(A) Generally. Any owner, lessee or user found guilty of violating this chapter in a summary procedure before a Magisterial District Judge shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $300. Failure to comply with any notice sent by the township within three days of receipt shall be deemed an offense.
(B) False alarm violation. Any owner, lessee or user found guilty of misuse or continual false activation shall be liable for a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 plus costs of prosecution for each and every activation, to be collectible before any Magisterial District Judge as like fines or penalties are now by law collectible; provided, it shall be the duty of the police and/or the fire companies to investigate and file a report on each false alarm. The police officer or fire official making the report shall serve upon the violator, by first-class mail, a notice stating the time and date of the violation. The notice shall contain instructions to the homeowner that if he or she will report to the office of the Chief of Police and pay the sum of $25 within 14 days after the notice, or if he or she will mail the sum of $25 to the Chief of Police within 14 days, that act will save the violator from prosecution and from payment of fine and cost prescribed in the first sentence of this division (B). All sums collected in this manner shall be delivered directly to the fire company which responded to the alarm or to the township in the event the Police Department responded to the alarm. In the event that a response has been provided by both a Fire Department and the Township Police Department, and the homeowner submits a voluntary payment in lieu of the fine stated in the first sentence of this division (B), the voluntary payment shall be split equally between the Fire Department and the township.
(Ord. 99, passed 3-14-1990)