[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
1.
No automatic protection device installed after the effective date
of this Part shall be keyed to a primary trunk line without first
receiving written permission from the Mayor or Chief of Police of
Oxford.
2.
After the effective date of this Part, all automatic protection devices that transmit recorded messages directly to the Police Department or Fire Department shall be keyed to a designated trunk line unless written permission has been granted under Subsection 1.
3.
Within 60 days from the effective date of this Part, existing automatic
protection devices in the Borough shall be disconnected from primary
trunk lines unless application is made and written permission granted
by the Mayor or Chief of Police of Oxford.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
1.
Any person who has an automatic protection device in the Borough
may arrange to have such device keyed to an intermediary authorized
to relay emergency messages to the Police or Fire Department.
2.
The relay of messages by authorized intermediaries shall be over
a designated trunk line.
3.
Automatic protection devices keyed to an authorized intermediary
may also be keyed to another telephone which the owner or lessee of
the automatic protection device has available to himself or his representative
at some other location.
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Editor's Note: Former § 13-313, Current List of
Installations Required, was repealed by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
1.
Automatic protection devices installed in the Borough that are keyed
to designated trunk lines shall meet the following requirements:
A.
The type and content of recorded messages must be intelligible and
in the format approved prior to installation by the Chief of Police
or the Fire Chief as appropriate for the type of emergency.
B.
No more than one call shall be made over a designated trunk line
to the Police Department or Fire Department as a result of a single
activation of the automatic protection device.
C.
The time for transmitting each recorded message shall not exceed
15 seconds.
D.
Recorded messages may be repeated during one call, but the interval
between each recorded message shall be no less than four seconds.
E.
The sensory mechanism used in connection with an automatic protection
device must be adjusted to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion
so that the device will not be activated by impulses due to fleeting
pressure changes in water pipes, short flashes of light, the rattling
or vibrating of doors and windows, vibrations to the premises caused
by the passing of vehicles or any other force not related to genuine
alarms.
F.
All components comprising such a device must be maintained by the
owner or lessee in good repair to assure maximum reliability of operation.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
1.
Each alarm equipment supplier who sells or leases an automatic protection
device in the Borough after the effective date of this Part which
is keyed to a designated trunk line shall furnish operating instructions,
a circuit diagram and maintenance manual to the buyer or lessee.
2.
Each alarm equipment supplier referred to in Subsection 1 shall furnish operating instructions, a circuit diagram and maintenance manual for each type of automatic protection device he deals in and installs in the Borough to the Chief of Police and to the Fire Chief. If the instructions are not clear, the alarm equipment supplier may be required to revise the instructions to the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief and all buyers and lessees of the particular automatic protection device.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
1.
Each alarm equipment supplier who sells or leases an automatic protection
device in the Borough which is keyed to a designated trunk line shall
make service available directly or through an agent on a twenty-four-hour-per-day
basis, seven days a week, to repair such device or to correct any
malfunction that may occur. Such service shall be made available for
any person using an automatic protection device supplied.
2.
At the time of installation, an alarm equipment supplier shall furnish
to any buyer or lessee using a repair service written information
as to how service may be obtained at any time, including the telephone
number of the alarm equipment supplier or agent responsible for service.
The buyer or lessee and the alarm equipment supplier or agent supplying
a service shall be responsible for having the device disconnected
or repaired as quickly as possible after notice that the automatic
protection device is not functioning properly.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976; amended by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
When messages evidencing failure to comply with the operational requirements set forth in § 13-314 are received by the Police Department or the Fire Department and the Borough concludes that the automatic protection device sending such messages should be disconnected in order to relieve the particular Department of the burden of responding to false alarms, the Borough may require that the owner or lessee of the device or his/her representative disconnect the device until it is made to comply with the operational requirements.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976; as amended by Ord. 636, 5/23/1989,
§ 1-6; and by Ord. No. 950-2022, 5/16/2022]
For the purpose of enforcing this Part and as a condition of
installing and maintaining an automatic protection device, the owner
or lessee thereof shall register the device and execute a consent,
in such form as may be prescribed by the Borough, which will authorize
the Building Inspector, Codes Official, Borough Police Department
and Borough Fire Department to enter upon a lessee's or owner's premises
within the Borough of Oxford at such reasonable times and upon reasonable
notice to inspect the installation and operation of an automatic protection
device.
[Ord. 518, 9/13/1976]
No person shall conduct any test or demonstration of an automatic
protection device without first obtaining permission from the Police
and Fire Departments. Where the equipment is keyed through an intermediary,
no such permission is necessary unless the alarm or signal is to be
relayed to the Police Department or the Fire Department.
