This chapter shall be known and may be cited as an "Ordinance Regulating
the Use of Alarm Systems."
The purpose of this chapter is to reduce avoidable alarm signals and
to encourage the use of reliable alarm systems.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or to occupy any building
or structure where there is installed an alarm system which is used or so
installed that it can be used by such owner or occupant without registering
the same with the Chief of Police as herein provided. Applications for registration
shall be made within 30 days of any installation of an alarm system on forms
provided by the Chief of Police and shall include the following information:
A. Name, address and telephone number of owner or occupant;
B. Address of place where device is installed and telephone
number at that location;
C. Name and telephone number of any other person at a different
location who is authorized to respond to any emergency and open the place
where the device is installed;
D. Name, address and telephone number of company responsible
for servicing the alarm.
Such registration shall be renewed on an annual basis by the first of May of each year, provided that any new registration which is filed pursuant to §
103-4 on or before March first of any calendar year shall not be renewed until May first of the following calendar year. The fee for any registration of an alarm system and the renewal of any registration of an alarm system shall be $2 and shall be paid to the Police Department upon the filing of a registration or renewal thereof.
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be punished in accordance with §
1-2 of this Code.
An alarm system user guilty of 10 or more false alarms may have his or her license revoked. A copy of revocation shall be mailed to the alarm user by certified mail, and revocation shall be effective three days after the receipt of the revocation notice by the alarm user. The alarm user will be subject to §
103-7 if operating a system without proper registration.
Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, any police alarm
systems which are installed and are in use or so installed that they can be
put in use upon the effective date of this chapter (May 1, 1982) need not
be registered until 60 days after the effective date of this chapter.
Any person accused of violating §
103-6 shall have the right to appeal from any fines imposed in accordance with § 7-152b of the General Statutes. When an appeal is timely received by the Police Department, a hearing shall be scheduled before a hearing officer who shall be designated by the Town Manager, which officer shall not be a member of the Town Police Department.