[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 1; as amended by Ord. 795, 1/17/2001; and by Ord. 988, 3/18/2014]
Any device designed or used for detection of intrusion into
a building, structure, or facility or for alerting persons in the
attempt or commission of a crime or any emergency situation involving
potential death or serious injury and which is directly connected
to an audible, panic and supervision alarm, or the transmission of
a related signal or message which is used to evoke an emergency response
to any address or separate component of any system.
On the effective date of this Part, all audible alarms shall
have a timing mechanism that will disengage the alarm after a maximum
of 15 minutes when installed.
Upon activation of any type of automatic emergency alarm,
that being an alarm which is intended to summon emergency police,
fire or emergency medical assistance, the owner/residents "central
station/monitoring center" shall be directed to report said alarm(s)
to the Monroe County Control Center, the 9-1-1 center for the Borough
and Monroe County. Reporting shall be made by the central station
calling the Monroe County Control Center at (570) 992-9911 and providing
the correct, updated information necessary to expedite the public
safety providers to get on-the-scene. At no time shall alarms be directed
to the Monroe County Control Center on any other telephone number
including "9-1-1." No alarms shall be programmed to "dial-in" or "auto-dial"
the Monroe County Control Center.
A false alarm is an alarm activated in the absence of an
emergency, whether willfully or by inadvertence, negligence, or unintentional
act, including the malfunction of the alarm system whenever said "activation"
causes the dispatch of any police, fire or emergency medical service
agency. This includes testing of an alarm without prior notification.
Exception: An exception to the above shall be granted if
activation is caused through acts of God, weather-related or testing
with prior notification, including the repairing of telephone lines
outside the protected premises.
If doubt exists as to the cause of the false alarm, the Chief
of Police, or his/her designee shall investigate the full circumstances
of the activation and if negligent, file a full report (citation)
with the local district magistrate (court).
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 2; as amended by Ord. 795, 1/17/2001; and by Ord. 988, 3/18/2014]
1.
Every property owner wishing to install an alarm on premises they
own situated in the Borough of Stroudsburg shall file with the Borough
Manager's Office, on forms provided by the Borough:
A.
A written application stating the name, address and telephone number
of the property owner/applicant;
B.
Address and telephone number of at least two persons who can be contacted
other than the property owner/applicant;
C.
A description of the property or properties where the proposed alarm
system shall be installed;
D.
The location and street address of the property; a description of
the type or types of alarm systems to be used, including the alarm
model number and name of the manufacturer;
E.
The name of the person or company who will install the alarm system
at the location; and,
F.
The name, address and telephone number of any person or company who
will be available to be contacted in the event of an alarm activation.
2.
In the case of more than one building site in which the alarm systems
shall be installed, the applicant must provide the Borough with information
concerning how the alarm for each building shall be distinguishable
from the other alarms in said buildings. In the event the name, mailing
address, or telephone number of the person to be contacted changes,
the applicant shall supply corrected information to the central monitoring
station and the Borough Manager's Office within five days of the change.
Failure to comply with this section shall be deemed a violation and
subject to applicable penalties. The property owner or his designee,
upon the request of the Borough Manager's Office, shall be required
to be present at the alarm location within a reasonable length of
time after being advised that the police or other emergency departments
have received any signal or message of an alarm activation.
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 3; as amended by Ord. 795, 1/17/2001]
1.
Alarm permits shall not be transferable from one individual to another,
or from one location to another, without the express written authorization
from the Borough Manager's Office. In the event that the premises
in which the alarm system has been installed is to be conveyed or
transferred to another individual, it shall be the responsibility
of the permittee to notify the Borough Manager's Office of the name
and telephone number of the other person to be contacted in the case
of the alarm activation.
2.
Any individual who obtains title to premises in which an alarm system
has been installed and a permit issued by the Borough Manager's Office
shall notify the Borough Manager's Office and make application for
registration specifying all information necessary for the Borough
Manager's Office or other emergency departments to respond to the
alarm activation.
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 4]
1.
Every person applying for an alarm permit under the provisions of
this Part shall pay a fee of $25 to obtain an alarm permit prior to
the installation of the new alarm system on the premises.
2.
Any individual who presently owns or obtains title to premises in
which an alarm system has already been installed shall pay a fee of
$10 to register their name, address, telephone number, and individual
to be contacted in case of the activation of the alarm system. A resident
retiree shall pay a $5 fee.
3.
An alarm user shall obtain a $5 user permit fee each calendar year.
4.
All fees shall be made payable to the Borough of Stroudsburg.
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 5]
1.
Upon receipt by the Borough of the third nuisance alarm, which had
occurred on the premises within 90 days, the permittee shall have
30 days to give proof that the alarm system has been properly repaired
so that the cause or causes of the previous nuisance alarms have been
eliminated.
2.
During the period commencing at the receiving [of] notification by
the permittee and finishing 30 days after the notice of repair has
been provided, the permittee will be subject to penalties listed in
§ 506(1), for any future nuisance alarms.
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 6; as amended by Ord. 795, 1/17/2001]
1.
Any person who, after receiving written notice from the Borough Manager's
Office that an emergency department has responded to three nuisance
alarms as defined in this Part during the term of 90 days, upon conviction
by a district magistrate, shall pay a fine of up to $100 per nuisance
alarm thereafter, together with costs of prosecution.
2.
Any person who shall violate or fail to meet any of the provisions
of this Part, after proper notification and upon conviction before
a district magistrate, will be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $300
together with the cost of prosecution.
[Ord. 720, 9/9/1992,
§ 7]
The information furnished and secured pursuant to this Part
shall be confidential in character and shall be so kept in order that
the contents thereof shall not be known except to persons charged
with the administration of this Part.
