(A) Testing notification. Prior to any maintenance or testing of any alarm system, the responsible party and/or alarm company representative shall call the public safety communications center and advise the work is being performed. Immediately upon completion of the tests or maintenance another call will be made to the public safety communications center advising of the completion of the tests or maintenance. Failure to make this notification shall result in any subsequent alarm received during the test being deemed a false alarm and subject to the response fee noted in division (C) below.
(B) Grace period for initial installation. Upon the installation of a new alarm system, the responsible party shall have a three-day grace period from the date of installation before any alarm is counted as a false alarm. Initial installation of a new alarm system does not include any reconditioning, additions or changes made to an already existing alarm system on a premises.
(C) Fee for false alarm. An alarm user shall be liable for the payment of a fee to the city for responses by police or fire personnel to a false alarm as follows:
(1) The first false alarm in the year will not result in a fee.
(2) The second false alarm in a year will result in a fee of $75.
(3) The third and all subsequent false alarms in a year will result in a fee of $175.
(D) Failure to pay fee. The refusal to pay any fee prescribed in this subchapter within 30 days notice thereof shall be a violation of this subchapter. The notice shall be considered delivered when deposited postage prepaid in any U.S. mailbox addressed to the responsible party.
(1990 Code, § 14-113) (Ord. 92-1436, passed 2-3-1992; Ord. 09-3263, passed 11-2-2009; Ord. 14-3437, passed 2-3-2014; Ord. 19-3599, passed 12-2-2019; Ord. 22-2682, passed 10-3-2022) Penalty, see § 110.999