§ 38-7. Security alarm systems.

(a)

Permit required; notification after completion. Any person who installs a security alarm system, silent or audible, upon any premises within the town shall first obtain a permit therefore from the building inspector and shall notify the public safety department upon the completion of installation.

(b)

Names of people who can deactivate the alarm. Each such person shall register with the public safety department the name, address and telephone number of two persons who can be reached by a local telephone call and who are authorized to take necessary steps to turn off or deactivate the alarm if it should start sounding, including and without limitation, entering the premises where the alarm is located.

(c)

Noncompliance; repair or deactivation of alarm system. If any security alarm within the town begins emitting an audible sound (reasonably heard from off the premises), and unless it can be reasonably demonstrated that such sound was occasioned by an intruder attempting to gain illegal entry into the premises secured by said alarm, the town shall send written notice to the address listed for the owner of the premises in the tax records of the town, specifying a likelihood that the alarm has been falsely triggered, and including with said notice a copy of this section. The owner of the premises within which the alarm is located shall be responsible for deactivating the alarm system until such time as it can be examined, and if required, repaired. If such alarm again sounds, without reasonable evidence of an intruder attempting to gain entry into the premises, within a 30-day period following the initial false alarm, the alarm shall be deactivated by the owner. If the alarm is not deactivated, a civil fine will be imposed for each false sounding of the alarm occurring within 12 months following the second alarm (see subsection (e) of this section for a list of penalties). Furthermore, police officials of the town may disconnect any audible alarm triggering device at said home following the second such false alarm.

(d)

Effectiveness; effect on existing security alarm systems. This section shall become effective upon its adoption. Persons owning or occupying premises where security alarm systems are installed as of the date of this section shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section within 60 days from the date of adoption.

(e)

Penalties for noncompliance. The penalties for violations of this section are as follows:

(1)

First offense—Letter to owner;

(2)

Second offense—$50.00 civil penalty;

(3)

Third and each subsequent offense—$100.00 civil penalty.

(f)

Enforcement. Additionally, this section may be enforced by any provision of section 1-12.

(Code 2001, § 3-7(a)—(e); Ord. of 11-10-1981, § 2; Ord. No. 1987-12, 7-14-1987; Ord. No. 1995-1, 3-14-1995; Ord. No. 1998-2, 6-9-1998; Ord. No. 2010-2, § X, 2-9-2010)