(A) Suspension. The Chief of Police may suspend response to alarm activations when one or more of following criteria are met:
(1) The property owner of the alarm has six or more false alarms in any 90 day period;
(2) There is a false statement of a material fact in the application of a permit;
(3) The property owner failed to register the alarm site;
(4) The property owner has failed to make a timely payment of a fee imposed under this chapter.
(B) Exceptions to suspension.
(1) The Police and Fire Departments shall respond to alarms that are received as a duress/panic alarm and all fire alarms.
(2) Shopping centers and mall owners/management shall not be held responsible for an individual store alarm system that is independent from a system owned, operated, or leased by the owner/management of the shopping center. Each respective business operating from within the shopping center, strip malls, and/or malls shall be held solely responsible for that alarm system.
(Ord. 2002-10, passed 6-24-02)