[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Ventnor City as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-3-1970 by Ord. No. 16-1970]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to:
A.Â
Knowingly give or cause to be given any false alarm
of a fire or any false alarm to the police.
B.Â
Interfere with or obstruct any fireman or policeman
or piece of fire or police apparatus while going to or while engaged
in fighting a fire or quelling a disturbance.
C.Â
Tamper with or attempt to tamper with or open any
wire, telephone box, fire hydrant or other fire apparatus or any emergency
police and fire phone, except in case of a fire or to summon police
when needed.
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904; 2-2-1989 by Ord. No. 8903; 1-9-1997 by Ord. No. 9616]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof before the Municipal
Judge of the Ventnor City Municipal Court or other proper authority,
be fined a sum not to exceed $1,000 or be committed to the City or
county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, and should said defendant
be charged pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:107-9, then, upon conviction thereof,
he shall be punished pursuant to the penalties thereto. In addition
to or as a substitute for the previously mentioned fine, the imposition
of community service shall be authorized as an additional penalty,
which community service shall not exceed 90 days.
[Adopted 2-6-1978 by Ord. No. 7805; amended
in its entirety 4-5-1982 by Ord. No. 8214]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 58-3, Installers
to register with police, was repealed 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 8819.
A.Â
It is the intent of the City of Ventnor City to defray
the cost of responding to false alarms that occur in the automatic
detection device or alarm system which uses the service of intermediaries
that provide an indirect connection with the Police Department of
Ventnor City.
[Amended 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 8819]
B.Â
C.Â
Alarm subscribers that use a service of central monitoring
stations (live-voice only) are permitted on a designated line as determined
by the Ventnor City Police Department.[2]
[Amended 2-7-1983 by Ord. No. 8304; 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 8819]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection D, Consent
forms, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 7-7-1988
by Ord. No. 8819.
Private owners or lessees must equip audible
alarms with a timing mechanism that will disengage the audible alarm
after a maximum period of 15 minutes. Audible alarms without such
a timing mechanism shall be unlawful in the City of Ventnor City and
must be disconnected by the owner or lessee within 60 days from the
effective date of this amendment.
[Amended 7-7-1988 by Ord. No. 8819]
A licensed alarm equipment supplier who sells
or leases an automatic protection device or sells, installs or leases
an alarm system in the City of Ventnor City shall make service available
on a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis, seven days a week, to repair
such device or system or to correct any malfunctions that may occur.
Such service may be made available for any person using an automatic
protection device or alarm system supplied at such user's expense.