(A) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be cause for an alarm system to be disconnected from the Sheriff’s Department upon 30 days’ prior written notice.
(B) The following fine schedule shall apply to any false alarm resulting in the response of the Sheriff’s Department personnel. This fine schedule shall apply 90 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(1) For the first 35 days after the registration of an alarm system, the subscriber will not be charged for false alarms.
(2) On the thirty-first day after the registration of an alarm system, each alarm sounding determined to be false shall be considered chargeable under this chapter.
(3) Upon receipt of the third false alarm within a 12-month period, a warning notice shall be issued to the subscriber by the Sheriff’s office.
(4) Upon receipt of the fourth false alarm from a residence within a 12-month period, the subscriber shall be fined $10. The subscriber shall be fined the same amount for each additional false alarm sounding up to and including the seventh false alarm within a 12-month period.
(5) Upon receipt of the eighth false alarm from a residence within a 12-month period, the subscriber shall be fined $15. This fine shall be charged for every false alarm received during the remainder of the 12-month period.
(6) Upon receipt of the fourth false alarm from a business within a 12-month period, the subscriber shall be fined $15. The subscriber shall be fined the same amount for each additional false alarm up to and including the seventh false alarm sounding within a 12-month period.
(7) Upon receipt of the eighth false alarm from a business within a 12-month period, the subscriber shall be fined $25. This fine shall be charged for every false alarm sounding received during the remainder of the 12-month period.
(8) Failure to pay the aforesaid false alarm fines within ten days from the date of notification shall constitute a violation of this chapter and result in prosecution of the subscriber.
(9) At the end of each 12-month period, the false alarm count will revert to zero, provided all fines have been paid.
(C) Any person or firm or corporation engaging in or attempting to engage in, conduct or carry on the business defined in this chapter as “Business or Residential Burglary or Robbery Alarms,” without conforming with the requirements of this chapter and any alarm subscriber who operates an alarm system without conforming to the provisions contained herein shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 plus court costs and not more than $500 plus court costs and/or 30-days’ imprisonment.
(1993 Code, § 73.99) (Ord. 84-4, passed 4-18-1984; Ord. 92-5, passed 3-20-1992)