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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL-1993 #01 LOCAL LAW NO. 1 1993 A Local Law in Relation to Alarms BE IT ENACTED, By the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) is adopted to read as follows: 1. Section 2u,-1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and controls of the various types of fire, intrusion, holdup and other emergency signals from fire and police alarm services that require fire department or police responses, investigation or safeguarding of property at the location of an event reported by a signal which is transmitted by telephone or radio to the police or fire department from a central station as hereinafter defined. 2. Section 2L~-2 Definition. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: ALARM INSTALLATION - Any fire or police alarm device or aggregation of fire or police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on or within more than one (1) building or area adjacently located on a common site at a specific location. CENTRAL ALARM STATION - Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases a system of fire or police alarm devices, which facility is manned by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay information about such validated signals to the police or fire department when appropriate. -- DIAL ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects a telephone line connected to a central alarm station OF police headquarters and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other emergency requiring the police or fire department. DIRECT ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased telephone wires from the specified location to police headquarters or the fire department· EMERGENCY ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device designed to be activated by a fire, criminal act or other emergency at a specific location or by a victim of a holdup, robbery or other emergency or criminal act at a specific location. FALSE EMERGENCY ALARM - Any signal activated by an emergency alarm to which the fire or police department responds which is not the result of a fire, holdup, robbery or other crime or emergency. FIRE DEPARTMENTS - Buildings owned by the fire districts of Orient, East Marion, Southold, Cutchogue, Mattltuck and their respective protection areas. FIRE OR POLICE ALARM DEVICE - Any device which, when activated by a fire, criminal act or other emergency requiring police of fire department response, transmits a prerecorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other means to a central alarm station or directly to the police or fire department or produces an audible or visible signal designed to notify persons within audible or visible alarm range of the signal. INTRUSION - Any entry into an area or building equipped with one (1) or more fire and police alarm devices by any person or object whose entry actuates a fire or police alarm device. LICENSING AUTHORITY - The Town Board of the Town of Southold or its designated agent. POLICE HEADQUARTERS - Police headquarters and other enclosures housing privately or publicly owned equipment serving the police. TOWN OF SOUTHOLD - All of the Town of Southold, excluding Fishers Island. 3. Section 24-3 Permit requires. Any property owner or lessee of property in the Town of Southold having on his or its premises a fire or police alarm device, or system of fire or police alarm devices, shall apply to the licensing authority for a permit to own or otherwise have such device on his or its premises. The application shall contain provisions relating to the device or system of devices installed or to be installed on the premises. No such device may be installed on the premises of the owner or lessee and no presently existing fire or police alarm device complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be modified after the effective date of this chapter prior to the licensing authority's having issued a permit to such owner or lessee. Such permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from issuance and must be renewed upon expiration. Section 24-4 Fees. Permit fees shall be as follows: Owner or lessee permits: (1) Initial Permit: twenty-five dollars ($25.) (2) Renewal Permit: ten dollars ($10.) 5. Section 24-5 Intentional false alarms. It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false emergency alarm, and any person who does intentionally cause a false emergency alarm shall be subject to the penalty provision hereof. 6. Section 24-6 Charges for false alarms. Any owner or lessee of property having a fire or police alarm device or system of fire or police alarm devices on his or its premises on the effective date of this chapter shall pay to the town a charge for each and every false emergency alarm to which the fire or police department responds, in each calendar year, as follows: (1) First, and second false emergency alarm each calendar year: no charge. (2) Third and all subsequent false emergency alarms each calendar year: one hundred dollars ($100.). The above charges shall be paid to the Town Clerk. Failure to pay any such charges shall subject such owner, lessee or user to the penalty provisions of this chapter. The Licensing Authority shall promulgate rules, regulations and standards, which may be necessary for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of fire or police devices and alarm installations owned, operated, maintained, installed, leased or sold by a licensee pursuant to Article 6D of the General Business Law of the State of New York and to facilitate the administration of this chapter. The