This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alarms Systems
Law."
The Village of Piermont wishes to prevent an extraordinary number of
false burglar and fire alarms emanating from automated devices. These signals
require that police, fire and other emergency personnel respond to the false
alarms, exposing them to unnecessary hazards and risks, wasting taxpayer funds
and possibly depriving other citizens who may need such emergency services.
This chapter is intended to minimize, if not eliminate, false alarms by regulating
alarm systems within the Village.
Excluded from the provisions of this chapter is any alarm device installed
in or on a motor vehicle. Also excluded from the provisions of this chapter
is any device designed to alert the occupants of any building of an emergency
condition therein, and which does not produce any audible or visual external
signal or internal signal perceptible from outside the building in question.
[Amended 5-7-1996 by L.L.
No. 6-1996]
A. Every alarm user shall obtain an alarm-user permit for
each alarm system said alarm user owns, controls or operates within the Village
of Piermont.
B. Applications for alarm-user permits shall include the
following information:
(1) The applicant's name and address.
(2) The address of the protected premises.
(3) The applicant's home and business telephone numbers.
(4) The type of emergency the alarm system is designed to
detect.
(5) The name and address of the person that sold, installed,
responds to and/or maintains the alarm system.
(6) The names, addresses and telephone numbers of at least
two persons who can be reached at any time to disconnect the system.
C. The alarm user shall notify the Police Department, Fire
Department or Fire Control Center of any changes in the above information
prior to the change taking effect.
D. The information contained in the alarm-user permit shall
be maintained by the Police Department or Fire Department and its inspection
restricted to those department officers specifically assigned to alarm-system-related
duties.
E. Any alarm-system user who operates an alarm system without
first having obtained an alarm-user permit as required herein shall be guilty
of a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 5-7-1996 by L.L.
No. 6-1996]
Three false alarms in any twelve-month period from any alarm system
for which an alarm-user permit has been obtained shall be a violation of this
chapter. Any alarm-system user who operates an alarm system without first
having obtained an alarm-user permit as required herein or after having a
permit suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
A cancellation code will be available through the Police Department
for every alarm-user permit. The code will give the alarm user the ability
to abort any alarm activation. Alarm signals that are promptly and properly
aborted by code will not be charged against the alarm-user permit as a false
alarm.
Each alarm system within the Village of Piermont must be equipped as
follows before an alarm permit can be issued:
A. The alarm system shall contain an automatic audible-signal
cutoff device so that the maximum time any alarm shall cause an externally
audible signal to be emanated does not exceed 30 minutes per activation.
B. The alarm system shall be equipped with a standby power
source sufficient to maintain the system in a state of readiness for a least
six hours in the event of a power failure.
C. Automatic dialer devices upon a single stimulus shall
not exceed two separate calls to the Police Department, and no such call shall
exceed one-minute interval between calls, with the second call clearly identified
as such.
D. The contents of any recorded message to be transmitted
to the Police Department must be intelligible and in a format approved by
the Chief of Police as appropriate for the type of emergency being reported.
E. Automatic dialer devices shall be connected to the Police
Department telephone number assigned by the Police Department for this purpose.
[Amended 5-7-1996 by L.L.
No. 6-1996]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be subject to a fine of not less than $50 for the first offense, not less
than $100 for the second offense and not less than $150 for the third and
subsequent offenses.
Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, every alarm user
shall obtain an alarm-user permit and bring every alarm system into compliance
with the requirements of this chapter.