(A) Any alarm user whose alarm system activates more than two false alarms in a permit period shall be subject to the following scale of mandatory service charges:
Number of False Alarms | Mandatory Service Charge for each False Alarm |
3–5 | $50.00 |
6–10 | $100.00 |
11 and above | $200.00 |
(B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to punishment of a fine not to exceed $500.
(C) Any alarm user who has been cited for more than four false alarms in any permit period and is therefore subject to a mandatory service charge, may request a hearing before the Police Chief/Fire Chief or their respective designees in order to present evidence that any false alarm that they were cited for was not false. This hearing shall be scheduled for review by the Police Chief/Fire Chief or their respective designees upon the alarm user's written request to the building division. At the hearing, the alarm user may present evidence and witnesses in support of his or her position and the burden to establish that the alarm was not false shall be on the alarm user. Any dispute between the alarm user and alarm installer over the responsibility for a faulty or defective alarm system and any service charge assessed thereto shall be the obligation of the alarm user.
(D) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the city from pursuing a judgment or enforcing its ordinances by any other means when a service charge imposed under this section remains unpaid for a period of 60 days.
('72 Code, § 22-32) (Ord. O-85-21, passed 5-1-85; Am. Ord. O-95-20, passed 4-5-95; Am. Ord. O-96-04, passed 2-21-96; Am. Ord. O-2008-20, passed 9-3-08)