511.99 PENALTY.

   (a)    No person shall allow more than three chargeable false alarms to be transmitted during any one calendar year.

   (b)    Following three chargeable false alarms within any calendar year, the person owning such system shall pay for each chargeable false alarm thereafter.

   (c)    The average response cost shall be determined or on an annual basis by the City for each emergency service. The Mayor or his/her designee shall determine such response cost in cooperation with submissions by the chiefs of the Police and Fire Divisions. Such costs shall be certified to the Clerk of Council and published in the local media at least one month prior to implementation.

   (d)    No person shall knowingly allow his alarm system to be used by a person to create a false alarm as defined in Section 511.01(g). Such a violation shall be chargeable as a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(Ord. 1999-1. Passed 2-1-99.)