(A) No person shall install, operate or maintain an alarm system on any property within the Township unless such alarm system is registered with the Police Chief. Such registration shall include all information deemed necessary by the Police Chief, including , but not limited to, the following information:
(1) The name and address of the property;
(2) The name and address of each tenant or occupant of the property if other than the property owner;
(3) The type of alarm device;
(4) The name, address and telephone number of the alarm business(es) selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, servicing, responding to and/or maintaining the alarm system;
(5) The name and telephone number of at least two persons who can be reached at any time, day or night, and who are authorized to respond to an alarm signal and who can open the premises in which the system is installed; and
(6) The indemnification described in subsection (B) below executed by the property owner and each occupant of the building utilizing an alarm system registered pursuant to this section.
(B) The registration of an alarm system pursuant to this chapter shall be expressly conditioned upon the registrant agreeing, in writing, to indemnify and hold the Township harmless from and on account of any and all damages arising out of the activities of the registrant or its alarm contractor and arising out of the existence, operation, failure to operate, use or misuse of the alarm system on the registrant's premises and arising out of the operation or failure to operate of the alarm console.
(C) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to audible alarms affixed to automobiles, provided, however, that the provisions of § 100.08 shall apply to audible alarms affixed to automobiles.
(D) All audible alarm systems in place on the effective date of this section shall have a period of six months within which to register such system in accordance with this section; provided however, that if an audible alarm is activated and the Police Department or the Fire Department respond to such activation, whether or not such signal is for a true emergency situation or a false alarm, the property owner must register such system pursuant to this section within fourteen days after such activation.
(E) Failure to register with the Chief of Police, as required herein, will result in a penalty as set forth in § 100.07.
(Ord. 823-97, passed 8-11-97; Am. Ord. 10-02, passed 4-8-02)