A. Except for alarms at a wholesale or retail firearms business, intrusion alarm response shall be dispatched by the police department only after a private guard responder has confirmed that an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site.
B. A one hundred fifty dollar ($150.00) penalty per incident shall be charged to a central station or alarm company for each request for police response from a duress, panic or holdup alarm where no valid alarm user permit is provided to police dispatch by the central station. Police response to duress alarms shall be limited to alarms originating from a stationary building structure.
C. Any false information provided to the alarm administrator or to police dispatch by any alarm user, central station, alarm company, or private guard responder may be a crime under section 11.04.100 of this code or state law and shall be dealt with accordingly.
D. Activation of a duress, panic, or holdup alarm which is determined to be false by the police department shall result in an assessment of a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the second, two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the third, three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the fourth, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fifth, and each additional false alarm within each three hundred sixty five (365) day period. Each false intrusion alarm shall result in an assessment of a one hundred dollar ($100.00) penalty. The alarm user shall be responsible for false alarms caused by any person having authorized access to the premises from the alarm user.
E. All penalties assessed under this chapter shall be due and payable on the date written notice of any penalty due is issued. Any penalty, which is paid within thirty (30) days of the due date, shall be reduced by fifty dollars ($50.00). Any penalty, which is paid after thirty (30) days and within sixty (60) days of the due date, shall be reduced by twenty five dollars ($25.00). Any penalty paid after sixty (60) days from the due date shall not be reduced. If any penalty is not paid within ninety (90) days of the due date, the city may use such lawful means as are available to collect such penalties. In the event the city files an action in court to recover such penalties, the city shall be entitled to recovery of its costs and attorney fees in addition to the penalties due and owing.
F. The alarm administrator may implement a false alarm prevention course. The course shall inform alarm users of the problems created by false alarm dispatches and how users may operate an alarm system without generating false alarm dispatches. Users who complete the course shall be issued a certificate worth the dismissal of one false alarm penalty of up to one hundred dollars ($100.00). No permittee shall be entitled to take such course and receive a penalty waiver more than once per year. (Ord. 14-13, 2013: Ord. 64-00 § 1, 2000)