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Township of Leet, PA ALARM DEVICES
Ch 13 Pt 1 ALARM DEVICES
§ 13-102 Permits.
§ 13-103 Form of Permit.
§ 13-105 Fines.
§ 13-106 Fines for a Commercial Establishment.
§ 13-107 Fees and Notice.
§ 13-108 Violations.
Part 1: ALARM DEVICES
Chapter 13: Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations Part 1 ALARM DEVICES
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 1]
A mechanical device designed to automatically transmit an alarm by wires, telephone, radio or other means:
A person to whom the Police Department has issued a permit pursuant to the terms of this Part.
The Police Department of the Township.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 2]
No property owner, tenant or other person occupying premises within the Township may install, or cause the installation of, an alarm device after the effective date of this Part without first obtaining a permit from the Police Department ("permit") to do so. No person may install, or cause the installation of, an alarm device serving premises inside the Township after the effective date of this Part without first obtaining a permit from the Police Department to do so in the event that such alarm device triggers an alarm. A permit shall also be required for the revision or upgrading of an existing alarm device, but the fee referred to in § 13-103 hereof shall not be charged in such an instance. A permit shall also be required to maintain an alarm device in place before the effective date of this Part, but the fee referred to in § 13-103 hereof shall not be charged for its issuance, and the permit need not be obtained until 90 days after the effective date of this Part.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 3]
The Police Department shall be empowered to require any person applying for a permit to follow such reasonable rules and regulations in the installation and maintenance of the alarm device as the Police Department shall promulgate to carry out the purpose of this Part; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall require that person to comply with the following:
Exoneration. That person shall agree, as a condition to the obtaining of the permit, to release, indemnify and hold the Township, its employees, officers and agents, harmless for any damage to other parties or property incurred in responding to an alarm.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 4; as amended by Ord. 260, 3/11/1996, § 13-104]
The cost of obtaining a permit shall be in as amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 5]
A permit holder, other than a person operating a commercial establishment, shall pay fines in accordance with the following schedule for a false alarm triggered by the alarm device for which a permit was issued to that permit holder:
Fourth through sixth false alarm in a calendar year: $25 per false alarm.
Calls beyond the sixth-all false alarms beyond the sixth in a calendar year: $50 per false alarm.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 6]
A permit holder operating a commercial establishment shall pay a fine of $100 for each false alarm triggered by the alarm device for which a permit was issued in connection with that permit holder's commercial establishment.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 7]
The Township Secretary, or his delegate, shall collect all fees for a permit issued by the Police Department. Each permit holder with an alarm device triggering a false alarm shall be informed in writing by the Chief of the Police Department, or his delegate, of any false alarm.
[Ord. 239, 8/12/1991, § 8; as amended by Ord. 260, 3/11/1996, § 13-108; and by Ord. 2016-01, 3/14/2016]
The violation or failure to comply with any provision of this Part shall constitute an offense and prosecution for such offense shall be in accordance with the practice in the case of summary convictions. The fines or penalties for each and every such violation or failure shall be limited as follows:
False Alarm. The fine for a false alarm may in no event exceed the fine proscribed in §§ 13-105 or § 13-106 hereof, whichever shall be applicable.
Other Provisions. The fine for each and every failure to obtain a permit under § 13-102 hereof; for each and every failure to comply with any provisions set forth in § 13-103 hereof and for each and every failure to pay the fee for obtaining a permit under § 13-104 hereof, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.