HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2844 - 8/14/2001 - FIRE PREVENTION CODE AMENDEDORDINANCE NO. 2844
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3 FIRE PREVENTION CODE OF TITLE 5
OF THE VILLAGE CODE BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION ESTABLISHING
FEES FOR PREVENTABLE FALSE ALARMS
WHEREAS, owners of fire protection systems have on many
occasions subjected the Fire Department to respond to an alarm
call where there was no basis for the call and the alarm was made
as a result of the negligence or carelessness on the part of the
owner or its agent; and
WHEREAS, after a review by the Fire Department of the
causes of said false alarms, it is clear that in most instances,
said false alarms can be prevented; and
WHEREAS, each false alarm transmitted to the Village
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requires four (4) to five (5) emergency vehicles to respond to
the call; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department is of the opinion that unless
certain fees and/or penalties are put into place, owners of fire
protection systems will continue to carelessly and negligently
allow alarms to be engaged where in fact no fire or other
casualty exists.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook
and DuPage Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Chapter 3 Fire Prevention Code of Title 5
of the Village Code be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
1. That Section 5-3-8 Penalties be renumbered to 5-3-
9.
2. That a new Section 5-3-8 entitled Preventable
False Alarms/Fees be established, which Section
shall read as follows:
5-5-8 Preventable False Alarm
Owners of fire protection systems that
transmit false alarms are subject to a
preventable false alarm response fee
should their fire alarm system transmit a
preventable false alarm. Preventable false
alarms are defined by those alarms that are
caused by the careless and negligent acts
of individuals within a protected structure
who cause an alarm to be transmitted as a
result of such careless or negligent act
and/or who fail to follow the notification
provisions of this code with respect to
notifying the department of a repair,
disconnect, installation of a new system
or such other act or modification which
would likely lead to a false alarm being
signaled and thus cause an unnecessary
Fire Department response. The preventable
response fees are as follows:
NUMBER OF ALARM
PREVENTABLE FALSE ALARMS RESPONSE FEE
1 0 (warning to be issued)
2 thru 4 $350.00
5 thru 7 $450.00
8 or more $600.00
Section 2: That this ordinance shall be in published in pamphlet
form by the Village Clerk.
Section 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according
to law.
VOTE:
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
PASSED
this 14th day
of August
2001.
APPROVED
this 14th day
of August
2001.
APPROVED:
Craig B. Johnson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann I. Walsh
Village Clerk
PUBLISHED this 17th day of August 2001 in Pamphlet Form.
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