The Chief will maintain a written record of all alarm notifications,
including the following information:
(A)
Name
of permittee;
(B)
Location
of alarm site;
(C)
Date
and time of alarm notification;
(D)
Name
and badge number of the responding police officer or firefighter in
charge of the response;
(E)
Weather
conditions; and
(F)
Whether
the notification was a false alarm notification.
(Ordinance 436-96-04-23, passed 4-23-96; Am. Ordinance 448-96-10-08, passed 10-8-96)
(A)
The
permittee must pay a fee for each false alarm notification and subject
to the following conditions:
(2)
Conditions:
(a)
The city may not consider a false burglary alarm to have occurred
unless a response is made by the Police Department within 30 minutes
of the alarm notification and the Police Department determines from
an inspection of the interior or exterior of the premises that the
alarm was false.
(b)
No fee may be assessed for the first three false alarm notifications
received during any calendar year. For alarm systems that were not
in existence and use at the time of issuance of a permit, no fee may
be assessed for false alarm notifications received during the first
30 days of the operation of the system or for the first three false
alarm notifications received during any calendar year.
(B)
The
Chief will file a monthly report with the City Manager stating the
false alarm notifications for which a fee must be charged. The City
Manager will send a statement for fees due to the affected permittees.
The statement will be sent to the address stated on the permit. The
fees must be paid by the permittee within 30 days of the statement’s
date, and are delinquent after the 30 day period.
(C)
If governmental
entities maintain their alarm systems to assure that false alarm notifications
are minimized, they are exempt from any false alarm notification fee.
(D)
If the
permittee is delinquent in paying the false alarm fees required by
this section, the Chief may terminate law enforcement responses to
the permittee’s alarm site or cancel the permit, or both.
(E)
Until
the permittee advises the Chief that the permittee has relinquished
control of the alarm site and cancels the permit or the Chief cancels
the permit, the permittee is responsible for any fees associated with
that permit.
(Ordinance 436-96-04-23, passed 4-23-96; Am. Ordinance 448-96-10-08, passed 10-8-96; Ordinance
1560-22-09-13, passed 9/13/2022)
If a person fails to comply with any provision of this chapter
that imposes a duty or responsibility on the person, they violate
this chapter. Each day or portion of a day that the violation exists
is a separate offense.
(Ordinance 436-96-04-23, passed 4-23-96; Am. Ordinance 448-96-10-08, passed 10-8-96)
A person in violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class
C Misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $1.00 nor more
than $200.00. This offense is hereby declared to be a strict liability
offense and the culpable mental state required by Chapter 6.02 of
the Texas Penal Code is hereby specifically negated and clearly dispensed
with.
(Ordinance 436-96-04-23, passed 4-23-96; Am. Ordinance 448-96-10-08, passed 10-8-96; Am. Ordinance 1046-10-08-10, passed 8-10-10)
