(A) The city deems it necessary to provide for the regulation of alarm systems which are designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention to which public safety personnel are expected to respond, in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
(B) The Council finds that the regulation of alarms is necessary in order to reduce the increasing frequency of false alarms in the city. The great number of and increasing frequency of these false alarms requires intensive, time-consuming efforts by the Police Department and Fire Department and thereby distracts from and reduces the level of the ability of the city to promote the general health, welfare, and safety of the community. In consideration for the necessity on the part of the city to provide numerous public safety services to all segments of the community, without an undue concentration of public services in one area to work to the detriment of members of the general public, it is hereby decided that the alarm systems shall be regulated through the permit process described below.
(C) The city deems it necessary to provide for the authorization of fees for false alarms related to police or fire service, as authorized by M.S. §§ 366.011, 366.012, and 415.01.
(1997 Code, § 40.01) (Am. Ord. 2020-5, passed 9-28-2020)