§ 58-3. General provisions.

A. 

Audible alarms must be silenced within 30 minutes after a designated responsible person is notified to do so by the police, or the alarm may be equipped with a timing device that will automatically silence the audible alarm within 30 minutes after it is actuated.

B. 

Upon the activation of an alarm system, there shall be a mandatory delay of at least 15 seconds before the transmission of a signal to the central station to enable the user to abort the signal in the event that it was triggered inadvertently. This delay shall not be applicable to a robbery (holdup) or medical emergency alarm.

C. 

False alarms:

(1) 

It shall be the responsibility of all persons, entities, firms, corporations or anyone maintaining an alarm system within the Township to prevent the transmission of false alarms through a program of training and periodic inspection and maintenance of the system.

(2) 

The maximum permissible number of false alarms from any one location shall be three false alarms in any one calendar year. Each and any false alarm in excess of this number shall be considered a violation of this chapter, and subject to the penalties in § 58-5 below.