(a) A charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed by the Chief of Police for each false alarm received through equipment described in this chapter, and for each false alarm received through any other alarm service which the City has given permission to be installed. Such fee shall be assessed against the holder of the permit for the alarm with which the false alarm is associated.
(b) A charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed by the Chief for each false alarm received by telephone from a central station or alarm company answering service. Such fee shall be assessed against the alarm company with which the false alarm is associated.
(c) Notwithstanding the fees provided for in subsections (a) and (b) hereof, no charge shall be made for a first false alarm and no charge shall be made for a false alarm to which there is no response by the Police Department or the cause for which is proven to be an act of God.
(d) Any charge for a false alarm as provided for in subsection (a) and (b) hereof, which remains unpaid thirty days after the date of invoice, shall result in the cancellation of permit required in Section 1385.02
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(e) If a charge under this section remains unpaid thirty days after the date of the invoice, such fact shall be grounds for revoking or for refusing to renew or grant such a permit, and any direct connection to the equipment of the police station shall be terminated.
(f) No permit shall be renewed unless all payments due under this section are paid in full. (Ord. 26-87. Passed 3-24-87.)