Windsor Municipal Code Art. 19 Alarm Systems

a. Alarm means an alarm signal from a residence or business location in the Town of Windsor which ends at the Town of Windsor or at a central alarm company office which in turn relays it to the Police Department and which causes Town personnel to respond, through whatever means results in the response of Police Department personnel.

b. Emergency means an incident which reasonably requires a response by Police Department personnel. A response due to a failure, malfunction or other error, whether human or mechanical, which results in the transmission of an alarm to the Police Department is not an emergency. In the event that a question of whether a response by Town personnel was a response to an emergency the determination of the Police Chief shall be final.

c. False alarm means an alarm to which Town personnel or equipment have responded because of a report that an emergency existed and which did not require a response because the incident for which the alarm was given did not occur.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

Alarm systems which transmit a false alarm which result in the Town dispatching Police personnel to a location shall constitute a public nuisance.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

a. Maintaining, using or possessing an alarm system which has caused any false alarms at the same property location in excess of four (4) per calendar year shall constitute a public nuisance and be subject to imposition of a fee upon the owner or occupant of the subject property in an amount established by resolution of the Town Council.

b. Any fee imposed pursuant to this section may be assessed against the property upon which the nuisance occurred and a notice of lien recorded, in accordance with Section 1-1-220 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

In the case of new alarm installations there will be a thirty (30) day grace period in which response will not be monitored for enforcement of this article.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

In determining responsibility for commercial alarms, the person or persons who contract with the alarm company for service to that alarm system or the owner, lessee or occupant of the structure in which the alarm is installed and who maintains control of said alarm shall be ultimately responsible for that alarm system.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

Responsibility for the alarm system in single-family or multifamily residential dwellings shall rest with the person or persons who contract with the alarm company for service to that alarm system, or the owner, lessee, or occupant of the structure in which the alarm is installed and who maintains control of said alarm.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))

Any person aggrieved by a determination made pursuant to any provisions of this article may appeal such a decision to the Chief of Police. Such appeal shall be taken by filing a written notice of appeal with the Town Clerk within seven (7) calendar days of the date of the decision and shall set forth the grounds for the appeal. The Chief of Police shall set a time and place for hearing the appeal which shall be scheduled within ten (10) working days from receipt of the notice or appeal or as soon thereafter as may be reasonable and agreeable to the parties. The decision of the Chief of Police shall be final and conclusive. For purposes of this section, the term "Chief of Police" shall include his or her designee.

(Ord. No. 97-103 § 1 (part))