§ 16-35. Service fee.
(a)
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the permit holder shall pay a service fee for each false alarm notification emitted from an alarm site that is in excess of five alarms within the preceding 12 months in the amount established by the city.
(b)
No service fee will be assessed during the first 60 days on newly installed alarm systems, and alarm notifications during that period will not be counted in determining when a service fee will be assessed.
(c)
No service fee will be assessed against a permit holder which is an agency of the federal government or the state, in which case the chief is authorized to take appropriate administrative remedies relating to the requirement of repair or deactivation or nonresponse to, or of, the alarm system.
(Ord. No. 96-3, § XIII, 3-5-1996)