(a) Alarm users shall be responsible for multiple false alarms sent by alarm systems to premises under their control.
(Ord. 77-1997. Passed 11-25-97.)
(b) The Director of Public Safety shall impose on alarm users an administrative fee, based on costs of administration and police response to false alarms during a one year period, as follows:
(1) For the first through fifth false alarms, no fees charged but a warning letter is to be sent after the third alarm;
(2) For the sixth through tenth alarms, the fees will be fifty dollars ($50.00) each;
(3) For the eleventh through fifteenth alarms, the fees will be one hundred dollars ($100.00) each;
(4) For the sixteenth alarm and beyond, the fees will be three hundred dollars ($300.00) each.
(Ord. 35-2001. Passed 5-22-01.)
(Ord. 35-2001. Passed 5-22-01.)
(c) The fees imposed shall be based on the number of false alarms sent by one alarm system within any calendar year.
(d) No fee shall be imposed until thirty days after written notification has been sent to the alarm user, at the address of the alarm site, that a false alarm has been recorded against the alarm system. (Ord. 21-1992. Passed 8-11-92.)
(e) The administrative fee shall be deemed a debt to the City and action may be commenced in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of any delinquency. All fees shall be deemed delinquent thirty days after they are due and payable.
(Ord. 77-1997. Passed 11-25-97.)