(a) Whenever an alarm is activated in the City and the Police Division or Fire Division responds, a police officer or firefighter on the scene of the activated alarm system shall inspect the area protected by the system and shall determine whether the activated alarm was an emergency as indicated by the alarm system or whether the activated alarm was a false alarm.
(b) If the police officer or firefighter at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false, the police officer or firefighter shall make a report of the false alarm. A notification of the false alarm shall be immediately mailed to the address of the false alarm occurrence.
(c) Each false alarm notice shall constitute a separate violation of this Chapter.
(Ord. 42-2004. Passed 12-5-05.)