(a) A permit for an alarm system may be revoked if mechanical malfunction or faulty equipment has caused five or more false alarms by such alarm system in the calendar year immediately preceding the date of notice of a hearing. A permit for an alarm system shall be revoked without a hearing if the permit holder fails to pay the service charge within thirty days of receipt of notice to pay for a false alarm. A protest may be filed, and if, at a subsequent hearing as provided in Section 1074.22, the Safety Director determines that no service charge is due, the City shall refund the same. "Mechanical malfunction" and "faulty equipment" shall not relate, for purposes of this section, to false alarms caused by human error or an act of God. A permit shall not be revoked if the permit holder shows that, since the most recent false alarm from such alarm system, the system has been repaired, and that the Police Division and/or the Fire Division has inspected such alarm system and found it to have been properly repaired. The costs of any such inspection shall be borne by the permit holder.
(b) The disconnection provisions of this section shall not apply to alarm systems required to remain in continuous operation by any statute or ordinance or by the Building and Housing Code or the Fire Prevention Code.
(Ord. 124-96. Passed 11-11-96.)