[Ord. No. 489, 8/18/2010, § 1]
As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings indicated:
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 designated to attract attention when activated
by a criminal act or other emergency requiring police to respond.
An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus
and related hardware which automatically transmits a prerecorded voice
alarm over regular telephone lines by direct or indirect connection
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 an intrusion.
The Borough of Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Any signal activated by an automatic protective device, any
audible alarm or any other kind of direct or indirect signal given
the police communications center to which police respond, which is
not the result of a fire, burglary, robbery or similar emergency.
The North Penn Fire Alarm Center servicing fire departments,
plus the Bucks County and Montgomery County radio systems.
A central station protective system or answering system as
herein defined.
[Ord. No. 489, 8/18/2010, § 2]
For the purpose of defraying the costs to the Borough of responding to a false alarm, the owner or lessee of an automatic protective device and persons using the service of intermediaries, and users of audible alarms, the users of any other kind of direct or indirect connection with the police or fire communications center, except persons using two-way live voice communications by telephone, shall pay the Borough a fee which shall be set by resolution from time to time. These sums shall be civil claims by the Borough and do not affect the penalty provisions prescribed by § 10-303 hereof.
[Ord. No. 489, 8/18/2010, § 3; as amended by Ord.
No. 501, 8/15/2012]
False Alarm Violation. Any owner, lessee or user found guilty
of misuse or continual false activation which shall not include alarms
caused by power outages shall be sentenced to a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of
said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days.
Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of
this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
