Property owners or other responsible parties may be charged
a fee for the cost of fire-protection services provided to their property
according to a written schedule established by the Town Board. The
amount of the fee shall be established by the Town Board and subject
to change on an annual basis.
Upon notice that fire-protection services were provided to a
particular property or other responsible party, the Town Clerk shall
issue a bill to the property owner or other responsible party for
the fee established in the written schedule for the fire-protection
services. The bill shall state that the property owner or other responsible
party has 30 days in which to pay the charge, and if the owner fails
to pay the charge, it shall become a lien upon said property, to be
assessed on the tax roll if appropriate.
A property owner or other person who causes or makes a false
alarm, which results in fire-protection service being dispatched to
a property owner's premises, shall be responsible for paying the fee
established in the written schedule for false alarms. For purposes
of this chapter, a false alarm is any event where fire-protection
service is provided to a property owner or individual when no fire
exists. The activation of any smoke alarms or other type of fire alarm
system due to a power failure, smoking materials, power surges or
other situations not enumerated herein is still considered a false
alarm.
The Town Board specifically adopts any and all provisions contained
within § 60.55, Wis. Stats., authorizing the Town Board
to establish funding to pay for Town fire protection.