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Registration or Renewal Fee:
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There is no registration or renewal fee.
Registration for the alarm permit is mandatory.
Registration Duration and Renewal:
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All permits are valid until cancelled by the alarm user.
Late fee for Registration or Renewal:
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N/A
Permit Transfer:
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Permits cannot be transferred from one location to another or from one person to another.
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Billing Type:
- All false alarms will be accumulated and will be charged in the calendar year. False alarm counter will reset to zero at the end of each calendar year.
Burglary/Robbery Panic – Registered location Fine Schedule
- 1st and 2nd false alarm: No fine, warning letter to be issued
- 3rd false alarm: $50.00, subject to waiver on completion of alarm school with 45 days from the invoice date
- 4th and 5th false alarm: $50.00 each
- 6th and more: $100.00 each
Burglary/Robbery Panic – Unregistered location Fine Schedule
- 1st and 2nd false alarm: $100.00
- 3rd false alarm: $150.00
- 4th and 5th false alarm: $150.00 each
- 6th and more: $200.00 each
Max fee per day shall not exceed $250.00 for both location.
All false alarm invoices will be due within 45 days from the invoice date.
Late Fee for False Alarms:
N/A
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Alarm user has a right to appeal the false alarm fine.
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Appeal request must be submitted to PM AM in writing within 30 business days from the date of notification of such fine.
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Appeal fee: None
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Appeal must be entitled “Appeal for Alarm Administrator’s Action”
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PM AM will forward all documents provided by the Alarm user to the City’s Alarm Administrator for review and appeal processing. The City’s Alarm Administrator will inform PM AM of any adjustments which need to be made on the account once the appeal decision has been completed.
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PM AM will notify the citizen of the appeal decision through the available means of correspondence.
Secondary Appeal:
An alarm user may appeal the imposition of a service fee as follows:
(A) An alarm user may appeal the imposition of a service fee by sending a letter to the chief of police specifying the reasons for the appeal and contesting the
imposition of the service fee. The alarm user must include a detailed description of the false alarm event and include all credible evidence in his or her possession
that supports the contention that the alarm activation does not constitute a false alarm.
(B) The letter must be received by the chief of police within thirty (30) calendar days after the false alarm service fee invoice is mailed to the alarm user.
(C) A false alarm service fee may only be appealed on the grounds that the incident cited as the basis for the service fee was, in fact, not a false alarm as defined
by Section 8.28.030 of this chapter.
(D) The chief of police may reject requests for appeals that are not supported by detailed, credible evidence demonstrating that the alarm was not a false alarm.
(E) A notice of decision regarding the appeal to the chief of police shall be mailed to the alarm user within fifteen (15) business days following the receipt of the appeal request.
(F) In the event that the first appeal is denied, the alarm user may, within twenty-one (21) calendar days after the notice of decision is sent by the chief of police, file a written request for
an appeal with the city manager or his or her designee requesting an in-person hearing.
(G) An informal appeal hearing shall be held within ninety (90) days following the timely submission of a request for an appeal.
(H) The hearing shall be conducted by an appeals officer appointed by the city manager. Written notice to the appellant of the date, time and location of the hearing shall be given at least ten (10) calendar days
prior to the date of the hearing either by personally delivering the notice to the appellant or by mailing a copy thereof to the appellant at the
address shown or provided in the appeal. The appellant may appear at the hearing telephonically.
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