A. Any alarm system which generates ten or more false alarms within a consecutive twelve (12) month period shall be deemed a public nuisance, and any alarm user maintaining such an alarm system shall be guilty of an infraction.
B. Following the tenth false alarm from a single source or alarm system, the chief of police shall provide the alarm user with a disconnect order. The disconnect order shall state the grounds for the order, and shall require that the alarm system be taken out of operation no later than ten days following the mailing or other delivery of the disconnect order. The disconnect order shall advise the recipient that the order shall be final, unless appealed within ten days to city council. Any alarm user bringing such appeal shall be responsible for all false alarm or other fees and/or fines accruing or incurred during the pendency of the disconnect order and any appeal therefrom. In no case shall any alarm system be reconnected until it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the chief of police that all necessary repairs are made, and all applicable fines and fees paid.
C. For the purposes of this chapter, alarm systems which are converted to proprietary systems shall be considered disconnected. It shall remain the responsibility of the alarm user to track the system’s false alarms and to maintain and operate his or her alarm system in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
D. When a disconnect order or other notice or warning has been issued for an alarm system, a written disconnect order or notice shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to the alarm user with a copy forwarded to the alarm user’s alarm business. The notice shall state the reasons for the warning or disconnect notice. Any disconnect order notice shall advise the recipient that the order may be appealed to city council within ten days, and that absent such appeal, will be final.
(Ord. 2013-07-1456 § 1 (part))