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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF LAKE SHORE BY-LAWNUMBER 114-2001 BEING A BYLAW TO ADOPT A POLICY AND FEE SCHEDULE RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT FALSE ALARM RESPONSES WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act R.S.O. 1990 c. M. 45 as amended municipalities are authorized to pass by-laws imposing fees or charges on any class of persons, for services or activities provided or done by or on behalf of it. AND WHEREAS, many residents of the Town have installed Fire Alarm Systems in their respective residences and businesses; AND WHEREAS, false alarms occur which necessitate response by the Fire Department. AND WHEREAS, these false alarm responses are costly to the Fire Department and the Town of Lake shore; AND WHEREAS, the safety of the firefighters and inhabitants of the Town of Lakeshore is being jeopardized during these responses to false alarms. NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Lakeshore enacts as follows : 1. To adopt a fee schedule for charging property owners with faulty or malfunctioning alarm systems that initiate emergency response calls. 2. This fee schedule is attached hereto and forms part ofthis By-law. In this by-law : "ALARM" is the signal activated for the legitimate purpose of notification of a fire, or any bona fide emergency situation. 'AT FAULT FALSE ALARM' will be defined as follows: i: i! ii II I, 'I II ii " II " II Ii II II ,I I' II Ii i I II II , I I 1. the testing of an alarm without Fire Department knowledge and approval, alarms caused by the negligence, carelessness or willful maliciousness of the alarm company, the owner or any other person; 2. alarm monitoring company, the alarm owner or alarm user; 3. alarms activated due to mechanical failure or improper installation; 4. alarms activated by internal or external atmosphere conditions, vibrations or power surges. 'BONA FIDE' emergency is defined to exist where there is 5. any valid emergency situation occurring at, or in relation to the premise. The Fire Department will respond to two "at fault false alarms" as defined herein, to any premises with an alarm during a calendar year without charge to the premises owner/occupier. Any additional responses shall be billed at a rate as set out in schedule "A" attached hereto. 6. in the event that the premises owner/occupier fails to pay an "at fault false alarm" charge within thirty (30) days of invoicing, the Town of Lakeshore will take appropriate steps in relation to collection thereof, which may