(a) In the event the Emergency Communications Center receives in excess of two false alarms from any system protecting any separately protected building or facility within any six month period, the alarm user shall be charged the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the third false alarm. For each subsequent false alarm, the alarm user shall be charged a sum that shall increase by $50 for each successive false alarm in excess of two false alarms for such rolling six month period. (Example; Third false alarm = $50; Fourth false alarm = $100; Fifth false alarm = $150, etc.)
(b) The Police Chief or their designee shall give five days notice by regular mail to the alarm user to pay the assessment provided for in the provisions of subsection (a) hereof. In the event the same is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, then such amount shall be determined to be delinquent and shall be collected in a manner as is authorized by law.
(c) Alarm users may request a temporary waiver of amounts assessed as provided for in subsection (a) hereof, by submitting to the Chief of Police a written request and detailed written plan of improvement intended to substantially reduce false alarms generated from the user's system or facility. The Chief of Police, upon approval of the submitted improvement plan, may at his discretion grant a full or partial waiver of amounts assessed in accordance with subsection (a) hereof.
(d) In addition, in the event the assessment provided for in provisions of subsection (a) hereof is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, the Chief of Police shall cause notice to be sent to the alarm user by certified mail, ordering the alarm user to remove or disconnect all alarm systems which are used to alert the Emergency Communications Center through an alarm business operation. If the removal is not completed within thirty days, the Chief of Police is authorized to order deactivation of the alarm system at the expense of the alarm user.
(e) Any alarm system disconnected pursuant to the provisions of subsection ( c) hereof may be reconnected at the expense of the alarm user provided, however, that the registration provided for by this chapter is completed and all delinquent assessments as provided for in this section are paid in full. (Ord. 2013-26. Passed 3-20-13.)