[Ord. 5-7-87; as amended by Ord. 10-27-88]
1. A permit holder who has a direct alarm device which is connected
to a Central Receiving Station at police department headquarters or
the Logan Fire Base shall be required to pay to the Township of Logan
or its designee a fee for the connection of his direct alarm device
to the Central Receiving Station and a monthly fee for the maintenance
of the Central Receiving Station.
2. The fee for connection of a direct alarm device to a Central Receiving
Station at police department headquarters or the Logan Fire Base shall
be established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors plus
the actual cost of interface into the Central Receiving Station for
each such connection.
3. In addition, a permit holder who has a direct alarm device shall
pay a monthly fee for the maintenance of the Central Receiving Station.
This maintenance fee shall be determined by the Logan Township Board
of Supervisors on an annual basis by prorating the maintenance costs
among the number of permit holders at the time using the Central Receiving
Station, regardless of how long a permit holder has been connected
to the Central Receiving Station. The police department shall annually
notify each permit holder who has a direct alarm device of the amount
of the assessment for maintenance of the Central Receiving Station,
if there has been a change in such assessment. Such notice shall be
in writing and mailed to the permit holder at his last known address
by regular mail, postage prepaid. The maintenance fee shall be due
and payable at the office of the police department or its designee
30 days from the date of the notice of assessment of the maintenance
fee.
4. The fee for connection of a direct alarm device to a Central Receiving
Station shall be due and payable at police department headquarters
or its designee at the time an alarm device permit is issued to an
applicant for such a permit. The police department shall not issue
an alarm device to an applicant until such fee is paid.
5. The police department or Logan Fire Base shall not in any way be
obligated to provide or continue to provide a Central Receiving Station
facility or facilities for direct alarm devices; provided, that if
the police department or Logan Fire Base decides to discontinue operation
of a Central Receiving Station facility it shall notify all permit
holders serviced by said facility.
6. Failure of a permit holder to pay a monthly fee for the maintenance of the Central Receiving Station to which his direct alarm device is connected within 30 days of the date said payment is due shall be subject to the disconnection of his direct alarm device from the Central Receiving Station and to the revocation of his alarm device permit under § 102(8) of this Part
1.
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If the location of the headquarters of the police department
or Logan Fire Base should change at any time, the Township of Logan
shall not be responsible for any cost incurred by permit holders or
other persons because of said change in location.
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No person shall conduct or test any alarm device without first
obtaining permission from the police department. Where the equipment
is keyed through an intermediary, no such permission is necessary
unless the alarm or signal is to be relayed to the Central Receiving
Station.
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The issuance of any permit shall not constitute acceptance by
the Township of Logan of any liability to maintain any equipment,
to answer alarms, nor otherwise render the Township of Logan liable
to any person for any loss or damage relating to the alarm system
or procedure.
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Administration and enforcement of this Part 1 shall be functions
of the Township of Logan and shall include the following:
1. Authority to accept or reject a permit application or revoke a permit
because of a misrepresentation or false statement contained in any
application for a permit, failure to correct any deficiencies in equipment
or operation of an alarm device after receipt of due notice from the
Township of Logan, or not meeting other conditions and specifications
of this Part 1.
2. Authority to order the discontinuance of an alarm device until such
device is made to comply with operational standards set forth herein,
but only when evidence of failure to comply with said standards imposes
a burden upon the Township of Logan as a result of false alarms.
3. Authority, at reasonable times and upon written notice, to enter
upon any premises within the Township of Logan to inspect the installation
and operation of an alarm device.
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Whenever, under the provisions of this Part 1, the police department
is empowered to make a decision with respect to the installation,
operation or maintenance of any alarm device, or with respect to the
denial or revocation of any permit relating thereto, any applicant
for a permit or permit holder aggrieved by such decision may, within
10 days following the decision, file a written appeal therefrom with
the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Logan, whereupon the Board
of Supervisors shall promptly conduct a hearing and affirm, modify
or reverse the decision appealed from. The decision of the Board of
Supervisors shall be final.
[Ord. 5-7-87; as amended by Ord. 10-27-88; by Ord. 9-19-96;
and by Ord. 2-13-97]
1. Enforcement. Any police officer and/or other person authorized by
the Board of Supervisors may enforce the provisions of this Part.
2. Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $100 and not more than $1,000 plus the cost of prosecution,
and/or be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.
Every day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense which shall be subject to the aforesaid
penalties.
[Ord. 5-7-87]
This Part 1 shall be known and may be cited as "Logan Township
Police and Fire Alarm Ordinance."