§ 92.26 FALSE ALARM CHARGES.

   Any property owner having a fire alarm system on his or its premises and installed to warn occupants of fire, which causes a response by the Fire Department, shall pay the city a charge for false alarms to which the Fire Department responds in each calendar year as follows:

   (A)   The first five false alarms in excess of the limit, the amount of $100 per alarm.

   (B)   All false alarms in excess of five above the limit, the amount of $200 per alarm.

   (C)   The false alarm limits shall be based on the number of alarm-initiating devices connected to the fire alarm system as follows:

             Limit of False
Devices         Alarms Per Year

1 - 125               5

126 - 250            10

Over 250            15

(Ord. passed 2-7-95)