[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of South Strabane as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2-2005]
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms are defined as follows:
A communication to the County 911 Center, or to the Police
or Fire Department directly, indicating that a crime, fire or other
emergency situation warranting immediate action by the Police or Fire
Department has occurred or is occurring.
A mechanical device designed to automatically transmit an
emergency alarm by wire, telephone, radio or other means to the County
911 Center or to the Police or Fire Department.
The communications system utilized by the County 911 Center
for the purpose of providing response to a direct alarm device.
An alarm that is reported directly to the Police or Fire
Department by telephone or other means.
The Fire Department of South Strabane Township.
An alarm device that does not directly notify the Police
or Fire Department. An indirect alarm includes those to an alarm company,
which, in turn, notifies 911 for ultimate notification to the Police
or Fire Department.
Includes a person, partnership, corporation, or like or similar
entity.
A false alarm that results from the intentional activation
of an alarm device or a direct alarm by an individual under circumstances
where said person has no reasonable basis to believe that a crime,
fire, or other emergency warranting immediate action by the Police
Department or Fire Department has occurred or is occurring.
The Police Department of South Strabane Township.
A false alarm that results from unintentional activation
of an alarm device, either through negligence or by accident.
A.
Any individual
who communicates or reports an intentional false alarm for any reason
to the Police Department or Fire Department, directly or indirectly,
shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon conviction
thereof before the Magisterial District Judge, shall pay a penalty
to the Township of South Strabane for each and every intentional false
alarm to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds in
each calendar year as follows:
B.
Any individual
who unintentionally, either through negligence or by accident, communicates
or reports a false alarm to the Police Department or to the Fire Department,
directly or indirectly, or who allows such unintentional communication
to occur shall be guilty of a violation of this article and, upon
conviction thereof before the Magisterial District Judge, shall pay
a penalty to the Township of South Strabane for each and every unintentional
false alarm to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds
in each calendar year as follows:
