(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the imposition of fees to be charged to that portion of the village resident and business population that maintains mechanically or electronically activated alarm systems, and to reduce the number of unnecessary responses by the department of public safety to such alarms.
(b) The inherent difficulties and malfunctions associated with such mechanically or electronically activated alarm systems result in unnecessary or non-bona fide alarm activation and consequently require unnecessary responses by the department of public safety. Such unnecessary responses severely impact and endanger the safety and welfare of the residents of the village. In addition to the significant cost involved in responding to such alarms and the concurrent loss of manpower and ineffective utilization of equipment, such alarms require emergency responses that may contribute to a high accident rate.
(c) A system of graduated fees for public safety department responses to alarms serves the dual purpose of encouraging the cessation of non-bona fide alarms and of charging the cost of such alarms to that portion of the population wishing to use them.