Upon receipt of a false alarm, whether the false alarm is intentional or unintentional, and a police response is requested by the activation of said alarm system, the alarm user will be notified by the Police Department of the occurrence of the alarm and a verbal warning will be issued.
(A) Upon the seventh false alarm occurrence within any calendar year, whether the alarm was intentional or unintentional, and a police response is requested by the activation of said alarm system, the alarm end user will be notified in writing by the Police Department that each future false alarm will be cause for imposition of a service fee as set by City Council resolution.
(B) Upon the eighth through the fifteenth false alarm occurrence within any calendar year, whether the false alarm was intentional or unintentional, and a police response is requested by the activation of said alarm system, the alarm end user will be charged a service fee as set by City Council resolution for each occurrence due to owner/employee error or negligence.
(C) Upon the sixteenth and all subsequent false alarm occurrences within any calendar year, whether the alarm was intentional or unintentional, and a police response is requested by the activation of said alarm system, the alarm end user will be charged a service fee as set by City Council resolution for each occurrence due to employee error or negligence.
(D) Alarm malfunction by other than owner/employee error or negligence shall not be counted as a false alarm for purpose of levying a service charge.
(2011 Code, § 1.0607.3)