Tag: Bethlehem Pennsylvania
Bethlehem council turns down alarm fees
February 17, 2011SSN Staff
BETHLEHEM, Pa.—According to a Feb. 15 story in the Morning Call, the Bethlehem City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would require home and business owners with burglar and fire alarms to update emergency information each year to better combat false alarms.
However, the story reports the council rejected 5-2 placing a $15 annual fee on roughly 2,000 homeowners and a $35 fee on 1,000 businesses when they update the information.
The annual registration, much like a...
Bethlehem to increase alarm fees
September 22, 2010SSN Staff
BETHLEHEM, Pa.—A Sept. 20 story from the Morning Call reports business and residential alarm users may soon be paying more for their alarms.
City officials have unveiled a new ordinance that would force roughly 3,000 home and business owners with burglar and fire alarms to pay a new annual registration fee.
The proposal would update a 1987 ordinance and the fees would bring roughly $80,000 a year to a city desperate for new revenue.
Under the new law, the penalties for false alarms will also...