(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(1) "9-1-1 System" means a system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1.
(2) "9-1-1 Coordinator" means the employee of the City designated by the Chief of Police whose responsibility is to coordinate the administration and documentation of 9-1-1 system performance as it relates to the effective enforcement of the provisions of this section.
(3) "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and in which prompt summoning of aid is essential.
(4) "False alarm" means the use of the 9-1-1 system when no emergency exists at the location from which the telephone call is made.
(b) False Alarms.
(1) The 9-1-1 Coordinator shall monitor the number of false alarms to which the Police Department responds, keeping record of the same. Such record shall indicate the date of all false alarms to which the police respond, the name and address of the subscriber to telephone service from whose telephone number the false alarm originated, the time of the false alarm, and additional information as deemed necessary by the Chief of Police. The 9-1-1 Coordinator shall also indicate in the record the existence of mitigating or moderating circumstances relative to any false alarm.
(2) If three false alarms in any twelve consecutive month period originate from any telephone number, the 9-1-1 Coordinator shall give written notice by certified mail or personal service of the provisions of this section regarding false alarms to the subscriber to telephone service from whose telephone number the false alarms originate.
(3) If more than three false alarms in any twelve consecutive month period originate from any telephone number, the subscriber to telephone service from whose telephone number the false alarms originated shall be charged twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the fourth false alarm and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each false alarm thereafter in a twelve consecutive month period.
(4) The fees to be charged for false alarms, as set forth in this section, notwithstanding, no fee shall be charged for a false alarm to which the Police Department does not respond.
(c) Illegal Use of the 9-1-1 System.
(1) No person shall knowingly use the telephone number 9-1-1 for a purpose of other than an emergency.
(2) No parent, guardian or other person having the lawful care, custody, or control of any minor shall knowingly permit or by insufficient control allow such minor to violate the provisions of subsection (c)(1). Knowingly includes knowledge which a parent, guardian, or other person having the lawful control of such minor should reasonably be expected to have concerning the actions of such minor.
(3) The fact that a call made to the telephone number 9-1-1 and information other than that relating to an emergency was communicated, or that repeated calls of three or more originated from any telephone number, shall be prima facie evidence that an illegal use of the 9-1-1 system occurred.
(4) Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisoned for not more than six months at the discretion of the Court.