[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lloyd Harbor 2-28-1983 as Article 17 of L.L. No.
2-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented which is
used to transmit an emergency signal directly or indirectly to the
Police Department or Fire Department.
Any emergency message or signal which is transmitted directly
or indirectly to the Police Department or Fire Department to which
the Police Department or Fire Department responds and which signal
or message is not the result of a robbery, burglary, other crime,
fire or emergency.
The Fire Department or Fire District which protects a designated
area of the Village.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
The Chairperson of the Board of Police Commissioners.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
[Amended 2-3-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
No person, firm or corporation shall install,
sell, lease, operate or maintain an alarm system in the Village unless
a permit has first been obtained for the installation, operation or
maintenance of such system.
[Added 2-3-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or
occupant of real property in the Village to:
A.
Install, maintain or use upon said real property an
audible burglar alarm or audible fire alarm that is not provided with
a device that will automatically terminate such alarm after 15 minutes
of continuous sound audible beyond the boundaries of such property;
or
A.
Type of permit. Any owner, lessee or occupant of property
located in the Village who wishes to operate, maintain or install
an alarm system on said property shall file an application with the
Police Department on a form to be prescribed by the Village. If such
application is approved by the Police Department or, in the case of
a fire alarm system, by the Fire Department, the Police Department
shall grant a revocable permit to the owner, lessee or occupant for
such operation, maintenance or installation.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
B.
Permit fees. Each applicant shall pay to the Village
a permit fee as shall be set forth, from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Trustees, upon the filing of the application.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
C.
A permit shall expire only when an alarm system is
replaced or modified.
D.
Existing alarm systems. Application for permits for
alarm systems existing in premises on the effective date hereof shall
be made to the Village within 90 days of said date.
The Board of Trustees may promulgate rules and
regulations that may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of assuring
the efficiency and effectiveness of alarm systems and for the proper
administration and enforcement of this chapter.
The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall have
the power to suspend or revoke any permit issued for violation of
this chapter or of any rules and regulations or for the failure of
an owner or lessee of an alarm system to maintain the efficiency and
effectiveness of such alarm equipment and alarm installation which
may place any unreasonable and undue burden or hardship on the Police
Department or Fire Department. No part of a permit fee shall be refunded
when a permit is suspended or revoked.
A.
Telephone connections. No alarm system shall be connected
to or use any telephone line connected, either directly or indirectly,
to Police or Fire Department headquarters, except those lines authorized
by the Police Department or the Fire District.
B.
Cost of installation and removal of equipment. The
installation, rental and maintenance or removal of alarm systems permitted
by this chapter, including the connection to or removal of equipment
from Police Department or Fire Department headquarters, shall be made
at no cost to the Village.
C.
Relocation of Police Department headquarters. The
Village shall not be responsible for any expense incurred by the owner
or lessee or licensee for moving or reconnecting alarm systems to
a relocated Police Department headquarters.
D.
Installation of system at Police Department headquarters.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to prescribe the location
and the manner of installation of all telephone lines, cabinets, accessories,
connections and equipment of an approved alarm system into or within
police headquarters. Actual expenses incurred by the Police Department
for the maintenance of panel boards, cabinets and other equipment
to facilitate any alarm system shall be paid by the permit holder
in addition to any permit fees.
A.
Charges. Any owner or lessee of property having an
alarm system on his/her or its premises shall pay to the Village a
charge as set forth, from time to time, by resolution of the Board
of Trustees for each and every false alarm to which the Police Department
or, in the case of a fire alarm system, the Fire Department responds
in each calendar year, as follows:
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
(1)
First and second false alarm in the first month after
issuance of the permit: no charge.
B.
Whenever the Village receives notice that a person has a first false alarm under Subsection A(2) above, the Police Department shall mail a written notice, by regular mail, to the person's mailing address stating the prescribed penalties for false alarms.
C.
Thereafter, for each and every chargeable false alarm, the Police Department shall mail a notice to said person by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's mailing address requesting payment of the monetary charge for each and every chargeable false alarm. The notice shall state that if payment is not received by the Village within 30 days from the date the person receives the notice (or if the person refuses delivery of the notice, 30 days from the date of the refusal), the person will be subject to the maximum fine as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
D.
The full monetary charge shall become the property
of the Village 30 days after payment of the same unless before such
time the person elects to make application to the Mayor or the Mayor's
designee for review of said charge. If the Mayor or the Mayor's designee
sustains said charge or refuses to review the same, then the person
may, within 20 days of such determination, make application to the
Village Court requesting a hearing concerning said charge.
E.
The above charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any violation of this chapter or any part thereof shall be punishable by a fine as provided for in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, of this Code to the extent permitted by law. It shall be a separate violation of this chapter if the owner, lessee or user of any alarm system fails to pay any separate charge within 30 days after receiving written notice of the same or refuses to accept delivery of said notice.
