(A) Any subscriber who has been notified of a false alarm or assessed a false alarm fee or who has been notified that his alarm equipment will be disconnected from the Police Department may appeal to the City Administrator by giving written notice and posting a bond equal to the amount of the fee, if applicable, within three working days of the invoice assessing the fee. Upon receipt of the appeal notice and bond, if applicable, a time certain shall be set for a hearing.
(B) The appellant shall be given reasonable notice of the hearing, and failure of the appellant to appear at the hearing shall, if applicable, result in forfeiture of the appeal bond and application of the bond toward the false alarm fee assessed by the city.
(C) The City Administrator or his designee shall serve as Hearing Officer, and the burden of proof shall be upon the appellant to show by a preponder-ance of the evidence that the alarm signal in question was not a false alarm.
(D) After receipt of all relevant evidence, the Hearing Officer shall, within three days, render his decision. If the Hearing Officer determines that the appellant has met the burden of proof, then he shall order bond released to the appellant and rescind the false alarm determination. If the Hearing Officer determines that the appellant has not met the burden of proof, then he shall order the appeal bond be corrected and applied toward the alarm fee as assessed by the city and enter the alarm as false alarm.
(E) All decisions made pursuant to this section are final.
(`79 Code, § 133.004) (Ord. 90-184, passed 1-15-90)