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(A) No person, firm or corporation shall be allowed to have a local alarm on or in any building, place or premises within the municipality without first having obtained an alarm permit.
(B) Local alarms are those alarms that sound audibly on the premises of the owner, renter or lessee. Local alarms may be in addition to a central receiving station alarm. All local alarms shall be equipped with an automatic shut-off device which will deactivate within 30 minutes of the initial alarm. The person owning or operating an outside ringer shall have one year from the date of the amendatory ordinance to provide such automatic shut-off.
(C) It shall be the sole responsibility of the persons owning or operating a local alarm to maintain the system at the sole expense of the owner or operator.
(D) In addition to all other remedies provided by ordinance, the Chief of Department or his or her authorized representative, whenever he or she shall have knowledge of the misuse or improper maintenance of a local alarm system, may order the removal or deactivation of the system and the revocation of the alarm permit.
(E) Alarms affixed to vehicles of any type are not classified as local alarms and are exempt.
(Ord. 4272, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 4475, passed 10-18-2021)
(A) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used any telephone device or telephone attachment that automatically selects a public trunk line of the Police Department or Fire Department of the municipality and then reproduces any prerecorded message to report any robbery, burglary, fire, or other emergency.
(B) Within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter, all automatic protection devices in the municipality that were keyed on that date to a public trunk line shall be disconnected therefrom. The owner or lessee of any such device shall be responsible for its disconnection and any related costs.
(Ord. 4272, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 4475, passed 10-18-2021)
In the event that the municipality finds it necessary to disconnect a defective signaling device, or in the event of a local alarm sounding an alarm in excess of one-half hour, the municipality shall incur no liability by such action.
(Ord. 4272, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 4475, passed 10-18-2021)
Upon activation of a fire alarm system, the system shall not be reset (restored to a secured or clear condition) by any person until Fire Department personnel are on the scene and direct the system to be reset.
(2000 Code, § 91.07) (Ord. 1904, passed 4-21-2003; Ord. 4272, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 4475, passed 10- 18-2021) Penalty, see §
91.99
At the change of occupant, where fire alarm systems provide audible alarm coverage, alarms shall comply with the 2018 Illinois Accessibility Code, Chapter 2; Section 215.215.2 Public and Common Use Areas. Alarms in public use areas and common use areas shall comply with 702.215.3 Employee Work Areas. Where employee work areas have audible alarm coverage, visible alarms complying with 702 shall be provided.
(Ord. 4475, passed 10-18-2021)
(A) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $750 for each offense.
(B) Fines assessed for violations under this chapter shall not be less than $250 for each single violation.
(C) False alarm billing shall be based on a calendar year cycle. The first two false alarms received in the calendar year may not have a fine assessed if determined to have been transmitted in error by the Chief of Department or his or her designee. All subsequent false alarms shall be billed at $300 with a $100 escalator per each subsequent occurrence.
(Ord. 4272, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 4475, passed 10-18-2021)