Sec. 7-152g. Ordinances, orders and regulations re battery-charged security fences.
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(a)For purposes of this section, “battery-charged security fence” means an alarm system and ancillary components, or equipment attached to such system, including, but not limited to, a fence, an energizer, cameras and a battery-charging device used exclusively to charge the battery that:
(1)Interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the owner of the business protected by such fence or a law enforcement officer in response to an intrusion or burglary;
(2)Is located on property that is not zoned by a municipality exclusively for residential use;
(3)Has an energizer that is powered by a commercial storage battery that is not more than twelve volts of direct current and meets the standard set forth in International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335-2-76;
(4)Is behind and interior to a nonelectric fence, wall or barrier that is not less than five feet in height;
(5)Is the higher of ten feet in height, or at least two feet higher than the nonelectric fence described in subdivision
(4)of this subsection; and
(6)Is marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on such battery-charged security fence at no more than thirty-foot intervals, and such signs state: “WARNING—ELECTRIC FENCE”.
(b)Notwithstanding any general statute, special act, local law, ordinance or charter, a municipality shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance, order or regulation that:
(1)Requires a permit or fee to install or use a battery-charged security fence that is in addition to an alarm system permit, and no permit or fee other than for an alarm system shall be required for such a fence;
(2)Imposes installation or operational requirements for a battery-charged security fence that are inconsistent with those described in subdivisions
(1)to (6), inclusive, of subsection
(a)of this section; or
(3)Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged security fence.