| Section
| Description
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| 10- 1 |
MAINTENANCE AND TESTING: Every owner/owners shall provide for the performance of
regular maintenance and testing of fire protective systems located in or on its premises in
accordance with Fire Department regulations. All such maintenance and testing shall be performed by
persons authorized to perform fire protective system maintenance and testing by the Chief of the
Plainville Fire Department in accordance with Fire Department regulations. The owner/owners or the
person hired by the owner/owners to perform said maintenance and testing shall notify the Fire Department
of any changes in the operation of the system or of any changes in the information required pursuant to
Fire Department regulations.
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| 10- 2 |
NOTIFICATION: No person shall perform maintenance, testing or repair work on,
disconnect, make any alteration to or otherwise tamper with a fire protective system without first
providing a twenty-four hour notice to the Fire Department except in emergency cases.
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| 10- 3 |
FALSE ALARMS, MALFUNCTIONS: No person or owner/owners shall cause, suffer, permit,
allow or otherwise fail to prohibit the activation of a false alarm. Each such false alarm shall
constitute a separate offense, provided, however, that any such person or owner/owners who can show
that a false alarm was caused solely by the malicious action of a person not lawfully on the
premises, shall not be in violation of this provision for purposes of such false alarm.
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| 10- 4 |
CONNECTION REQUIRED: Central stations or private monitoring systems are prohibited.
Connection to the municipal fire alarm system shall be by means of a master box, as determined by the
Chief of the Plainville Fire Department. Owner/owners of such premises shall comply with the rules and
regulations of the Chief of the Plainville Fire Department for completing said connections, and shall be
required to pay the connection fee. All such connections shall be completed as of the completion date for the
installation of the fire protective system as specified in the approved plan, provided, however, that the
Chief of the Plainville Fire Department may grant a written extension for completing said connections.
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| 10- 5 |
UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTION: No person or owner/owners shall make a connection to the
municipal fire alarm system without first obtaining the permission of the Chief of the Plainville Fire Department
and complying with the rules and regulations for making said connection.
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| 10- 6 |
UNAUTHORIZED DISCONNECTION: No person or owner/owners shall disconnect or otherwise
prevent the transmission of a fire signal via the municipal alarm system.
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| 10- 7 |
VIOLATION OF STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE: In order to protect and enhance the public
safety by reducing the risk of fire hazard, the provisions of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations
527 C.M.R. are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this ordinance and any violation of any
provision hereof shall constitute a violation of this section.
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| 10- 8 |
PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS: A person or owner/owners who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three-
hundred dollars ($300.00).
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| 10- 9 |
SEVERABILITY: The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any provision of
this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affest the remaining provisions or applications of this ordinance.
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