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Deerfield
Village Ordinance (ord
# 7-77.)
Every
alarm user shall obtain an Alarm User Permit for each
alarm system within the Village. Alarm Permits are
obtained from the Police Department and are approved by
the Village Manager.
There is a $25.00 permit fee.
Any
alarm system user who operates an alarm system without
first obtaining a permit, or who, after having a permit
revoked or suspended, fails to disconnect the alarm,
shall be in violation.
Failure to obtain an Alarm System User Permit or
disconnect a revoked or suspended alarm may result in a
fine from $5.00 to $500.00. (Each day of violation shall
constitute a seperate offense.)
False
Alarms are costly to alarm users. Fines for false alarms
in a calender year area:
1-3 False alarms $25. *
4-6 False alarms $50. *
7-9 False alarms $75. *
10 or more false alarms $100. *
All trouble alarms $10. *
* These costs are per false alarm response
False alarms often disturb neighbors. Alarms with
exterior ringers often disturb residences great
distances from the immediate neighborhood. Neighbors,
whom they are meant to alert, often disregard the alarm.
If
you have recently moved into a residence in Deerfield
and the home was previously wired for an alarm system,
please insure that the system is inactive. It is not
uncommon for a new resident to be met at the front door
by a police officer responding to an alarm that was
thought to be disconnected. Applications for alarm
permits are available at the Police Station. If you are
installing a new alarm, please contact the Police
Department for an Alarm Permit Application. The alarm
company must also be registered by the State of
Illinois.
Alarm
companies must furnish homeowners with instructions that
provide adequate information to operate and maintain the
alarm system.
Suggestion: Review these instructions with each member
of your family and all keyholders. Remember, once a call
is received by the Police Dispatcher of an activated
alarm, we are required to respond.
The
alarm user must identify a keyholder who can respond to
the alarm and open the premises. Corporate alarms
require the listing of two keyholders.
Suggestion: Often keyholders are not available and
the alarm does not reset. If the alarm is malfunctioning
and reactivates, we must again respond to the alarm;
each response is billed. Having a keyholder available to
reset the alarm is one way of eliminating expensive
false alarms.
You
must provide an alternate source of power in order to
prevent a false alarm due to the loss of electrical
power supplied by a utility company.
Suggestion: Typically, your alternate power source
is battery power. Periodically check the battery and
cables leading to your system.
Suggestion:
Please remember to give us a call if you want us to test
your alarm. We will respond to verify that it is in fact
a test. No fine is imposed for this type of police
response.
Finally,
the Police Department and the Village frequently receive
requests to waive false alarm fees. By ordinance, only
false alarms caused by hurricanes, tornados, earthquake
or other catastrophic events , are subject to appeal.
Alarms activated by electrical storms, thunder, hail, or
sudden changes in temperature do not meet the standards
for waiver of false alarm fees. Alarms activated by
accidental but legal entry to the property, i.e.
children returning home, guests, neighbors looking after
the home while you are on vacation and delivery men do
not meet the standard for waiver. |
