SECTION 2.  A False Alarm activation shall be any emergency alarm which is activated by inadvertence, negligence, intention or unintentional act to which the Borough of Throop Police, Fire or EMS respond.  This includes alarms caused by malfunction of the alarm system, testing of alarms without proper notification of the proper Emergency Services organization.

     SECTION 3.  Alarms caused by an Act of God, such as earthquakes, flood, windstorm, thunder or lightening shall be exempt from this Ordinance.  The responding agency (Police, Fire, EMS) ranking official will act as the determining factor as to the classification of the alarm being considered "False" or in violation of this Ordinance.

     SECTION 4.  It shall also be considered illegal to discontinue any alarm system currently in operation to circumvent any or all parts of this ordinance.

     SECTION 5.  All new alarm or revised systems of any type installed in the Municipality of Throop shall be designed and installed as to the current applicable codes (residential & commercial) for installation of the particular type alarm system.  All new or revised alarms must be inspected and notification sent to the Lackawanna County Communications Center CAD System, by the appropriate Emergency Service Authority (Police, Fire, EMS) responsible for the type of alarm system.  A $25.00 inspection fee will be charged for each system.  Monies derived from these inspections will be deposited into the appropriate inspecting agency operating accounts.

     SECTION 6.  Each appropriate Emergency Service Organization (Police , Fire, EMS) will accumulate the responsible records for each type activation and upon any on facility reaching a level of the graduated schedule, the appropriate Emergency Service Organization will notify the Borough Treasurer for the appropriate filing and collection thereof.

     SECTION 7.  The responsible party will be promptly billed within ten (10) days and payment will be considered current if received within a thirty (30) day period from the dated billing. Any billing open and not paid within these limits shall be considered past due and turned over to the Throop Police Department for issue of a citation in violation of this Ordinance which will allow for the collection of the ordinance amounts and court costs associated with the violation.  All monies collected by the Borough Treasurer for the particular alarm activation (Police, Fire, EMS) upon receipt will be turned over to the appropriate agency(s) for distribution into the respective operating funds.

     SECTION 8.  The Fire Alarm receipts will in whole be distributed to the Financial Secretary of the respective Fire Departments for equal distribution between each Borough Fire Department as long as each particular agency can provide record of their response to the incident.  If in fact no Fire or EMS agency located within Throop Borough responds due to lack of manpower or other source, the appropriate monies will remain within the Throop Borough General  Account.

     SECTION 9.  All ordinance and parts of Ordinances inconsistent  herewith  are hereby repealed.  All parts of the original ordinance are hereby replaced and revised.

     SECTION 10.  This ordinance shall be retroactive to January 01, 2005 at

     Duly enacted and ordained into law at a regular meeting of the Borough Council of the Borough of Throop, Pennsylvania, held on this 31st day of March, 2005

ORDINANCE No. 10 of 2005 of the BOROUGH Of THROOP

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING STRUCTURES TO HAVE KEY LOCK BOXES INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR OF STRUCTURES FOR FIRE SAFETY

     WHEREAS, the Borough of Throop has adopted the BOCA National Fire Safety Code; and

     WHEREAS, the Mayor and Borough Council have determined that the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough of Throop are promoted by requiring certain structures to have a key lock box installed on the exterior of the structure to aid the Throop Hose Co. No. 1 and Throop Hose Co. No. 2 and the Volunteer Hose Co in gaining access to the structure when responding to calls for emergency service; and

     WHEREAS, the key lock box system is being adopted nationally and will operate on a master key basis that will expedite entry into a structure during an emergency; and

     WHEREAS,  the key lock box system will eliminate forced entries into structures thereby avoiding costly and time consuming efforts in gaining access to locked structures during an emergency.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF THROOP

     SECTION 1.  Key Box Requirement.  All newly constructed or renovated properties located within the Borough of Throop having an automatic fire alarm system or sprinkler system shall be required to equip said property with a key box.  Residential property shall be exempt from this requirement.

     SECTION 2.  Key Lock Requirements.  All properties located within the Borough of Throop having an automatic fire alarm system or sprinkler system shall within six (6) months from the date of this Ordinance be required to equip said property with a key box.  Residential property shall be exempt from this requirement.

     SECTION 3.  Key Box Type.  The key box shall be of the UL type and approved by the Throop Hose Co. No. 1, Throop Hose Co. No. 2 and the Volunteer Hose Co.  The key box shall be installed in a location approved by a joint decision of the Throop Hose Co. No. 1, Throop Hose Co. No. 2 and the Volunteer Hose Co. line officers.

     SECTION 4.  Key Box Contents.  The key boxes shall contain the following: