[Adopted 10-1-1985 STM
by Art. 20 (Ch. 71, Art. II, of the 1989 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The activation of a fire alarm system through mechanical
failure, malfunction, improper installation or negligence of the user
of the fire alarm system or his employees or agents or any signal
or recorded communication designed to transmit to the Fire Department
requesting or requiring or resulting in a response on the part of
the Fire Department when in fact there is no fire, smoke, heat or
other hazardous condition to which the Fire Department would normally
respond. For the purposes of this definition, activation of a fire
alarm system by acts of God, including but not limited to power outages,
hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and similar weather or atmospheric
disturbances, shall not be deemed to be false alarms.
An assembly of equipment and devices or a single device such
as, but not limited to, a solid-state unit which plugs directly into
a one hundred ten volt alternating current line, arranged to signal
the presence of a hazardous condition requiring immediate attention
and to which the Fire Department is expected to respond. Alarm systems,
burglar alarm systems or any other alarm system which monitor the
detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a premises or an attempted
robbery at a premises are specifically excluded from the provisions
of this article.
A.
The user shall be assessed $50 as a false alarm service fee for each
false alarm in excess of five occurring within a calendar year. The
Fire Chief shall notify the user, either by certified mail or by service
in hand by a Department officer, of such violation, and said user
shall submit payment within 15 days of said notice to the Town Treasurer/Collector
for deposit in the general fund.
B.
Any user, owner or installer found to be in violation of any provision
of this article for which no other penalty is specified shall be punished
by a fine of $50.