Southold Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The aforesaid rules, regulations and standards shall be set forth in writing, and copies shall be available for licensees. Section 2~-7 Severability. If any part or parts of this chapter are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The Town Board hereby declares that it would have passed the local law enacting this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrase might be declared invalid. Section 2~-8 Penalties for offenses. Any person, firm or corporation who or which does not pay any charge or fee established in this chapter who or which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed, and such violation may constitute II. disorderly conduct, in which event such person shall be a disorderly person. This Local law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State. NYS DEPARTHEIiT OF STATE BUREAU OF STATE RECORDS 162 gashington Avenue ALbany, NY 12231-0001 DATE: 1/26/93 Local Law Acknowledgment JUDITH T TERRY TOWN BALL 53095 MAIN RoAD PO BOX 1179- sOUTHOLD NY 11971 ~0S-~36 (Rev. 6/90) ~f Southold ~LA&4(~ NO. i-yEAR - FILING [:)ATE__ L 1 I 1993 I 1/25/93 The above-referenced material was received and filed by this office as indicated. _) Additional local law filing forms will be forwarded upon request. Local Law Filing NEW YORK STATE DEPARTM~ENT OF STATE 162 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALBA31Y. NY 12231 (Use this form to file a local law with the Secretary of State.) Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated and do not use italics or underlining to indicate new matter. ~it~ Sou thold Town Lo~al Law No ................ _1_ ................... of the year 19-9--3_.. A local law ........-iP_...R. 9_[9.tj.9~...t.°.._.A.I.a..r__m._s. ................................................................... (l~n Title) Be it enacted by the ................... _T_-°_.w_.n....B_.a_°..r__d. .................................................. of the x~i~ Southold of ........................................................................................ as follows: Town -- Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter 24 [Alarm Systems) is adopted to read as follows: 1. Section 24-1 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and controls of the various types of fire. intrusion, holdup and other emergency signals from fire and police alarm services that require fire department or police responses, investigation or safeguarding of property at the location of an event reported by a signal which is transmitted by telephone or radio to the police or fire department from a central station as hereinafter defined. 2. Section 24-2 Definition. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: ALARM INSTALLATION - Any fire or police alarm device or aggregation of fire or police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on or within more than one (1) building or areh adjacently located on a common site at a specific location. CENTRAL ALARM STATION - Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases a system of fire or police alarm devices, which (If additional space is needed, attach pages the same size as this sheet, and number each.) ~os-~9 I~,,. 7~9~ (1) facility is manned by operators who receive~ record or validate alarm si'gnais and relay information about such validated signals to the police or fire department when appropriate. DIAL ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other emergency requirin9 the police or fire department. DIRECT ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased telephone wires from the specified location to police headquarters or the fire department. EMERGENCY ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device designed to be activated by a fire, criminal act or other emergency at a specific location or by a victim of a holdup, robbery or other emergency or criminal act at a specific location. FALSE EMERGENCY ALARM - Any signal activated by an emergency alarm to which the fire or police department responds which is not the result of a fire. holdup, robbery or other crime or emergency. FIRE DEPARTMENTS - Buildings owned by the fire districts of Orient. East Marion. Southold. Cutchogue. Mattituck and their respective protection areas. FIRE OR POLICE ALARM DEVICE - Any device which, when activated by a fire. criminal act or other emergency requiring police of fire department response, transmits a prerecorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other means to a central alarm station or directly to the police or fire department or produces an audible or visible signal designed to notify persons within audible or visible alarm .range of the signal. INTRUSION - Any entry into an area or building equipped with one (1) or more fire and police alarm devices by any person or object whose entry actuates a fire or police alarm device. LICENSING AUTHORITY - The Town Board of the Town of Southold or. its designated agent' POLICE HEADQUARTERS - Police headquarters and other enclosures housing privately or publicly owned equipment serving the police. TOWN OF SOUTHOLD - All oP the Town of Southold, excluding Fishers Island. 