(a) In addition to the administrative fees described in Section 542.11, and in addition to any criminal penalties imposed under Section 542.99, an alarm user who has more than six (6) false alarms in a twelve (12) month period (calculated as described in Section 542.11) and who is deemed by the Community Relations Officer in the Police Department not to have made reasonable efforts toward correction of the false alarm situation, shall be issued an order to disconnect the alarm system so that signals are not emitted to notify the Police Department either directly or indirectly.
A similar order to disconnect shall be issued to any alarm user who has failed to deliver to the City full payment for any administrative fee levied under Section 542.11 (for excessive false alarms) within thirty (30) days after written notice of that fee has been mailed or otherwise delivered to the last known address of the alarm user or to the address at which the alarm system is located.
A disconnect order shall be issued to any alarm user who has failed to obtain a user’s permit as required by Section 542.10.
(b) The disconnection is to be completed by the alarm user within ten (10) days after the written disconnect order is mailed or otherwise delivered to the last known address of the alarm user or to the address at which the alarm system is located.
(c) An alarm user subject to an order to disconnect has the right to appeal under the procedures set forth in Section 542.19. Any disconnect order must refer to this right to appeal. If such an appeal is filed, the disconnection is to be completed within ten (10) days after similar delivery of notice of the appellate decision, if that decision sustained the disconnect order.
(d) Once disconnected, an alarm system may be reconnected only if so ordered by the Chief of Police in a decision on an appeal or if a preponderance of the credible evidence available to the Community Relations Officer indicates:
(1) That the alarm system has been repaired so it will not emit further false alarms; or
(2) If the disconnect order was based on failure to pay assessments when due, that all delinquent false alarm fees have been paid in full; or
(3) If the disconnect order has been based upon failure to register or re-register so as to obtain a permit and keep it in effect as required by Section 542.10, that registration had been completed so as to obtain an original or renewal of a user’s permit.
(Ord. 1060-94. Passed 2-10-94.)