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.
[Amended 7-23-1996[1]]
A. 
False alarm charges shall be as set forth from time to time by the City Council.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the city offices.
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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) 
An annual license fee shall be as set forth from time to time by the City Council[1] and paid by the subscribers to any alarm system service to the City of Glen Cove.
[Amended 7-23-1996[2]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the city offices.
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(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.