[CC 1988 §78.700; Ord. No. 741 §1, 2-19-1991]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Article:
Any person that sells leases or installs and/or monitors
emergency alarm systems in the City or in any locality wherein the
City will respond to such alarms.
[Ord. No. 3698 § 1, 6-19-2017]
Any person who leases, contracts for, buys or otherwise obtains
and operates an alarm system for the purpose of obtaining a response
to the alarm from the Police Department or Fire Department and on
whose premises an alarm system is maintained, excluding audible alarms
on motor vehicles. The owner of any building, structure or facility
containing alarm systems installed in or leased or rented individual
apartments or residences contained therein shall be deemed an alarm
subscriber.
[Ord. No. 3698 § 1, 6-19-2017[1]]
An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus
and related hardware which automatically sends over regulator telephone
lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a prerecorded voice alarm
upon receipt of a stimulus from the sensory apparatus that has detected
a physical force or condition inherently characteristic of a fire
or intrusion, or is otherwise activated.
The Lake Saint Louis Police Department.
[Ord. No. 3698 § 1, 6-19-2017]
Any device which, when actuated by a criminal act, fire,
intrusion or other emergency, transmits a prerecorded message or other
signal by telephone, radio or other means to a central station, modified
central station, licensed answering service or directly to the City
and to which the City will respond.
Any emergency alarm which is actuated by inadvertence, negligence
or unintentional act to which the City Police Department responds
including alarms caused by the malfunction of the alarm system, except
that the following shall not be considered false alarms:
[Ord. No. 3698 § 1, 6-19-2017]
Alarms caused by damage to, or by the testing or repair by the
telephone company of telephone equipment or lines, provided that such
incidents were promptly reported to such telephone company;
Alarms caused by an extraneous accident or an act of God such
as earthquakes and floods;
Alarms caused by an attempt and unauthorized or illegal entry
or which there is visible evidence;
Alarms intentionally caused by the resident or commercial establishment
under a sincere belief that a need exists to call the Police Department
or Fire Department; and
Alarms followed by a call to the Police Department cancelling
the alarm by giving the proper information, prior to the arrival of
the Police Department.
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In determining the existence of a false alarm, a decision shall
be made in favor of the alarm user if the Chief of Police finds that
a doubt exists as to the cause of the alarm.
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[1]
Editor's Note: Section 1 also repealed the definition of "Alarm
User," which immediately followed.
A.
The Alarm Equipment Supplier and/or Alarm Subscriber in control of
an alarm system shall:
1.
Maintain the premises and alarm system in a manner that will
minimize or eliminate false alarm notification.
2.
Upon request, provide the Department and have readily available
the following information: the name, address and telephone number
of at least two (2) persons who have knowledge and ability to reset
the alarm and secure the premises in case of an actual or false alarm.
3.
Respond, or cause his/her representative to respond, to the
alarm site within a reasonable length of time once notified by the
Department; and to deactivate a malfunctioning alarm system, to provide
access to the premises by Department personnel, or to provide security
for the premises.
4.
Not manually, or allow another person to manually activate an
alarm system for any reason other than an occurrence of an event that
the alarm system was intended to report.
5.
Ensure that an audible local alarm is adjusted so that the alarms
signal will sound for no longer than ten (10) minutes after being
activated.
6.
Notify the Department any time that the alarm system is being
altered or repaired.
7.
Be responsible for the proper training of their personnel in
the operation of the system so that all provisions of this Chapter
will be complied with.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 2 also changed the title of this
Section from “Alarm Equipment Suppliers” to “Duties
Of Persons In Control Of Alarm System.”
A.
No automatic alarm notification systems, with pre-recorded messages,
will be allowed in the City of Lake Saint Louis that directly contacts
the Department; and the use of one (1) of these alarm systems will
be a violation of this Chapter.
B.
No direct line alarms shall be installed directly into the Department.
C.
No telephone alarm systems will be programmed to notify the Department
directly by use of the "911" emergency telephone line.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 3 also changed the title of this
Section from “Restrictions On Automatic Dialing Devices”
to “Prohibitions As To Certain Alarm Systems.”
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 605.280, Emergency Alarm
Installations, was repealed 6-19-2017 by Section 4 of Ord. No. 3698.
[CC 1988 §78.740; Ord. No. 741 §1, 2-19-1991; Ord. No. 3030 §1, 12-5-2011]
A.
All false alarms to which the Police Department responds shall result in service charges detailed in Section 135.140: Police Department Fees.
B.
Refusal
to pay any fee service charge or penalty charged by the City within
a period of thirty (30) days shall be considered a violation of this
Article, which said violation shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, violator shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each offense.
[CC 1988 §78.750; Ord. No. 741 §1, 2-19-1991; Ord. No. 3698 § 5, 6-19-2017]
[CC 1988 §78.760; Ord. No. 741 §1, 2-19-1991; Ord. No. 3698 § 6, 6-19-2017]
The City and the Department shall be held harmless should a
person, or his/her designee, responsible for an alarm system summoned
to the alarm site verbally refuse to respond when notified of an alarm.
In this case, Police Officers will return to service and will not
respond to the location again until the site is properly secured and
the alarm reset.
