Sec. 62-206Offenses

(a) Upon the police or fire units responding to the third false alarm within a 12-month period, the owner or occupier of the premises where said alarm or burglary system is maintained shall be given a written notice that any additional false alarms would result in the chief of police assessing a service fee due and payable within 30 days following notice thereof, and treated as any other municipal liability, such as taxes, and issued a fi. fa. and an execution for the owner of the premises for violation of the false alarm article. The violation would result in fees as shown:

Number of False Alarms

Fee

1styear

2ndyear

3 through 10

$25.00

$50.00

11 or more

50.00

100.00

 

(b) Upon the police or fire department responding to each false alarm, the responding key holder will be advised of the false alarm. If the key holder fails to respond to any false alarm, the responding officer or firemen will notify the police department and the chief of police will assess a fee to the owner of occupier for violation of the false alarm article. If the key holder fails to respond to any false alarm after the third false alarm, the chief of police will issue a double assessment. One assessment will be for the owner or occupier for violation of this section, and one assessment will be issued for the owner or occupier for violation of subsection (a). The violation of this section would result in an assessment the same as for the number of false alarms three through ten.

(c) In the event that a commercial owner or occupier fails to register their alarm system, the chief of police will assess a fee of $100.00 to the owner or occupier for violation of the false alarm article.

(d) In the event that an owner or occupier is a corporation or government entity, the summons will be addressed to the corporation or government entity and made attention to a designated individual. It will be the corporation's or government entity's responsibility to inform [the] police department who the designated individual will be.

History: (Ord. No. 09-02, § 7, 3-5-2009)