Chapter 58

FIRE DEPARTMENT

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Troy as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

ARTICLE I

Fire Call Charges

[Adopted 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-1; amended 6-14-1993]

§ 58-1.  Intent.

The intent of this article is to recoup all Town costs of fire calls, which include but are not limited to the Fire Department charge per call, plus foam and other supplies as needed. 

§ 58-2.  Fee; recovery of charges. [1]

The Town Board will set a fee to be charged for fire calls in all parts of the Town.[2] This fee, plus expenses and charges, will be recovered for all fire calls regardless of whether the call is legitimate or false or comes from the property owner or another.  

ARTICLE II

Lock Boxes

[Adopted 6-8-1987 by Ord. No. 87-1]

§ 58-3.  Commercial buildings.

The Town of Troy does hereby require that all commercial buildings install security lock boxes where deemed necessary by the Fire Chief. Said boxes shall be installed in such locations as to be accessible to the Fire Department personnel but also to be secured from unauthorized tampering.  



[1].  Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

[2].  Editor's Note: See the current fee schedule on file with the Clerk-Treasurer.