[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lloyd Harbor 2-28-1983 as Article 17 of L.L. No. 2-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM SYSTEM
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented which is used to transmit an emergency signal directly or indirectly to the Police Department or Fire Department.
FALSE ALARM
Any emergency message or signal which is transmitted directly or indirectly to the Police Department or Fire Department to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds and which signal or message is not the result of a robbery, burglary, other crime, fire or emergency.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire Department or Fire District which protects a designated area of the Village.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
POLICE COMMISSIONER
The Chairperson of the Board of Police Commissioners.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
[Amended 2-3-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
No person, firm or corporation shall install, sell, lease, operate or maintain an alarm system in the Village unless a permit has first been obtained for the installation, operation or maintenance of such system.
[Added 2-3-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant of real property in the Village to:
A. 
Install, maintain or use upon said real property an audible burglar alarm or audible fire alarm that is not provided with a device that will automatically terminate such alarm after 15 minutes of continuous sound audible beyond the boundaries of such property; or
B. 
Suffer or permit such burglar alarm or fire alarm to emit sound audible beyond the boundaries of such real property for a continuous period of more than 15 minutes, whether or not said alarm has been equipped with the automatic cutoff device required by Subsection A above.
A. 
Type of permit. Any owner, lessee or occupant of property located in the Village who wishes to operate, maintain or install an alarm system on said property shall file an application with the Police Department on a form to be prescribed by the Village. If such application is approved by the Police Department or, in the case of a fire alarm system, by the Fire Department, the Police Department shall grant a revocable permit to the owner, lessee or occupant for such operation, maintenance or installation.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
B. 
Permit fees. Each applicant shall pay to the Village a permit fee as shall be set forth, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Trustees, upon the filing of the application.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
C. 
A permit shall expire only when an alarm system is replaced or modified.
D. 
Existing alarm systems. Application for permits for alarm systems existing in premises on the effective date hereof shall be made to the Village within 90 days of said date.
The Board of Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations that may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of assuring the efficiency and effectiveness of alarm systems and for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter.
The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall have the power to suspend or revoke any permit issued for violation of this chapter or of any rules and regulations or for the failure of an owner or lessee of an alarm system to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of such alarm equipment and alarm installation which may place any unreasonable and undue burden or hardship on the Police Department or Fire Department. No part of a permit fee shall be refunded when a permit is suspended or revoked.
A. 
Telephone connections. No alarm system shall be connected to or use any telephone line connected, either directly or indirectly, to Police or Fire Department headquarters, except those lines authorized by the Police Department or the Fire District.
B. 
Cost of installation and removal of equipment. The installation, rental and maintenance or removal of alarm systems permitted by this chapter, including the connection to or removal of equipment from Police Department or Fire Department headquarters, shall be made at no cost to the Village.
C. 
Relocation of Police Department headquarters. The Village shall not be responsible for any expense incurred by the owner or lessee or licensee for moving or reconnecting alarm systems to a relocated Police Department headquarters.
D. 
Installation of system at Police Department headquarters. The Police Department is hereby authorized to prescribe the location and the manner of installation of all telephone lines, cabinets, accessories, connections and equipment of an approved alarm system into or within police headquarters. Actual expenses incurred by the Police Department for the maintenance of panel boards, cabinets and other equipment to facilitate any alarm system shall be paid by the permit holder in addition to any permit fees.
A. 
Charges. Any owner or lessee of property having an alarm system on his/her or its premises shall pay to the Village a charge as set forth, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Trustees for each and every false alarm to which the Police Department or, in the case of a fire alarm system, the Fire Department responds in each calendar year, as follows:
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
(1) 
First and second false alarm in the first month after issuance of the permit: no charge.
(2) 
Thereafter:
(a) 
First false alarm of each calendar year: no charge.
(b) 
Second false alarm of each calendar year: See Board of Trustees resolution.
(c) 
Third and each subsequent false alarm of each calendar year: See Board of Trustees resolution.
B. 
Whenever the Village receives notice that a person has a first false alarm under Subsection A(2) above, the Police Department shall mail a written notice, by regular mail, to the person's mailing address stating the prescribed penalties for false alarms.
C. 
Thereafter, for each and every chargeable false alarm, the Police Department shall mail a notice to said person by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's mailing address requesting payment of the monetary charge for each and every chargeable false alarm. The notice shall state that if payment is not received by the Village within 30 days from the date the person receives the notice (or if the person refuses delivery of the notice, 30 days from the date of the refusal), the person will be subject to the maximum fine as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
D. 
The full monetary charge shall become the property of the Village 30 days after payment of the same unless before such time the person elects to make application to the Mayor or the Mayor's designee for review of said charge. If the Mayor or the Mayor's designee sustains said charge or refuses to review the same, then the person may, within 20 days of such determination, make application to the Village Court requesting a hearing concerning said charge.
E. 
The above charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer.
[Amended 11-21-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
Any violation of this chapter or any part thereof shall be punishable by a fine as provided for in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, of this Code to the extent permitted by law. It shall be a separate violation of this chapter if the owner, lessee or user of any alarm system fails to pay any separate charge within 30 days after receiving written notice of the same or refuses to accept delivery of said notice.