(A) Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Police Chief or his or her designee made pursuant to § 92.30(B)(3) or (B)(4) may, within ten days of receipt of notice of the decision, appeal to the Florence Municipal Court. A copy of the appeal request shall be sent to the Police Chief or his or her designee.
(B) The request for an appeal shall set forth the specific objections to the decision of the Police Chief which form the basis of the appeal.
(C) The Florence Municipal Court shall set a time and place for the hearing as soon as practicable.
(D) The hearing proceeding shall be conducted in an informal process:
(1) The Court shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence in the conduct of such hearings.
(2) All parties to the hearing shall have the right to present evidence in support of or in opposition to the decision of the Police Chief.
(E) The decision of the Magistrate shall be based upon the evidence presented and it shall:
(1) Affirm the decision of the Police Chief or his or her designee in which case any assessment imposed pursuant to § 92.30(B)(5) shall be sustained; or
(2) Reverse the decision of the Police Chief or his or her designee, in whole or in part, in which case the assessment shall be imposed or rescinded accordingly.
(F) When the decision of the Police Chief is affirmed in appeals involving an alarm subscriber and alarm business permittee, the Town Manager may designate the alarm subscriber or the alarm business permittee as solely responsible for the payment of the assessment.
(Ord. 456-07, passed 9-4-2007)