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The following definitions shall be applicable for the purpose
of this chapter:
Alarms activated by an unlawful violation of a user's
property, other violations that the systems were designed to protect
against, acts of God, other violent conditions, outside agencies,
and hazards of external forces not under the control of the owner,
lessee or his employee or agent.
Any person that sells, leases, installs or otherwise deals
in automatic protection devices or signaling devices which transmit
alarms upon a stimulus from a detection apparatus or a manually operated
system.
Any person on whose premises an alarm system is maintained
within the Village, including those systems which employ an audible
signal emitting sounds, or a flashing light or beacon designed to
alert or signal persons outside of the premises.
A facility whose prime purpose is to monitor incoming alarm
signals 24 hours a day and relay the signal information to the appropriate
authorities.
A telephone line leading directly into the communications
center of the Police or Fire Department that is for use only to report
signals on a station-to-station basis.
The activation of an alarm system caused by improper operation,
negligence of the owner or lessee or his employee or agent, or equipment
malfunction.
An alarm condition resulting from the proper operation of
the system responding to a condition other than a true alarm occurrence.
A signaling system which, when activated, causes an audible
and/or visual signaling device to be activated in or on the premises
within which the system is installed.
An alarm condition resulting from the proper operation of
the system responding to a condition other than a true alarm occurrence.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or
society, but such term does not include the Village.
The Chief of the Police Department or the Fire Department
of the Village, or his authorized representative.
A telephone line leading into the communication center of
the Police or Fire Department that is for the purpose of handling
emergency and administrative calls on a person-to-person basis.
A system located in the Police or Fire Department to receive
visual and audible signals over direct lines to note a fire, burglary
or other emergency at specific locations within the Village.
An electrically operated instrument which automatically sends
visual and/or audible signals to be registered by indicators at a
monitor panel at the receiving terminal or central station.
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A.
If an alarm user or an alarm equipment supplier violates or
fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, such alarm user
and such alarm equipment supplier shall hold the Village harmless
from any cost, expense, claim or the like incurred or paid by the
Village, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees,
litigation expenses and court costs.
B.
The alarm user and the alarm equipment supplier, by applying
for a permit and by installing alarm systems within the Village, waive
any claim or cause of action which either may have against the Village
for acts or actions taken by the Village in good faith.
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A.
No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, an alarm
system utilizing signaling devices that automatically select a public
trunkline of the Police or Fire Department and then reproduce any
prerecorded message to report any robbery, burglary, fire, hazard
or other emergency.
B.
With the exception of local alarms, only signaling devices may
be installed in the Village for the purpose of reporting any robbery,
burglary, fire, hazard or other emergency to the Police or Fire Department.
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The Police or Fire Department may contract for the installation
of and maintain a signal board within the Police or Fire Department.
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Local alarms with any externally audible alert shall not make
a sound similar to that of civil defense warning systems. Such local
alarms in residential districts must have an automatic cutoff at 10
minutes or less of sounding.
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A.
Any alarm user who has false fire alarms or malfunctions on
more than three occasions in any one-year period shall be fined for
each false alarm in excess thereof occurring within the same one-year
period. The fine shall be in the amount of $100 for each of the next
two false alarms and shall be in the amount of $150 for each false
alarm thereafter.
B.
Any alarm user who has false burglar or holdup alarms or malfunctions
on more than four occasions in any calendar year shall be fined for
each false alarm in excess thereof occurring within the same calendar
year. The fine shall be in the amount of $25 for each of the next
false alarms. False alarms which result from malfunction of the telephone
system which connects the alarm to the central board shall not be
charged as false alarm violations.
C.
A fine shall be due and payable by the alarm user within five
days after written notice of the violation. Any alarm user who does
not pay a fine within the time prescribed, in addition to all other
remedies, shall be subject to revocation of his permit pursuant to
§ 9-160.
D.
All fines under this chapter shall be payable to the Clerk of
the Village and deposited to the general fund.
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A.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits,
neglects, refuses to comply with or who resists enforcements of any
of the provisions of this chapter upon conviction shall be fined not
less than $50 nor more than $500 for each offense. Each day that such
violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
Any person violating any section of this chapter, in lieu of
being charged for such violation in a court of competent jurisdiction,
may pay to the Clerk, within five days after receiving notice of a
violation, the sum of $25. If such amount is not paid within five
days, such person shall be charged with the violation in accordance
with law in a court of competent jurisdiction.
