(a) For the purpose of defraying the costs of the Township responding to false alarms, the owners, and/or users, lessees, or tenants of an alarm system shall be subject to the following schedule of fines.
(1) For the first false alarm for the calendar year - fifty dollars ($50.00) for each alarm.
(2) For the second false alarm for the calendar year - seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each alarm.
(3) For the third and subsequent alarm for the calendar year - one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each alarm.
(b) The Board of Commissioners may increase the said fines for such false alarms by resolution.
(c) Following the third false alarm for the calendar year, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to temporarily revoke the registration of any alarm system within the Township. The person to whom the alarm system is registered shall be notified both by certified and by regular mail of such action, and be provided with the effective date of the revocation. No further response to an alarm system shall be provided until such time that the Chief of Police has received a certification from a licensed alarm supplier describing the basis for malfunction and also certification that the alarm system is free of defect. If no report or certification is received within forty-five days from the effective date of revocation, the registration for the alarm calendar year issued shall be considered void and the alarm system shall be considered disconnected. Where determined necessary in the opinion of the Chief of Police, an annual maintenance agreement shall be required as a condition for restatement of the registration.
(Ord. 2003-08. Passed 5-19-03.)