(a) Banks and similar financial institutions, factories and manufacturing establishments, business offices, professional offices and residences shall be provided one free alarm drop per calendar month. Anyone installing a new alarm drop will not be charged any fee for alarm drops during the first full calendar month following the date of installation. Charges will commence upon the first day of the calendar month immediately following the first full month after the date of installation.
(b) The charge payable to the City for a second alarm drop in a calendar month shall be $25.00. The fee for a third alarm drop in a calendar month shall be $50.00. The fee for a fourth and succeeding alarm drops in a calendar month shall increase $25.00 per alarm drop. There will be no charge for alarm drops resulting from weather conditions, criminal activities or fires. In the event that weather conditions are alleged to be the cause of an alarm drop, the decision of the City Fire Department shall be final as to payment of an alarm drop charge. An alarm drop fee will be charged in all instances justifying a charge once the responding units have been dispatched. (1993 Code 110.01)