(A) Any subscriber who has been notified of a false alarm or assessed a false alarm fee may appeal to the Alarm Coordinators by giving written notice and posting a bond equal to the amount of fee, if applicable, within three business days of the invoice assessing such fee. Upon receipt of the appeal notice and bond, if applicable, a time certain shall be set for a hearing.
(B) The appellant shall be given reasonable notice of such hearing; failure of the appellant to appear at such hearing shall, if applicable, result in forfeiture of the appeal bond, and application of such bond toward the false alarm fee assessed by the village.
(C) The Alarm Coordinator or his designee shall serve as hearing officer, the burden of proof shall be upon the appellant to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the alarm signal in question was not a false alarm as defined in § 96.03.
(D) After receipt of all relevant evidence, the hearing officer shall within three days, render his decision. If the hearing officer determines that the appellant has met the burden of proof, then he shall order the appeal bond released to the appellant and/or rescind the false alarm determination. If the hearing officer determines that the appellant has not met the burden of proof, then he shall order the appeal bond be forfeited and applied toward the alarm fee as assessed by the village and/or enter such alarm as a false alarm.
(E) For the purpose of this section, fee shall mean any and all outstanding false alarm fees owed up to and including the date of the written appeal.
(Ord. 2062-90, passed 9-5-90)