[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Grantsburg at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch. 117.
Fires and fire prevention — See Ch. 294.
Nuisances — See Ch. 387.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 407.
This chapter shall be known as the "Village of Grantsburg Alarm Systems Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards and regulations applicable to burglar, fire and holdup alarm systems, alarm businesses and alarm users. Both society in general and public safety in particular will be aided by providing a useful and usable system of private security which properly balances quick response by law enforcement with minimization of law enforcement time spent on alarms which are false or otherwise not the intended function of private security systems.
Within this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
SUBSCRIBER
A person who buys or leases or otherwise obtains an alarm system and thereafter contracts with or hires an alarm business to monitor and/or service the alarm system.
A. 
Generally. Each false alarm requires response of public safety personnel, involves unnecessary expense to the Village, increases the risk of injury to persons or damage to property and dilutes the overall public safety protection to the Village. Such false alarms constitute a public nuisance and must be abated.
B. 
Intentional. No person shall intentionally cause the activation of a burglar/fire alarm device knowing that no criminal activity, fire or other emergency exists.
C. 
False alarms; administrative charges. Any person, business, corporation or other entity having a permissible alarm system with alarm devices at one or more locations in accordance with this chapter shall pay to the Village a charge for false alarms responded to by the Police Department according to the following schedule for each calendar year for each location connected, separate accounts to be kept for false alarms as to criminal activity and false alarms for fire or other emergencies:
(1) 
First two false alarms for a location: no charge.
(2) 
Third false alarm per location: $75.
(3) 
Fourth and subsequent false alarms per location: $150.
D. 
Default of payment of forfeiture and/or costs. On default of payment of forfeiture and/or costs under the immediately preceding Subsection C, such person or responsible officer of the violating corporation or other entity shall be confined in the county jail until the same are paid, but not to exceed a length of time specified by the court, which length of time shall not exceed six months.
The Village of Grantsburg shall be under no duty or obligation to a subscriber or to any other person concerning any provision of this chapter, including but not limited to any defects in an alarm system or any delays in transmission or response to any alarm; however, this in no way shall be construed that it is not the proper function of law enforcement to respond to alarms.