[Adopted as Art. 10, § 30A, of the Town Bylaws]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A call received by the Sharon Police Department as a result
of a user of telephone service dialing or causing to be dialed the
numbers "911" on a telephone, whether by manually dialing such numbers
or by the use of an automatic alarm or other alerting device used
to dial the numbers "911" automatically or a prerecorded message which
accesses emergency services directly.
The dialing of the numbers "911" on a telephone by either:
Activation, through mechanical failure, malfunction, improper
installation or negligence of the user or its employees or agents,
of an automatic alarm or other alerting device used to dial the numbers
"911" automatically; or
A user of a telephone system who negligently dials, causes to
be dialed, or allows to be dialed the numbers "911" when in fact there
has been no emergency or event requiring a response by public safety
officials, including, but not limited to, the Police Department, the
Fire Department, or emergency medical technicians.
For purposes of this article, activation of 911 telephone calls
by Acts of God, including, but not limited to, power outages, hurricanes,
tornadoes, earthquakes and similar weather or atmospheric disturbances,
shall not be deemed to be a false alarm. In addition, any documented
error or omission of the company providing telephone service which
causes to be placed a 911 call in error shall not be deemed to be
a false alarm.
Upon receipt of three or more false alarms within a calendar
year from the same user, said user shall be assessed $50 as a false
alarm service fee for each false alarm in excess of three occurring
within a calendar year. All fees assessed hereunder shall be paid
to the Town Treasurer for deposit into the general fund.
