[Ord. No. 489, 8/18/2010, § 1]
As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
AUDIBLE ALARM
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.
AUTOMATIC PROTECTIVE DEVICE
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.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
FALSE ALARMS
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.
FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The North Penn Fire Alarm Center servicing fire departments, plus the Bucks County and Montgomery County radio systems.
INTERMEDIARY
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.