[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Tarrytown 12-2-1991 by L.L. No. 15-1991. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide regulations
and standards applicable to alarm devices and alarm users and to provide
a schedule of charges applicable for false alarms transmitted through
such devices.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any device which, when activated by an unauthorized entry,
fire, smoke or other emergency requiring Police Department or Fire
Department response, transmits a recorded message or signal to police
headquarters or to a private control alarm station and/or produces
any audible or visual signal to which the Police Department or Fire
Department is expected to respond. Excluded from this definition and
from the provisions of this chapter are devices designed to alert
the occupants of a building of an emergency condition therein and
which do not produce any audible or visual signal which is perceptible
outside of such building. Also excluded from the definition and the
provisions of this chapter are "alarm devices" installed in or on
any motor vehicle.
A committee consisting of the following: the Village Administrator
or his/her designee; the Police Chief or his/her designee; the Fire
Chief or his/her designee; and the Village Clerk or his/her designee.
Any person or entity on whose premises an alarm device is
installed in the Village of Tarrytown.
Any private or commercial entity which receives signals from
alarm devices within the Village of Tarrytown and relays information
pertaining to such alarm devices to police headquarters.
Any alarm activation to which Police or Fire Department personnel
respond which is not the result of an unauthorized entry, fire, smoke
or other emergency.
Any false alarm, as defined herein, which is intentionally
activated by any person.
Any alarm device which is not connected to a private central
alarm station but which, when activated, causes an audible or visual
signal perceptible to persons on the outside of the premises within
which said alarm device is installed.
A deficiency or other failure of an alarm device which results
in a false alarm but which is not attributable to any fault or negligence
on the part of the alarm device user.
The Village of Tarrytown.
A.
Authority to grant alarm user permit. The Village
Clerk is hereby authorized to grant a revocable permit, upon the approval
of the Chief of Police, to any alarm user as defined in this chapter.
B.
Application for alarm user permit.
[Amended 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 5-1992; 9-17-2012 by L.L. No. 7-2012]
(1)
Any property owner or lessee of property in the Village
of Tarrytown desirous of obtaining an alarm device shall apply to
the licensing authority for an alarm user permit on a form designated
by the licensing authority. Such alarm user permit is nontransferable.
(2)
Any property owner or lessee of property in the Village
of Tarrytown having on his or her premises an alarm device shall apply
to the licensing authority for an alarm user permit on a form designated
by the licensing authority. Such alarm user permit is nontransferable.
Such permit shall be valid for a two-year period, commencing on January
1 and expiring on December 31, two years after the said January 1.
Notwithstanding this subsection, a holder of an alarm user permit
may continue to operate his/her permitted alarm system until January
31 of the year following the expiration of his/her alarm user permit.
C.
License and permit fees. Permit fees shall be nonrefundable
and based upon the following schedule:
[Amended 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 5-1992]
D.
Violations.
[Amended 8-21-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
(1)
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
business or commercial entity to operate, service or maintain an alarm
device within the Village of Tarrytown as defined in this chapter
without first having obtained an alarm user permit as provided for
in this chapter.
(2)
Any owner or lessee of property having an alarm device or system of devices on his/her or its premises who or which shall fail to obtain an alarm user permit shall pay to the Village of Tarrytown, upon demand, a charge of $100. The payment of this charge may be appealed to the Alarm Review Board pursuant to § 76-4D(2) of this chapter.
E.
Denial, suspension or revocation of alarm user permit
and disconnection of alarm system.
(1)
The Alarm Review Board may require the denial, suspension
or revocation of any permit when deemed necessary for violations of
any of the provisions of this chapter or the violation of any standards
or regulations promulgated by the licensing authority pursuant to
this chapter.
(2)
In addition to any criminal penalties that may be
applicable, an intentional false alarm may be grounds for revocation
of a permit.
(3)
Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
surrendered immediately upon suspension or revocation by the Alarm
Review Board. It shall be a violation of this section to fail to surrender
such permit which has been suspended or revoked as herein provided.
A.
The village assumes no responsibility for such systems.
Notwithstanding the payment of any fee and/or the issuance of any
permit as herein required, the Police Department, Fire Department
and the Village of Tarrytown shall be under no obligation whatsoever
concerning the adequacy, the operation or the maintenance of the alarm
device so installed, and the Village of Tarrytown and its authorized
agents hereby assume no liability whatsoever for any failure of any
such alarm device or for failure to respond to any such alarms or
for any act of omission or commission as a result of any such alarm
device or system.
B.
Specific equipment required and/or prohibited.
(1)
Alarm users directly or indirectly utilizing the services
of a central station monitoring facility must ensure that, prior to
police notification of an alarm activation, the central system monitoring
facility shall first attempt to verify the authenticity of the alarm
and the need for emergency response by police personnel. This procedure
shall include an attempt to contact persons at the alarmed premises.
This requirement shall not apply to holdup/panic alarms or fire alarms
as defined in this chapter.
(2)
Alarm devices shall be equipped with a cutoff device
which limits the audible time of the exterior alarm to 15 minutes.
(3)
The alarm user shall be responsible for compliance
with these provisions. Failure to comply shall be a violation of this
chapter.
C.
Removal of unlawful equipment. The Alarm Review Board,
whenever aware of the existence or use of any alarm device which is
not operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or
which does not meet standards for such alarm devices as set pursuant
to this chapter, may order the disconnection of such alarm device,
and it shall be unlawful to disobey such an order.
D.
False alarms.
(1)
Any owner or lessee of property having an alarm device
or system of devices on his or its premises and any user of any services
or equipment furnished pursuant to this chapter shall pay to the Village
of Tarrytown, upon demand, a charge for each and every false alarm,
as defined in this chapter, to which Police Department or Fire Department
personnel responds in each calendar year as provided in the Village
of Tarrytown Master Fee Schedule.[1]
[Amended 8-21-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995; 10-19-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Fee Schedule is on file in the office
of the Village Clerk.
(2)
More than five false alarms in any calendar year may
constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of an alarm user's
permit as determined by the Alarm Review Board. Any alarm user charged
with a false alarm penalty as prescribed herein may appeal such charge
or penalty, in writing, within 10 days after receipt of the notice
of such penalty and may appear before the Alarm Review Board at a
place and time selected by the Board. False alarm penalties or charges
may be waived only by order of the Alarm Review Board. Failure to
pay a false alarm charge or penalty as prescribed shall subject such
alarm user to the suspension or revocation of his/her alarm user permit,
as determined by the Alarm Review Board.
