(A) Excessive false alarms. It is hereby found and determined that three or more false alarms within any 12-month period is excessive and constitutes a public nuisance.
(B) Civil penalties.
(1) The third through fifth false alarms within a 12-month period will result in the alarm user being billed a $50 service charge per occurrence which shall be considered a bill owed by the alarm user to the county and may be collected from the alarm user as a civil penalty. Each $50 service chargeincurred for the third through fifth false alarms at the premises described in the alarm user’s permit shall be paid within 30 days from date of receipt of the invoice.
(2) The sixth false alarm within a 12-month period, and all false alarms thereafter, shall result in the County Sheriff's Department discontinuing responses to alarms that occur at the premises as well as increasing civil penalties as listed below:
(a) 6th false alarm – $100;
(b) 7th false alarm – $100;
(c) 8th false alarm – $250;
(d) 9th false alarm – $250;
(e) 10th and over false alarms – $500 per false alarm
(C) Discontinuance of police response.
(1) The failure of an alarm user to make payment of any service charge imposed under this section within 30 days from date of receipt shall result in a discontinuance of police response to alarms that may occur at the premises until all civil penalty payments are satisfied in full.
(D) Reinstatement of police response. Any premises the has an installed alarm system that has violated the aforementioned division in such that police response has discontinued may only have police response reinstated once the following conditions are met:
(1) All civil penalties as set forth in § 96.99 have been satisfied in full by the alarm user to the county.
(2) All necessary repairs, adjustments and/or corrections to the installed alarm system have been corrected in manner as such to prevent additional false alarms.
(Ord. passed 7-17-96; Am. Ord. passed 11-18-19) Penalty, see § 96.99
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