(A) The alarm user shall be required to pay the city the sum of $25 for a second false alarm and $50 for each additional false alarm in a given calendar quarter. Alarm users will be notified by the city’s Police Department of all false alarms that Department members respond within seven business days of the alarm in the form of an alarm notification letter. Quarters are as follows:
(1) First quarter: January through March;
(2) Second quarter: April through June;
(3) Third quarter: July through September; and
(4) Fourth quarter: October through December.
(B) At the end of each calendar quarter, the alarm user will be billed for false alarms received at his or her business or residence. The Police Department shall forward the alarm user an invoice indicating the number of false alarms received during a given quarter to include the date and time of each false alarm, alarm charge and total amount due. Any required fees shall be paid within 30 days upon receipt of invoice to the city’s Police Department Records Bureau. Collected fees will be deposited by Department members to the Treasurer of the city.
(C) (1) Failure to pay charges within the 30 days will result in an overdue invoice notice being forwarded to the alarm user by the Police Department.
(2) Fees not paid within 30 days of the overdue invoice notice will result in the issuance of an ordinance violation citation to the alarm user in violation of the city ordinance governing alarm systems.
(D) (1) The Chief of Police may authorize Police Department records clerks to issue citations for the violation of city ordinance involving false alarms.
(2) Citations will be forwarded to the city’s 27th District Court for processing.
(Prior Code, § 2.1-6) (Ord. 1164, passed 3-3-2003)