[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Farmingdale 9-23-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985 (Ch. 48, Art. II of
the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The ordinary and customary power provided by the utility
authorized to provide same.
Any alarm device or series of devices which when activated:
Automatically dials the emergency telephone number of the Farmingdale
Fire Department as designated by the Nassau County Fire Marshal or
a manned facility and uses a pretaped or prerecorded message to alert
the Fire Department that an emergency exists or that the services
of the Fire Department are needed;
Transmits to a manned facility, where the signal is recorded,
retransmitted and/or validated and the information relayed to the
Fire Department that an emergency exists or that the services of the
Fire Department are needed; or
Activates a municipal fire alarm system.
Includes individuals, corporations, partnerships, firms or
agents acting in behalf thereof.
Power generated in the place and stead of electrical power,
whether by battery, auxiliary generator or otherwise.
A.
All fire alarm systems installed and maintained in the Village of
Farmingdale shall be in compliance with this article.
B.
The Fire Marshal of Nassau County and the Chief of the Farmingdale
Fire Department or a person so designated by the Chief, shall have
the power to determine conformance with this article.
C.
All fire alarm systems subject to this article and maintained in
the Village of Farmingdale shall be inspected and tested annually
or in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer, whichever
requires the more frequent inspections, by a competent person. Written
records of inspection shall be maintained on the premises protected
and shall include:
D.
Any fire alarm system as defined in § 213-1 shall:
(1)
Upon detection of fire or smoke, automatically activate an audible
alarm on the premises.
(2)
Have a thirty-second time lapse between initial activation of audible
signal on the premises and transmission of signal to the Fire Department.
(3)
Have the capability of the audible and signal transmission both being
deactivated by an occupant in the event of malfunction or accidental
activation of the system.
(4)
Be designed and installed to transmit the address and nearest street
intersection and to limit to three the number of transmissions for
any one emergency to the Fire Department or central fire alarm bureau
after receipt of the alarm.
(5)
Be designed and installed to prevent activation of the fire alarm
system by a burglar alarm system.
(6)
If operated by electric power, not be activated by loss of electrical
power and shall be provided with standby power.
(7)
All persons installing, operating and/or maintaining fire alarm systems
subject to this article shall maintain records of all service and
inspections. Individual records shall be available for inspection
for a period of one year from date of said service or inspection by
the Nassau County Fire Marshal and/or the Chief of the Fire Department
or a person so designated by the Chief.
E.
Any fire alarm system, as defined in § 213-1, shall:
(1)
Upon detection of fire or smoke, automatically activate an audible
alarm on the premises.
(2)
Be designed and installed to prevent activation of the fire alarm
system by a burglar alarm system.
(3)
If operated by electric power, not be activated by loss of electrical
power and shall be provided with standby power.
(4)
All persons installing, operating and/or maintaining fire alarm systems
subject to this article shall maintain records of all service and
inspections. Individual records shall be available for inspection
for a period of one year from date of said service or inspection by
the Nassau County Fire Marshal and/or the Chief of the Fire Department
or a person so designated by the Chief.
F.
Exception. Standpipe and sprinkler water flow alarm devices connected to a central station or to the Fire Department or fire alarm bureau in lieu of the requirements of Subsection D shall comply with the following requirements:
(1)
A normal fluctuation in water main pressure as determined by the
Nassau County Fire Marshal shall not cause a false water flow alarm
to be transmitted that will require Fire Department response.
(2)
All persons installing, operating and/or maintaining such water flow
alarm systems shall maintain records of service and inspections. Individual
records shall be available for inspection by the Nassau County Fire
Marshal and/or the Chief of the Fire Department or a person so designated
by the Chief.
A.
License. All persons installing, maintaining, constructing, replacing
or improving any automatic fire alarm system, as defined in this article,
which requires Fire Department response in the Village of Farmingdale
shall be licensed by the state pursuant to Article 6-D of the General
Business Law. The following shall be in addition to the requirements
of the General Business Law:[1]
(1)
All persons installing, maintaining, constructing, replacing or improving
any automatic fire alarm system, as defined in this article, which
requires Fire Department response in the Village of Farmingdale, shall
obtain a license from the Fire Marshal of Nassau County upon proper
application on a form provided by the Fire Marshal and submission
of such information on such form as the Fire Marshal may require together
with a fee as shall be set from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Trustees, with a schedule of such fees to be maintained by
the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Upon consideration and approval of such
application by the Fire Marshal, a license shall be issued on a form
prepared by the Fire Marshal which shall authorize such installation,
construction, replacement or improvement of such automatic fire alarm
system.
