(a) The alarm administrator may suspend law enforcement response to an alarm site by suspending the alarm registration if it is determined that:
(1) The alarm user has seven (7) or more false alarms in a three hundred sixty-five (365) day period;
(2) There is a statement of a material fact known to be false in the registration application;
(3) The alarm user has failed to make timely payment of an assessment under section 7-475; or
(4) The alarm user has failed to submit a written certification from an alarm business, that complies with the requirements of this article, stating that the alarm system has been inspected and repaired (if necessary) and/or additional training has been conducted by the alarm business.
(b) Unless there is separate indication that there is a crime in progress, the alarm administrator may refuse response to an alarm dispatch request at an alarm site for which the alarm registration is suspended.
(c) A person commits a civil offense if he or she operates an alarm system during the period in which the alarm registration is suspended and may be fined in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(d) A monitoring company commits a civil offense if it continues alarm dispatch requests to an alarm site after notification by the alarm administrator that the registration has been suspended and may be fined in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(e) If the alarm registration is reinstated pursuant to section 7-478, the alarm administrator may suspend police response to the alarm site by again suspending the alarm registration if it is determined that two (2) false alarms have occurred within sixty (60) days after the reinstatement date.
(Ord. No. 10967, § 5, 2-28-12, eff. 4-1-12)