(a) In the event the Police Department receives in excess of two false alarms from any alarm system within any calendar month from and after the effective date of this section, the alarm user shall be charged the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per false alarm for each and every false alarm in excess of two false alarms for such monthly period.
(Ord. 1998-009. Passed 1-5-98.)
(b) The Finance Director shall, upon notification of the Police Chief, give five days notice by regular mail to the alarm user to pay the assessment provided for in subsection (a) hereof. In the event the same is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, then the amount shall be determined to be delinquent and shall be collected in a manner as is authorized by law.
(c) In addition, in the event the assessment provided for in subsection (a) hereof is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of such notice, notice shall be sent to the alarm user by certified mail, ordering the alarm user to remove all equipment interconnecting the alarm system with the Police Department, to stop all local alarm systems or to stop operation of all alarm systems of transfer interconnect, which is used to alert the police through an alarm business operation. If the removal is not completed within thirty days, the Chief of Police is authorized to contract for such removal at the expense of the alarm user.
(d) Any alarm system disconnected pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof may be reconnected at the expense of the alarm user, provided, however, that the registration provided for by this chapter is completed and the delinquent assessments as provided for in this section are paid in full.
(Ord. 1983-63. Passed 9-6-83.)