(a) Alarm users shall be responsible for multiple false alarms sent by alarm systems on premises under their control.
(b) The Village Administrator shall impose on alarm users an administrative fee, based on costs of administration and police response to false alarms, as follows:
(1) On the first through sixth false alarm, no fee; however on the fourth false alarm during a calendar year, the Village Administrator shall send a written warning notice to the alarm user advising of the number of false alarms recorded for that alarm system to date and the schedule of fees for multiple false alarms.
(2) On the seventh false alarm, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be imposed and for each false alarm thereafter, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(3) The fees imposed shall be based on the number of false alarms sent by one alarm system within any calendar year. A calendar year being from January 1 to December 31, inclusive of any year.
(4) No fee shall be imposed until thirty days after written notification has been sent to the alarm user that a false alarm has been recorded against the alarm system.
(5) The Village Administrator may order an alarm user to disconnect an alarm system immediately so that signals are not emitted to the Police Department and/or Fire Department, either directly or indirectly if the alarm system has generated an excessive number of false alarms. An excessive number of false alarms for the purpose of this section is an accumulation of more than ten false alarms within a twelve consecutive month period.
(6) Any person who fails to pay any charge for a false alarm as provided in this section and any charge which remains unpaid for thirty days after the date of invoice for a false alarm or false alarms, shall be ordered by the Village Administrator to immediately disconnect the alarm system so that it does not signal the Police Department and/or Fire Department either directly or indirectly. Any person who fails to disconnect the alarm system as ordered by the Village Administrator, as provided for in this section, and in subsection (b)(5) hereof and the alarm system thereafter continues to emit false alarms, shall be deemed to have committed a minor misdemeanor. An alarm system may be reconnected only if satisfactory evidence is provided to the Village Administrator that the alarm system has been repaired so that it does not emit further false alarms and upon payment of all delinquent charges assessed for false alarms.
(Ord. 1994-23. Passed 4-28-94.)
(Ord. 1994-23. Passed 4-28-94.)