[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Monessen as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-27-1965 by Ord. No. 614]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4905,
Knowingly causing a false alarm.
It is prohibited to knowingly give, turn in
or cause to be given or raise or turn in a false alarm of fire by
ringing of fire bells or to give any other common or recognized alarm
of fire.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
violates the provisions outlined in this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be guilty of a summary offense and be fined in an amount
of not more than $50 for the first offense and, for each offense thereafter,
be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs of prosecution and/or
be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 10 days.
[Adopted 11-8-1978 by Ord. No. 6-1978]
The Monessen Police Department is hereby authorized
to provide hookup service for burglar alarm and fire alarm systems
for buildings situated in the City of Monessen and certain other facilities
within the limits of its ability to do the same.
A.
Any person seeking to have a burglar alarm or fire
alarm hookup with the Monessen Police Department must first make application
on a form provided by the city and, upon approval of said application,
shall pay to the City of Monessen the following charges and fees for
said service:
(1)
The complete costs of installing, between the individual's
building and the Police Department and on the city's alarm monitoring
system, all hardware and software necessary to enable the city to
provide the alarm service to the individual account. Said costs shall
be all those costs which shall be incurred by the city under agreement
with an installer authorized by the city.
[Amended 3-25-1994 by Ord. No. 3-1994]
(2)
A service fee as set from time to time by resolution
of the City Council, per year, per each separate alarm hookup. Said
service fee shall be paid in advance and shall be nonrefundable.
[Amended 3-25-1994 by Ord. No. 3-1994]
B.
Each burglar alarm hookup shall constitute a separate
and individual account. Each fire alarm hookup shall constitute a
separate and individual account.
C.
Each facility serviced shall constitute a separate
account.
D.
The annual fee is nonrefundable and nonapportionable.
Upon approval by the Chief of Police of the
application for alarm hookup, the appropriate personnel shall be authorized
to do the necessary work to install the system in the police station.
Upon notification by the Chief of Police or
disapproval of the application, any fee submitted with the application
form shall be refunded by the city.
The applicant, at its own expense, shall make
all arrangements and contract to have the alarm system and telephone
hookup made in their place of business or their residence.
The City of Monessen shall not be responsible
for the operation of the system and shall not be responsible for any
failure of the system. All applicants and/or subscribers to said service
shall hold the City of Monessen harmless for any loss, claim or damages
resulting from malfunctioning or failure of the system.
Upon failure of the applicant to pay the annual fee as provided for in § 117-4 of this article, the Chief of Police of the City of Monessen is authorized and directed to discontinue any services theretofore installed.