[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Sands Point 2-17-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976; amended in its entirety 2-25-2003 by L.L. No.
1-2003. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees and deposits — See Ch. 82.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Incorporated Village of Sands Point.
This chapter shall be known as the "Alarm System
Regulations."
No homeowner, resident, tenant or occupant (hereinafter
all referred to as "resident") of any building or within any building,
residence, home accessory building, school, church, synagogue or other
structure (hereinafter referred to as "premises") shall connect or
maintain any alarm system, calling device, signaling device or other
mechanical apparatus which directly or indirectly is intended to signal
or alert the Village of Sands Point police station or telephone line
and/or telecommunication line without first obtaining an alarm permit
and satisfying Village standards for alarm systems, which standards
are available at the Village office. A permit is also required for
audible alarms that are not connected directly or indirectly to signal
or alert the police station. Any change in ownership of property shall
require the submission of an application to operate an alarm system
and the issuance of an alarm permit.
[Amended 9-28-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
Upon submission of the application to operate an alarm system in conformity with the standards imposed herein and upon payment of the permit fee as described in Chapter 82, Fees and Deposits, the Village Clerk shall issue a permit for each alarm. Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be nontransferable, and the permit fee shall be nonrefundable.
[Amended 9-28-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
An annual permit service fee in the amount as provided in Chapter 82 hereof shall be due and payable as of January 1 of each calendar year for each alarm. In the event any such service permit fee is not paid on or before April 15 of each such year, said fee, plus an administrative charge of $50, shall be levied against the real property as a lien having the same priority as a Village tax and being deemed as part of the annual Village tax for all purposes.
Alarm systems in use at the effective date of
these regulations shall be required to comply with these regulations
within 60 days of the effective date of this regulation. Failure to
comply may result in the existing system being removed from service
without further notice to the resident.
[Amended 9-28-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
A.
For purposes
of these regulations, a "false alarm" shall be one which needlessly
or erroneously signals or alerts the Village police station or other
Village employee(s) and is not canceled by the resident before a Village
policeman or employee arrives at the residence. The holder of a Village
alarm permit shall be solely and wholly responsible for any and all
false alarms to police or employees of the Incorporated Village of
Sands Point. False alarms may result in revocation of the permit to
operate the system by the Village of Sands Point and the system being
removed from service if deemed appropriate by the Village.
B.
Charges
for false alarms.
(1)
Charges for false alarms shall be as provided in Chapter 82, Fees and Deposits. Such charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer.
(2)
If the homeowner fails to pay any such charges, such homeowner shall, in addition to all other available remedies, be subject to the penalties in § 40-9, entitled "Penalties for offenses."
(3)
In the
event any outstanding false alarm charges are not paid on or before
April 15 of the next succeeding calendar year, such charges, plus
an administrative charge of $25, shall be levied against the real
property as a lien having the same priority as a Village tax and being
deemed a part of the annual Village tax roll for all purposes.
C.
Upon the
fourth false alarm during any twelve-month period, the Village shall
notify the homeowner in writing by certified mail. Thereafter, the
Village, in its discretion, reserves the right to revoke the existing
permit or refuse to renew it after a hearing before the Board of Trustees
upon notice to the permit holder. Notice of revocation or refusal
to renew shall also be by certified mail sent at least 30 days before
such revocation and/or end of permit period. In cases of revocation,
the Village shall have the right to remove the alarm system from service.
Costs of removing an alarm system from service shall be the responsibility
of the resident.
D.
The Village
recognizes that widespread false alarms may occur from forces beyond
the control of residents, such as rain or lightning, in which such
events resulting false alarms may be excused by the Board of Trustees
and shall not be counted as a false alarm.
A.
In the event of a malfunction in the system or connection
directly or indirectly to police headquarters, the owner of the system
will be notified in writing that he has three business days from receipt
of said notice in which to correct the malfunction and restore the
system to proper operating condition. If at the end of three business
days the malfunction has not been corrected, the alarm may be removed
from service at police headquarters and may be ordered out of service
at the residence. Upon reapplication to the Village of Sands Point
by the owner or lessee of the system in the form of a written certification
by an approved alarm business that the malfunction has been corrected,
the system will be reconnected to the monitor console. Costs of removal
and reconnection shall be the responsibility and at the expense of
the resident.
B.
The Village shall have no responsibility for equipment
costs, installation charges or damages resulting from the failure
of the alarm system to operate or failure of the Village to respond
to an alarm, or for losses incurred as a result of equipment or systems
no longer useful for reasons of Village permit revocation or refusal
by the Village to renew permits or changes in standards rendering
system(s) useless.
Any resident failing to obtain or maintain the
required permit or otherwise violating any provision of this chapter
shall, in addition to all other available remedies, be subject to
a fine not exceeding $100 for the first offense and not exceeding
$200 for each and every offense thereafter.
This section applies to all alarm systems and
equipment either existing or installed after the effective date of
these regulations.
A.
Every system with an alarm bell or signal audible
from outside the house, whether such system is connected directly
or indirectly to police headquarters or operates independently, must
be equipped with a device which automatically shuts off the outside
alarm bell or signal within 15 minutes from its having been activated.
B.
All police alarm equipment sold or leased in the Village
of Sands Point must meet reasonable safety standards such as those
acceptable to Underwriters' Laboratories or equivalent.
C.
Every system must be equipped with a time delay of
at least 20 seconds before signal connection to Police Department
is activated.
D.
Every system connected directly or indirectly to the
Village Police Department must be equipped with a visible or audible
indicator that the alarm system is in operation. This indicator must
be installed in an obvious location at the principal entrance/exit
for the residence. It may be located on either the inside or the outside
of the residence.
E.
Every system connected directly or indirectly to the
Village Police Department which also signals a fire alarm shall be
equipped with separate distinguishing signal for each kind of alarm.
F.
After the effective date of this chapter, police alarm
equipment may be sold, leased, installed, serviced or maintained only
by alarm companies or agents on a list of those approved, available
through the Village of Sands Point.
A.
Alarm business(es) operating within the Village must
maintain a place of business that is reasonably accessible to the
Village of Sands Point for the inspection of records.
B.
Alarm business(es) operating within the Village must
maintain and keep available for inspection adequate records of all
sales, installations, modifications, maintenance and service agreements
of police alarm devices performed by said business in the Village
of Sands Point. These records must include the names and addresses
of alarm agents who sold, installed, modified, maintained or serviced
each individual system and the date said agent(s) was present at the
premises.
C.
All alarm businesses, in addition to the application,
must provide proof of insurance saving the Village of Sands Point
harmless against any claim arising out of the sale, installation,
service, maintenance or operation of a police alarm device in the
Village of Sands Point.
D.
Alarm businesses must have twenty-four-hour-a-day
service.
E.
Agents and employees of alarm businesses shall not
have any record of criminal offense against people or property.
