[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:
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.
The police, fire and/or ambulance services of the Township.
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.
An alarm system that emits a signal at the alarm system site
that is audible or visible off of the site.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, political
subdivision or other entity of any kind.
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:
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.