3. Section 24-3 Permit required. Any property owner or lessee of property in the Town of Southold having on his or its premises a fire or police alarm device,, or system of fire or police alarm devices, shall apply to the licensing authority for a permit to own or otherwise have such device on his or its premises. The application shall contain provisions relating to the device or system of devices installed or to be installed on the premises. No such device may be installed on the premises of the owner or lessee and no presently existing fire or police alarm device complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be modified after the effective date of this chapter prior to the licensing authority's having issued a permit to such owner or lessee. Such permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from issuance and must be renewed upon expiration. Section 24-4 Fees. Permit fees shall be as follows: Owner or lessee permits: (1) lnitial Permit: twenty-five dollars ($25.) (2) Renewal Permit: ten dollars ($10. 5. Section 24-5 Intentional false alarms. It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false emergency alarm, and any person who does intentionally cause a false emergency alarm shall be subject to the penalty provision hereof. 6. Section 24-6 Charges for false alarms. Any owner or lessee of property having a fire or police alarm device or system of fire or police alarm devices on his or its premises on the effective date of this chapter Shall pay to the town a charge for each and every false emergency alarm to which the fire or police department responds, in each calendar year. as follows: First. and second false emergency alarm each calendar year: no charge. (2) Third and all subsequent false emergency alarms each calendar year: one hundred dollars ($100.). The above charges shall be paid to the Town Clerk. Failure to pay any such charges shall subject such owner, lessee or user to the penalty provisions of this chapter. Co The Licensing Authority shall promulgate rules, regulations and standards, which may be necessary for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of fire or police devices and alarm installations owned, operated, maintained. installed, leased or sold by a licensee pursuant to Article 6D of the General Business Law of the State of New York- and to facilitate the administration of this chapter. The Southold II. Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The aforesaid rules, regulations and standards shall be set forth in writing, and copies shall be available for- licensees. 7. Section 24-7 Severability. If any part or parts of this chapter are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The Town Board hereby declares that it would have passed the local law enacting this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrase might be declared invalid. 8. Section 24-8 Penalties for offenses. Any person, firm or corporation who or which does not pay any charge or fee established in this chapter who or which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars 15250.) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed, and such violation may constitute disorderly conduct, in which event such person shall be a disorderly person. ~This Local law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State. (Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local taw and strike out that whlch Is not applicable.) 1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No ............. _1_ .....................of 19--9-3--- ~{ the.(C~g~_~(C~XTown)(~gg) of ---~ .... _S_~O_ _u. _t_.h~_o__l.d_ .................................... ~ ......was duly passed by the ----°--w--n---~-°--aX~ ............................on ---J-a--n--u--a-EY-..1- 939 _9_.3, in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. (Name of Leg~lative Burly) 2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval, no disapproval or repassage after disapproval by the Elective Chief Executive Officer*.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, d6signated as local law No .................................... of 19 ...... of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of ................................................................. was duly passed by the ............................................... on .................. 19 ---, and was (approved)(not approved)(repassed after (Name of Legislatlve Body) disapproval) by the .................................................. and was deemed duly adopted on .................. t9 ...., (Elective Ch~ef Executive O£~cer*) in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. 3. (Final adoption by referendum.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No .................................... of 19 ...... of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of ................................................................. was duly passed by the ................................................... on .................. 19 .... , and was (approved)(not approved)(repassed after (Name of Leglslative Body) disapproval) by the ................................................. on- .................. 19 ..... Such local law was submitted (Elective Chief Executive Officer*) to the people by reason of a (mandatory)(.permissive) referendum, and received the affirmative vote ora majority of the qualified electc~rs voting thereon at the (general)(special)(annual) election held on .................. 19---- , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. 4, (Subject to permissive referendum and final adoption because no valid petition was filed requesting referendum.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No .................................... of 19 ...... of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of ................................................................. was duly passed by the ................................................... on .................. 19 .... , and was (approvcd)(not approved)(repassed after (Name of LegL~lative Body) disapproval) by the .................................................. on .................. 