[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 1]
As herein used, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Any bell, horn, siren or other device which is attached to
the interior or exterior or a building and emits a warning signal
audible outside the building which is designed to attract attention
when activated by a criminal act or other emergency requiring police
to respond. Devices designed solely to give warning or notice of the
existence of fire are not included within the term "Audible Alarm"
and are not regulated by this Part 3.
An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus
and related hardware which automatically transmits a pre-recorded
voice alarm or other signal over regular telephone lines by direct
or indirect connection to the Lehigh County Communications Center
upon receipt of a stimulus from a sensory apparatus that has detected
a physical force or condition inherently characteristic of an intrusion.
Any alarm or other signal activated by an Automatic Protection
Device and given to the Lehigh County Communications Center, or any
audible alarm, to which police respond and which is not the result
of a burglary, robbery or similar type of emergency.
The Township of Salisbury, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 2]
Within 90 days of the date of the passage of this Part 3, every
owner and lessee of an existing audible alarm in the Township shall
register the existence of said audible alarm with the Township Police
Department and in connection therewith, shall furnish the following
information to the Township Police Department.
1.
The name, residence address and telephone number of the owner and,
if different than the owner, the lessee of the audible alarm.
2.
The address in the Township where the audible alarm is installed.
3.
The name, address, and telephone number of at least one person other
than the owner or lessee of the audible alarm who are authorized to
respond to and have the authority and means to enter the building
in which the audible alarm is installed.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 3]
Within 10 days of any new installation of an audible alarm in the Township, the owner and lessee of said audible alarm shall register the same with the Township Police Department and in connection therewith, furnish to the Township Police Department the information required by § 13-302 of this Part 3.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 4]
All existing audible alarms in the Township, within 90 days
after the passage of this Part 3, and all audible alarms installed
in the Township in the future, shall be equipped with a timing mechanism
that will automatically disengage the audible alarm or signal given
off thereby after 15 minutes.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 5]
No automatic protection device shall have an automatic pre-recorded
dialer which dials more than three consecutive times into the Lehigh
County Communications Center. All messages to be transmitted by such
devices into the Lehigh County Communications Center must be approved
by the Director of said Center.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 6; as amended by Ord. 11-88-303,
11/22/1988]
Responses to alarms given off by audible alarms and automatic
protection devices involve the time of and danger to members of the
Township Police Department, and false alarms are therefore to be discouraged.
If more than three false alarms are given from any property in any
given calendar year, a service fee, as established from time to time
by the Board of Commissioners, shall be paid to the Township by the
user, whether owner or lessee, or the audible alarm or automatic protection
device from which the false alarm emanated for the fourth and each
subsequent false alarm in that calendar year. The Chief of Police
of the Township shall have the right to waive payment of the service
fee for any false alarm which is caused by weather conditions or malfunctions
in the operation of the electric system of Pennsylvania Power and
Light Company.
[Ord. 243, 3/10/1983, § 7; as amended by Ord. 11-88-303,
11/22/1988]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part 3 shall be
guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, together with costs
of prosecution, and in default of payment of any part thereof, to
undergo imprisonment for a period of not more than 90 days.
