(A) False alarms on more than ten dates in one calendar year from any alarm system for which alarm user authorization has been obtained, or failure to pay fine pursuant to § 100.08, may constitute grounds for revocation of the permit granted subject to provisions of this section.
(B) After the Police Department has recorded false alarms on four dates in any 90-day consecutive period from any authorized user, it shall notify the authorized alarm user (with a copy to the alarm equipment supplier), specifically those persons authorized to deal with police, and inform them of the facts, and ask that they within 15 days submit a written report describing efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarms.
(C) If the authorized alarm user fails to submit a report within 15 days or such longer period as the Chief of Police may reasonably grant, or if by the report the alarm user fails to show that he has taken or will take reasonable steps to eliminate or reduce false alarms, the Chief of Police may revoke the alarm user’s authorization.
(D) When alarm conditions are received by the Police Department that evidence a failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the Police Chief is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of the device, or his representative, disconnect the device until it is made to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(E) The Chief of Police may revoke or suspend any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after giving written notice to the alarm user and an opportunity for the alarm user to effect compliance within ten days, if the Police Chief determines that the alarm system under the permit has been installed, maintained, or operated in violation of this chapter or of any term or condition of the permit, or if any fine is unpaid.
(F) An alarm system user whose authorization has been revoked is not precluded under this section from applying for a new authorization pursuant to § 100.05. However, before a new permit is issued, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have a report from the Police Chief as hereinafter defined and in addition, all fines due must be paid and the system corrected from any deficiencies. Before the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a new permit, the Police Chief shall make reasonable efforts to determine that the alarm user’s system has been properly serviced and its deficiency corrected. The Police Chief shall notify the Clerk-Treasurer that the alarm system has been corrected from its previous deficiencies, and upon payment of all fines, the Clerk- Treasurer shall then issue a new permit provided all requirements of § 100.05 are complied with.
(G) Any person affected by the Police Chief’s order to disconnect or by the Police Chief’s refusal to certify to the Clerk-Treasurer that the system currently meets all requirements, shall have the right to request the Police Commission of the town to review the decision or action by the Police Chief within ten days after any decision has been made by the Police Chief. The Police Commission is given the authority to either affirm, modify, or reverse any decision made by the Police Chief.
(H) Any person who fails or refuses to disconnect their alarm system once their permit to install, operate, or maintain has been revoked as provided within the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to having the permit revoked pursuant to the terms and provisions of this section.
(I) Failure to pay any fee or fine imposed after 30 days notice may result in civil penalty up to twice the amount of fee or fine, and that person shall be liable for all attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in the collection of that fee or fine.
Ord. 412, passed 8-21-85; Am. Ord. 579, passed 6-1-93)