[1997 Code § 114-1]
Any central alarm monitoring station which monitors alarm equipment
located in the City of Absecon City must register with the City of
Absecon City and thereafter report each alarm connected to it which
originates from the City of Absecon City. A central alarm monitoring
station must call in all alarms reported that are registered in the
City of Absecon City. Reporting of alarms must include the alarm registration
number and the address of the property transmitting the alarm.
[1997 Code § 114-2]
All owners or lessees must equip audible alarms with a timing
device which will limit the period during which the alarm will sound
to 15 minutes.
[1997 Code § 114-3]
All owners or lessees of alarm equipment using the services of a central alarm monitoring station must register with the City of Absecon City prior to the installation of the alarm system. Owners or lessees of existing alarm systems using the services of a central alarm monitoring station must register with the City of Absecon City within 60 days for the effective date of this chapter. There shall be no fee charged for registration of alarm systems. Any owner or lessee who fails to register within the prescribed period shall disconnect the alarm system and shall discontinue using the services of any central alarm monitoring station. All owners or lessees not using the service of a central alarm monitoring station may also register with the City of Absecon City. (Registration will permit the City of Absecon City to contact the owner, lessee or his representatives in the event of an emergency.) Owners or lessees of alarm equipment not using the services of a central alarm monitoring station must comply with Sections 114-2, 114-4, 114-10, 114-11, 114-12 of this chapter.
[1997 Code § 114-4]
Alarm equipment which utilizes voice recordings are prohibited
from dialing any telephone lines utilized by the City of Absecon City.
[1997 Code § 114-5]
A.
"Alarm equipment supplier" is defined as any person, company, corporation,
or organization who or which operates a central alarm and monitoring
station or who or which sells, installs, leases, maintains, repairs
or services an alarm system within the City of Absecon City. Individual
property owners or lessees of alarm systems who maintain alarm systems
for their own use are not to be considered suppliers under this section.
B.
Any alarm equipment supplier must register with the City of Absecon
City and obtain an annual mercantile license through the City Clerk's
office.
[1997 Code § 114-6]
The mercantile license fee for an alarm equipment supplier shall
be $100.
[1997 Code § 114-7]
Any alarm equipment supplier doing business in the City of Absecon
City must provide the purchaser or lessee of said equipment with a
copy of this chapter and the forms necessary for registering with
the City of Absecon City.
[1997 Code § 114-8]
Each registered alarm equipment supplies shall make service
available on a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis, seven days a week,
to repair the alarm systems or to correct any malfunction that may
occur.
[1997 Code § 114-9]
At the time of installation, the alarm equipment supplier shall
furnish to any buyer or lessee written information as to how repair
service may be obtained at any time, including the telephone number
of the alarm system supplier or agent responsible for service. The
buyer or lessee and the alarm equipment supplier shall be responsible
for having the device disconnected or repaired immediately upon notice
that the alarm system is not functioning properly.
[1997 Code § 114-10]
When alarm systems fail to comply with the operational requirements set forth and the City of Absecon City Communications Department has concluded that the alarm system should be disconnected in order to relieve the burden of responding to false alarms, the Supervising Telecommunicator is authorized to require that the owner or lessee or his representative disconnect the alarm system until it is made to comply with the operational requirements. Any notification requesting disconnection of an alarm system shall be by certified mail, with return receipt requested. If disconnection of the defective alarm is not accomplished promptly and the Supervising Telecommunicator determines that the malfunctioning alarm system is repeatedly sending false alarms, the violations and penalties stated in Section 114-12 of this chapter will apply.
[1997 Code § 114-11]
For the purpose of defraying the costs to the City of Absecon City of responding to a false alarm, the owner or lessee of an alarm system shall, as a condition of operation, be permitted five false alarms in each calendar year. After that, such owner, lessee or user shall pay to the City of Absecon City $50 for each false alarm originating from the system. This sum shall be and constitute a civil claim by the City and does not affect the penalty provisions of Section 114-12.
[1997 Code § 114-12]
A.
Failure of any person, company, corporation or organization to comply with the requirements of this chapter except Section 114-11, shall, upon conviction in Municipal Court, be subject to a fine of $25 for a first offense, $50 for second offense and $100 for a third and each offense thereafter. Each day's failure to comply with such provision shall constitute a separate violation.
B.
Repeated failure of an alarm equipment supplier to comply with the
requirements of this chapter may, after notice and an opportunity
to be heard, result in the suspension or revocation of the supplier's
mercantile license by City Council.
