§ 2A-22. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

Alarm device

Any device which, when activated by a criminal act or by smoke, fire or other emergency calling for Police or Fire Department response, transmits a signal to Police or Fire Department dispatch; transmits a signal to a person who relays information to Police or Fire Department dispatch; or produces an audible or visible signal to which the Police or Fire Departments are expected to respond. Excluded from this definition and the scope of this article are devices which are designed to alert or signal only persons within the premises in which the device is installed.

Alarm user

The owner of any premises in which an alarm device is used, provided that an occupant who expressly accepts responsibility for an alarm device by registration pursuant to § 2A-25 shall be deemed the alarm user.

Central station

An office to which remote alarm devices transmit signals where operators monitor those signals and relay information to the Police and Fire Departments.

Contractor

Any person, firm or corporation in the business of supplying and installing alarm devices or servicing the same.

False alarm

Any activation of an alarm device to which the Police or Fire Department responds and which is not caused by a criminal act, fire, other emergency or nature.

Lock box

An Underwriter's Laboratory-type secured box or vault of a size and style approved by the Fire Marshal or his designee which contains key(s) for the exclusive use of the New Milford Fire Departments and ambulance personnel to access the premises in an emergency.

Ord. of 8-12-2003; Ord. of 1-12-2004; Ord. of 1-8-2007; Ord. of 9-27-2010; Ord. of 1-14-2019