(A) Any person, firm, or business owner having charge of any premises located within the city, which premises is wired to an emergency alarm, is responsible to have the alarm in the proper state of repair.
(B) The Police Chief shall keep an accurate record of all false alarms. An alarm system shall constitute a public nuisance if it activates more than three false alarms in a 365-day period. Each false alarm record will be eliminated on the three hundred sixty-fifth day after the first false alarm. Owners of alarms which activate more than three false alarms within a 365-day period will be guilty of an offense hereunder.
(C) For each false alarm, after the first three erroneous activations thereof in any 365-day period, the person or company that owns or controls a premises upon which the alarm is located shall be charged and assessed a fee of $50 for each false alarm. If the bill is not paid within a period of 30 days from the date it was sent, the respective alarm system shall be removed forthwith from the police dispatcher and the person or company shall be cited to District Court for a violation of this section.
(D) The Police Chief shall maintain a record for each false alarm which record shall be prima facie evidence in regard to the number of false alarms.
(1993 Code, § 52.07) (Ord. 94-02, passed 1-19-1994; Ord. 94-14, passed 8-17-1994)