[R.O. 2001 § 615.040; CC 1990 § 9-241; Ord. No. 91-9 § 2, 7-2-1991; Ord. No. 04-04 §§ 1 – 2, 6-1-2004]
A. 
All false alarms to which the Police Department responds shall result in the following service charge to the alarm user:
1. 
A warning for the first false alarm in any calendar year;
2. 
A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) service charge for the second false alarm in any calendar year;
3. 
A fifty dollar ($50.00) service charge for the third or any subsequent false alarm in any calendar year.
B. 
Upon determination by the Police Department that a false alarm has occurred, the Police Department shall send a notice to the alarm user notifying the alarm user of the determination and directing payment within thirty (30) days of any service charge that may be due to the City of Clarkson Valley.
C. 
The Police Department shall cancel any notice or service charge upon satisfactory proof by the alarm user that a particular alarm falls within the exceptions enumerated in the definition of "false alarm" of Section 610.030.
D. 
Willful refusal to pay any such service charge within thirty (30) days of notice shall constitute a violation of this Code, but in any prosecution under Section 610.080 for violation of this provision, the City shall prove, in addition to the willful refusal to pay, that the service charge was properly imposed.
E. 
The City Board of Aldermen may from time to time by resolution hold in abeyance the service charge and other provisions pertaining to false alarms of this Section 610.040.
[R.O. 2001 § 615.050; CC 1990 § 9-242; Ord. No. 91-9 § 2, 7-2-1991]
A. 
No person shall install or use an automatic dialing device which is programmed to dial the Police Department's telephone number.
B. 
Within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this Chapter, all automatic dialing devices programmed to dial the Police Department's telephone number shall be reprogrammed to dial any other consenting person who may relay the emergency message to the Police Department by live voice. The alarm user of such device shall be responsible for having his/her alarm system reprogrammed within the ninety-day time period.
[R.O. 2001 § 615.060; CC 1990 § 9-243; Ord. No. 91-9 § 2, 7-2-1991]
Any individual or business which is permitted to have a signal grade alarm system or a digital communicator alarm system shall be required to pay all costs for the installation, maintenance and repair of the alarm system and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 610.040.
[R.O. 2001 § 615.070; CC 1990 § 9-244; Ord. No. 91-9 § 2, 7-2-1991]
A. 
An "audible alarm" is an alarm equipped with an exterior sound-producing device such as a gong, buzzer, siren, bell or horn.
B. 
No person shall install or use an audible alarm without a thirty (30) minute timer.
C. 
Within ninety (90) days from the effective date of this Chapter, any alarm user having an audible alarm shall be responsible for equipping it with a thirty (30) minute timer.