(a) When two or more false alarms are received by the Village within a year commencing on May 1 and ending April 30 of each year, the Police Chief or his or her representatives shall cause a written warning to be sent via first class mail to the alarm user notifying him or her of the number and dates of the false alarms. If further false alarms are received by the Department, after the initial two false alarms, a charge shall be imposed upon the system user of the premises from which any false alarm has been transmitted in accordance with the schedule contained in Section 1062.10.
(b) No person shall test or demonstrate an alarm system designed to transmit emergency messages directly to the Police Department without first obtaining permission to do so from the Department. Permission is not required to test or demonstrate alarm devices not transmitting emergency messages directly to the Department, unless the messages are to be relayed to it.
(c) Failure to notify the Southcom Dispatch Center prior to the testing of an alarm system shall constitute a false alarm.
(d) The charges provided for in Section 1062.10 shall not be applicable until the expiration of thirty days from and after the date of initial installation of any such alarm system. Where there is a positive indication, satisfactory to the Police Chief, that a false alarm was caused by off-site transmission line problems under the jurisdiction of the telephone company, or was caused by an uncontrollable, extraordinary circumstances, including an act of God, there shall be no charge, and such false alarm shall not be counted.
(e) An alarm user may appeal to the Police Chief, or his or her delegate, for reconsideration of a designated false alarm if that alarm user presents written documentation to the Chief, or his or her delegate, that he or she had undertaken reasonable action to discover and eliminate the cause or causes of any false alarm. The appeal must be made within seven days after the false alarm in question. If, however, the alarm user, by reason of absence from the Village or any other reasonable basis, requests an extension of time to file his or her written report, the Chief, or his or her delegate, shall extend the seven-day period for a reasonable period. If the alarm user fails to submit a written report within seven days or within any extended period, or submits such a report and is denied a reconsideration, the false alarm determination shall stand.
(Ord. 775. Passed 1-25-93; Ord. 1356. Passed 5-28-08; Ord. 1720. Passed 4-27-20.)