(a) In addition to the administrative fees described herein and in addition to any criminal penalties imposed herein, an alarm user who has 25 or more false alarms in any 12 consecutive month period shall be issued an order to disconnect the alarm system so that signals are not emitted to notify the Police Department either directly or indirectly. An order to disconnect shall be issued to any alarm user who has failed to deliver to the City full payment for any administrative fee levied for excessive false alarms within 30 calendar days after written notice of that fee has been mailed or otherwise delivered to the last known address of the alarm user or to the address at which the alarm system is located.
(b) The disconnection is to be completed by the alarm user within ten calendar days after the written disconnect order is mailed or otherwise delivered to the last known address of the alarm user or to the address at which the alarm system is located.
(c) An alarm user subject to an order to disconnect has the right to appeal under the procedures set forth below in this division. Any disconnect order must refer to this right to appeal. If such an appeal is filed, the disconnection is to be completed within ten calendar days after similar delivery of notice of the appellate decision, if that decision sustained the disconnect order.
(d) Once disconnected, an alarm system may be reconnected only if so ordered by the Chief of Police in a decision on an appeal or if a preponderance of the credible evidence available to the Alarm Review shows that:
(1) The alarm system has been repaired so that it will not emit further false alarms; or
(2) If the disconnect order was based on failure to pay assessments when due and all delinquent false alarm fees have been paid in full; or
(3) The alarm user has taken appropriate measures to ensure against negligent or accidental activation of the alarm system.
(e) An order to disconnect shall be effective for one year from the date of disconnection.
(Ord. 32-2015. Passed 8-18-15.)