(A) Two alarm responses shall be without charge in any 12-month period. A service charge of $50 shall be billed to the company reporting the third through fifth alarm response, and shall be billed $100 for the sixth alarm response and thereafter in a 12-month period, except as provided in § 93.09(B).
(1) Should a false alarm be transmitted by a piece of electronic equipment under service by an alarm company, there shall be no charge for a false alarm, provided the alarm holder gives the Lake County Sheriff proof that the defect is being corrected.
(2) In the event false alarms or trouble alarms continue during any 12-month period, the Lake County Sheriff may direct the company maintaining the county monitoring equipment to disconnect the premises, from which the false or trouble alarms originate, from the equipment. Reconnection of the premises to the monitoring equipment shall not be made until all false alarm fees, and a reconnection charge of $250, have been paid to the county.
(B) Failure, or refusal, of any alarm holder to pay any service charge or service charges for false alarms may result in discontinuance of the alarm service.
(C) A 30-day grace period for new alarm systems or for major modification or additions to existing alarm systems shall be granted upon approval by the Lake County Sheriff.
(1977 Code, § 3:6-3) (Ord. passed 3-11-1986; Ord. 17-0903, passed 11-14-2017)