(A) Request for review. An alarm user may appeal a false determination by requesting a review in writing to the Monroe Chief of Police within ten days of the date the false alarm notice was mailed. The alarm systems coordinator shall, when by an alarm user, review the determination that an alarm was false. The written request for a review of a false alarm determination by the alarm systems coordinator shall include the following information:
(1) Alarm user name;
(2) Address at which alarm is installed;
(3) Date of false alarm that is being contested;
(B) Conduct of hearing.
(1) The hearing officer, who shall be the alarm systems coordinator, shall schedule and conduct a hearing within 30 days of receipt of the written request for review by the alarm user.
(2) Formal rules of evidence shall not apply to the conduct of the hearing.
(3) Cross-questioning is neither prohibited nor encouraged. The hearing officer has full discretion whether to allow it.
(4) The hearing officer may hear testimony from any expert witness.
(5) After calling the meeting to order, the hearing officer shall outline the procedure to be followed in the conduct of the meeting.
(6) The hearing may be recessed or adjourned to another time and/or place in the discretion of the hearing officer.
(C) The decision of the hearing officer is the final step in the administrative procedures and is conclusive upon the applicant, permit holder or alarm user who shall be considered to have exhausted all administrative remedies that are available to an applicant, permit holder or alarm user.
(Ord. O-1999-40, passed 7-20-99; Am. Ord. O-1999-69, passed 11-2-99; Am. Ord. O-2002-57, passed 10-1-02)