If the location of the headquarters of the Police Department should
change at any time, the City of Pottsville shall not be responsible for any
cost incurred by permit holders or other persons because of said change in
location.
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.
The issuance of any permit shall not constitute acceptance by the City
of Pottsville of any liability to maintain any equipment, to answer alarms,
nor otherwise render the City of Pottsville liable to any person for any loss
or damage relating to the alarm system or procedure.
Administration and enforcement of this chapter shall be functions of
the City of Pottsville and shall include the following:
A. Authority to accept or reject a permit application or
to 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 city
or not meeting other conditions and specifications of this chapter.
B. Authority to order the disconnection 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 City of Pottsville as a result of false alarms.
C. Authority, at reasonable times and upon written notice,
to enter upon any premises within the City of Pottsville to inspect the installation
and operation of an alarm device.
Whenever, under the provisions of this chapter, 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 ten (10) days following the decision,
file a written appeal therefrom with the City Council of the City of Pottsville,
whereupon the City Council shall promptly conduct a hearing and affirm, modify
or reverse the decision appealed from. The decision of the City Council shall
be final.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than six hundred dollars ($600.00) and/or to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed ninety (90) days.