The City shall respond to proper notification of the activation of an alarm system without charge, except that:
(a) The person in control of the property on which an alarm system is installed will be charged one hundred dollars ($100.00) when he or she or his or her agent or employee intentionally or knowingly activates the alarm system for any reason other than an emergency or threat of an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice.
(b) The person in control of the property on which a police emergency alarm system is installed will not be charged the first time, but will be charged twenty-five dollars ($25.00) the second time and each time thereafter, within a twelve-month period, when the alarm system is unintentionally or unknowingly activated for any reason other than an emergency or threat of an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice.
(c) The person in control of the property on which a fire emergency alarm system is installed will not be charged the first time, but will be charged one hundred dollars ($100.00) the second time and each time thereafter, within a twelve-month period, when the alarm system is unintentionally or unknowingly activated for any reason other than an emergency or threat of an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice.
Any response by the City to notification of activation of an alarm system prior to sixty days after the passage of this chapter (Ordinance 15-87, passed February 9, 1987) will not be included in the charges set out in this section.
(Ord. 15-87. Passed 2-9-87.)