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 Upper Saddle River and requiring response thereto by the
Police Department, Fire Department or other municipal agencies.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person, firm or corporation who operates, maintains, installs, repairs or owns any alarm device or local alarm designed to summon the police, 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, persons, firms and/or corporations from providing service by private source to other dwellings or buildings within the Borough of Upper Saddle River so long as such activity is not connected to the alarm console at the Borough of Upper Saddle River police headquarters; except, however, that any person, firm or corporation having a premises protected by an alarm device shall still be responsible for the registration thereof in accordance with §
28-6A without fee.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM CONSOLE
The console or control panel of devices giving a visual or
audio response, or both, and located within the confines of the Police
Department of the Borough of Upper Saddle River.
ALARM DEVICE
Any type of alarm system actuating equipment in the alarm
console providing warning of intrusion, fire, smoke, flood or other
peril.
ALARM INSTALLATION
Any alarm device or combination of devices installed for
one or more buildings at a location other than the alarm console.
DIAL ALARM
That type of device using telephone lines transmitting an
alarm directly through the police switchboard.
FALSE ALARM
Any alarm actuated by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional
act of someone other than an intruder, and includes as well, alarms
caused by malfunctioning of the alarm device or other relevant equipment,
but shall not include alarms created by malfunction of the alarm console.
LICENSE
The person obtaining the license to maintain the alarm console
as hereinafter set forth.
LOCAL ALARM
Any alarm or device which when actuated produces a signal
not connected to the alarm console, such as store burglar alarms actuating
bell devices or any type of audio noise.
PERMITTEE
Any person owning, operating and/or maintaining an alarm
device or a local alarm within the scope of this chapter.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, corporation or
association.
The Borough of Upper Saddle River shall be under
no duty or obligation to any permittee hereunder or to any alarm console
licensee hereunder, the alarm console and allied equipment being maintained
at will and subject to termination at any time by cancellation of
the system by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of the
Borough of Upper Saddle River: and any individual permit issued hereunder
may be revoked at any time by the governing body upon recommendation
of the Police Chief, provided that 30 days' notice is given in writing
to said permittee by registered mail.
The Chief of Police may from time to time promulgate
rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order to provide
for recordkeeping and efficient management of said system; provided,
however, that the governing body must first approve said rules or
any changes thereto.
[Amended 5-8-1986 by Ord. No. 8-86; 9-8-1988 by Ord. No. 16-88]
For violation of any provision of this chapter, the maximum penalty shall be in accordance with §
1-15 of this Code.