(A) Each alarm user shall be permitted six false alarms per alarm site per calendar year (i.e., six false police-response (i.e. burglary) alarms each year).
(1) After the sixth false alarm, the City Police Department will assess a per run fee to defray the cost of the excessive number of runs/responses to the city. The alarm user shall inform the City Police Department of action taken to prevent further false alarms.
(2) The fee schedule is as follows:
City Police Department | False Alarm Responses per Calendar Year |
0 to 6 false alarms | $0 |
7 to 12 false alarms | $50 each response run |
13 or more false alarms | $100 each response run |
(B) After an alarm user experiences three false alarms per alarm site per calendar year, the alarm user shall notify his or her or its alarm service provider of the recurring malfunction and shall produce proof to the City Police Department of the service call conducted by the alarm service provider within ten days of the false alarm or show proof if the alarm was activated by employee error, the employee has been trained in the correct use of the alarm system. Any alarm user who violates this section of the ordinance by failing to present proof within the stated time period shall be penalized by acceleration of the fee schedule set forth above so that every false alarm following the third false alarm shall result in a response run fee of $50 per City Police Department response run.
(C) No alarm user shall be subject to a per run fee for false alarms that result from acts of God, civil disturbance or abnormal weather conditions. Nor shall a fee be charged if the activation was a result of an alarm company's failure to provide service within 24 hours of reporting a malfunction and requesting service. It shall, however, be the burden of the alarm user to provide reasonable proof that service was requested.
(Ord. 07-06, passed 5-29-2007)