(A) Any alarm system that has had 6 or more false alarms within a calendar year may be declared a nuisance alarm system.
(B) An authorized official may declare an alarm system a nuisance alarm system after the sixth false alarm in a calendar year; except that, for the purposes of this section, multiple false alarms in a single 24-hour period shall be counted as one false alarm.
(C) After declaring an alarm system a nuisance alarm system, the authorized official shall send, or cause to be sent, a letter by mail to the alarm user at the address of the alarm system notifying them of the dates of each alarm and the penalty for maintaining a nuisance alarm system. The authorized official shall maintain a copy of the letter sent to the alarm user.
(D) An alarm user who maintains a nuisance alarm system by having additional false alarm(s) 5 days after an authorized official has sent, or caused to be sent, a letter to the alarm user, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine, plus cost of prosecution.
(E) Criminal charges arising out of this section do not relieve the alarm user of their responsibility to bring their alarm system into compliance with this section and the alarm user remains subject to municipal civil infractions for additional false alarms in addition to any criminal penalties.
(Ord. 20.04, passed 11-15-2022)