As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FALSE ALARM
Any signal by a police/fire alarm to which the police, fire or other
emergency personnel respond which is not the result of a criminal act, fire,
heat, smoke, gas or other event requiring emergency response. An alarm test
without notification to the Police Department or Fire Department shall be
considered a false alarm.
POLICE/FIRE ALARM
Any installation of an alarm system (such as a smoke detector, heat
detector, sprinkler head, pull station or flow alarm) designed to be activated
by a criminal act, fire, heat, smoke or gas or other event requiring emergency
response by a public safety agency which transmits a signal by telephone,
radio or other means to the Village police or fire station or other receiving
facility, such as a privately owned security or alarm company.
Any person who owns, maintains or operates a police/fire alarm in the Village which has not been properly registered shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture as provided in Chapter
1, §Â
1-4.
Any person or firm that owns, operates, or maintains a police/fire alarm system in the Village which within one calendar year generates more than 10 false alarms shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to forfeiture as provided in Chapter
1, §Â
1-4. False alarm enforcement may be taken against the homeowner or private company contracted to provide said alarm service.