(a) An alarm user who violates Section 3A-3 or Section 3A-6(c) is subject to punishment for a class B violation.
(b) The Police Department must not respond to an alarm signal from an alarm system if the alarm user has:
(1) never registered the user's alarm system under Section 3A-3;
(2) not paid an alarm response fee due under Section 3A-4 after expiration of the time allowed for, or the conclusion of, any appeal under Section 3A-5; or
(3) not conformed the user's alarm system to County installation standards under Section 3A-6(d).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the Police Department should respond to an alarm signal that a person intentionally activated in response to actual or threatened criminal activity. The enforcing agency must not count the signal as a false alarm under this Chapter.
(d) An alarm business that violates this Chapter is subject to punishment for a class A violation. (1983 L.M.C., ch. 19, § 1; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 6; 1989 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1; 1993 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 29, §1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1.)
Note—Formerly, § 3A-6.