An alarm user may appeal the Police Department's determination that an alarm signal was a false alarm to the Chief Administrative Officer or the CAO’s designee. The County Executive must set fees and the period allowed for filing an appeal by an alarm user in regulations adopted under method (2). The Chief Administrative Officer may refer any appeal to the Office of the Hearing Examiner for a written report and recommendation. The Chief Administrative Officer or the CAO’s designee must decide the appeal. The alarm user may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court as an administrative appeal under the Maryland Rules of Procedure. (1993 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 29, §1.)