[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Dumont as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Ord. No. 990 (Ch. 2A of the 1970 Revised Ordinances)]
The following terms used in this article shall
be defined as follows:
Includes, but is not limited to, prerecorded requests or
systems telephonically transmitted to the Police Department, requests
for assistance made by alarm services, mechanical requests for assistance
generated to the police desk and contacts from citizens claiming an
alarm to be sounding.
Any contact with the Borough Police or Fire Department generated
by a mechanical device or alarm service requiring the response of
any emergency unit to a location where no need for an emergency service
is found.
The owner or lessor of the alarm device generating said false
alarm.
The Chief of Police shall maintain a record
of all false alarms within the Borough, denoting the date, time and
location of said alarm.
In the event of a false alarm, the Mayor and
Council prescribe the following penalties to be paid by violators
of said article:
Excluded from this article are alarm devices
owned, leased or maintained by the Borough of Dumont.