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No alarm system designed to transmit alarm conditions directly to the Police Department shall be tested or demonstrated without first obtaining permission from the Police Department. Permission is not required to list or demonstrate alarm devices not transmitting alarm conditions directly to the Police Department unless the alarm conditions are to be relayed to the Police Department. Failure to notify the Police Department prior to testing or conducting repairs on an alarm system shall constitute a false alarm. Responsibility for notification lies with the alarm holder.
('80 Code, § 9.20.070) Penalty, see § 10.99
Applicable fines as follows:
(A) Any alarm user having false alarms on more than four dates in any 90-day period shall pay a fine in the sum of an amount set by Town Council and subject to amendment by Council from time to time, for each additional false alarm beyond the four dates. The current fine is available for public inspection at the town offices during normal business hours. All fines shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer within ten days after receipt of notice of the violation and the Clerk-Treasurer shall deposit same in the general fund.
(B) Any alarm user who does not pay the above fine within the time prescribed shall be subject to having the permit revoked pursuant to § 91.09 of this chapter.
('80 Code, § 9.20.080)
(A) False alarms on more than ten dates in one year from any alarm system for which alarm user authorization has been obtained or failure to pay fine pursuant to § 91.08 of this chapter may constitute grounds for revocation of the permit granted subject to provisions of this chapter.
(B) (1) After the Police Department has recorded false alarms on four dates in any 90-day consecutive period from any authorized user, it shall notify the authorized alarm user (with a copy to the alarm equipment supplier), specifically those persons authorized to deal with police, and inform them of the facts and ask that they, within 15 days, submit a written report describing efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarms.
(2) If the authorized alarm user fails to submit a report within 15 days or such longer period as the Chief of Police may reasonably grant, of if by the report the alarm user fails to show that he has
taken or will take reasonable steps to eliminate or reduce false alarm, the Chief of Police may revoke the alarm user's authorization.
(C) When alarm conditions are received by the Police Department that evidence a failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the Police Chief is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of such device, or his representative, disconnect such device until it is made to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(D) The Chief of Police may revoke or suspend any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after giving written notice to the alarm user and an opportunity for the alarm user to effect compliance within ten days if the Police Chief determines that the alarm system under permit has been installed, maintained or operated in violation of this chapter or if any term or condition of the permit or if any fine is unpaid.
(E) (1) An alarm system user whose authorization has been revoked is not precluded under this section from applying for a new authorization pursuant to § 91.05 of this chapter. However, before a new permit is issued, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have a report from the Police Chief as hereinafter defined and in addition, all fines due must be paid and the system corrected from any deficiencies. Before the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a new permit, the Police Chief shall make reasonable efforts to determine that the alarm user's system has been properly serviced and its deficiency corrected. The Police Chief shall notify the Clerk-Treasurer that the alarm system has been corrected from its previous deficiencies and upon all fines paid, the Clerk-Treasurer shall then issue a new permit provided all requirements of § 91.05 of this chapter are complied with.
(2) Any person affected by the Police Chief's order to disconnect or by the Police Chief's refusal to certify to the Clerk-Treasurer that the system currently meets all requirements shall have the right to request the Police Commission of the town to review the decision or action by the Police Chief within ten days after any decision has been made by the Police Chief. The Police Commission is given the authority to either affirm, modify, or reverse any decision made by the Police Chief.
('80 Code, § 9.20.090)
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