[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Kensington: Art. I, 3-21-1979 by L.L. No. 1-1979; Art. II, 8-15-1984 by L.L. No.
5-1984. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 97.
[Adopted 3-21-1979 by L.L. No. 1-1979]
Every burglar and/or fire alarm system installed in a residence
in this village which is audible beyond the boundaries of the premises
in which it is installed shall be maintained in a manner that will
prevent its continuous operation for a period in excess of 30 minutes.
[Amended 5-17-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
Each person who violates any provision of this Article shall,
for each and every day that said violation continues, be subject to
a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to
exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 8-15-1984 by L.L. No. 5-1984]
This Article shall be known as the "Alarm System Law" and is
intended to foster and render more effective the use of alarm systems
having the capability of calling or signaling law enforcement authorities.
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A burglar alarm system, a fire alarm system or a system combining
the elements of a burglar and fire alarm system or a system for transmission
of other emergency signals.
Any emergency message or signal which is transmitted directly
or indirectly to the village police office to which the village police
office or other emergency personnel respond and which signal is not
the result of a robbery, burglary, other crime, fire or emergency.
An activated alarm signal which is promptly followed by a call to
the police office properly notifying the police that the signal is
to be disregarded shall not constitute a "false alarm."
The Village of Kensington.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying
or otherwise controlling any premises in the village equipped with
an alarm system to cause or permit a false alarm to be emitted by
the said system. Each person owning, occupying or controlling any
such premise at the time such false alarm is emitted shall be presumed
to have caused or permitted the said false alarm.
