5-6-7: FALSE ALARM, SPECIAL SERVICE FEE:

   A.   An alarm user whose alarm has elicited two (2) responses within one calendar year, which were subsequently shown to be false, will be assessed a service fee for each additional false alarm that occurs within that period of time.

   B.   If two (2) false alarms within one calendar year are received from any alarm system:

      1.   The sheriff shall notify the alarm user by certified mail of such fact.

      2.   The sheriff will advise the alarm user that any additional false alarms within the calendar year will result in the assessment of a service fee for each additional false alarm that has been responded to, as determined by the following fee schedule below:

 

   C.   A fifteen (15) day grace period will be extended to all alarm users after the initial installation of an alarm system. The official recording of false alarms will not commence until after the expiration of the fifteen (15) day grace period.

   D.   To avoid burdening the judicial system with false alarm violations and for the convenience of the public, each person receiving a notice of assessment of a service fee under this chapter shall:

      1.   Within seventy two (72) hours of the date the notice was sent, pay to the city clerk, in full satisfaction the so stated service fee assessment.

      2.   Within ten (10) days from the date the notice of assessment was sent, if the service fee has not been paid within the seventy two (72) hours prescribed above, pay to the city clerk an additional twenty five dollars ($25.00) for each assessment, the additional twenty five dollars ($25.00) for each assessment being deemed necessary to defray administrative and clerical expenses.

The failure of any person receiving an assessment of the service fee notice to make the above described payments to the city clerk within the designated times shall be subject to the penalties provided by section 5-6-8 of this chapter. (Ord. 339, 3-23-1999)