(A) Second false alarms. If, within any 60-day period, the city’s Police or Fire Departments respond to two false alarms at the same premises or location, the Chief of Police/Fire may send a letter to the alarm user informing him or her of the false alarms and encouraging the prevention of future false alarms. If a third or subsequent false alarm occurs within a 60-day period, a chargeable false alarm violation exists.
(B) Third and subsequent alarms. If, within any 60-day period, the city’s Police and/or Fire Department is dispatched and arrives upon the premises or location of a third or subsequent false alarm, without having the call cancelled before arrival, the alarm user at this premises or location shall reimburse the city. The reimbursement for any such incident shall be $50 for all such responses. The alarm user will continue to be in violation for each subsequent false alarm activation until 60 sequential days have elapsed without a false alarm. The alarm user is entitled to begin a 60-day period for false alarms as spelled out in division (A) above.
(C) Maintenance. Each alarm user in the city, on the effective date of this subchapter, shall furnish and maintain to the city’s Police and/or Fire Departments, or to an alarm answering service, a current list of the person(s) name(s), address(es) and telephone number(s) who may be able to deactivate the alarm system. After the effective date of this subchapter, it shall be unlawful to activate an alarm system without first notifying the city’s Police and/or Fire Department, or alarm answering service of the name(s) and telephone number(s) of person(s) authorized and able to deactivate the alarm system. Failure to comply with this division (C) will result in a $50 civil penalty for each alarm incident.
(D) Audible alarms to discontinue emitting alarms after set time. On or after, May 12, 2003, it shall be unlawful for any person to install or maintain any audible alarm which does not automatically discontinue emitting an audible alarm sound within 30 minutes after activation. Failure to comply with this division (D) will result in a $50 civil penalty.
(E) Continuing alarm. An alarm user or his or her representative shall reset an alarm system when notified by the city’s Police or Fire Department that such alarm has activated. When an alarm sounds continuously for a period of 30 minutes from the time units respond to the alarm, due to the failure of the alarm user or their representative to reset the alarm, every subsequent 30-minute period or portion thereof that such alarm continues to sound shall be considered a separate false alarm. The alarm user shall reimburse the city for police and/or fire services for false alarms under this division (E) at a flat rate of $10 for each false alarm resulting from the continuous operation of an alarm, not to exceed $100 for any 24-hour period.
(Code 2019, § 15-10.2) (Ord. passed 5-12-2003)