(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Excessive false alarms. It is hereby found and determined that three or more false alarms within a 12-month period is excessive and constitutes a public nuisance.
(2) Civil penalties.
(a) The third through the fifth false alarm within a 12-month period will be assessed a $50 penalty per occurrence which shall be considered a debt owed by the alarm user to the county and may be collected from the alarm user as a civil penalty. Each $50 penalty incurred for the third through the fifth false alarms at the premises described in the alarm user’s permit shall be paid within 30 days from the date of the penalty notification.
(b) The sixth through eighth false alarms within a 12-month period shall be billed at $100 per occurrence and collectable as in division (B)(1) above.
(c) The ninth and tenth false alarms within a 12-month period shall be billed at $150 per occurrence and shall be collectable as in division (B)(1) above.
(d) All false alarms in excess of ten within a 12-month period shall be billed at $250 per occurrence and shall be collectable as in division (B)(1) above.
(Ord. O-96-5, passed 4-1-1996)