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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1387ORDINANCE NO. 1387 BEING AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION OF THE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY CODE THAT MAKES IT UNLAWFUL TO HAVE MORE THAN THREE FALSE ALARMS WITHIN ONE (1) CALENDAR YEAR. Section 10.313 False Alarm Response 1. Definitions: a. Alarm: Means a mechanical, electrical or an electronic device designed to detect and/or signal: intrusion, holdup, trouble, or fire, excluding such device affixed to a motor vehicle. False Alarm: Means an alarm signal when response by the police and/or fire, departments is not in fact required, but excluding an alarm caused by storm or other conditions beyond the reasonable control of the alarm or alarm user. (1) False alarms signaled within a 24-hour period of the original false alarm will not be counted as additional alarms, to allow for the repair and/or correction of the malfunction. : (2) The Columbia Heights Police will document all police false alarms for the purpose of enforcing this ordinance and the Columbia Heights Fire Department will document all fire false alarms for the purpose of enforcing this ordinance. Co Exception: Federal and/or State agencies and political subdivisions of the Federal or State government shall be exempt from the payment of any permit, fees, and/or false alarm charges otherwise provided for by this ordinance. A fee shall be payable to the City of Columbia Heights for the third response and each subsequent response within one calendar year by the Police and/or Fire Department to an automatic alarm device triggered other than by reason of criminal activity and/or fire {false alarm). The fee shall be set .by resolution. o The City shall have the power to collect such fee by whatever means necessary, including the issuance of ordinance violation summons for failure to comply with the requirements of this section within seven (7) working days of receiving notice of payment due. The person responsible for the payment of such fee is the person to be cited. A petty misdemeanor. 4. Liability of City: The regulation of alarm response shall not constitute acceptance by the ,City of liability to maintain equipment, to answer alarms, or to respond to alarms in any particular manner. Offered by: Wyckof f Seconded by: Hunter Roll Call: Al 1 aves Uo'-Anne Student, C$Uncii SeCtary First Reading: April 12, 1999 Second Reading: May 10, 1999 Mayo-'bY'~a~ Per'son