the alarm console for a limited or permanent time, provided that no such permit shall be revoked or suspended without giving the permittee an opportunity to show cause before the Mayor and Council why such action should not be taken.
[Amended 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 1980:397; 8-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1982:435; 9-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996:730]
C.
Any unauthorized or malfunctioning equipment may be
disconnected by the Chief of Police or his or her designated representative
for noncompliance with this chapter, and any person installing or
maintaining unauthorized equipment shall be prosecuted for violation
of this chapter, and each and every day said equipment is in operation
shall be considered a separate violation. Any permittee shall, by
acceptance of the permit, be deemed as having consented to inspection
of the premises on which said alarm devices are installed at reasonable
hours by the Chief of Police or his or her designated representative.
[Amended 8-11-1982 by Ord. No. 1982:435]
D.
Any licensee of the alarm console and any permittee
utilizing the services of any other alarm company connected to said
console shall provide for a representative to be on call at all times,
and adequate service shall be provided within eight hours of notification
by the Police or Fire Department of any malfunctioning or faulty equipment.
E.
All alarm devices shall be installed in accordance
with all applicable municipal and governmental laws, ordinances and
requirements.
F.
A permittee or his or her representative shall respond
to the source of a signal or transmission from an alarm device as
promptly as possible after the actuation of such device and shall
contact the Police or Fire Department dispatched to the scene. He
or she shall relieve the police or fireman in charge whenever there
is no apparent fire or criminal activity at the scene of the alarm.
G.
Any permittee shall be deemed to have consented to
inspection of the premises on which said alarm device(s) is installed
at reasonable hours by the Police or Fire Chief or his or her designated
representative. This provision shall not be construed to impose a
duty on the municipality to make inspections or to relieve the alarm
owner from inspecting, testing and maintaining his or her own alarm
device(s).
H.
If the location of the fire or police communications
facilities should be changed at any time, permittees or licensees
under this chapter shall not be permitted to charge the municipality
with any resulting cost of moving alarm equipment.
I.
All costs and recurring charges incurred in the installation
and maintenance of alarm systems shall be borne by the permittee except
where this chapter indicates that such costs shall be paid by the
licensee.
Dial alarm devices shall be permitted only under
the following conditions:
A.
All owners of dial alarms shall register the same in the manner set forth in § 65-4B of this chapter.
B.
No dial alarm devices shall be finally registered
until a test alarm has been made by the owner in conjunction with
the Chief of Police or his or her representatives.
C.
No dial alarm devices shall be permitted unless of a type approved by the Chief of Police in accordance with the rules promulgated under § 65-10 of this chapter. Any such equipment must have the approval of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company or its successor.
D.
All dial alarms shall be coded to dial a special separate
number, which number can be obtained from the Chief of Police, and
no dial alarm shall be coded to dial the number of the general police
switchboard of the Borough of Closter.
E.
Any dial alarm device shall be coded, as well, to
notify a relative, neighbor or other third party who will be disclosed
in the registration of said equipment as required by this chapter.
F.
All dial alarm devices shall be capable of disconnection
to enable the owner to call the police switchboard to indicate that
a false alarm has occurred.
G.
For dial alarm devices, the owner shall pay the Borough of Closter an annual fee as set forth in Chapter A301, Fees and Deposits, to cover the cost of registration and testing and to amortize the cost of the special phone line or lines required in the Borough Hall along with ancillary tape devices of the police desk necessitated by these systems.
[Amended 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578; 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1993:663]
H.
Owners of dial alarm devices shall be governed by the false alarm procedures and penalties set forth in § 65-8B of this chapter.
I.
In the event that any person has a dial alarm device
in existence at the time of the passage of this chapter, he or she
shall have 30 days in which to pay the annual fee. Any person not
so complying shall be liable to a penalty payable to the Borough of
Closter in the amount of $50.
J.
Any person having a dial alarm device which dials
the general police number, upon discovery thereof, shall receive notice,
in writing, from the Chief of Police requiring the owner to comply
with the terms of this chapter, and if the owner fails to do so within
30 days of the receipt of said notice, he or she shall be liable to
pay to the Borough of Closter a penalty of $50.
K.
The contents of any recorded message from a dial alarm
device must be intelligible and in a format approved by the Chief
of Police; no such message shall be transmitted more than three times
as a result of a single stimulus of the mechanism; messages shall
not exceed 15 seconds, and the time gap between delivery shall be
approximately 10 seconds.
L.
The sensory mechanism of such devices shall be adjusted
so as to suppress false indications and not to be actuated by impulses
due to pressure changes in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind
noises, rattling or vibration of doors or windows or other forces
unrelated to general alarms.
M.
All components of such equipment must be maintained
by the owner in good repair, and when evidence exists that there has
been failure to comply with the operational requirements of this chapter,
the Chief of Police is then authorized to demand that such device
be disconnected until such time as compliance with current requirements
is reestablished.
N.
Self-dialers shall be limited to not more than three
repeats on an alarm (sixty-minute period) and a message not to exceed
20 seconds in duration.
[Added 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 1980:397]
[Amended 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 1980:397; 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578; 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1993:663; 9-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996:730; 5-23-3012 by Ord. No.
2012:1124]
Local alarms shall be registered in accordance with § 65-4 of this chapter upon the payment of a registration fee as shall be set forth in Chapter A301, Fees and Deposits. All local burglar alarms shall be equipped with a five-minute automatic shutoff device; all local fire alarms shall be exempt from this requirement and shall ring until turned off by either a member of the Fire Department or another authorized individual. In addition thereto, those persons having local alarms shall be required to leave with the Police Department the names of two residents in the Borough of Closter who have keys to the premises, and in lieu thereof, this requirement can be fulfilled by leaving a sealed key to the premises with the Chief of Police of the Borough of Closter, provided that in so doing the owner is willing to release the Borough of Closter and the Police Department from any claims to damages or loss in connection with said entry. In the event of a malfunction of the equipment and no person can be located to secure the device, then the owner shall be liable to pay a penalty of $25. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, in the event that police have to respond to a false alarm, the false alarm penalty prescribed in § 65-8B shall also apply.
The Mayor and Council may from time to time
promulgate rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order
to provide for recordkeeping and efficient management of said system.
[Amended 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 1980:397]
A.
Any permittee who fails to pay the annual fee as provided
by this chapter within 10 days of the due date shall be charged a
penalty of $10.
[Amended 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578]
B.
Any person, firm or corporation found guilty in Municipal Court of the Borough of Closter for violation of the terms of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, Violations and Penalties, of this Code.
[Amended 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1993:663]
[Added 7-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1989:578; 1-3-1994 by Ord. No. 1993:663]
Notwithstanding the fees for permits established by other provisions of this chapter, where any individual, partnership, corporation or firm has two or more alarm devices which are received, recorded and validated at a central alarm station from where the alarm is relayed to the Borough of Closter, then and in that event said individual partnership, corporation or firm shall pay an annual fee as set forth in Chapter A301, Fees and Deposits, for all alarm devices connected to each central alarm station.
[Added 7-26-1995 by Ord. No. 1995:699]
The penalties for false fire alarms, that is,
alarms to which the Fire Department of Closter is expected to respond,
shall be as follows:
A.
For the second false fire alarm in the same calendar
year there shall be a fine of $20.
B.
For the third false fire alarm in the same calendar
year there shall be a fine of $35.
C.
For the fourth false fire alarm in the same calendar
year there shall be a fine of $50.
D.
For the fifth false fire alarm in the same calendar
year there shall be a fine of $75.
E.
For the sixth and any subsequent false fire alarm
in the same calendar year there shall be a fine of $100.
