(A) Prohibited. No person, business, or private institution shall report a false alarm to the New Albany Police Department.
(B) Definition. FALSE ALARM. In the case or a burglar alarm, an alarm signal or recorded message indicating an attempted or unauthorized intrusion into structure or the attempted or unauthorized intrusion into structure or the attempted commission of a crime, when in fact no evidence exists upon inspection of the premises upon response to such alarm.
(C) Fines. Any person who reports false alarms to the Police Department shall be fined as follows during any calendar year:
(1) Six false alarms in one calendar year shall be allowed at no penalty to the property owner.
(2) The seventh false alarm shall result in a $75 fine.
(3) The eighth false alarm shall result in a $150 fine.
(4) The ninth and all subsequent false alarms shall result in a fine of $300 each.
(D) Not responsible. A company reporting an alarm as the agent for an alarm holder is not responsible for the payment of fines as outlined above, which are the sole responsibility of the property owner.
(E) Tracking alarms.
(1) The Chief of Police shall designate an individual to be in charge of tracking all reported false alarms reported to the New Albany Police Department.
(2) That upon the report of a false alarm the designated person above shall send notice to the offending property owner of the fine owed by the property owner in accordance to the above schedule of fines.
(F) Failure to pay fines. Failure to pay the assessed fine shall result in the matter being filed in the Superior Court II of Floyd County. The property owner and/or alarm company shall then be subject to court costs and attorney fees in addition to the appropriate fine above.
(G) Special Car Fund. All fines collected in violation of this section and in response to false alarm responded to by the Police Department shall be paid directly to the Special Car Fund.
(Ord. G-10-10, passed 5-5-2010)