19 .... Such local law was subject to (Elective Chief Executive Officer*) permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of .................. 1~--- , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. * Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county- wide basis or, if there be none, the chairperson of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city or village, or the supervisor of a town where such officer is vested with the power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances. (2) 5. (City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No ................................... of I9 ...... of the City of ............................................. having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the provisions of section (36)(37) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at the (special)(geneml) election held on ................... 19 ..... became operative. 6. (County local law concerning adopttoq of Charter.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local la~v No .................................... of 19 ...... of the County of ........................ ~ ........................... State of New York, having been submitted to the electors at the General Election of November ...................... 19 .... , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 33 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cit- ies of said county as a unit and a majority of the qualified electors of the towns of said county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative. (If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate certiHcation.) I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law, and was finally adopted in the manner in- dicated in paragraph ......... J--, above. Clerk ~ff~e County legislative body, Cit.~. ;I'ovo or Vil~Clerk . or officer designated by local legislative body Judith T. Terry, Town Clerk (SeaO Date: January 20, 1993 (Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney or other authorized attorney of locality.) STATE OF NE%V YORK coum'Y OF SUFFOLK I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing loca~~e correct text and that all proper proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the locaJA(w an~ereto. Ha rvey'"'Ax-~. ~n ~ , Tow n Attorney Title ~X of Town Southold Date: January 20, 1993 (3) PUBLIC HEARING SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD January 19, 1993 4:30 P.M. IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED "LOCAL LAW IN RELATION TO ALARMS". Present: Absent: Supervisor Scott L. Harris Councilman George L. Penny IV Councilman Thomas H. Wickham Councilman Joseph J. Lizewski Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Harvey A. Arnoff Justice Raymond W. Edwards (out-of-town) SUPERVISOR HARRIS: The first public hearing is a "Local Law in Relation to Alarms". The proof of publication and verification of such is going to be read by Councilman Wickham. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: The Town Clerk has just advised me, that there's a very simple explanation behind all this, but it's basically a change in the code dealing with the alarms. "Public Notice is hereby given that there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 22nd day of December, 1992, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in Relation to Alarms". Notice is further given that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 19th day of January, 1993, at 4:30 P.M., at which time all interested persons will be heard. This proposed "Local Law in Relation to Alarms" reads as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby deleted in its entire and a new Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) is adopted to read as follows: Pg 2 - PH LL Alarms Section 24-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and controls of the various types of fire, intrusion, holdup and other emergency signals from fire and police alarm services that require Fire Department or police responses, investigation or safeguarding of property at the location of an event reported by a signal which is transmitted by telephone or radio to the Police for Fire Department from a central station as hereinafter defined. Section 24-2. Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: ALARM INSTALLATION - Any fire or police alarm device or aggregation of fire or police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on or within more than one (I) building or area adjacently located on a common site at a specific location. CENTRAL ALARM STATION - Any facility operate~d by a private firm that owns or leases a system of fire or police alarm devices, which facility is manned by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay information about such validated signals to the Police or Fire Department when appropriate. DIAL ALARM Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other emergency requiring the police or fire department. DIRECT ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased telephone wires from the specified location to police headquarters or the Fire Department. EMERGENCY ALARM - Any fire or police alarm device designed to be activated by a fire, criminal act or other emergency at a specific location or by a victim of a holdup, robbery or other emergency or criminal act at a specific location. Pg 3 - PH LL Alarms FALSE EMERGENCY ALARM - Any signal activated by an emergency alarm to which the Fire or Police Department responds which is not the result of a fire, holdup, robbery or other crime or emergency. FIRE DEPARTMENTS - Buildings owned by the Fire Districts of Orient, East Marion, Southold, Cutchogue, Mattituck and their