(A) False alarms on more than ten dates in one calendar year from any alarm system (at one specific site) for which alarm user authorization has been obtained, six or more false alarms in any six-month period (at one specific site) or failure to pay the fine pursuant to § 93.08 of this code may constitute grounds for revocation of the permit granted subject to provisions of this section.
(B) After the Police Department has recorded false alarms on four dates in any 90-day consecutive period from any authorized user at one specific site, it shall notify the authorized alarm user (with a copy to the alarm equipment supplier), specifically those persons authorized to deal with police authorization and inform them of the facts and ask that they, within 15 days, submit a written report describing efforts to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of the false alarms. If the authorized alarm user fails to submit a report within 15 days or such longer period as the Police Chief may reasonably grant, or if by said report the alarm user fails to show that he or she has taken or will take reasonable steps to eliminate or reduce false alarms, the Police Chief may revoke the alarm user’s authorization.
(C) When alarm conditions are received by the Police Department that evidence a failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the Police Chief is authorized to demand that the owner or lessee of such device or his or her representative disconnect such device until it is made to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(D) The Police Chief may revoke or suspend any permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after giving written notice to the alarm user and an opportunity for the alarm user to effect compliance within 15 days if he or she determines that the alarm system under said permit has been installed, maintained or operated in violation of this chapter, or of any term or condition of said permit, or if any fine is unpaid.
(E) An alarm system user whose authorization has been revoked is not precluded under this section from applying for a new authorization pursuant to § 93.04 of this code. Provided, however, that before a new permit is issued, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have a report from the Police Chief, and in addition, all fines due must be paid and the system corrected from any deficiencies. Before the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a new permit, the Police Chief shall make reasonable efforts to determine that the alarm user’s system has been properly serviced and its deficiencies corrected. The Police Chief shall notify the Clerk-Treasurer that the alarm system meets all requirements and that the system has been corrected from its previous deficiencies and upon all fines being paid, the Clerk-Treasurer shall then issue a new permit, provided all requirements of § 93.04 of this code are complied with.
(F) Any person affected by the Police Chief’s order to disconnect or by the Police Chief’s refusal to certify to the Clerk-Treasurer that the system currently meets all requirements shall have the right to request the Town Council to review the decision or action taken by the Police Chief by requesting review within ten days after any adverse action or decision has been made by the Police Chief. The Town Council is given the authority to either affirm, modify or reverse any decision made by the Police Chief.
(Ord. 8, 2007, passed 4-17-2007) Penalty, see § 93.99