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A warning notice shall be issued by police or fire personnel as may be appropriate for false alarms. The warning notice will require that the alarm system be inspected and/or serviced within five working days with written documentation to the notifying office that the system is in working order.
(Ord. 63, passed 7-21-1998)
There is hereby imposed a fee on the user if any false alarms occur with a frequency of greater than three within a 12-month period. Each false alarm in excess of three, and up to and including six, within a 12-month period shall result in a service fee of $50 for each false alarm. Each false alarm in excess of six within a 12-month period shall result in a service fee of $100 per false alarm.
(Ord. 63, passed 7-21-1998)
Service fees must be paid to the City Clerk within 30 days from the date of notice by the appropriate personnel to the alarm user. Failure to pay the fee within 30 days shall cause the alarm user to be considered delinquent and subject to a penalty of 10% of the fee. All delinquent charges for service fees shall be a lien on the premises. All such charges which are on September 30 of each year more than 45 days past due shall be certified by the City Clerk to the County Auditor to be paid in the same manner as other taxes and collected by the County Treasurer and paid to the city with other taxes.
(Ord. 63, passed 7-21-1998)
An alarm user is in violation of this subchapter if the user suffers or permits false alarms in excess of three within a 12-month period, each additional false alarm constituting a separate violation, or fails to pay when due the service fee imposed by this subchapter.
(Ord. 63, passed 7-21-1998)
Notwithstanding any potential civil enforcement actions that may be taken pursuant to this chapter, any person convicted of violating any provision of Ch. 91 of the city code is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
(Ord. 21-03, passed 11-16-2021)