8-3-10: FALSE ALARMS AND RESPONSE TIME; FINE AMOUNTS
   1.   After six (6) false alarms in a calendar year beginning on January 1 of each year, fines will be imposed according to the fine schedule located in Appendix B for each offense of which such person shall be convicted.
   2.   An alarm user or his or her authorized agent shall have thirty (30) minutes in which to arrive at an alarm location to assist police authorities in shutting off any alarm. If the response time is greater than thirty (30) minutes, the alarm user will be assessed a fine according to the fine schedule located in Appendix B unless he releases the responding agency from the scene at the time he is advised of the alarm by the responding agency.
   3.   A false burglar alarm at an open business will be treated as a false panic/holdup alarm and will be assessed a fine according to the fine schedule located in Appendix B for each offense of which such person shall be convicted and also count as a false alarm under this section.
(Ord. 4415, 9-15-08; Amd. Ord. 5224, 10-2-17)