(A) It shall be the responsibility of all persons, entities, firms, corporations or other groups that maintain alarm systems within the township, to provide current information to the Township Police Department and emergency agency, if other than police, consisting of the names and telephone numbers of responsible persons who may be contacted in case of an emergency or who are authorized to provide service to the alarm system, either must be available on a 24-hour basis.
(B) Audible alarms must be silenced within 30 minutes after a designated responsible person is notified to do so by the township police, or the alarm system may be equipped with a timing device that will automatically silence the audible alarm within 30 minutes after it is actuated.
(C) The direct-dial alarms shall not be connected to the emergency agency emergency phone number. Direct-dial alarms shall equipped so as to prevent more than three repeated transmissions of an alarm for the same emergency.
(D) (1) It shall be the responsibility of all persons, entities, firms and corporations installing such systems within the township to prevent the transmission of false alarms through a program of training, and periodic inspection and maintenance of the system.
(2) The maximum permissible number of false alarms from any one location shall be as follows:
(a) Two false alarms in any 30-day period; or
(b) Four false alarms in any one-year period.
(3) False alarms in excess of these standards shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 47, passed 10-23-1984) Penalty, see § 92.99