The owner or occupant of premises protected by an alarm system shall pay a fee to the City for false alarms in accordance with the following fee schedule:
(a) False Alarms.
(1) For each false alarm, in excess of three during any calendar year, received from a premises for which an alarm permit is in effect, which results in the response of Fire Department personnel and equipment, and/or Police Department personnel and equipment, the following fees shall apply:
4-7 | $50.00/false alarm |
8-11 | $100.00/false alarm |
12 | Permit cancellation |
(2) For each false alarm receive from a premises for which an alarm permit has been cancelled, which results in the response of the Fire Department personnel and equipment, and/or Police Department personnel and equipment, the following fees shall apply:
1st False Alarm | $75.00 |
2nd False Alarm | $150.00 |
3rd and Subsequent False Alarms | $250.00 |
(b) Exemptions. When the Chief of Police or Fire Chief determines that the cause of the false alarm was beyond the control of a permittee, that false alarm shall be exempted from this provisions.
(c) Payment of False Alarm Fee. Invoices for the appropriate false alarm fees shall be mailed to the owner or occupant by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular U.S. mail, or as an alternative to mailing said invoice, same may be personally delivered to said owner or occupant. The amount due on said bill shall be paid on or before thirty days after said invoice has been deposited in the mail or personally delivered to said owner or occupant, as the case may be. A failure to pay a false alarm fee within such period of thirty days by the owner or occupant of a premises having an alarm permit shall also result in cancellation of such permit. (Ord. 2000-15. Passed 2-22-00.)