[Adopted 11-16-1988 by Ord. No. 1640]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of any building within the Township of Ridley that is equipped with
a fire alarm system to see that such alarm systems are kept in a state
of maintenance and repair so as to ensure that the system will not
fail to operate or operate in a defective manner.
A fire alarm system is defective when, without
the intervention of an outside agency, it gives off an alarm indicating
that there is a fire when no such fire has occurred. Where the alarm
is set off by an unintentional outside agency, which results in a
location response by a fire company, this shall be considered a defect
until such time as such measures are taken so as to protect the mechanism
from the unintentional outside agency.
A.
Upon the occurrence of the first such fire alarm in
any calendar year, the Fire Marshal shall issue written notice to
the property owner directing that the defective alarm system be repaired.
B.
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the
provisions of this article shall be fined not more than $100 for the
second offense, $300 for the third offense, $600 for the fourth offense
and $1,000 for the fifth or subsequent offense, and cost of prosecution.
In default of payment of the fine and cost the violator shall be imprisoned
for not more than 30 days. Each and every day in which a violation
or noncompliance occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
