§ 175-6. Registration of alarm systems; false alarm charges.  


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  • A. 
    Registration of an alarm system. Each alarm system must be registered with the Administrator. Registration shall be effected by filing a completed alarm system registration on a form provided by the Administrator. The registration form shall require information concerning the owner and occupant of the premises at which the alarm system is located, the alarm monitoring company, if any, to which the alarm system is connected, and such other information as the Administrator may require. The registration information shall be updated every year and after a change as described in Subsection D.
    B. 
    Registration of a new fire alarm system. Each new fire alarm system must be registered with the Administrator before it is made operational. Prior to registration, an approved key vault must be purchased by the fire alarm user and installed by the fire alarm user in a location approved by the Administrator. Registration shall be effected by filing a completed alarm system registration on a form provided by the Administrator. The registration form shall require information concerning the owner and occupant of the premises at which the new fire alarm system is located, the alarm monitoring company, if any, to which the new fire alarm system is connected and such other information as the Administrator may require.
    C. 
    Registration fees. An alarm user shall pay a fee of $25 to the Town to register a new alarm system.
    D. 
    Change in information. Each alarm user of an alarm system shall be responsible for informing the Administrator of any material change in the information provided in Subsections A and B within 15 calendar days after such change.
    E. 
    False alarm charges. When, after the first two false alarms within a twelve-month period, the Administrator determines that fire, police or other municipal personnel have responded to a false alarm caused by a alarm system or alarm device, the Administrator may request an inspection of the alarm system and/or alarm device in accordance with § 175-4 and/or impose the fine on the alarm user according to § 175-8A(2).