The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and controls
for the various types of fire, intrusion, holdup and other emergency
signals from fire and police alarm devices that require Fire Department
or police response, investigation or safeguarding of property at the
location of an event reported by a signal which is transmitted by
telephone, radio or an external noisemaking device to the Police Department
or Fire Department from a structure within the Village of Nissequogue,
or from a central station as hereinafter defined.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
CENTRAL ALARM STATION
Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases
a system of fire or police alarm devices, which facility is manned
by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay
information about such validated signals to the Police or Fire Department
when appropriate.
DIAL ALARM
Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device
or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects
a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters
and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other
emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response.
DIRECT ALARM
Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased
telephone wires from the specific location of police headquarters.
FALSE EMERGENCY ALARM
Any signal actuated by an emergency alarm to which the Police
or Fire Department respond, which is not the result of a fire, holdup,
robbery or other crime or emergency.
FIRE OR POLICE ALARM DEVICE
Any device which, when actuated by a fire, criminal act or
other emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response, transmits
a prerecorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other
means to a central alarm station or directly to the Police or Fire
Department or produces an audible or visible signal designed to notify
persons within audible or visible alarm range of the signal.
No fire or police alarm device shall be connected directly to
the Village of Nissequogue police headquarters or Fire Department.
Any fire or police alarm device which is connected directly to police
headquarters or the Fire Department by a telephone or radio signal
shall be disconnected no later than March 1, 1987. In addition, any
police or fire alarm device which is a telephone device that automatically
dials the Nissequogue Police Department or Fire Department and reproduces
a prerecorded message which reports a criminal act or fire requiring
Police and/or Fire Department response will, from this date forward,
be illegal. Any person, business, firm, corporation or other commercial
entity, which operates, maintains, installs, leases or sells said
device, will be in violation of this chapter and will be subject to
a fine. Also, any dial alarm, as above described, now in existence
shall be removed by March 1, 1987.
[Amended 5-19-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Any property owner or lessee of the property in the Village
of Nissequogue, which property owner or lessee shall have installed
a central station alarm facility, shall register such alarm company
with the Nissequogue Police Department, and shall display a sticker
on the front door or window nearest the front door of the subject
premises which shall contain the name and telephone number of the
central station alarm company so servicing the premises.
[Amended 7-17-2001 by L.L. No. 4-2001]
A. Intentional false alarms. It shall be a violation of this chapter
to intentionally cause a false holdup alarm, and any person who does
intentionally cause a false holdup alarm shall be subject to the penalty
provisions hereof.
B. Charges for false emergency alarms.
(1) Any owner or lessee of property having a fire or police alarm device
or system of fire or police alarm devices on his or its premises shall
pay to the Village a charge for each and every false emergency alarm
to which the Police or Fire Department responds, in each calendar
year, as follows:
(a)
For the first false emergency alarm in each calendar year: notification
by Fire Chief; no charge.
(b)
For the second false emergency alarm in each calendar year:
$50.
(c)
For the third to fifth false emergency alarm in each calendar
year: $200.
(d)
For all false emergency alarms over five in each calendar year:
$250 each.
(2) The above charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer. Failure
to pay any such charges shall subject such owner, lessee or user to
the penalty provisions of this chapter.
Central alarm station systems. The Village of Nissequogue is
hereby authorized to prescribe the location and the manner of installation
of regular business telephone lines into police headquarters from
a central alarm station for the express purpose of providing direct
telephone communication between a central alarm station and police
headquarters for use in reporting alarms.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to a fire
or police alarm device or devices installed in a motor vehicle or
trailer.
Any person, firm or corporation who does not pay any charge
or fee established in this chapter, or who violates any provision
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not in excess of $500 for
each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each
day during which a violation occurs or is committed, and such violation
may constitute disorderly conduct, in which event, such person shall
be a disorderly person.