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ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18, CHAPTER 5, SECURITY, ARTICLE 1, HOUSING GUARDS, 18:5-1.1 ARMED SECURITY GUARD REQUIRED, BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION 18:5-1.1(c), PETITION TO REDUCE OR INCREASE THE HOURS OF ARMED SECURITY GUARDS FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BUILDINGS WITH FIFTY (50) TO ONE HUNDRED (100) OR MORE HOUSING UNITS AND AMENDING 18:5-1.5 TO REQUIRE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN SAID BUILDINGS.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
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SECTION 1: Title 18, Chapter 5, Security, Article 1, Housing Guards, 18:5-1.1 Armed Security Guard Required of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, is amended as follows:
18:5-1.1(c). Petition to Reduce or Increase Armed Security Guards.
Notwithstanding the provisions of 18:5-1.1a of this Chapter, requiring the presence of Armed Security Guards on the premises for eight (8) hours and unarmed security for the remaining sixteen (16) hours, the residents of public and private buildings, with fifty (50) to one hundred (100) or more housing units, may petition the Department of Engineering, Office of Code Enforcement, to reduce or increase the number of hours of Armed Security Guards. The petition shall choose from any one of the following:
1. Unarmed guards for twenty-four (24) hours per day; or
2. A combination of Armed Security Guards for sixteen (16) hours per day and unarmed guards for the remaining eight (8) hours; or
3. Armed Security Guards for twenty-four (24) hours per day.
Residents may petition for four (4) hours of unarmed or armed security for public and private buildings, with fifty (50) to one hundred (100) or more housing units.
Public and Private Buildings with fifty (50) to one hundred (100) or more housing units that are in high crime area...
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