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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460', '§ 1460']

Township of Lower Gwynedd, PA Alarm Systems
§ 1460.01 Short title.
§ 1460.02 Definitions.
§ 1460.03 Registration.
§ 1460.04 Timing mechanisms.
§ 1460.05 Remote controlled fences and gates.
§ 1460.06 False alarm fees.
§ 1460.07 Effect of chapter on pending proceedings.
§ 1460.08 Violations.
§ 1460.09 Key lock box systems.
Chapter 1460: Alarm Systems
Theft of vehicles — See Vehicle Code Section 7101 et seq.
Theft generally — See Crimes Code Section 3901 et seq.
False alarms to agencies of public safety — See Crimes Code Section 4905.
Fees for false alarms — See Ch. 208, Section 208.01.
Chapter 1460 : Alarm Systems
[Ord. 226. Passed 9-16-1986]
This chapter shall be known as the "Alarm Systems Ordinance of the Township" or just the "Alarm Systems Ordinance."
"Answering service" means a service whereby trained employees who are in attendance at all times receive pre-recorded messages or signals from automatic protection devices reporting an emergency at a stated location, which employees have the duty to relay immediately, by live voice, any such emergency to the Police Department or Fire Department or rescue company.
"Audible alarm" means any device, bell, horn or siren which is attached to the interior or exterior of a building, which emits a warning signal audible outside the building and which is designed to attract attention when activated by a criminal act or other emergency requiring police, fire-fighters or a rescue company to respond.
"Automatic protection device" means an electrically operated instrument, composed of sensory apparatus and related hardware, which automatically transmits a pre-recorded voice alarm over a regular telephone line by direct or indirect connections to the Police Department or Fire Department, a central station protective system or an answering service, upon receipt of a stimulus from a sensory apparatus that has detected a physical force or condition inherently characteristic of a fire, intrusion or other hazard.
"False alarm" means any signal activated by an automatic protection device, any audible alarm or any other kind of direct or indirect signal given to the police or fire communications center to which police or fire-fighters or rescue companies respond, which signal or alarm is not the result of a burglary, fire, robbery or similar emergency.
"Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Township.
Within thirty days after the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 226, passed September 16, 1986), every alarm user shall register with the Township each alarm system he or she operates within the Township. This subsection does not require an alarm equipment supplier to register under this section when such alarm equipment supplier leases or provides services to alarm system users. If an alarm equipment supplier does, however, use an alarm system to protect its own premises, it shall register such system as required in this section.
The alarm user making the registration required in subsection (a) hereof shall complete the registration form provided by the Township, which form shall include the alarm user's name, the address of the residence or business in or upon which the alarm system has or will be installed, the alarm user's telephone number, the type of alarm system, the alarm equipment supplier selling, installing, monitoring, inspecting, responding to and/or maintaining the alarm system the central station protective system utilized, if any, and the name and telephone number of at least two other persons who can be reached at any time, who are authorized to respond to an alarm system and who will respond and open the premises in which the system is installed.
Any alarm user who installs an automatic protection device or audible alarm system thirty days or more after the effective date of this section (Ordinance 226, passed September 16, 1986) shall submit with the registration a certificate of an alarm equipment supplier stating that, in the opinion of such supplier, the automatic protection device or audible alarm system complies with this chapter.
Owners or lessees of premises equipped with audible alarms must equip such audible alarms with a timing mechanism that will disengage the audible alarm after a maximum period of fifteen minutes and keep it disengaged until the alarm is serviced or reset. Audible alarms without such a timing mechanism are unlawful in the Township and must be deactivated by the owners or lessees of the premises within sixty days from the effective date of this chapter.
Owners or lessees of premises equipped with gates, fences or other devices which are designed to prevent entry and are electronically controlled from a location such as a residence or other principal building, shall ensure that when an audible alarm or automatic protection device is activated, the gate, fence or other device will open to allow entry of the Police Department, Fire Department or rescue company.
In order to defray the costs to the Township of responding to false alarms, the fees provided for in Section 208.01(a) shall be imposed against an alarm user after response to each false alarm. After an alarm user has accumulated two responded false alarms, the Police Department shall bill the alarm user. The alarm user shall promptly forward payment to the Treasurer of the Township within ten days of the date of the bill.
No person shall fail to comply with the requirements of a written notice of violation of any of the provisions of this chapter within ten days of receipt of such notice, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Such notice shall continue in force and effect until there is full compliance with the requirements stated therein.
No alarm user shall install or permit to be installed an alarm system in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day that a violation occurs or continues after due notice has been given.
[Ord. 425. Passed 7-20-2004]
Commercial, industrial or institutional buildings which are secured in a manner that restricts access during an emergency shall be equipped with a key lock box at or near the main entrance to the building or such other location designated or required by the Fire Marshal.
All newly constructed buildings subject to this section shall have a key lock box installed and operational prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit. All buildings in existence on the effective date of this section and subject to this section shall have one year from the effective date of this section to have a key lock box installed and operational.
The Township shall designate the type of key lock box to be implemented within the Township and shall have the authority to require all buildings to use the designated system. The Fire Marshal, the fire companies designated by the Township as the Fire Department and the Lower Gwynedd Township Police Department shall be the only entities permitted to possess a key to the key lock box.
The owner or tenant of a building required to have a key lock box shall, at all times, keep the following items in the key lock box:
Keys to locked points of egress, whether on the interior or exterior of such building.
Keys to elevator cab doors.
Keys to any fenced or secure area, including entrance gates.
Keys to any other area as directed by the Fire Marshal.
Other items deemed necessary by the Fire Marshal to function in the subject building or occupancy during an emergency, including but not limited to building plans, operating manuals and special instructions/information.
The Township may implement rules and regulations for the use of the lock box system.
§ 1460.99 Penalty. [1]