(A) The alarm business or owner of any audible alarm system shall be responsible for deactivating any alarm within 60 minutes after notification or after reasonable efforts have been made to notify the owner or alarm business that such alarm is sounding.
(B) Every audible alarm installed after the effective date of this section shall have a timing device which automatically shuts off the alarm within 60 minutes after it is activated. An alarm that sounds for more than 60 minutes may be considered a public nuisance as defined in this chapter. All audible alarms installed prior to the effective date of this section must either have a timing device which automatically shuts off the alarm within 60 minutes after it is activated or the property owner must have in place procedures whereby the alarm is manually or automatically shut off within 60 minutes after it is activated.
(C) In the event that an alarm system emitting an audible, visual or other similar response shall fail to be deactivated within the time limitation specified in subsection (B) above, the Chief shall have the right to take such action as may be necessary in order to disconnect any such alarm.
(D) The obligation for the maintenance, repair, upkeep and continuing operation of alarm systems shall be the sole responsibility of the person(s) having had the system installed. All components of alarm equipment must be maintained in good repair by the registrant, and, when evidence exists that there has been failure to comply with the operational requirements of this chapter, the Chief is then authorized to demand that such device be disconnected until such time as compliance with current requirements is reestablished.
(E) An alarm business, upon written request by the Chief, shall provide a service history of a particular alarm system within five business days after receiving the request.
(F) Any person testing an alarm covered under the terms of this chapter shall notify the Police Department immediately prior to and after the testing is completed. Failure to do so shall subject such person to the fees provided for false alarms.
(G) The sensory mechanism of alarm devices and local alarms shall be adjusted so as to suppress false indications and not to be actuated by impulses due to pressure changes in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind, noises, rattling or vibration at doors or windows or other forces unrelated to general alarms.
(H) In addition to any other information that may be required to be supplied by the provisions of this chapter, the Chief may require the alarm business to furnish him with certain statistical data which may be reasonably available relative to specified periods of operation after the effective date of this Chapter.
(I) In addition to the normal power supply, alarm devices and local alarms shall have an independent battery, of equal voltage to the normal power supply, which is kept fully charged and shall be capable of switching from one power supply to the other automatically.
(J) The Chief may from time to time promulgate rules and regulations supplementing this chapter in order to provide for record keeping, efficient management and administration of the provisions of this chapter, Provided, however, that the Mayor and Township Committee must first approve these rules or any changes thereto.
(Ord. 823-97, passed 8-11-97)