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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60']

Borough of Pennington, NJ Alarms
§ 60-2 Registration; fees; required information on registration form.
§ 60-3 Installation and operation.
§ 60-4 Confidentiality of information.
§ 60-5 Applicability.
Chapter 60: Alarms
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pennington 6-3-1996 by Ord. No. 96-7. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Board of Fire Commissioners — See Ch. 24.
Electrical subcode fees — See Ch. 83, Art. I.
Smoke detectors — Ch. 104, Art. III.
Chapter 60 : Alarms
In this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings set forth herein:
Any business operated by a person, partnership or corporation, for profit, which engages in the activity of altering, installing, leasing, maintaining, repairing, replacing, selling, servicing or responding to a fire or burglar alarm system, or which causes any of these activities to take place.
The installation in one or more buildings of one or more alarm devices for the express purpose of giving visual and/or audible warning of any emergency, such as burglary, intrusion, fire, flood or like peril.
An alarm signal eliciting a response by police or fire fighters or any other public officials when a situation requiring a response by police or fire fighters or any other public official does not in fact exist, but excluding an alarm signal caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm business or alarm user.
A device giving an audible alarm indicating smoke and/or fire within a structure and not connected to an alarm system or to any external sounding device outside of the structure.[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 104, Art. III, Smoke Detectors.
§ 60-2 Registration; fees; required information on registration form. [1]
No person shall install, operate or maintain any alarm system unless the alarm system has been registered with the Police Department. An alarm system shall be deemed registered at such time as a registration form supplied by the Police Department is completed as to all information requested therein. The fee for the initial registration shall be $25. Among the information to be provided on the registration form is the following:
The name, address and telephone number of the owner, occupant or user of the property upon which the system is installed.
The name, address and telephone number of the maintainer of the system.
A list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of person(s) to be contacted in the event of an alarm or in an emergency situation determined by the Police Department.
All alarm registrations shall be valid for one year. The registration shall be renewed on an annual basis by the filing of a new registration form and the payment of a renewal fee of $10.
The installation, activation and operation of all alarm systems shall be done in accordance with the following provisions:
Each alarm system shall be installed utilizing discrete circuitry for multipurpose and single alarm systems to ensure appropriate emergency response.
No alarm system may be connected directly to the alarm system located in the Police Department without the approval of the owner of the alarm system panel and Chief of Police or the officer in charge.
In the event an alarm system, other than a fire or holdup alarm system, is tied into and/or serviced by a central station or answering service, upon activation of said alarm system, the central station or answering service shall verify the validity of the alarm prior to notifying the Police Department.
A new homeowner, occupant or user possessing an alarm system shall be responsible for notifying and registering the system with the Police Department within 30 days of purchase and/or transfer of the title of the property.
All information submitted in compliance with this chapter shall be held in confidence and shall be deemed a record exempt from public disclosure pursuant to state statutes. Any violation of confidentiality shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any alarm system installed on property occupied by any a municipality, county, state, school or federal governmental agency or office. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to an independent smoke detector as defined in § 60-1.
Violations of this chapter shall result in the following penalties for alarm business owners and owners and/or users of alarm systems or devices:
Any person who fails to register said alarm system as required by the provisions of this chapter is subject to a maximum fine of $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.[1]
Any owner or user of an alarm system which experiences more than two false alarms within any twelve-month period shall be required to modify or improve said system with a retrofit which will incorporate into said system a mandatory audible fifteen-second signal which shall be designed to prevent accidental activation of the system.
Alarm business owners and owners and/or users of alarm systems shall be subject to the following minimum fine schedule for false alarms:
In addition to the requirements or penalties set forth in Subsections A, B and C above, the borough may require that offenders with multiple violations provide KNOX boxes for their building or buildings. (The actual installation of the fire apparatus in the KNOX box system and the supplying of the radio encoder shall be the responsibility of the Board of Fire Commissioners.)[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 24, Fire Commissioners, Board of.
In addition to the fine imposed under this chapter, any false fire alarms in excess of six in any one calendar year shall be required to reimburse the Fire Department for the actual cost of responding to the false alarm. The cost of responding to a false alarm shall be determined by the Board of Fire Commissioners, who shall certify the amount on a yearly basis. This certification shall be provided to the Pennington Borough Police Department and to the Pennington Borough Municipal Court.
Any owners or users of an alarm system who accidentally activates his/her burglar alarm and promptly notifies the Police Department within two minutes after activation will not be charged with a false alarm call. This grace period shall not apply to fire alarms.
Any owner or user of an alarm system who installs such a system not in compliance with the ordinance is subject to a minimum fine of $100. Additionally, said owner or user may be required to remove such alarm system.
Any owner or user of an alarm system shall be notified by the Borough Police Department or the Fire Official once two false alarms have occurred with said system.