(A) A fee shall be imposed upon the alarm user of any automatic alarm, and the property owner of the premises on which the automatic alarm is located, for the fourth false alarms and each false alarm thereafter within a calendar year. The number of false alarms shall be counted and the fee imposed separately for responses by each the Police Department and the Fire Department. The fee shall be in the amount specified in the appendix to Chapter 35.
(B) The fee shall be imposed regardless of whether the city’s Police Department or Fire Department receives the alarm by direct connection or through any intermediary such as central station. No fee is imposed under this section when notification to either department is made directly by a person not as a result of or in response to an activated automatic alarm.
(C) The property owner and alarm user shall be personally liable for any fee imposed under this section. Payment of fees under this section shall be made to the city within 30 days after mailing the invoice. Payments not made within 30 days are delinquent and subject to a late penalty of 10% of the amount due. All unpaid fees and penalties shall become a lien against the property on which the automatic alarm is located, and shall be certified by the City Clerk to the County Treasurer-Auditor each year as a special assessment in accordance with the statutes of the state.
(‘81 Code, § 14-72) (Ord. 280, passed 11-23-82; Am. Ord. 317, passed 4-12-84; Am. Ord. 640, passed 12-23-97; Am. Ord. 733, passed 8-14-03; Am. Ord. 831, passed 1-24-08; Am. Ord. 960, passed 1-23-14)