[Adopted 6-3-1997 by Order No. 52-97]
[Amended 4-13-1999 by Order No. 13-99]
Any owner of an alarm system whose system causes
the transmittal of a false alarm more than two times per calendar
year, after a thirty-day start-up period for new installations, shall
pay a fee of $250 each for up to six nonemergency alarms and $500
each in excess of six nonemergency alarms, upon demand by the appropriate
Chief; the appropriate Chief shall give suitable written warning to
any permit holder, or to his designated agent, whose alarm sends a
second nonemergency alarm in any calendar year, except for educational
institutions which shall be based on the school year, which runs July
1 through June 30. Nonemergency alarms shall include, but not be limited
to, false alarms caused by malfunctioning equipment, accidental or
negligent activation of the alarm or improperly monitored equipment.
In the event that an alarm is activated as a result of a natural or
unnatural event beyond the property owner's control (i.e., disruption
of electrical service due to a storm, motor vehicle accident and the
like), no fee shall be imposed at the direction of the appropriate
Chief.
