[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Antrim 2-13-1996 by Ord. No. 242. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have
the meaning given to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
Any assembly or equipment, mechanical, electrical or battery-operated,
arranged to signal County Control of the occurrence of a fire or hazardous
emergency requiring urgent attention.
The record owner of any improved real estate within the Township
of Antrim.
The 12 consecutive months beginning on January 1 and ending on December
31.
An alarm activated in the absence of a fire or hazard emergency whether
willfully, by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional act to which emergency
units of the Fire Department respond.
The Rescue Hose Company No. 1 of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, its successors
and its designated backup units.
Fire, smoke or heat conditions indicating a fire.
An explosion or leak of a toxic gas, liquid or solid or a potential
explosion or leak of a toxic gas, liquid or solid.
A high security key box system manufactured by the Knox Company of
Irvine, California, designed to give fire fighters and emergency services
personnel immediate access to locked buildings, elevators and other secured
areas within buildings.
Any building which has no residential living units within its boundaries.
Any building which has at least one residential living unit within
its boundaries.
Any existing building owner, residential or nonresidential, whose building
is connected to an alarm system which experiences three false alarms within
a calendar year shall be subject to a fine of $100 per incident for the third
and subsequent false alarms within this period.
A.
Any existing building owner, residential or nonresidential
whose building is connected to an alarm system which experiences three false
alarms within a calendar year shall be required to install a "Knox-Box" (boxes),
the number and location of which shall be prescribed by the Fire Department.
B.
After the effective date of this chapter, any nonresidential
building owner installing an alarm system shall be required to install a "Knox-Box,"
the number and location of which shall be prescribed by the Fire Department.
A.
Any building owner or occupant of said building who is
found to be in violation of the requirements of § 45-2
shall be subject to the fines mentioned in said section.
B.
Any building owner who shall violate § 45-3
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues, or is permitted
to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. Section 45-3 shall be enforced
by action brought before a District Justice in the same manner provided for
the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
C.
Fines and costs imposed under the provisions of this
chapter shall be payable to Antrim Township.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 246]
