It is the intent of this chapter that the safety and welfare of the public be promoted by efficient use of alarm systems requiring the response of law enforcement or fire personnel. It is hereby recognized that well-maintained alarm systems aid in the detection of crime and other emergency situations. It is also recognized that negligently maintained alarm systems cause an undue burden on law enforcement and fire protection and create dangers to members of the responding agency and the public. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish regulations relating to the installation, use and termination of such alarms and to establish a Safety Building Central Alarm System, located in the Pleasant Prairie Safety Building, under the jurisdiction of the Village of Pleasant Prairie, to monitor alarms.

This chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purpose. It is intended that this chapter be interpreted to be consistent with applicable state and federal law.

In this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

Private alarm companies, including persons engaged in the business of monitoring burglary alarm systems, shall be responsible for the monitoring, maintenance and use of private central alarm stations. Any such company shall staff its central office during all hours said company operates and shall dispatch a company representative to the location of any alarm in its system immediately upon oral request of Pleasant Prairie police or the responding agency's dispatch. Private alarm companies shall provide the Pleasant Prairie Police Department or Pleasant Prairie Fire & Rescue Department or the responding agency's dispatch with a telephone number at which a company representative can be contacted at any time. When reporting an alarm to the Safety Building, a caller from such company shall first identify the private alarm company and the name of the caller.

No person shall intentionally cause the activation of an alarm device if such person knows that no crime or emergency exists which requires law enforcement personnel or Fire Department personnel to respond to such alarm.

The Village Board and responding agencies may, on 30 days' notice to the owner, require the disconnection, at the owner's expense, of any alarm system for any reason reasonably related to the intent and purpose of this chapter, including but not limited to failure to pay monitoring fees, repeated false alarms, repeated malfunctions of equipment, or failure to pay false alarm fees.

Taped recorded dialers to the Pleasant Prairie Safety Building are not permitted.

Any person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each such offence and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned in the Kenosha County Jail for a period of not more than 30 days.

Any person, association or corporation aggrieved by any decision of the Village Board or the responding agency under the terms of this chapter may appeal in writing to the Village Board, in care of the Village Clerk, within 10 days of receipt of notice of the reason such party believes it is aggrieved. All written notices provided by the Village Board and responding agencies pursuant to this chapter will be presumed to be received within four days of the date of mailing. The appropriate committee shall hear such grievance within 30 days of the date such grievance is filed with the Village Clerk. The procedures found in Ch. 68, Wis. Stats., shall govern such appeal.