(a) Violations. Any violation of the provisions of this article shall be punishable as a violation of this Code or pursuant to the provisions of this article. All remedies shall be cumulative, and the use of one or more remedies by the City shall not bar the use of any other remedy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Penalties. Fines in the amounts established by the City's Master Fee Resolution shall be paid to the City by each alarm subscriber or property owner or lessor for a third response and all subsequent responses made to the location of a false alarm by the Police Department during the same calendar year. The Police Chief shall cause to be issued a monthly bill for the unpaid fines accrued during any monthly billing period and any prior periods. Such bill shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days after the billing date.
(c) Late penalty. A late payment penalty, as specified in the City's Master Fee Resolution, shall be added to fines required by Section 5-13.06(b), in connection with any fine not paid within thirty (30) days after the billing date.
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(d) Fines and penalty, a civil debt. The amount of any fine and late penalty assessed pursuant to this article shall be deemed a debt to the City and an action may be commenced in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction in the amount of the delinquent debt pursuant to Section 1-2.06 of this Code. Payment of any fine shall not prohibit criminal prosecution for the violation of any other provisions of this chapter.
(§ 2, Ord. 918-NS, eff. April 15, 1986, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1017-NS, eff. February 7, 1989, and Ord. 1101-NS, eff. May 7, 1991, §5, Ord. 1478-NS, eff. July 1, 2007)