Township of Barnegat, NJ
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2022-12-06
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 26 Alarm Systems
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Administrator
- Ch 1B Americans With Disabilities Act
- Ch 2 Attorney, Municipal
- Ch 2A Auxiliary Police
- Ch 3 Engineer, Municipal
- Ch 4 Assessors, Board of
- Ch 5 Cable Television: Programming Policies and Procedures for Government Access Channel
- Ch 6 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 7 Claims and Payments
- Ch 8 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 9 Court, Municipal
- Ch 9A Deputy Township Clerk
- Ch 9B Economic Development Committee
- Ch 9BB Emergency Management Services
- Ch 9C Environmental Commission
- Ch 10 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 10A Handicapped Grievance Procedure
- Ch 11 Health, Board of
- Ch 11A Holiday Celebrations Committee
- Ch 11B Historian, Local
- Ch 11C Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 11D Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP)
- Ch 12 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 12A Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 12B Meadowedge Park
- Ch 12C Officers and Employees
- Ch 13 Personnel Policy
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Police Department
- Ch 15A Principal Assessing Clerk
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Manager of Municipal Operations
- Ch 18 Public Works Department
- Ch 19 Recreation Commission
- Ch 20 Recreation Disability Advisory Board
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Salaries
- Ch 22A Senior Advisory Council
- Ch 23 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 24 Tax Assessor, Assistant
- Ch 24A Transportation Assistance Program Committee
- Ch 24B Tort Claims Act Notice
- Ch 24C (Reserved)
- Ch 24D (Reserved)
- Ch 24E Wildfire Safety Council
- Ch 25 Veterans Commission
- Ch 25A Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer, Deputy
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 25B Adopt-A-Highway Program
- Ch 26 Alarm Systems
- Ch 26 Art I False Alarm Systems
- § 26-1 Definitions.
- § 26-2 Required inspections and information.
- § 26-3 False alarms.
- § 26-4 Fees.
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 28 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 29 Alcoholic Beverages Consumption by Underage Persons on Private Property Prohibited
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Bathing Beach
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Brush, Weeds, Obnoxious Growth
- Ch 36A Properties in Foreclosure
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 38A Cats
- Ch 38B Letters of Non-Interest for Resale of Units
- Ch 38C Charitable Solicitation on Roadways
- Ch 39 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 40 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 41 Curfew
- Ch 41A Truancy
- Ch 42 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 42A Drunk Driving Free School Zones
- Ch 43 Dock, Municipal
- Ch 44 Dogs
- Ch 44A Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 44B Fertilizer Application
- Ch 45 Fences
- Ch 45A Firearms
- Ch 46 Fire Prevention
- Ch 46A Fire Lanes
- Ch 46B Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 47 Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 48 Garbage, Rubbish, Refuse Matter
- Ch 48A Recycling
- Ch 49 Garage Sales
- Ch 50 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Canvassers, Solicitors and Mobile Vendors
- Ch 53 Insurance
- Ch 54 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 55 Land Use
- Ch 55A Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 55B (Reserved)
- Ch 55C Anti-Litter Ordinance
- Ch 55D Loitering
- Ch 55E Invasive Plants
- Ch 55F Manufactured Home Communities for "Housing for Older Persons" Service Fee
- Ch 56 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 57 Motor Vehicle Junk Dealers
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Nuisances
- Ch 60 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 60A Excessive Consumption of Municipal Services
- Ch 61 Sale of Puppies and Kittens
- Ch 62 Pollution
- Ch 62A Property Damage by Minors
- Ch 63 Property Maintenance
- Ch 63A (Reserved)
- Ch 63B Rental Properties
- Ch 64 Rent Leveling
- Ch 64A Smoking
- Ch 64B Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 65 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 65A Soil Removal, Excavation and Mining
- Ch 66 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 67 Taxes and Assessments
- Ch 68 Taxicabs
- Ch 68A Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 68B Towing Businesses
- Ch 69 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 70 Random Drug Testing Policy for First Aid and Firefighting Volunteers
- Ch 70A Pet Waste, Proper Disposal
- Ch 70B Litter Control
- Ch 70C Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 70D Wildlife Feeding, Prohibited
- Ch 70E Containerized Yard Waste
- Ch 70F Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 70G Illicit Connection
- Ch 70H Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 71 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 71A Vehicles, Parking Restrictions in Residential Areas
- Ch 72 Vehicles, Unlicensed and Licensed
- Ch 73 Vending Machines
- Ch 73A Water Conservation
- Ch 74 Water/Sewer Utility
- Part III: Board Of Health Legislation
- Ch 75 Food Establishments, Mobile
- Ch 76 Food Handling Establishments
- Ch 77 Laundries, Self-Service
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 79A Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 80 Swine
- Ch 81 Swimming Pools
- Ch 82 Water Supplies
- Appendix
- Ch A85 Sewerage Authority Agreement
- Ch A86 Cable Television and Communications System
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch LUDL Land Use Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Barnegat 8-7-95 as Ord. No. 1995-39. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any device designed, when actuated, to produce or emit a
sound or transmit a signal or message for the purpose of alerting
others to the existence of an emergency situation requiring immediate
investigation by alarm police, fire or other agent.
