[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Wappingers Falls 7-8-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It has come to the attention of the Village Board of the Village
of Wappingers Falls that certain standards and controls regarding
intrusions caused by emergency signal devices and protective alarm
services for businesses and residents are required for the overall
safeguard of public health, wealth and welfare in that such controls
will afford greater emergency protection to the public and expedite
emergency communications.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Any device which, when activated by a criminal act, fire
or other emergency, transmits a prerecorded message or other signal
by telephone, radio, central alarm station or audible or visible signal
designed to cause any person within audible or visual range to notify
the Police Department or Fire Department or Ambulance Corps, requiring
their respective emergency response.
Any signal actuated by a police, fire or medical emergency
alarm device, devices or system of devices which is not the result
of natural disaster, a criminal act, fire or other emergency requiring
police or fire response. The term "false alarm" shall include human
error and equipment malfunction causing the alarm to be activated
and which results in police or fire response.
Any device which, when activated by fire or smoke or other
emergency, is designed to alert only the occupants of the building
in which the smoke and/or heat detectors are installed.
No person shall install, cause to be installed, maintain or
cause to be maintained in a structure, building or establishment any
externally audible police, fire or medical emergency alarm device
which does not also contain an automatic cutoff system or feature
automatically cutting off the source of power to the alarm device
after it has sounded for a period of no longer than 15 minutes. Any
currently installed externally-audible police, fire or medical emergency
alarm device which does not contain an automatic cutoff system or
feature automatically cutting off the service of power to the alarm
device after it has sounded for a period of no longer than 15 minutes
shall be required to install such a cutoff device within 180 days
of the effective date hereof.
A.
No person shall allow or cause a false alarm to be made. Any owner,
occupant or lessee of property having a police, fire or medical emergency
alarm device, devices or system of police, fire or medical emergency
alarm devices on his premises shall pay to the Village of Wappingers
Falls, upon demand, a charge for each and every false alarm occurring
on his/her premises in any calendar year as follows:
|
Number of False Alarms
|
Penalty
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
$0
| |
|
Each after 1
|
$150
|
B.
Any failure by such owner or lessee to pay the aforementioned charges within 30 days of the demand therefor shall be deemed a violation of this chapter in accordance with § 41-5.
C.
The Police Department of the Village of Wappingers Falls shall cause
to be kept an up-to-date and accurate log of all false alarms occurring
in the Village of Wappingers Falls and shall transmit the same on
a regular basis to the Village Clerk.
Any person, business, firm, corporation or other entity who does not pay any fee or charge established in this chapter or who violates any provisions of this chapter for which another penalty is not imposed shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250 or imprisonment for 15 days, or both, for each offense, in addition to any penalty demanded pursuant to § 41-4 above. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed.
