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TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
120 MAIN STREET
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS 01845
Joyce A.Bradshaw,CMMC Telephone(978)688-9501
Town Clerk Fax (978)688-9557
E-mail Bradshaw(dtownofnorthandover.com.
This is to certify that the following vote was taken on Article 37 at the Dissolved
Annual Town Meeting for the Town of North Andover held June 7, 2011:
Article 37. Amend General Bylaws Chapter 69 - Fire Alarms-Section 69-2 - Alarm
Installation and Permit Requirements — Subsection E, Changing Effective Date from July
1, 2012 to July 1, 2014. Unanimous vote to amend Chapter 69 of the General Bylaws — Fire
Alarms - Section E — 69-2 Alarm Installation and Permit Requirements — by adding the
underlined language and removing the text shown as stricken to read as follows:
§ 69-2 Alarm Installation and Permit Requirements
A. As of the effective date of this by-law, no alarm system or equipment designed to
summon the Fire Department shall be installed without a permit signed by the Fire Chief or his
designee. The issuance of permits and the imposition of fees shall be in compliance with
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 148 Section 10 A.
Changes in the permit or inspection fees may be made with sixty (60) days notice to the general
public and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
B. Any current or future alarm user may contract with an alarm company of their choice for the
purchase, lease, installation and servicing of an alarm system on their premises.
C. Actual connection to the Fire Department's alarm receiving system will be made only by an
installer approved by the Fire Chief for this service through the issuance of a permit as per
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 148 Section 10A.
D. As of July 1, 2007 connection to the Fire Department's alarm receiving system will be
performed only through approved radio master fire alarm boxes.
E. As of Jidly 1, 2007 September 1, 2011 all buildings and structures connected to the Fire
Department's alarm receiving system will be advised that as of july 1, 2012 July 1, 2014 master
fire alarm boxes connected through the hard wired municipal circuit system must be replaced
with a radio master box compatible with the Fire Department's alarm receiving equipment. The
master boxes on the buildings remain the property of the property owner but must be removed
from their location to avoid perceptions that they are connected to the Fire Department. These
wireless devices shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the appropriate sections of
the then current editions of the following NFPA Standards: NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code
- NFPA 1221 Standard for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Emergency Services
Communication Systems— NFPA 70 National Electrical Code and all reference documents
contained within these codes and the related rules and regulations of the North Andover Fire
Department.
F. The alarm system owner or user, or the alarm company contracting for the servicing of
the alarm users system, shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of the wireless master
fire alarm box transmitting device.
G. The Fire Department will make every effort to insure the proper operation of the alarm
receiving equipment, but accepts no liability for conditions, which prevent proper reception of
signals from the user's premises. The mounting locations for radio boxes shall require pre-
approval of the North Andover Fire Department.
And further that the non-substantive changes to the numbering of this bylaw by the Town Clerk
be permitted in order that it be in compliance with the numbering format of the General Bylaws
of the Town of North Andover;
SECTION 69-2 AS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
§ 69-2 Alarm Installation and Permit Requirements
B. As of the effective date of this by-law, no alarm system or equipment designed to
summon the Fire Department shall be installed without a permit signed by the Fire Chief or his
designee. The issuance of permits and the imposition of fees shall be in compliance with
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 148 Section 10 A.
Changes in the permit or inspection fees may be made with sixty (60) days notice to the general
public and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
B. Any current or future alarm user may contract with an alarm company of their choice for the
purchase, lease, installation and servicing of an alarm system on their premises.
C. Actual connection to the Fire Department's alarm receiving system will be made only by an
installer approved by the Fire Chief for this service through the issuance of a permit as per
Massachusetts General Law Chapter 148 Section 10A.
D. As of July 1, 2007 connection to the Fire Department's alarm receiving system will be
performed only through approved radio master fire alarm boxes.
E. As of September 1, 2011 all buildings and structures connected to the Fire Department's
alarm receiving system will be advised that as of July 1, 2014 master fire alarm boxes connected
through the hard wired municipal circuit system must be replaced with a radio master box
compatible with the Fire Department's alarm receiving equipment. The master boxes on the
buildings remain the property of the property owner but must be removed from their location to
avoid perceptions that they are connected to the Fire Department. These wireless devices shall
be installed and maintained in accordance with the appropriate sections of the then current
editions of the following NFPA Standards: NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code - NFPA 1221
Standard for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Emergency Services Communication
Systems—NFPA 70 National Electrical Code and all reference documents contained within these
codes and the related rules and regulations of the North Andover Fire Department.
F. The alarm system owner or user, or the alarm company contracting for the servicing of
the alarm users system, shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of the wireless master
fire alarm box transmitting device.
G. The Fire Department will make every effort to insure the proper operation of the alarm
receiving equipment, but accepts no liability for conditions, which prevent proper reception of
signals from the user's premises. The mounting locations for radio boxes shall require pre-
approval of the North Andover Fire Department.
And further that the non-substantive changes to the numbering of this bylaw by the Town Clerk
be permitted in order that it be in compliance with the numbering format of the General Bylaws
of the Town of North Andover
VOTED JUNE 7, 2011