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Township of Lawrence, PA
Clearfield County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lawrence 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified in this chapter:
ALARM SYSTEM
A device or system of devices that emits, transmits or relays a signal intended to summon or that can reasonably be expected to summon to the site of the alarm system emergency services of the Township. Alarm systems shall include a local alarm as herein defined but does not include an alarm installed in a vehicle unless the vehicle is permanently located at a fixed site; or an alarm designed to alert only persons occupying the site of the alarm system.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
The police, fire and/or ambulance services of the Township.
FALSE ALARM
Any activation of an alarm system by inadvertence, negligence or the intentional or unintentional act of a person to which emergency services of the Township respond and there existed at the inception of the alarm no fire, crime in progress, medical emergency or other activity necessitating a response.
LOCAL ALARM
An alarm system that emits a signal at the alarm system site that is audible or visible off of the site.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, political subdivision or other entity of any kind.
TOWNSHIP
Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, install or maintain an alarm system which automatically transmits an alarm telephonically or otherwise directly to any of the Township's emergency services. All calls for emergency services initiated by an alarm system shall be relayed by County Control to the Township.
All local alarms owned, operated, installed or maintained within the Township shall be equipped with a mechanism which will automatically deactivate the signal emission from the alarm device after 10 minutes of operation.
All persons owning or operating an alarm system within the Township shall have the following duties and responsibilities with respect to such system:
A. 
To keep and maintain the system in good operating condition, order and repair.
B. 
To keep and maintain at the site of the alarm system a complete set of written operating instructions for such system.
C. 
To provide training and instruction to individuals customarily occupying the site of the alarm system in its proper operation.
D. 
To cooperate with the Township in preventing or minimizing the number of false alarms originating from the site of the alarm system.
A. 
A person owning, operating or possessing an alarm system within the Township shall be subject to notice, warnings and penalties for false alarms emitting from any alarm system within a twelve-month period as follows:
(1) 
First false alarm will result in a written notice.
(2) 
Second false alarm will result in a written notice.
(3) 
Third and any subsequent false alarm will result in a fine of $2,000.
B. 
Eighty percent of all fines will be paid to the Fire Department answering the alarm. Twenty percent of all fines will be retained by the Township as administrative fees.
Any ordinance or provision of any ordinance conflicting with or inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter is hereby repealed.
This chapter shall be effective 30 days following the date of enactment.