The activation of an alarm system by causes other than those
to which the alarm system was designed or intended to respond.
The volunteer fire company or companies located within the
Township of Barnegat.
The Township Administrator or any other person authorized
by the Township Committee to be responsible for the enforcement of
this chapter and any administrative duties regarding the regulation
and control of alarm business, agents and systems in the Township.
The Barnegat Township Police Department shall be known as the Township
Alarm Administrator.
A.Â
The Township Alarm Administrator or his/her representative is authorized,
at reasonable times and upon oral notice, to enter any premises in
the Township of Barnegat to inspect the installation and/or operation
of any alarm device as official business.
B.Â
All businesses having fire alarms must submit the names, addresses
and emergency numbers of persons to contact, if the alarm is activated,
to the Township Alarm Administrator and shall update and/or amend
this list monthly. This list is confidential and shall be used by
the Police and/or Fire Department when necessary to make contact due
to official business.
A.Â
The Township Alarm Administrator shall keep a written record (the
police event/dispatch card) of all false alarms which summon the Fire
Department to investigate.
B.Â
Upon four (4) false alarms, in any new calendar year, a written warning will be sent to the owner or lessee of such alarm system with a copy of this chapter. After five (5) false alarms in any new calendar year, the Township Alarm Administrator shall charge the owner or lessee of such alarm an administrative inspection fee, as outlined in Section 26-4.
[Amended 8-21-00 by Ord. No. 2000-37]
(1)Â
In the event that a fifth false alarm occurs prior to the receipt
of the warning, the administrative inspection fee will be imposed.
C.Â
The Township Alarm Administrator is authorized to have any alarm
device connected to the township offices or the Fire Department, that
does not meet the requirements of this chapter or is responsible for
excessive false alarms, excessive false alarms being more than ten
(10) in one (1) calendar year, disconnected.
D.Â
Should any disconnection result due to power failure, all liability
shall be upon said subscriber for all losses whatsoever during the
period of disconnection, and no liability shall befall the Township
of Barnegat.
E.Â
In order to reconnect to the township offices or the Fire Department,
the alarm subscriber must submit, in writing, to the Township Alarm
Administrator, proof that the problem with his alarm has been corrected.
Approval may be given on a trial basis for sixty (60) days. A reconnect
fee will be charged.
F.Â
The owner, lessee or alarm business, after consulting with the Township
Alarm Administrator, may appeal said administrator's decisions
to the Township Committee.
A.Â
The following administrative inspection fees shall be applicable
as a result of excessive false alarms:
(1)Â
Zero (0) to four (4) no fee
(2)Â
Fifth false alarm: one hundred dollars ($100.)
(3)Â
Sixth false alarm: one hundred fifty dollars ($150.)
(4)Â
Seventh false alarm: two hundred dollars ($200.)
(5)Â
Eighth false alarm: two hundred fifty dollars ($250.)
(6)Â
Ninth false alarm: three hundred dollars ($300.)
(7)Â
Tenth false alarm: three hundred fifty dollars ($350.)
B.Â
Reconnection fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.).
