(a) Every establishment in the unincorporated area of Greenville County having a security alarm system shall be entitled to report 2 false alarms to which the sheriff’s office will respond without charge in each calendar year. After 2 false alarms within a calendar year, all additional false alarms during the calendar year shall be considered a violation of this article and shall be deemed a civil infraction and the alarm system user shall be subject to the following fines:
(1) Three to five false alarms per calendar year shall be punishable by a fine of $50 per occurrence;
(2) Six and seven false alarms per calendar year shall be punishable by a fine of $100 per occurrence;
(3) Eight and nine false alarms per calendar year shall be punishable by a fine of $250 per occurrence; and
(4) Ten or more false alarms per calendar year shall be punishable by a fine of $500 per occurrence.
(b) A 30-day grace period should be afforded to new alarm system users after the installation of a new system and not be subject to subsection (a). Proper documentation, however, must be provided in order to have the fine waived.
(1976 Code, § 11-51) (Ord. 3354, § 1, passed 4-18-2000; Ord. 4888, § 2, passed 3-21-2017)