(a) The director of public safety shall note and keep an official register of all responses to both monitored and unmonitored alarms by the department of public safety. Upon the reporting of two false alarms within 12 months from any single address, the director of public safety shall cause to be mailed to the owner of such alarm system (in this division referred to as owner) by certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of malfunction:
(1) Informing the owner that the department of public safety has received two false alarms; and
(2) Containing a warning that the occurrence of additional false alarms to which the department of public safety shall respond occurring within the next 365 days shall result in a civil penalty based on the following schedule:
1st additional false alarm . . . . . | $ 50.00 |
2nd additional false alarm . . . . . | 75.00 |
3rd additional false alarm . . . . . | 100.00 |
4th additional false alarm . . . . . | 150.00 |
5th additional false alarm . . . . . | 200.00 |
6th additional false alarm . . . . . | 250.00 |
7th and each additional false alarm thereafter . . . . . | 500.00 |
The notice of malfunction shall be forwarded to the record owner at the address shown on the records of the village tax administrator.
(b) Notice of assessment of a civil penalty shall be mailed by first class mail to the owner at his address. If any civil penalty is not paid within ten days of the date of mailing of such notice of assessment or the date on which any appeal is determined adversely to the owner, whichever comes later, the village may undertake a civil action to enforce the payment of such penalty. If the village is required to undertake a civil action to enforce the payment of such penalty, the defendant shall be liable for all costs incurred by the village in the pursuit of such action. In addition to any civil sanctions imposed in this section, violation of this division shall constitute a class 3 misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment and/or fine not to exceed $500.00 Nothing contained in this division shall prevent the village from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
(Ord. No. 2000-23, §§ 2,3, 10-21-2000; Ord. No. 2001-49, §§ 2,3, 11-17-2001; Ord. No. 2013- 0501, 5-17-2013)