[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Lower Windsor as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-8-1987 by Ord.
No. 1987-03-O]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Lower Windsor
Township False Alarm Ordinance."
The purposes of this article are to:
A.
Promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the
Township; and
B.
Encourage the proper installation, maintenance and operation of emergency
alarm equipment in the Township; and
C.
Minimize any danger to the public and emergency organization personnel
that may result from the emergency personnel's response to false emergency
alarms; and
D.
Encourage prompt responses by emergency organization personnel to
emergency alarms.
For the purposes of this article, the following words shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Any equipment used to transmit an alarm regarding an emergency
involving any person or property in the Township to any emergency
organization, or to any person responsible for relaying such alarm
to any such emergency organization, for the purpose of obtaining a
response to such emergency by any personnel of any such emergency
organization.
Any police, fire or medical organization, and any personnel
thereof; and any organization designated by Pennsylvania Law as an
emergency organization, and any personnel thereof.
Every transmission of an alarm regarding an emergency involving
any person or property in the Township from any emergency alarm equipment
to any emergency organization, or to any person responsible for relaying
such alarm to any emergency organization, for the purpose of obtaining
a response to such emergency by any personnel of any such emergency
organization, when no such emergency is occurring.
Any individual, partnership, public or private association
or corporation, firm, trust, estate, municipality, governmental unit,
public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties.
The Township of Lower Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who owns or possesses, or who jointly owns or possesses with another person or persons, any emergency alarm equipment shall take such precautions and actions, or shall cause such precautions and actions to be taken, as are necessary to prevent the transmission of false alarms as set forth in § 127-5, excluding any false alarms caused by any acts of God or electrical surges beyond the control of such person to prevent, from such emergency alarm equipment.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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 pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 7511 or such other amount
as established by state law.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
of this article shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this article,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and for this purpose
the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
This article shall become effective five days after adoption.
