(a) Signed statement. In addition to the information required pursuant to § 14.140(e), the
shall within five days of each
, submit a signed statement to the city’s
stating the apparent cause of the
and the measure(s) taken or to be taken to remedy the problem.
(b) Penalties - alarm user. A penalty shall be paid by the to the city for each in excess of two 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. The penalty for false or
shall be as set forth in City Code Appendix A for the second 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.
(c) 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
.
(d) 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.
(1958 Code, § 137.06) (Ord. 70-6, passed 2-3-1970; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; Ord. 95-21, passed 11-20-1995; Ord. 2000-33, passed 12-18-2000; Ord. 2021-39, passed 11-29-2021)