(A) No person or company that owns, leases or controls a residence, business establishment or other premises located within the city shall permit a security alarm system to be erroneously activated on or at said premises, and no person or company operating a security alarm system shall fail to take reasonable precautions to prevent false alarm drops.
(B) For each false alarm drop or erroneous activation of a security alarm system, except for the first two erroneous activations thereof in each month, the person or company that owns, leases or controls a premises upon which is located a security alarm system shall be charged and assessed a fee of $75.
(C) The Chief of Police shall maintain a record of such erroneous activations or false alarms and certify copies to the City Clerk/Treasurer each month. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall thereupon send a bill for the appropriate charges to the person or company who controls the premises upon which the security alarm system is located. Upon non-payment of said bill for a period of 30 days, the respective security alarm system shall be removed forthwith from the police communications center, if so connected, and the person or company shall be cited to the County District Court for violation of this section.
(D) Failure of any said person or company to pay the fee imposed by this section, and otherwise abide by all other provisions herein, shall constitute a violation of this section and any said person or company found guilty of a violation shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each violation.
(Ord. 45-1980, passed 8-17-80; Am. Ord. 2000-5, passed 6-26-00; Am. Ord. 2002-2, passed 2-11-02)