(a) Each false alarm response shall constitute a separate false alarm, whether police or fire response is elicited. Any response to a false alarm to a City address by another agency, in lieu of response by City of Oxford agencies, as a result of mutual aid or automatic response agreements, shall constitute a false alarm.
(b) No service fee shall be assessed for the first two false alarms per calendar year for each residential alarm user permit holder or for the first two false alarms per calendar year for each commercial, business or other nonresidential alarm user permit holder.
(c) Each false alarm in a calendar year in excess of the two false alarms transmitted by a residential alarm system for which a valid user permit is in effect, or in excess of two false alarms and up to and including four false alarms, transmitted by a commercial, business or other nonresidential alarm system for which a valid alarm user permit is in effect, shall be assessed a service fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(d) Each false alarm in a calendar year in excess of four false alarms, transmitted by a commercial, business or other nonresidential alarm system for which a valid alarm user registration in effect, shall be assessed a service fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(e) Each false alarm in a calendar year in excess of six false alarms, transmitted by a commercial, business or other nonresidential alarm system for which a valid alarm user registration in effect, shall be assessed a service fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(f) Each false alarm in a calendar year in excess of eight (8) false alarms, transmitted by a commercial, business or other nonresidential alarm system for which a valid alarm user registration in effect, shall be assessed a service fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00) by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(Ord. 2952. Passed 4-17-07.)