(A) Consent to pay fine; schedule of fines. For the purpose of defraying the costs to the Police Department for responding to false alarms, the owner, lessee, or user of any alarm system, user of any audible alarms and any user of any other kind of direct or indirect connection with the Police Central Communication Center, except persons using the two-way live voice communication by telephone, shall, as a condition to installation and continued operation of the equipment or service, execute a written consent form as may be prescribed by the city that the owner, lessee, or user shall pay the city for false alarms upon the following schedule for each false alarm originating from the owner’s, lessee’s, or user’s premises.
(1) First through second in twelve (12) months: warning.
(2) Third through twelfth in twelve (12) months: $50.00 per response.
(3) Thirteen (13) or more in twelve (12) months: $100.00 per response.
(B) Failure to comply. Any such owner, lessee, or user who fails to execute the written consent form described in subsection (A), within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this chapter, shall disconnect their alarm system.
(C) Revoke of consent. Any owner, lessee, or user may revoke their consent by notifying the Police Department, in writing, and disconnecting their alarm system.
(D) Acts of nature. The following shall not be included when computing the number of false alarms which have occurred:
(1) Any false alarm which was caused by a storm, lighting, fire, earthquake, or other acts of God; or
(2) Failure of a utility system, such as water, electric, gas, etc., which results in an alarm activation.
(Ord. 94-6, passed 4-26-94; Am. Ord. 95-6, passed 3-28-95; Am. Ord. 2019-16, passed 11-12-19)
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Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 54.999