§ 80.30. Responsibility for false alarm, response and corrective action.

The owner of the premises in which an alarm system is installed shall be responsible for any false alarm emanating from the premises. A response to a false alarm shall result when any police officer or firefighter shall be dispatched to or travels to premises where a false alarm has been activated. After responding to a false alarm, the chief of police or his designee shall notify any person identified in the notice required pursuant to § 80.20, hereof, of the activation of the alarm system and such person shall thereupon travel to the premises to deactivate the alarm system. If the person notified fails to appear at the premises to deactivate the alarm system within 30 minutes after being notified to do so, the city shall charge the owner of the premises a fee of $50.00.

(Ord. 91-014, passed 9-12-91)

The owner of the premises where the false alarm was activated shall investigate the cause of the false alarm, and report the findings of the investigation within ten calendar days of the false alarm on forms provided by the city. The report shall set forth the cause of the false alarm, the corrective action taken, and the name, address, and telephone number of any person who inspected or repaired the alarm system following the false alarm, as well as such other information as the city may deem reasonably necessary to determine the cause of the false alarm, and the corrective action taken or required to be taken in order to correct the cause of the same.

(Ord. 91-014, passed 9-12-91)