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TOWN OF OLIVER
BYLAW No. 896
A bylaw to establish fees for fire services provided in response to a false alarm of a fire system.
WHEREAS the Municipal Act provides that Council may establish fees to be paid by the owner
or occupier of real property to which fire services are provided in response to a false alarm of a
fire system;
AND WHEREAS false alarms are being permitted to occur by the owners or users of fire alarm
systems;
AND WHEREAS these false alarms require unnecessary emergency responses from the fire
department, posing a threat to the safety of fire department personnel and members of the public,
and may result in delayed response to a true emergency;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Oliver, in open meeting assembled, ENACTS
AS FOLLOWS:
Title
1. This Bylaw may be cited as "Fire Alarm System Regulation Bylaw No. 896, 1997".
Definitions
2. In this bylaw:
(a) “Town” means the Town of Oliver.
(b) “False Alarm” means the activation of an alarm system resulting in the direct or
indirect notification of the fire department to attend the address of the alarms
system where there has been no fire on or in relation to the building, structure,
residence or facility, or where there has been no emergency situation
(c) “Fire Chief” means the Fire Chief of the Town of Oliver.
(d) “Fire or Fire Department” means the Oliver Fire Department.
(e) “Fire Alarm System” means a device or devices installed on real property and
designed to activate either an audible alarm signal or to alert a monitoring
facility.
3. Owner’s Responsibilities
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The owner of real property shall be responsible for the proper use, installation,
maintenance and operation of any Fire Alarm System installed on or in the real property
in order to ensure the prevention of false alarms.
4. Exception
This Bylaw does not apply to smoke alarm systems that are intended to alert only the
occupants of the dwelling unit in which they are installed.
5. Fees to be charged for attendance to false alarms
On the occurrence of a second and each subsequent false alarm, during any consecutive
twelve month period, there will be a fee charged of actual labour and equipment costs
incurred.
6. Invoicing
(a) Where a fee is charged, the Town shall invoice the owner of the premises for fire
response services.
(b) An invoice issued under this section shall be due and payable upon receipt.
7. Collection of Fees
(a) Any fees remaining unpaid at December 31st (and where the bill is more than 30
days in arrears) shall be added to a form part of the taxes payable on the real
property as taxes in arrears.
(b) All fees collected become the property of the Town.
8. Effective Date
This bylaw shall come into full force and effect April 1, 1998.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME, the 27th day of October, 1997.
ADOPTED on the 10th day of November, 1997.
“original signed by Mayor” “original signed by Clerk”
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Mayor Clerk