[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Oxford Borough
Emergency Police and Fire Alarm Ordinance."
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976; as amended by Ord. 810, 12/17/2007]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Part:
Any person, firm or corporation who sells or leases and/or
installs automatic protection devices.
A service whereby trained employees, in attendance at all
times, receive prerecorded voice messages from automatic protection
devices reporting an emergency at a stated location and who have the
duty to relay immediately by live voice only such emergency message
over a designated or primary trunk line to the communications center
of the Police or Fire Department.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
Any device, bell, horn or siren which is attached to the
interior or exterior of a building and emits a warning signal audible
outside the building and designed to attract attention when activated
by a criminal act or other emergency requiring the Fire or Police
Department to respond.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
An electrically or battery-operated instrument composed of
sensory apparatus and related hardware which automatically transmits
any form of alarm or signal from the premises to the Police Department
or Fire Department upon receipt of a stimulus from a sensory apparatus
that has detected a physical force or condition inherently characteristic
of a fire or intrusion.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
The Borough of Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
A protective system or group of such systems operated privately
for customers by a person, firm or corporation which maintains, supervises,
and accepts recorded messages from automatic protection devices at
a central station having trained operators and guards in attendance
at all times that have the duty to take appropriate action upon receipt
of a signal or message, including the relaying of messages by designated
or primary trunk line to the communications center of the Police or
Fire Department.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
The Chief of Police of the Oxford Police Department.
A telephone line leading into the communications center of
the Police or Fire Department that is for the primary purpose of handling
emergency messages which originate from automatic protection devices
and are transmitted directly or indirectly through an intermediary.
An alarm received by Chester County 911 activated by inadvertence,
negligence, or an unintentional act, including the malfunction of
the alarm system; the intentional activation of a burglary alarm for
other than a burglary in progress; or the intentional activation of
a medical alarm for other than a medical emergency. A false alarm
shall not include alarms which are activated as a result of acts of
God, such as earthquakes, floods, windstorms, thunder or lightning,
or as a result of the testing or repairing of telephone or electrical
lines or equipment outside of the premises.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
The Fire Chief of Union Fire Company No. 1 of Oxford Borough.
The Chester County communications center servicing the Fire
Department.
The Union Fire Company No. 1 of Oxford, Pennsylvania.
A central station protective system or an answering service
as herein defined.
To use a telephone line and equipment for transmitting a
message either directly or indirectly by an automatic protection device.
The Manager of Oxford Borough.
Written permission duly granted to a qualified applicant
by the Borough upon payment of the required fee in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
The police communications room and other rooms which house
auxiliary communication equipment.
The Oxford Borough Police Department and/or the Chester County
police communications system.
A telephone line leading into the communications center of
the Police or Fire Department that is for the purpose of handling
emergency calls on a person-to-person basis.
[Amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
After the enactment of this Part, owners or lessees must equip
audible alarms with a timing mechanism that will disengage the audible
alarm after a maximum period of 15 minutes. Audible alarms without
such a timing mechanism shall be unlawful in the Borough and must
be disconnected by the owner or lessee within 60 days from the effective
date of this Part.
