For the purpose of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
Any fire or police alarm device or aggregation of fire or
police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on
or within more than one building, or area adjacently located on a
common site, at a specific location.
Any business, firm, corporation or other commercial entity
which is in the business of owning, operating, maintaining, installing,
leasing or selling a fire or police alarm device or devices or system
of fire or police alarm devices, which business, firm, corporation
or other commercial entity is an owner, operator, provider of maintenance
service, installer, lessor or seller of said device, devices or system
of devices.
Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases
a system of fire or police alarm devices, which facility is manned
by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay
information about such validated signals to the Police or Fire Department
when appropriate.
Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device
or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects
a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters
and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other
emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response.
Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased
telephone wires from the specific location to police headquarters.
A.
No business licensee, as defined herein, shall conduct
business in the Incorporated Village of East Hampton unless he or
it holds a current validly issued license issued by the State of New
York pursuant to Article 6-D of the General Business Law.
B.
All business licensees who conduct business in the
Incorporated Village of East Hampton shall register with the Village
of East Hampton prior to conducting said business. In connection with
said registration, all business licensees shall supply the following
information:
(1)
A true copy of the license issued by the State of
New York pursuant to Article 6-D of the General Business Law.
(2)
The names and addresses of all employees of the business
licensee who will be conducting the business of said business licensee
in the Incorporated Village of East Hampton.
(3)
A complete
and accurate record of all installations of alarm systems in the Village
of East Hampton, which shall be updated and provided to the Village
of East Hampton on a monthly basis.
C.
Any property owner or lessee of property in the Village
of East Hampton having on his or its premises a fire or police alarm
device or system of fire or police alarm devices shall be required
to register and maintain the registration with the Village of East
Hampton in order to own or otherwise have such a device on his or
its premises. The registration form shall contain provisions relating
to the device or system of devices installed or to be installed on
the premises. Registrations for fire or police alarm devices existing
in premises on the effective date of this article must be made to
the registering authority. No such device may be installed on the
premises of the owner or lessee after the effective date of this article
prior to registration by the property owner with the registering authority.
Annual renewal of the registration shall be required.
There shall be payable to the Village of East
Hampton an annual fee of $50 for a fire or police alarm device or
devices installed on the premises of any owner or lessee. Such registration
fee shall be payable by the owner or lessee of the premises. Upon
failure to make any such payment, the Village shall have the right
to proceed by civil action to collect such registration fee. Failure
to make any such payment after written notice thereof has been given
to the owner or lessee shall subject such owner or lessee to the penalty
provisions of this article.
A.
Restrictions. No fire or police alarm device shall
be connected directly to the Village of East Hampton headquarters
or Fire Department. In addition, any police or fire alarm device which
is a telephone device that automatically dials the East Hampton Village
Police Department or Fire Department and reproduces a prerecorded
message which reports a criminal act or fire requiring Police and/or
Fire Department response is prohibited. Any person, business, firm,
corporation or other commercial entity which operates, maintains,
installs, leases or sells said device will be in violation of the
aforementioned article and will be subject to a fine.
B.
Direct alarm system. Any private firm engaged in the
business of burglar alarms or fire alarms will operate a facility
which is manned by a trained operator who receives, records or validates
alarm signals and relays information about such validated signals
to the East Hampton Village Police Department or the East Hampton
Village Fire Department and, when appropriate, notifies the Police
Department and Fire Department on a special telephone number set aside
for the express purpose of receiving such information. All central
station alarm facilities shall have the capability to electrically
supervise all alarm systems so that a trouble signal is indicated
should there be a fault with any alarm system. The operator of any
central alarm company which calls police headquarters or the Fire
Department to report an active alarm will identify himself or herself
by name and the name of the company and will provide accurate directions
to the protected premises at which the alarm is sounding. The central
alarm company shall further provide the name of a caretaker who is
responsible for resetting an activated alarm if the property owner
or lessee of the property is away. In the event that the caretaker
is unavailable, the alarm company shall be responsible for resetting
an activated alarm.
C.
Audible alarm device. Any property owner or lessee
of property in the Village of East Hampton shall, prior to the installation
of any audible signal designed to notify persons within audible range
of the signal, obtain a permit for same. Any such alarm device which
operates on house current must be equipped with a standby battery
power supply sufficient for at least 24 hours. Any such alarm device
will incorporate a device whereby the system will automatically shut
off and/or reset the audible alarm after the alarm has sounded for
a maximum period of 30 minutes. All property owners or lessees having
such an alarm device on their premises shall further be required to
provide the Police Department and Fire Department with the name of
a person who can respond to the premises within a reasonable time.
Said person shall have the capability of securing or, in the case
of fire, opening up said premises for inspection by the Fire Department.
Every such audible alarm device must be equipped with a switch to
silence the audible alarm bell at the residence.
D.
False alarm. It shall be a violation of this article
to cause a false alarm, and any person who does cause a false alarm
shall be subject to the penalty provisions hereof.
E.
Charges for false emergency alarms.
(1)
Any owner or lessee of property having a fire or police
alarm device or system of fire or police alarm devices on his or its
premises on the effective date of this article and any user of services
or equipment furnished by a licensee under this article shall pay
to the Village a charge for each and every false emergency alarm to
which the Police or Fire Department responds, in each calendar year,
as follows:
(2)
The above charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer. Failure
to pay any such charges within 60 days of the date that the notice
setting forth the charge has been sent to the owner of the premises
by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall result in said
charge becoming a lien and charge upon the real property where the
alarm installation is located, until the same is paid or otherwise
satisfied or discharged, and it shall be collected in the same manner
provided by law for the collection of taxes. The application for a
permit shall contain a notice advising the owner that the failure
to pay the charge can result in it becoming a lien on the property.
[Amended 11-20-2015 by L.L. No. 21-2015]
F.
Rules, regulations and enforcement. The Board of Trustees
of the Village of East Hampton may promulgate rules, regulations and
standards for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and
effectiveness of fire or police alarm devices and alarm installations
and to facilitate the administration of this article. The aforesaid
rules, regulations and standards shall be set forth in writing, and
copies shall be available for applicants.
A.
Central alarm station systems. The Village Board of
Trustees may prescribe the location and the manner of installation
of regular business telephone lines into police headquarters from
a central alarm station for the express purpose of providing direct
telephone communication between a central alarm station and police
headquarters for use in reporting alarms.
B.
Exceptions. None of the provisions of this article
shall apply to a fire or police alarm device or devices installed
in a motor vehicle or trailer.
Any person, firm or corporation who does not
pay any charge or fee established in this article, or who violates
any provision of this article, shall be subject to a fine not in excess
of $250 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed.
