There is hereby established the following schedule of charges for the purpose of reimbursing the city, in part, for the cost of dispatching city fire and/or police personnel and equipment in response to a false fire and/or burglar alarm occasioned by the malfunctioning, other than malfunctions caused by power outages, improper maintenance or improper use of telephonic or electronic fire and burglar alarm systems.
Number of False Alarms | Fire Department | Police Department |
First occurrence per calendar year | No charge | No charge |
Second occurrence per calendar year | $100 | $12.50 |
Each subsequent occurrence per calendar year | $200 | $25 |
(`90 Code, § 8.40.100) (Ord. 88-8, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99