HomeMy WebLinkAbout4284 ORDIN~ICE NO. ~~
AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of
privately owned burglary and/or robbery alarms,
describing offenses in connection therewith, and
prescribing fees and penalties, and repealing
Ordinance No. 3159, Ordinance No. 3177, and Ordi-
nance 3899, pertaining to the regu1ation of pri-
vately owned burglar alarms.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: It is unlawful to have or maintain on any
premise an audible type burglary and/or robbery alarm unless there
is posted at the main entrance to such premise a prominent notice
of the current telephone number or numbers at which the person or
persons authorized to enter such premise and turn off such alarm
can be reached at all times. It is unlawful for any such person to
fail to appear and turn off any such alarm within one (1) hour
after being notified by the Police to do so.
SECTION 2: It is unlawful for anyone to activate any
robbery or burglary alarm for the purpose of summoning Police
except in the event of an actual or attempted burglary or robbery,
or in the reasonable belief that such is occurring. It is unlawful
to notify Police of an activated alarm having knowledge that such
activation was apparently caused by an electrical or other
malfunction of the alarm system or an employee error, without at
the same time notifying the Police of such apparent malfunction.
SECTION 3 - DEFINITIONS:
A. Person: Person shall mean any person, firm,
partnership, association, corporation, company or
organization of any kind.
B. False Alarm: False Alarm shall mean the acti-
vation of the burglary and/or robbery alarm at a
time when no burglary or robbery is being committed
or attempted to be committed.
C. Unpreventable False Alarm: Unpreventable false
alarm shall mean a false alarm caused by power fail-
ures or interferences unrelated to the operation of
the owner's business.
D. Preventable False Alarm: Preventable false alarm
shall mean a false alarm which is not an unpreventable
False Alarm, as provided in Section "C".
SECTION 4: Any person having or maintaining such
burglary and/or robbery alarm shall, within tcn (I0) three (3
working days after notice by the Police Department at the scene of
a false alarm shall make a written report to the Chief of Police,
setting forth the cause of such false alarm, the corrective action
taken, whether such alarm has been inspected by an authorized
serviceman, and such other information as the Chief of Police may
reasonably require to determine the cause of such false alarm and
prescribed correction action necessary.
SECTION 5: For each first preventable false alarm
resulting in a response by the Bremerton Police Department, in any
one quarter (Jan-Mar/Apr-Jun/Jul-Sep/Oct-Dec), a fee of twenty-Five
($25.00) Dollars shall be charged. If subsequent false alarms
occur within that same quarter, a graduated fee schedule will be
implemented, consisting of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for the second
alarm and One-Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for the third and any
subsequent False Alarms in a calendar quarter, as defined in this
section, shall be charged for each alarm. If subsequent false
alarms result from failure to take necessary corrective action as
prescribed by the Chief of Police, the Chief of Police may order
the disconnection of such alarm system until such corrective action
is taken; provided, that no disconnection shall be ordered as to
any premises required by law to have an alarm system in operation.
SECTION 6: The determination whether or not a false
alarm was preventable shall be made by the Chief of Police or his
designee. Any fee resulting from a determination that a false
alarm was preventable shall be billed by the City Treasurer's
office and shall be deposited in the General Fund.
SECTION 7: It is unlawful for any person having or
operating a privately owned fire alarm system to have direct
electrical, mechanical, telephonic or other type of connection with
the facilities of any office, branch, department or agency of the
Fire Department, unless such person has and maintains a central
station protective signaling system meeting the standards of the
National Fire Protection Association dated June, 1956, (C.F.
#234509), or for any person having or operating a privately owned
burglary and/or robbery alarm system to have or maintain any
equipment or device at or any direct connection with the facilities
of any office, branch, department or agency of the Police
Department; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit the
installation or use of regular private or business telephone lines
for the reporting by any person of a fire, burglary or robbery.
SECTION 8: Anyone convicted of a violation of or failure
to comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance skall be
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APPROVED B~ the City Council on the first reading this
PASSED B~ the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~ day of .~/~ ~ ~ /,
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1990.
LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKE¥, City Clerk/
Director of Administrative Services