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Location: cityofbardstown.org > Ordinances Robbery and Burglar Alarms
Section 100.01 Definitions § 100.01 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or clearly requires a different meaning. "ALARM USER." Any property owner, user or occupant responsible for a robbery and burglary alarm site. "ROBBERY/BURGLARY ALARM SITE." An area controlled by a single alarm panel. "ROBBERY/BURGLARY ALARM SYSTEM." Any alarm system which automatically causes a contact with the Police Department for the purpose of reporting an active robbery and burglary alarm. § 100.02 ALARM REGISTRATION. No person shall install a robbery or burglary alarm system or use or possess an operative robbery or burglary alarm system without first notifying the Police Department. The Police Department may require detailed information regarding the robbery and burglary alarm system. Any alarm company servicing equipment in the City limits shall: (A) Obtain a business license at the office of the City Clerk. (B) Submit a list of robbery and burglary alarm customers within the city limits to the Police Department. (C) Keep a log of requests for service for each robbery and burglary alarm system. These logs shall be available for review by the Police Department and shall be kept for a period no less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date that service was requested by the alarm user. § 100.03 FALSE ALARMS PERMITTED/FINES. (A) Each alarm user shall be permitted two (2) false alarms per alarm site per calendar year. After the second false alarm, the Police Department will notify the alarm user by letter that further alarms will be considered excessive and constitute a public nuisance. (B) The alarm user shall inform the Police Department of action taken to prevent further false alarms. For each additional false alarm responded to by the Police Department during the year, the alarm user shall be fined: (1) Third false alarm $ 25.00 Cross reference: § 100.04 EXCEPTIONS. No alarm user shall be subject to a fine for false alarms that result from acts of God, civil disturbance or abnormal weather conditions. A fee shall not be charged if the activation was the result of an alarm company's failure to provide service within twenty-four (24) hours of reporting a malfunction and requesting service. It shall, however, be the burden of the alarm user to provide reasonable proof that service was requested.
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