(a) Whoever violates Section 511.02 shall reimburse the Police and/or Fire Department the cost of responding to the false alarm as follows:
Fire | |
First false alarm
| Warning - No fee
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Second and each subsequent false alarm
| $100.00 per incident within a calendar year period
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All fees collected for false alarms shall be deposited to the General Fund.
Police | |
First false alarm
| Warning - No fee
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Second false alarm
| $25.00 for the second false alarm within a calendar year period
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Third and each subsequent false alarm
| $50.00 for the third false alarm, and subsequent thereto, the fee shall be in $25.00 increments to the preceding fee assessed for the last false alarm; not to exceed $250.00 per false alarm; within a calendar year period.
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All fees collected for false alarms shall be deposited to the General Fund.
(b) Ninety (90) days after the invoice is sent for the false fire/police alarm fee, the fee shall be considered delinquent. The Toledo Fire Department and the Toledo Police Department may pursue collection of any unpaid false alarm fees and are hereby permitted to enter into a contract for collection services as authorized by Chapter 228 of the Charter of the City of Toledo and Chapter 187 of the Toledo Municipal Code.
(Ord. 15-16. Passed 2-2-16.)