(A) Testing Notification: Prior to any maintenance or testing of any alarm system, the responsible party and/or alarm company representative shall call the public safety communications center and advise such work is being performed. Immediately upon completion of such tests or maintenance another call will be made to the public safety communications center advising completion of said tests or maintenance. Failure to make such notification shall result in any subsequent alarm received during such test as a false alarm and subject to the response fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00).
(B) Grace Period For Initial Installation: Upon the installation of a new alarm system, the responsible party shall have a thirty (30) day grace period from the date of installation before any alarm is counted toward the three (3) allowable false alarms. Initial installation of a new alarm system does not include any reconditioning, additions or changes made to an already existing alarm system on a premises. To the extent the date of installation cannot be determined, the date the alarm license was issued will be issued to determine the expiration of the grace period.
(C) Fee For False Alarm: An alarm user shall be charged a response fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each false alarm in excess of three (3) in any year and a fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each false alarm in excess of ten (10) in any year. Facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities devoted to the care of the elderly and mentally and/or physically handicapped shall be exempt from this subsection only on accidental alarms not mechanical error.
(D) Failure To Pay Fee: The refusal to pay any fee prescribed in this chapter within thirty (30) days of notification shall be a violation of this chapter. Such notice shall be considered delivered when deposited postage prepaid in any U.S. mailbox addressed to the responsible party at the address listed on the license application. If no application has been made, notice shall be considered delivered when deposited postage prepaid in any U.S. mailbox addressed to the party at its most recent mailing address. (Ord. 2021, 12-7-2010)