[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Greencastle 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 87-02 (Ch. 6, Part 5, of the
1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-4-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings given to them in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
Any other alarm system which causes a communication to a
Borough public safety agency indicating that a crime, fire or other
emergency warranting immediate action by that public safety agency
has occurred or is occurring. This definition includes but is not
limited to Knox-Boxes®.
The Borough Police or Fire Department.
Individual, establishment, partnership, entity, incorporated
association, corporation, or other similar entity owning, possessing,
installing or having installed intrusion alarm equipment connected
to the Borough of Greencastle either directly or by a telephone dialer
system or having an audible alarm as defined above.
The activation of an audible alarm and/or intrusion alarm
to which a Borough public safety agency responds and/or dispatches
when a crime, fire, or other emergency has not occurred.
An alarm system which when activated causes the phone or
telephone line or lines which service the Borough public safety agency
to ring.
[Amended 11-4-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
Should any intrusion alarm system or audible alarm system cause
five or more false alarms to occur in a consecutive twelve-month period,
the customer and/or the owner of the intrusion alarm system or audible
alarm system shall be assessed a service charge as follows:
The service charge set forth in § 57-2 shall be payable to the Borough of Greencastle within 30 days after each occurrence resulting in the imposition of said service charge.
[Amended 11-4-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
Should any customer or the owner of any intrusion alarm system or audible alarm system fail to pay the service charge set forth in § 57-2 above within the time frame set forth in § 57-3 above, then the intrusion alarm equipment and/or audible alarm equipment connected to the Borough of Greencastle or Borough public safety agency shall immediately be disconnected, and the same shall not be reconnected until all charges and related costs are paid to the Borough of Greencastle as provided in this chapter.