(2)
The license issued herein shall expire one year from the date of
such issuance unless prior thereto the license is revoked or suspended
by the Fire Marshal. Upon payment of the annual license fee as provided
in § 213-5A(1), prior to the expiration date, a license
shall be renewed for another year, and the authority to install, maintain,
construct, replace or improve any automatic fire alarm system, as
defined in this article, shall continue in effect until such time
within the year as the Fire Marshal revokes or suspends such license.
(3)
The Fire Marshal may, at any time, require reasonable information
of an applicant or a licensee and may require the production of books
and records which relate to the installation, maintenance, construction,
construction, replacement or improvement of any automatic fire alarm
system or the qualifications for compliance with this article by the
applicant or licensee.
B.
Permit. All persons or owners of property located within the Village
of Farmingdale or the lessees thereof who desire to operate and maintain
an automatic fire alarm system in the Village of Farmingdale shall
apply to the Fire Marshal of the County of Nassau for a permit on
forms provided by the Fire Marshal. It shall be unlawful to operate
or maintain such an automatic fire alarm system without first obtaining
a permit as hereafter provided:
(1)
The Fire Marshal of Nassau County shall issue, upon proper application
and payment of such fee as is then applicable, a permit to any person
who owns or leases property upon which an automatic fire alarm system
is operated or maintained; or on behalf of such person to any seller,
lessor or installer of such automatic fire alarm system. Such permit
shall be transferable to any subsequent owner or lessee of the premises
in which such automatic fire alarm system has been installed upon
written notification to the Fire Marshal of Nassau County and the
Chief of the Fire Department.[2]
(2)
The permit required by this article shall continue in full force
and effect so long as there is full compliance with the provisions
of this article.
(3)
All present owners or lessees of premises having an automatic fire
alarm system installed in said premises shall comply with all provisions
of this article within six months of the effective date of this article.
This article shall not be construed to hold the Village of Farmingdale
and/or the County of Nassau, its officers or employees responsible
for any injury to person or damage to property by reason of the inspection
or reinspection authorized herein, or failure to inspect or reinspect
as herein provided, or by reason of the approval or disapproval of
any fire alarm system authorized herein.
A.
The name, address and telephone number of the person installing,
servicing and/or maintaining a fire alarm system subject to this article
shall be affixed to the control panel of the fire alarm system at
all times.
B.
No person shall use, operate or install any fire alarm system that
will, upon activation, either manually or automatically initiate the
dialing of any telephone number of the Farmingdale Fire Department
until such time as a permit has been issued by the Nassau County Fire
Marshal and the Fire Department has approved the telephone number
to be programmed.
A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, nothing contained
herein shall modify, limit, enlarge or in any other way affect the
penalties provided for willful or intentional false alarms as same
is defined and provided within the New York State criminal codes or
statutes.
B.
Any alarm to which the Fire Department responds and after investigation determines is the result of the malfunction of the fire alarm system, the negligence of any individual or any other situation that does not involve a criminal act or fire shall be designated a false alarm. Thereupon it shall be the responsibility of the occupant of the premises that the cause for such false alarm be corrected by a licensed maintainer as defined in § 213-3 and a report of such correction in writing shall be submitted to the Farmingdale Fire Department and the Nassau County Fire Marshal's office within 10 business days. Repeated false alarms shall be subject to penalties as outlined in § 213-8.[1]
This article and the provisions of the Nassau County Fire Prevention Ordinance, as from time to time amended, may be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale as established by Chapter 44 of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale.
A.
Any and
every person who violates any provision of this article shall forthwith
upon oral or written notice relating thereto proceed to correct and
remedy such violation without any delay.
B.
A residential
property owner and/or tenant who shall be deemed to have violated
this article shall be subject to a false alarm charge/fee in accordance
with the following schedule:
C.
Commercial
property, business owners and tenants shall be subsequent to a false
alarm charge/fee in accordance with the following schedule:
D.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, new alarm installations shall not
be subject to any fine for the first month after the alarm installation.
The first false alarm within this first one-month period shall not
be considered a false alarm for purposes of determining the fine for
any false alarms following the expiration of the one-month period.
