[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Springdale 11-15-2011 by Ord. No.
1223. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Borough police or such official as Borough Council may designate
is hereby appointed as the designated officer who is authorized to
carry out all responsibilities and duties stated herein.
A.
Where any person that owns, uses or possesses an alarm device or
automatic dialing device, after causing or permitting three false
alarms to occur in a consecutive twelve-month period, commits a summary
offense and shall, upon conviction, be required to provide Borough
police, or such official Borough Council may designate, access for
inspection of said device(s) and shall be required to remove or repair
said device(s), at the respective official's direction, at the
owner's expense. The Borough police or such official Borough
Council may designate may accept an inspection report submitted by
an authorized official satisfactory to the Borough.
B.
Exemption. No violation will be said to have occurred should alarm
engage as a result of an external electrical power failure.
A person that owns, uses or possesses an alarm device or automatic
dialing device may not, after causing or permitting three false alarms
to occur in a consecutive twelve-month period, cause or permit a subsequent
false alarm to occur in the same consecutive twelve-month period.
A person that violates this section commits a summary offense and
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$300.
