Tag: Belvidere Pennsylvania
Belvidere town council introduces fines for false alarms
June 20, 2011SSN Staff
BELVIDERE, Pa.—A June 6 story from the The Express-Times reports the Belvidere Town Council introduced an ordinance to combat false fire alarms.
If an alarm goes off three or four times in a year, it would result in a $50 fine for the owner, under the ordinance. The next four would be $75, and 10 or more would bring a $100 fine.
After two false alarms, the owner must submit a written report to the chief of police as to why the alarm keeps going off and what will be done to stop it, according...