Any person, firm, corporation or entity having a fire, burglar, holdup or any type of intrusion alarm shall be charged a fee of $25 for the second false alarm responded to by the Police Department of Fire Department within any 12-month period and $50 for each false alarm so responded to thereafter within the same 12-month period. Such fee may be waived if the owner, lessee or possessor of the alarm shows to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police or Fire Department Chief, under penalty of perjury, and within 30 days of occurrence of the false alarm, that the false alarm was not the result of negligence, an intentional act or improper maintenance.
(1996 Code, § 9-72)