respective protection areas. FIRE OR POLICE ALARM DEVICE - Any device which, when activated by a' fire, criminal act or other emergency requiring Police of Fire Department response, transmits a prerecorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other means to a central alarm station or directly to the Police or Fire Department or produces an audible or visible signal designed to notify persons within audible or visible alarm range of the signal. INTRUSION Any entry into an area or building equipped with one (1) or more fire and police alarm devices by any person or object whose entry actuates a fire or police alarm device.' LICENSING AUTHORITY The Town Board of the Town of Southold or its designated agent. POLICE HEADQUARTERS Police headquarters and other enclosures housing privately or publicly owned equipment serving the police. TOWN OF SOIJTHOLD - All of the Town of Southold, excluding Fishers Island. Section 24-3. Permit required. Any property owner or lessee having on his or its premises a of fire or police alarm devices, of property in the Town of South01d fire or police alarm device, or system shall apply to th~ licensing authority for a permit to own or otherwise have such device on his or its premises. The application shall contain provisions relating to the device or system of devices installed or to be installed on the premises. No such device may be installed on the premises of the owner or lessee and no presently existing fire or police alarm device complying with the provisions of this chapter shall be modified after the effective date of this chapter prior to the licensing authority's having issued a permit to such owner or lessee. Such permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from issuance and must be renewed upon expiration. Pg 4 - PH LL Alarms Section 24-4. Fees. Permit fees shall be as follows: Owner or lessee permits: (1) Initial Permit: twenty-five dollars ($25.) (2) Renewal permit: Ten dollars ($10.) Section 24-5. Intentional False Alarms. It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false emergency alarm, and any person who does intentionally cause a false emergency alarm shall be subject to the penalty provision hereof. Section 24-6. Charges for false alarms. A. Any owner or lessee of property having a fire or police alarm device or system of fire or police alarm devices on his or its premises on the effective date of this chapter shall pay to the town a charge for each and every false emergency alarm to which the Fire or Police Department responds, in each calendar year, as follows: (1) First, and second false emergency alarm each calendar year: no charge. (2) Third and all subsequent false emergency alarms each calendar year: one hundred dollars ($100.). B. The above charges shall be paid to the Town Clerk. Failure to pay any such charges shall subject such owner, lessee or use to the penalty provisions of this chapter. C. The Licensing Authority shall promulgate rules, regulations and standards, which may be necessary for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of fire or police devices and alarm installations owned, operated, maintained, installed, leased or sold by a licensee pursuant to Article 6D of the General Business Law of the State of New York and to facilitate the administration of this chapter. The $outhold Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. Tl~e aforesaid rules, regulations and standards shall be copies shall be available for licensees. Section 24-7. Severability. If any part or parts of this chapter are for any invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity portions of this chapter. The Town set forth in writing, and reason held to be of the remaining Board hereby declares that it Pg 5 - PH LL Alarms Would have passed the local law enacting this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more sections, su'bsections, sentences, clauses or phrase might be declared invalid. Section 24-8. Penalties for offenses. Any person, firm or corporation who or which does not pay any charge or fee established in this chapter who or which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed commikted upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed, and such violation may constitute disorderly conduct, in which event such person shall be a disorderly person. II. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State. Copies of this Local Law are available in the Office,of the Town Clerk to any interested persons during business hours. DATED: December 22, 1992. Judith T. Terry, Southold Town Clerk." I have before me proof of publication in The Traveler-Watchman, and also in the Suffolk Times, and it was posted outside the door here on the Bulletin Board. There are no further communications, related to this proposed law. I think the easiest way to explain all this is to just turn this over to Judy, and let her explain more simply, and quickly, than I can. TOWN CLERK TERRY: Up until recently, under the Alarm Law, our office, through the Code of the Town of Southold~license business alarm installers. This now is being done through the New York State Department of State, so we no longer have any jurisdiction in that area. In order to remove the business alarm installer license from the Code, we have rescinded the Alarm Law, and rewritten it, because it's mentioned so many places through it, that we would have to delete this, delete that. That's all we've done. The rest of the Alarm Law remains the same. An initial alarm permit by a homeowner is $25.00. An annual renewal is $10.00. We haven't done anything to the basic part of the law, other than removing the business license. