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(A) The alarm user shall be responsible for knowing the contents of this chapter.
(B) Burglar/Robbery Alarm systems may be connected directly to an approved private alarm control center or may be a local alarm only. Life Safety Alarm Systems shall be installed and connected to approved locations following all National, State, and local codes herein adopted by the Town. If a local alarm only, the owner, manager or resident of the property must provide the Police and Fire Departments with emergency contact information and advise the Police and Fire Departments of any change in this information.
(C) All automatic dialing devices shall conform with § 102.05 of this chapter.
(D) Any alarm existing as of the effective date of this chapter shall also be governed by the regulations of this chapter.
(E) Each local alarm user shall furnish to the Town Police and Fire Departments the name(s) and telephone number(s) of at least one, but not more than 3 persons authorized and able to deactivate the alarm system.
(F) Life/Safety Alarm systems when activated shall continue to sound until person(s) in charge at the premises have determined the cause of the alarm. After determination of the alarm the alarm may be silenced, however it shall not be completely reset until a Fire Department representative has arrived to confirm the reason and location of the alarm.
(G) Burglar/Robbery Alarm systems installed within the Town shall be equipped with an automatic bell time cut-off module to prevent continuous alarm sounding when the user is unavailable to manually silence the alarm. Systems or test devices which give a delay of ten seconds or longer prior to alarm system activation in order to warn the alarm user of an open alarm circuit are highly recommended for all burglar alarm systems to prevent false alarms.
(H) Local Burglar/Robbery alarms shall be of a type that sounds for no more than 15 minutes. All Burglar/Robbery alarm systems are required to have reset capabilities and to reset within 15 minutes. An alarm system cut-off shall be installed to override all malfunctioning alarms. The Police Department is authorized to silence an alarm that does not automatically reset if no contact is available to silence the alarm within a reasonable time and if the alarm can be silenced in a reasonable manner. Any expense associated with silencing the alarm will be borne by the property owner.
(A) No automatic dialing device shall be inter-connected to any telephone numbers of the Town Police Department or Communications Center after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Each separate violation of this section shall be deemed a separate punishable offense under § 102.10.
(1989 Code, § 102.05) (Ord. 164, passed 2-13-1990)
(A) If, within a calendar year, the Town Police Department or the Town Fire Department responds to 6 alarms at the same premises or location where no evidence indicates that a fire occurred, smoke was present, or an unauthorized entry, robbery, or other crime was committed or attempted, the Chief of Police (in circumstances involving burglary and robbery alarms) or the Fire Chief (in circumstances involving fire or smoke alarms) shall send a letter to the alarm user informing him or her of the alarm activations and responses encouraging the review or repair of the alarm system and notifying the alarm owner that, upon the next alarm, they will be charged a response reimbursement fee.
(B) Within the calendar year, if the Town Police Department responds to a seventh or subsequent alarm at the same premises or location where no evidence indicates that an unauthorized entry, robbery, or other crime was committed or attempted, the alarm user shall reimburse the Town for the cost of responding, at a flat rate of $50 for each response over 6.
(C) Within the calendar year, if the Town Fire Department responds to a seventh or subsequent alarm at the same premises or location where no evidence indicates that a fire occurred or smoke is present, the alarm user shall reimburse the Town for the cost of responding, at a flat rate of $125 for each response over 6.
(D) The alarm user or his or her representative shall reset an alarm system when notified by the Town Police Department that the alarm has activated. When an alarm sounds continuously for a period of 60 minutes from the time officers or firefighters respond to the alarm, due to the failure of the alarm user or his or her representative to reset the alarm, every subsequent 60 minute period or portion thereof that the alarm continues to sound shall be deemed a separate alarm. The alarm user shall reimburse the Town at a flat rate of $50 for any 24 hour period.
(E) It is the intent of this chapter that the date of the first response to an alarm user shall become the anniversary date for any 12 month period calculated herein, and upon each anniversary date that alarm user's number of responses shall be reduced to 0.
(1989 Code, § 102.06) (Ord. 164, passed 2-13-1990)
(A) For the purpose of computing the number of alarm responses in § 102.06, an alarm shall not include an alarm which is determined to have been activated by adverse weather conditions, a failure in the electrical power to the alarm, or any other condition beyond the control of the alarm user.
(B) A local alarm activated during the alarm system testing procedures shall not be considered an alarm for the purpose of computing alarm responses, if the alarm user first notifies the Town Police Department Communications Center or Fire Department based on alarm applicability.
(1989 Code, § 102.07) (Ord. 164, passed 2-13-1990)
The Chief of Police or Fire Chief, or his or her designee shall have the power to waive any fee charged to an alarm user when the user submits to the Chief of Police or Fire Chief, evidence that an alarm to which public safety employees responded was not the result of negligence or evidence that indicates an unauthorized entry, robbery or other crime was committed or attempted, or a fire/smoke occurred. Such an alarm shall not be considered an alarm for the purpose of § 102.06.
(1989 Code, § 102.08) (Ord. 164, passed 2-13-1990)
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