A.
Notwithstanding the payment of any fee, and/or the
issuance of any permit as herein required, the Police Department,
Fire Department and the City of Glen Cove shall be under no obligation
whatsoever concerning the adequacy, the operation or maintenance of
the alarm device so installed or of the operation of the central alarm
monitoring facility at police and/or fire headquarters, and the City
of Glen Cove and its authorized agents hereby assume no liability
whatsoever for any failure of any such alarm device of the central
alarm monitoring facility, or for failure to respond to any such alarms
due to the failure of any such alarm device or central alarm monitoring
facility, or for any act of omission or commission due to the failure
of said device or monitoring facility.
B.
The alarm user or permittee, upon acceptance of such
permit, hereby agrees to hold and save harmless the City of Glen Cove,
its agents or employees from any liability in connection with any
such alarm device or the operation of the same.
A.
Effective April 1, 1985, no person shall use, or cause
to permit to be used, any alarm device that automatically selects
a telephone truckline of the Police Department of the City of Glen
Cove, and then reproduces a prerecorded voice messages to report any
robbery, burglary, fire or other emergency.
B.
Effective April 1, 1985, no person shall use, operate
or install any device that will, upon activation, automatically dial,
call or connect with the telephone number designated by the Chief
of the Fire Department for the purpose of receiving such alarm messages
more than three times for any one incident. The limitation of three
messages for any one incident shall include any messages transmitted
orally.
C.
The use of any dial alarm device which relays a digital-coded
signal to the central alarm monitoring facility at police and fire
headquarters is permitted under this chapter.
Upon the activation of a burglary (break-in)
alarm, there shall be a mandatory delay of at least 15 seconds before
the transmission of a signal to the Police Department to enable the
user to abort the signal in the event that it was triggered inadvertently.
This delay shall not be applicable to a robbery (holdup), fire or
medical emergency alarm. Any system installed on or after the effective
date of this chapter must comply with this section. Preexisting installations
must comply within three months of the effective date of this chapter.
The user of every alarm system emitting an audible,
visual or other similar response shall, at the time such system is
installed or within three months of the effective date of this chapter
in the case of existing systems, install or cause to be installed
an automatic cutoff set for not more than 15 minutes. Any violation
thereof shall be treated as a false alarm.
It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false alarm, and any person who does intentionally cause a false alarm shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 76-24 herein.
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B.
More than five false alarms in any calendar year may
constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of an alarm user's
permit as determined by the Alarm Review Board. Any alarm user charged
with a false alarm penalty as prescribed herein may appeal such charges
or penalty, in writing, within 10 days after receipt of the notice
of such penalty and may appear before the Alarm Review Board at a
place and time selected by the Board. False alarm penalties or charges
may be waived only by order of the Alarm Review Board. Failure to
pay a false alarm charge or penalty as prescribed shall subject such
alarm to the suspension or revocation of his or her alarm user permit,
as determined by the Alarm Review Board.
A.
The city requires that a set fee or fees be paid by
any person operating an alarm device connected to the Central Alarm
Monitoring Facility for costs incurred by the city in purchasing,
installing, maintaining, monitoring and administering functions associated
with the central alarm monitoring facility. The owner or lessee shall
be responsible for the maintenance and service of his or her or its
alarm device equipment and shall be responsible for all malfunctions
of his or her or its equipment.
B.
Subscribers fee for all direct alarms connected to
the central alarm monitoring facility.
(1)
(2)
An enunciator panel must be present to show location
of fire within the facility.
(3)
The above described license fees shall be due and
payable to the City of Glen Cove in advance on or before February
1 of each calendar year. The calendar year shall run from January
1 to December 31. If the subscriber fails to pay the annual fee within
15 days of its due date, the city shall give written notice to the
alarm company of its intention to terminate the subscriber's connection
to the central alarm monitoring facility. The city may terminate and
disconnect such connection 31 days after giving the aforesaid written
notice if the license fee remains unpaid on that date. The person,
firm or corporation furnishing and connecting the system shall furnish
the necessary information and prepare the notice on forms designated
by the city and mail out the aforesaid notices to the subscriber.
Said party shall also act as the City of Glen Cove's agent in collection
of the aforementioned fee.
(4)
The person, firm or corporation furnishing and connecting
the system shall on or before December 15 of each and every year,
deliver to the City of Glen Cove a written and verified statement
containing the name, address and category of service of each subscriber
connected (or to be connected) to the central alarm monitoring facility
and whose connection is to continue (or to begin) on January 1 of
the ensuing year. In addition to the foregoing, the company shall
deliver to the city a written and verified statement of the name,
address and category of service of each new subscriber connected to
the central alarm monitoring facility after January 1 within five
days of such connection. A pro rata fee shall be charged for the balance
of the year.
The installation, rental and maintenance or
removal of alarm systems permitted by this chapter, including the
connection or removal of equipment from the Police and/or Fire Department,
shall be made at no cost to the city or the Police or Fire Department.
If the location of the city alarm monitoring
facility should be changed at any time, the city shall not be responsible
for any expense incurred by the owner or lessee or business licensee
or alarm agent for moving alarm systems or reconnecting such systems
to the relocated central alarm monitoring facility.
In addition to any other remedy provided by
law, the Mayor, whenever he or she shall have knowledge of the use
of any alarm device, cabinet or attachment which is not operated or
maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or which
is contrary to regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, may
order the disconnection of such device from police and fire headquarters
and it shall be unlawful to disobey such order.
The City Council on recommendation of the Alarm
Review Board shall promulgate rules and standards applicable to alarm
devices, alarm businesses, alarm agents and alarm users which are
necessary for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and
effectiveness of alarm devices and alarm installations owned, operated,
maintained, installed, leased or sold by a licensee under this chapter.
The Mayor shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
The aforesaid rules, regulations and standards shall be set forth
in writing and copies shall be available for applicants.
