(a) Penalties - alarm user. A penalty shall be paid by the to the city for each in excess of one per calendar year. The penalty shall be as set forth in City Code Appendix A and shall increase by the sum as set forth in City Code Appendix A for each succeeding thereafter within the calendar year. Payment of these penalties may be enforced by civil action.
(b) Penalties -
. Where the responding police officer determines that a
was caused by the on-site actions of an employee of the
, a penalty as set forth in City Code Appendix A shall be assessed against the
with no corresponding fine being assessed against the
.
(c) Exceptions. No penalty shall be due and no alarm shall be credited as a
if it is shown that the
was the result of damage to utility lines, tornadoes, lightning, earthquakes or other such severe weather conditions.