[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.