[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Woodbridge 10-11-1983, effective 11-11-1983 (Ch. 5, Art. V, of the 1983 Code);
amended 6-25-1986, effective 7-25-1986; 4-12-1995, effective 5-13-1995. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter
to provide minimum standards and regulations applicable to users and
installers of burglar, fire, holdup and automatic telephone dialer
alarms within the Town of Woodbridge and to provide penalties for
noncompliance.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device,
such as a solid state unit, which may operate from a one-hundred-ten-volt
AC line) arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent
attention and to which Police or Fire Department personnel are expected
to respond. This includes all burglar alarms, fire alarms, holdup
alarms and automatic telephone dialer alarms, except smoke detectors
which do not signal outside an alarmed premises or alarm systems on
motor vehicles.
Any person, firm or corporation on whose premises any alarm
system is maintained within the Town.
An alarm system which automatically sends over regular telephone
lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded message indicating
the existence of the emergency situation that the alarm system is
designed to detect.
The accidental or intentional activation of an alarm system
through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation, or
the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or of his
employees or agents, resulting in response by fire and/or police personnel.
Alarms caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, other normally
infrequent violent conditions or acts of God shall not be considered
false alarms.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation installing an alarm
system within the Town shall register with the Woodbridge Police Department
at least 10 days prior to anticipated installation. All existing alarm
systems shall be registered by the homeowner with the Woodbridge Police
Department within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter.
B.
No alarm system shall be installed by other than a
licensed person or other person meeting the requirements set forth
in the building and electrical codes of the State of Connecticut.
No alarm system shall be installed unless an electrical permit to
install an alarm system has been obtained from the Town Building Official,
or his designated representative, as is required by the building and
electrical codes of the State of Connecticut.
C.
Alarm users having existing automatic telephone dialing
devices shall comply with § 7-282b of the Connecticut General
Statutes which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth
in this subsection.[1]
D.
Automatic telephone dialing devices in existence as
of the effective date of this chapter shall be programmed to a special
telephone number, which is to be designated by the Chief of Police,
within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, the cost of
which is to be paid by the user.[2]
E.
All residential alarm systems as defined in this chapter
which sound an audible signal which may be heard outside of the protected
premises shall be equipped with a device which shall limit the duration
of such audible signal to not more than 30 minutes in accordance with
Section 22a-69-5.1 of the Administrative Regulations of the Department
of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut.[3]
F.
False burglar alarms, holdup alarms, or automatic telephone dialer alarms. A maximum of four false burglar, holdup, or automatic telephone dialer alarms in any fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) shall be allowed from any alarm system of any person, firm or corporation without penalty. Upon receipt of a fifth false alarm and for each false alarm thereafter during a year, a fine shall be imposed in accordance with § 150-4A of this chapter.
G.
False fire alarms. A maximum of one false fire alarm in any fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) shall be allowed from any fire alarm system of any person, firm or corporation without penalty. Upon receipt of a second false fire alarm and for each false fire alarm thereafter during any year, a fine shall be imposed in accordance with § 150-4B of this chapter. In lieu of payment of a fine for a second false alarm, an inspection report by an alarm company certifying that the alarm system is functioning properly may be submitted, provided that such inspection and report were completed within 10 days of the false fire alarm.
A.
Burglar alarms, holdup alarms, or automatic telephone dialer alarms. Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of § 150-3F shall be fined $35 upon the receipt of the fifth through eighth false alarms and $50 for each false alarm thereafter.