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: There's also provision for violiations through triggering intentional false alarms, and such as that. SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Thank you, Tom. At this time, are there any members of the audience, that would like to speak either in favor, or against, this Local Law change? (No response.) Hearing none, 1'11 declare this public hearing closed. LEGAL NoTicE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAW PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has becn presemed to the Town Board of thc Town of Southold, Suffolk County. New York, on the 2Znd day of December, 1992, a L~cal Law emiflcd, "A Local Law in Relation to Alar~ns". NOTICE IS FURTtlER GIVEN that thc Town Board of thc Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town llall. Main Road, S~mthold, New York, on the Igth day of January, 1993. at 4:30 P.M., at which time all interested persons will be heard. This proposed "Local Law in Relation ~o Alarms" reads as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Sou~old as follows: I. Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) of the Code of the Town of Somhold is hereby deleted in ils entire and a new C~aptcr 24 (Alarm Sysltmas) is adopted to read as follows: Section 24-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to eslablish standards and controls which facility is manned by opera- persons withi, diblc or visible alarm range of thc signal. area or b~dthg equipped with (1) or morc fire and police alarm devices by any person or object Section 24-3. Pcrmit required. tim or police alaan devices, shall apply.to the licensing authority for a The application shal/conlain pmvi- no presently existing fire or police shall be valid for a pedod of uae (I) renewed upon expiration. Section 24-4. Fees. Owner or lessee pernuts: (1) Initial Permit: twenty-five dollars ($25.) (2) Renewal Permit: ten dollar~ ($10.) emergency alarm shall be subjea to the penalty provision hereof. alarms. device or system of fie or police premises on the effective data of a charge for each and cvesy false (1) First, and secured false emer- gency alarm each calendar (2) Third and all subsequmt false B. Thc above charges shall be paid any such charges shall subject penalty provisions of this chap- Board hereby declares that it wculd have passed the local law enacting any o~e (1) or more secil~ns, sub- hundred fifty dollars ($250.) for 1~. This Local Law shall take effect upon i~s filing with thc Secretar/of Copies of this Local Law are available ~n the OIfice of the Town Clerk to any DATED: December 22, 1992. JUDITH T. 3~RRy SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK 7597-ITY7 STATE OF NEW . ORK) ) SS: CO~UNTY OF SUFFOLK) ~ _ (-~'~J~- ~Ob, J/Ct_ f ~j of Mattituck, in said County, being duly sworn, says that he/she is Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a Weekly Newspaper. published at Mattituck, in the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and that the Notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been regular- ly published in said Newspaper once each week for ~ weeks su_~_ccessive, ly, commencing on the_ '~" day of_ ~A~,¢~6~.~ 19 Ounlified in Suffolk ~ /'~ Commission E~pi~n~ _Novembue ~ ~ ~s--nne~pm Clerk Sworn to before me this day of_~,O~oy~, 19. ~ NH[ICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAW PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been presented to thc Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk CounW, New York, on the 22nd day of December, 1992, a Local 1.aw entitled, "A Local Law in Relation to Alarms," NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 19th day of January, 1993, at 4:30 P.M., at which time all interested persons will be heard. This proposed "Local Law in Relation to Alarms" reads as follows: BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: 1. Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter 24 (Alarm Systems) is adopted to read as follows: Section 24-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is Io establish standards and con- trols of the various types of fire, intrusion, holdup and other emergency signals from fire and police alarm services that re- quire Fire Department or police responses, investigation or safeguarding of property at the location of an event reported by a signal which is transmitted by telephone or radio to the Police for Fire Department from a cen- tral station as hereinafter defined. Section 24-2. Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following defini- tions shall apply: ALARM INSTALLATION-- Any fire or police alarm device or aggrega- tion of fire or police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on or within more than one (1) building or area adjacently located on a common site at a specific location. CENTRAL ALARM STATION-- Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases a system of fire or policed alarm devices, which facility is manned by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay informa- tion about such validated signals to the Police or Fire Department when appropriate. DIAL ALARM-- Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other emergen- cy requiring ~he police or fire department. DIRECT ALARM-- Any fire or police alarm device con- nected directly by leased telephone wires from the specified location to police headquarters or the Fire Department. EMERGENCY ALARM-- Any fire or police alarm device designed to be activated by Il fire, criminal act or other emergency at a specific locatiofi or by a victim of a holdup, rob- bery or other emergency or criminal act at a specific location. FALSE i EMERGENCY ALARM~ A~y signal activated by.