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Borough of Jefferson Hills, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 600, 10/30/1991, § 1; as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1]
Whenever the following terms are used in this Part, they shall be defined as follows:
ALARM SYSTEMS
Any alarm system which alerts the Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department directly or indirectly to a burglary, attempted burglary, breaking, breaking and entering, trespassing or other act for which it is designed to initiate a police investigation.
CHARGE
An amount assessed a subscriber protected by such alarm system for a false alarm only.
FALSE ALARM
An alert by an alarm system transmitted to the Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department, which, upon investigation, discloses that no burglary, attempted burglary, breaking, breaking and entering, trespassing or other acts for which it is designed to initiate police investigation or action is in process or has occurred.
SUBSCRIBER
An owner or lessor of premises equipped with an alarm system which alerts the Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department either directly or through a third party.
[Ord. 600, 10/30/1991, § 2; as amended by Ord. 685, 11/5/1998]
Whenever a false alarm shall be received from a subscriber served by an alarm system, a charge in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council shall be made. If such charge is not paid within 30 days, it may be enforced in the manner of a municipal claim.
[Ord. 612, 7/13/1992, § 1; as amended by Ord. 741, 12/30/2002, § 1; and by Ord. 744, 6/9/2003, § 4]
Wherever the following terms are used in this Part, they shall be defined as follows:
ALARM SYSTEMS
An alarm system which alerts any Jefferson Hills Borough Volunteer Fire Company directly or indirectly to a fire or fire related emergency, or other occurrence for which it is designed to initiate action from a fire company.
CHARGE
An amount assessed a subscriber protected by such alarm system for a false alarm only.
FALSE ALARM
An alert by an alarm system transmitted to any Jefferson Hills Borough Volunteer Fire Company, which, upon investigation, discloses that no fire or fire related emergency, or other occurrence for which it is designed to initiate fire company action is in process or has occurred.
SUBSCRIBER
An owner or lessor of premises equipped with an alarm system which alerts any Jefferson Hills Borough Volunteer Fire Company either directly or through a third party.
[Ord. 612, 7/13/1992, § 2; as amended by Ord. 685, 11/5/1998]
1. 
Whenever a false alarm shall be received from a subscriber served by an alarm system, a charge in an amount as established from time to time by Borough Council shall be made.
2. 
Whenever a second false alarm from a subscriber shall be received within any thirty-day period a charge in an amount as established from time to time by Borough Council shall be made.
3. 
Whenever a third or successive false alarm shall be received from a subscriber within any thirty-day period, a charge in an amount as established from time to time by Borough Council shall be made.