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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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703.19 INTENTIONAL ACTIVATION OF ALARM SYSTEMS.
   No person shall intentionally activate an alarm system for any purpose other than an emergency of the kind for which the alarm system was designed to give notice. However, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the alarm system was sounded solely for the purpose of testing the alarm and the person who tested the alarm took reasonable precautions to avoid any request being made to the Police Division or the Fire Division to respond to such alarm.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
703.20 CHARGES FOR RESPONSE TO ALARM; FALSE ALARMS.
   The City will respond to proper notification of the activation of an alarm system without charge for the response to an alarm in which there are reasonable grounds to believe that the cause of the activation of the alarm was an emergency of the type for which the alarm system is designed.
   For responses to a false alarm, that is, an alarm for which there is not reasonable cause to believe that the cause of the activation was an emergency for which the alarm system was designed, there shall be no charge for the first incident within a calendar year, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each for the second through fifth incidents, fifty dollars ($50.00) each for the sixth through tenth incidents and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the eleventh and each succeeding incident within a calendar year.
   For a fire alarm, if the Fire Chief or his or her designated representative determines that there has been a malfunction of the system and that such malfunction is not the fault of the owner or occupant, no service call shall be charged.
   For any other alarm, if the Police Chief or his or her designated representative determines that there has been a malfunction of the system and that such malfunction is not the fault of the owner or occupant, no service call shall be charged.
(Ord. 92-159 Passed 8-3-92.)
703.21 REVOCATION OF PERMITS.
   A permit for an alarm system may be revoked if the permit holder fails to pay the charges referred to in Section 703.20 within sixty days of receipt of notice to pay for the false alarm.
(Ord. 87-193. Passed 6-1-87.)
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