~n emergef~cy alarm to which Il{6 Fire or Police Department responds which is not the resul~ of a fire, h~ldup, robbery oi' other crime or emergency. FIRE DEPARTMENTS-- Buildings owned by the Fire Districts o[' Orient, Eas~t Marion, Southold, Cutchogue, Mattituck and their respective protection argas. FIRE OR I~OLlCE ALARM DEVICE-- Any device which, when activated by a fire, criminal act or other emergen- cy requiring Police or Firg Department ~esponse, transmits a prerecorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other means Ioa central alarlD station or directly to the Police or Fire Department or produces an audible or visible sigmil designed to notify persons within audible or visible alarm range of the signal. INTRUSION-- Any entry in- to an area or building equipped with one (l)ior more fire and police alarm ~levices by any per- son or obje0t whose entry a¢- · tuates a fire or police alarm device. LICENSING AUTHORITY-- The Town Board of the Town of Southoki or its designated agent. POLICI~ HEADQUARTERS-- Police headquar te~'s and other enclosures housing privately or publicly owned equipment ser- ving the police. TOWN OF SOUTHOLD-- All of the Town of Southold, ex- cluding Fishers Island. Section 24-3. Permit required. Any property owner or lessee of property in the Town of Southold having on his or its premises a fire or police alarm device, or system of fire or police alarm devices, shall app- ly to the licensing authority for a permit to own or otherwise have such device on his or its premises. The application shall contain provisions relating to the device or system of devices installed or to be installed on the premises. No such device may be installed on the premises of the owner or lessee and no present- ly existing fire or police alarm device complying with the pro- visions of this chapter shall be modified after the effective date of this chapter prior to the licen- sing authority's having issued a permit to such owner or lessee. Such permit shall be valid for a period of one (1) y~ar from is- suance and must be renewed upon expiration. Section 24-4. Fees. Permit t~es shall be as follows: Owner or lessee permits: (1) Initial Permit: Twenty-five dollars ($25.) (2) Renewal permit: Ten dollars ($10.) Section 24-5. Intentional False Alarms. It shall be a violation of this chapter to intentionally cause a false emergency alarm, and any person who does intentionally cause a false emergency alarm shall be subject to the penalty provision hereof. Section 24-6. Charges for false alarms. A. Any owner or lessee of property hal, lng a fire or police alarm devic~ or system of fire or police alarm!devices on his or its premises on the effective date of this chapter shall pay to the town a chaise for each and every false emergency alarm to which the Fire or !Police Department responds, inl each calendar year, as follows: I (1) First, l and second false emergency alarm each calendar year: no chOrg~ (2) Third and ail sUbsequent false emergency alarms each calendar y~ar: one hundred dollars ($100.). B. The above charges shall be paid to the ~rown Clerk. Failure to pay any such charges shall subject such owner, lessee or use to the penalty provisions of this chapter. C. The Licensing Authority shall promulgate rules, regula- tions and standards, which may be necessary for the purpose of assuring the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of fire or police devices and alarm in- stalhitions owned, operated, maintained, installed, leased or sold by a licensee pursuant to Article 6D of the General Business Law of the State of New York and to facilitate the administration of this chapter. The Southold Police Depart- ment shall enforce the provi- sions of this chapter. The aforesaid rules, regulations and standards shall be set forth in writing, and copies shall be available for licensees. Section 24-7. Severability. If ~any part or parts of this chapter are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re- maining portions of this chapter. The Town Board hereby declares that it would have pass- ed the local law enacting this chapter and each section, subsection, sentenc~ clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrase might be declared invalid. Section 24-8. Penalties for offenses. Any person, firm or corpora- tion who or which does not pay any charge or fee established in this chapter who or which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not in excess of two hundred fif- ty dollars ($250.) for each of- lense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a viola- tion occurs or is committed, and such violation may constitute disorderly conduct, in which event such person shall be .a disorderly person. II. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State. Copies of this Local Law are available in the Office of the Town Clerk to any interest~ persons du"ting business hours. DATED: December 22, 1992 JUDITH T. TERRY SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK IX-1/7/93(6) COUNTY OF SUFFOLK SIAI'I:-OF NEW YORK Patricia Wood, being duly sworn, says that she is Editor, of THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WA-I'CliMAi!. a public newspaper printed at Southold, in Suffolk Ceunl', ;lnd that the notice of which the annexed is a printed has hccn lml}lishe(I in said I_ong Island successively, commef~ch~g on thc ......... day ol ...... ~? ........ ~_ Sworn to before me this ........ ~. ~ ' . ......... (lay ol ......... ~~.. , ~9 ~ Notary Public BARBARA A. SCHNEIDER NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York No. 480C~346 Qualified in SuRolk County C~)mmission Expires ~/3tj/~/~