(A) In the event there should occur more than six false alarms at any installation in any fiscal year, the owner of any burglar alarm system shall be assessed a charge of $20 per response thereafter.
(B) Acts of God or other natural forces which proximately cause a false burglar alarm shall not be counted when assessing the charges specified in division (A) hereof.
(C) When an alarm system is experiencing technical or mechanical problems, only one false alarm shall be counted in a 24 hour period for the assessment provisions of division (A) hereof. However, if a false alarm results from causes such as negligence or other than the causes specified in divisions (B) and (C) hereof, all such alarms shall be counted during such time period as set forth in division (A) hereof.
(D) Exempted from the fees specified in division (A), however, are active alarms. There shall be no charge by the city for response to legitimate alarms.
(E) Any fees assessed hereunder shall be paid to the city within 30 days of billing. Failure to remit payment for outstanding fees in a timely fashion shall relieve the Police Department of any obligation to respond to the owner's alarm.
('71 Code, § 704.01) (Ord. 856, passed 12-7-87)
Cross-reference:
False alarms of fire, see § 501.05