[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Hastings-on-Hudson 12-4-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990; amended in its entirety 11-4-2014 by L.L. No. 3-2014. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and controls
of various types of intrusion, holdup, fire alarm and other emergency
signals from alarm devices that require Police Department and Fire
Department responses for investigation, action and safeguarding of
property at the location of an event which is reported by a signal
transmitted by telephone, leased wire, radio or in any other way relayed
to the Police Department or Fire Department.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
Any mechanism, equipment or device that is designed to operate,
automatically or manually, to transmit an audible or visible signal,
message or warning to a third-party monitoring business to which the
Police Department or Fire Department is expected to respond.
Any signal actuated through an alarm system or device to
which the Police Department or Fire Department responds which is not
the result of a holdup, robbery or other crime, fire or other emergency.
The Fire Department of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
The Police Department of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally or
negligently cause a false alarm to be made, and any person who intentionally
or negligently causes such false alarm shall be subject to the penalty
provision of this chapter.
A.
Any owner or lessee of property having an alarm system or device
on his or its premises on the effective date of this chapter shall
pay to the Village Clerk, upon notice, a charge for each and every
false alarm to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds
in each year as follows:
B.
Failure to pay any such false alarm charges within 60 days of the
issuance of a notice shall subject such owner, lessee or user to the
penalty provision of this chapter.
C.
The Police Department shall cause to be kept an up-to-date and accurate
log of all false alarms occurring in the Village and shall report
same on a regular basis to the Village Clerk.
Any owner or lessee who is charged for a false alarm may contest
such charge by writing to the Village Manager within 15 days of notice
of the charge and stating the basis for the appeal. The Village Manager
shall hold a hearing on the appeal. The Village Manager's decision
of the appeal shall be final.
A.
Requirement of shutoff system. No person shall install or maintain
in any building, structure or establishment in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson
an external audible alarm of any type which does not also contain
an automatic shutoff system or feature automatically shutting off
the source of power to the alarm after it has sounded for a period
of no longer than 15 minutes.
B.
Penalties.
(1)
Any person who violates this section shall be deemed a disorderly
person and shall be subject to a fine of up to $500. Each day on which
an alarm remains in nonconformity with this section shall be deemed
a separate violation.
(2)
The owner and the occupant or lessee of any building, structure and
establishment shall each be responsible for the conformity with this
section of any alarm located on or in premises owned or occupied by
him.
The owner, lessee or user shall be responsible for the maintenance
and service of their or its alarm device equipment and shall be responsible
for all malfunctions of their or its equipment.
Any person, firm or corporation who does not pay any charge
or fee established in this chapter or who violates any provision of
this chapter shall be subject to a fine of an amount which shall not
be in excess of $500 for each offense. A separate offense shall be
deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or
is committed, and such violation may constitute disorderly conduct,
in which event such person shall be a disorderly person.
