Ordinance 96-1294CITY OP i
ALARM SYSTEMS, I
1 DEPINITIONS, S
oFS PREMISES, RESPON E TO ZAI
REPORTS REQUSRED AND FEES C
MHEREAS, the City C of the City of Longwood e tabu shed a
ity Alarm R mittee to r w the e sting code and
establish equitable fe so for invalid alarms; and x
the City Commission of the City of Longwood has determined
that i ary and desirable to repeal A m Systems a it
presently se istssand re-establish under Sectron 2.5 as hereafter
set forth. X
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto:
ALARM. signal (audible, o ual, r orded or live) transmitted
to the Longwood police orr Fire departments, or 911 dispatcher
(1) Vra telephone line to a designated position on an alarm
panel:
(z) Via a private alarm ontracting company relayed to the
Longwood police ox fire department.
(3) audible/visual signal relayed to the City of
Longwood police or fire department by a third party.
FALSE ALARM. The a vat ion of a alarm, by any mea whicR does
not represent the designated condition.
BURGLARY ALARM. alarm system d signed to indicate a condition
of forced entry, or attempted forced entry.
alarm system designed to rndreate a robbery
(hOldRUp) ids Min progress or has occurred.
ALARM. alarm system designed to indicate the presence of
ei~e ana/or amoxe.
PELEPHONE ALARM SYSTCM. Any alarm system which automatically
transmits by telephone line a electronic o echanical
signal, or from a private alarmrcontraacating company, t telephone
at the ongwood police o fire department, 911
dispatcher. Such system to be totally automated and require no
relaying or actron by a human being.
AL , ORRECTIVE ACTION, REPORTS REQUIRED AND FEES CHARGED.
(a7 o the i tallation o of a alarm system, the o
of lessee of the premises shall register said alarm system withwthe
police and fire departments with such information as the department
deems n dry to provide adequate response t alarm. ewly
nstalledeo substantially modified systems shal le be allowed to
operate for period of thi ety (307 days from the date of
nstallation o modification without penalty for false al aims,
provided the police and fire departments notified of
tallation o modification i advance of s A ten dollar
($lo.oo) a val permitting fee will be charged t register a alarm
system within the City limits. After the i ial registration, the
1 fee of t dollars ($10.00) w ved if no invalid
alarms have beenn registered on the laccount and the emeegency
information is current.
(67 r lessees o ing "alarm" systems as defined i
ection n2 5-1, subsections (1)st(27, or (3), shall have sixty (607
days from the date this ordinance becomes law to comply with the
above registration and notice requirements.
(eJ and/or lessees of any alarm system shall provide
esponsentos the alarm location, when requested, by the police o
fire department, in o set or disable the alarm within o
(3) hour of act ivatiodnir ailure to provide such espouse wille
after notification, result in a charge of fifty dollars ($SO.OO)
(d) All alarm systems having an audible or visual signal at the
audible o ual signal after fifteen (15) m cept t
systems requited by law to have a longer operating period i which
aid system shall be s equipped, s matically shut
o£f the a ual signal at the conclus ionoof said longer
required ope sting time.
(e) All alarm systems hall be propeely m intained, system
malfunctions due t aulty m intenance shall n tabe grounds for a
d false alarmf u er section 2.5-2 (h). Excusable false
alarms are defined as.
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(17 alarms o ing during electrical storms, hurricane,
tornado, bliz2ards andr acts of God; where there is clear evidence
of physical damage to the system; or,
(2) the disruption disruption of the
telephone c arts beyond the control of the alarm company and/oz
alarm user, ,
(J) electrical power disruption or failure in excess of two
hours; or,
(4) alarms c sad by a failure of the equi Amen[ at the
monitoring company with written verification.
(f) ach response by the police department/fire department to
alarm the department will report to be filed,
classifying the alarm as one of theafollowing:
(1) False alarm or system test with no notification;
(z) valia alarm for eanae aeaignatea.
(g) Upon the r caption of a false alarm o system t ith n
notification, The police department/fire department shall i
ing not.i ce to the o r lessee o nagei of the premises
volved. The o rnlessee o pager shall file a
report with the police odepar nt/fire department w et(5)
orking days, ing that the alarm system ini question has
actually been e pea by a repair s authorized by the system
nufactvrer andae repaired, if savid repaired malfunction w
the c of the f ealarm, or owner certifies that the system is
1n goods working order.
(h) There shall be fee charged for Yalse al aims
according to the follow ings schedu le:
rst and 5 and Response (within s x (5) month57 with a
v
Fi ec
iePOrt filed .......................................... No Fee
First and S and Response (within s x (6) m nths) with n
ec o 0
i
rePOrt filed ...................... ... .................5 25.00
Third and Fourth Response (within six (6) months) $ 15.00
Fifth ands Sequent Response (within svx (6)
ub
months) .............................................. 5 100.00
a given t my-four hour period, only o e (1) response to a
specific location w t for purposes of the a ing/fee
determination. the day following t alarm i cident is a Sunday
or a legal holiday, consideratvon wil lhbe gi en to the teal ability
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of the o r to a wally h e his system s ced by a al aim
system echnician ctand if a police/f iree chief designee
determines t it w not r nably possible for [he o er/lessee
to Rave the system s ced to c the malfunction c sing the
false alarm, a fee waiver will be granted for that day,au
(i) If a e problem e fists, defined a n ("1) o
false alarmsx wi thlin a h period, will be erefeered to mthe
Codes E ent Boards ix It shall be a iol at ion of tRis C if
of a pre s fails to pay the fee specified i
ectionr2 2e (hje within ixty (30) days of a of fee due
to false alarm. uch violation shall be referredcto the code
enforcement officer and handled i the s ner as other code
violations pursuant to Chapter 2 of this Code an
SEC. 2.5-1. TELEPHONE ALARM DEVICES.
Telephone al aem d will b nsteucted o nstalled such a
otherwise hold o~ cpreempt the telephone lines of
thenLOngwood police or fire departments.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances i
onf lict ith anylofsthe provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealea.w
should any section, paragraph, clause,
ente~c ~o d or provision oY t Ordinance be declared
valideby is of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
affect the validity of [he Ordinance as a whole or any part
thereof, not so declared to De invalid.
9~~T,[OM CTSVE D TRis ord inauce shall take effect upon
final passageR and adopt on Dy the City Commrs si on of the city of
Lonywooa, Eloriaa.
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Passed and adopted this ~ day of A.D. 1996
William E. wsuston, Mayor
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Geraldine 0. zamb~Ci ty C1 erk
Approved as to fo m and legality reliance of the
City o[ Longwood, rFlorida, only. /-- ~- _~ _
L/lam/ ~`'
ichaed 5 Jr.
City Attor~aTy