(A) Generally. Any person violating any provision of this chapter, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 30.99.
(B) Amount of fee.
(1) The false alarm responses or shut off of local alarm occurrences fee schedule is established by Council and available in the office of the City Clerk.
(2) After the second false alarm response or shut off of local alarm occurrence, in a calendar year, beginning January 1, the department charging the fee (or the city’s authorized agent) shall notify the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises, in writing, of this section and the amount of the fee at that time charged and the fee charged for subsequent responses as set forth above. All alarm permits shall be set to “zero” occurrences on January 1 of each year.
(C) Penalty for response to unregistered alarm. In the event a response is made to an unregistered alarm, the person, firm or corporation maintaining or operating the alarm system shall be assessed a penalty fee established by Council and posted in the Office of the City Clerk for failing to register and/or obtain a permit prior to a response. Such penalty shall be waived if the person, firm or corporation registers the alarm within ten days of the response incident.
(Prior Code, § 90.06) (Ord. D-665, passed 9-8-1964, effective 11-1-1964; Ord. D-1681, passed 12-21-1992, effective 12-31-1992; Ord. D-1906, passed 12-3-2001, effective 12-13-2001; Ord. O-104, passed 10-25-2010, effective 11-4-2010)