[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Penn 6-15-1998 by Ord. No. 702. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following definitions shall apply for the purpose of this chapter:
Any device designed for the detection of unauthorized entry on the
premises, unlawful act or detection of fire or smoke, and when activated gives
a signal, either visual, audible or both, or transmits or causes to be transmitted
a signal.
January 1 through December 31.
The amount assessed a subscriber protected by an alarm system for
a false alarm only.
An alert by an alarm system, which upon investigation discloses that
no burglary, attempted burglary, breaking and entering, robbery or other acts
for which it is designed to initiate police investigation where action has
occurred, or where the investigation discloses that no fire or smoke exists
for which it is designed to initiate a response by a Fire Department. It should
not include alerts caused by power outages or weather conditions.
An owner or lessor of a premises equipped with an alarm system.
A.
Whenever a false alarm is received for a premises served
by an alarm system, the subscriber shall be charged an amount in accordance
with the following schedule:
|
Alarms Received Per Calendar Year
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
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Less than 4
|
No charge
| |
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4 to 10
|
$50 per false alarm
| |
|
11 or more
|
$100 per false alarm
|
B.
In the event that only the Penn Township Police Department
responds, the full charge per alarm shall be paid to the Township of Penn.
In the event that only a volunteer Fire Department organized and existing
within the corporate limits of the Township of Penn responds, said charge
shall be paid directly to the volunteer Fire Department responding. In the
event that a combination of volunteer Fire Department or departments and the
Penn Township police respond, the charge set forth herein shall be divided
equally among the responding agencies.
The failure of a subscriber to pay a false alarm charge shall result
in the filing of a citation before the issuing authority to institute a summary
for criminal proceeding; or the Township of Penn or the responding volunteer
Fire Department shall have the right to collect said charge by an action in
assumpsit, and shall have the right to lien, collect and enforce such charge
in the same matter as hereintofore provided by the act of assembly for the
enforcement, liening and claiming of municipal claims against subscribers.
