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(A) Permit Required: No person or alarm equipment supplier shall cause a signaling device to be connected to the Lisle police department monitoring system without a valid alarm system permit. Any person or alarm equipment supplier who operates or causes to be operated an alarm system which was connected to the police department monitoring system and who has paid a fee for said hookup shall be exempt from the initial permit fee, but shall obtain a valid alarm system permit within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Application For Permit:
1. Applications for permits to install, maintain and operate a signaling device connected to the police department monitoring system shall be filed with the chief of police on forms supplied by the village, with the applicable fee.
2. Said application shall contain the name, address and telephone number of both the installer and the person or business on whose premises the system was or is to be installed, as well as a description of the system and location where the system is or is proposed to be installed. In the case of business applicants, the application shall also include the name, address and telephone number of one additional individual who shall be responsible for and who has agreed to receive notification of an alarm at any time, and who agrees to grant access to the premises and deactivate the alarm system if requested to do so by fire or police personnel, and shall indicate the location of at least one point of secondary access to the premises.
3. The chief of police shall approve such application if he finds that:
(a) The use of said signaling device to transmit a signal, message or warning to a designated village police department telephone line will not interfere with the orderly conduct of municipal business;
(b) The alarm equipment supplier installing the system maintains a service organization capable of promptly and effectively repairing, maintaining and otherwise servicing the signaling device sold or leased by him; and
(c) The signaling device is in compliance with all state and federal regulations.
(C) Registration Required: All other alarm systems, other than those which require a permit for connection to the police department monitoring system, shall be registered with the police department. Registration is required at the time that an alarm equipment supplier completes installation and activation of a system, at all protected premises within the village. Any person wishing to operate or cause to be operated an alarm system which was installed prior to the effective date of this section must register said system within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this chapter. (Ord. 92-2328, 11-16-1992)
(D) Registration Process:
1. Alarm systems not otherwise requiring permits shall be registered with the village. Residential alarms shall be registered on forms supplied by the police department. Business alarm systems shall be registered on the business registration form supplied by the village of Lisle business office. (Ord. 2010-4318, 5-3-2010)
2. Said registration shall contain the name, address and telephone number of both the installer and the person or business on whose premises the system was or is to be installed, as well as a description of the system and location where the system is or is proposed to be installed. In the case of business applicants, the application shall also include the name, address and telephone number of one additional individual who shall be responsible for and who has agreed to receive notification of an alarm at any time, and who agrees to grant access to the premises and deactivate the alarm system if requested to do so by fire or police personnel, and shall indicate the location of at least one point of secondary access to the premises.
3. Information as outlined above for both permits and registrations shall be updated as needed by the permit holder or registrant, but at least annually.
4. No local alarm which is audible beyond the premises being served shall be installed or maintained within the village without registration. Audible type alarms which emit a sound intensity of greater than sixty five (65) decibels at any location outside the protected premises are prohibited. No such alarm may be installed or maintained unless it shall be controlled by an automatic timing device after a period not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes. (Ord. 92-2328, 11-16-1992)
(A) Responsibility: Each person holding a permit or registration for the operation or maintenance of a signaling device shall be strictly liable for any false alarm transmitted by the device which the permit holder operates or maintains.
(B) False Alarms: Whenever the village police department or fire department responds to a signaling device, a member of the responding department shall inspect the protected premises and shall determine whether the response was caused by a false alarm. If the responding department member determines the alarm to be false, a report of the false alarm shall be forwarded to the chief of police who shall maintain a record of all false alarms so transmitted.
(C) Exceptions: False alarms shall not include alarms activated by the following:
1. Attempted or actual criminal activity or forcible or unauthorized entry;
2. Structural damage to the protected premises due to earthquake, high winds, lightning or flooding caused by the overflow of natural drainage;
3. Telephone line malfunction;
4. Electrical service interruption; and
5. System malfunction within thirty (30) days of a new installation or modification of an existing system; provided, that the chief of police has received prior notice of the work performed. (Ord. 92-2328, 11-16-1992)
The village assumes no liability for any defects in operation of signal device systems for any failure or neglect to respond appropriately upon receipt of an alarm from such a source, nor for the failure or neglect of any person in connection with the installation and operation of equipment, the transmission of alarm signals and prerecorded alarm messages or the relaying of such signals and messages. (Ord. 92-2328, 11-16-1992)
(A) False Alarm Charges:
1. To reimburse the costs of responding to false alarms, the permit holder or registrant shall pay to the village, for each false alarm in excess of three (3) in any calendar year, the amounts as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, “Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures”.
2. A false alarm charge shall be payable to the village within thirty (30) days of invoice. The permit holder or registrant shall be strictly liable for all false alarms on the premises, and shall be responsible for the timely payment of all false alarm charges.
(B) Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit; Disconnection:
1. Any permit issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the chief of police for any of the following reasons:
(a) The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other applicable ordinance or statute; and
(b) The failure to pay fees and changes as required by this section.
2. Once a permit is revoked, the chief of police may order the disconnection from police department signal lines of an alarm system for the premises subject to the previously revoked permit. The disconnection may be ordered and may take place without further notice to the permit holder.
3. In addition to any fees or charges prescribed by this chapter, any permit holder or registrant convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may be fined as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, “Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures” for each offense. All remedies provided by this chapter shall be cumulative and the use of one or more remedies by the village shall not bar the use of any other remedy.
(Ord. 92-2328, 11-16-1992; amd. Ord. 96-2776, 5-20-1996; Ord. 2010-4317, 5-3-2021; Ord. 2021-4921, 9-20-2021)